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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
6
The coronation of King George V is celebrated as a unifying moment for the vast British Empire. Observers note the promise of peace and the aim to strengthen bonds among English speaking nations and all civilized peoples under his reign.
A collage of short notes and quips on sympathy, finance, public life, and local happenings. It cites Coronation day events, a Pacific terminal nickname, and a mayoral salary donation proposal while touching on fashion, crime, and regional improvements. The tone is pithy and miscellanous, typical of a late era column.
New York markets show bar silver at 3 cents per ounce and lead at 450 dollars per ton while London quotes a small rise in headlines and metals prices amid trading.
Electric Restorer for Men states Phosphonol 1 restores nerve tension vigor and vitality. Claims prevent premature decay and sexual weakness. Priced a box or two for 5 dollars. Mailed to address from Scobell Drug Co St. Catharines Ont. Also for sale at Beatie Murphy Co.
A testimonial extols Newbro's Herpicide as the sole dandruff germ destroyer that restores hair. It claims the scalp becomes healthy, new hair grows, and warns against inferior products. Sample requests and agent details are provided for Detroit and other regions.
In a light column style the piece riffs on social mores and sayings. It stacks quips about marriage, thrift, manners, umpiring, church leaders, and industrial plots, ending with playful wordplay and slang explanations.
A mother tells her son on his twenty first birthday how his father died in a theatre rush while a dancer sought a pin after an embarrassed costume mishap. The anecdote unfolds as a bittersweet memory of tragedy amid crowd fervor.
Pioneer printer J. Peck MacSwain once rode a hay upholstered private car from Fernie yards after it was sealed and shunted. He woke to moving cars then escaped when the door finally opened, stepping into Fernie yards after nineteen hours in a car refused by a consignee.
Fernie Free Press reports a dairy man riding through a flooding park branch was swept from his horse two rods from shore. The horse shouted as water ran about eighteen inches deep, and locals used a rope and breeches buoy to rescue both man and animal from the gravel bar.
J. J. Huber of Creston will marry Miss Laura Crissler of Cranbrook on the 28th inst in Cranbrook. After the ceremony they will live in Munro cottage on Victoria Avenue. Huber captains the Creston baseball club and Crissler is sister of Ray Crissler, East Kootenay pitcher.
Reports indicate two new Catholic churches will be built this summer at Fort Steele and Elko while Fernie’s project is postponed due to a strike settlement. The CPR pledges five thousand dollars to help Lethbridge host the 1912 International Dry Land Farm Congress.
Ek from Smith's farm on St Marys Prairie ten miles from Cranbrook reports fifty acres of potatoes and sixty acres of wheat and oats. Potatoes yield seven to ten tons per acre with local prices around forty dollars per ton. Smith, once a provincial legislator, helped recognize the area's agricultural potential and was involved with the Sullivan mine.
The Cranbrook Tennis Club concluded a two week American tournament. Winners were Mr. R. T. Brymner and Mrs. A Nelson. Runners up were Mr. Geo. McCreery and Miss Williams. President Mr. Gurd presented prizes a smoking set and minifiniere.
The Crest on flowery exteriores highlights Billy Burton the Florist and his ready made flower gardens near the Burton hotel area. Artist George Jacks is noted as part of the display in this local feature from the Creston Echo.
Last Friday trains carried many leaving Cranbrook after the grand lodge session of the 1.0.0.F. Officers were named: Rev. A. G. Miller Victoria grand chaplain H. Kooks Agassiz grand marshal J. E. Phinny grand conductor J. F. McDougall Phoenix grand guardian F. D. Lemieux Rossland grand herald. Over 250 attended the Thursday banquet in the Auditorium served by Mrs. Dupont and Miss Kimpton with music by the Etude orchestra and R. W. Beattie as chair. The toast list featured The King The Empire United States The Dominion Our City Sovereign Grand Lodge etc. Also songs by Roland Brown H. Steph ens Ralph Racklyeft and J. F. Broughton. Dr Henderson owns six pheasants reared under a hen and seeks a permit. under provincial law the birds remain government property.
Willie says men across the street raise a building on jacks. Pa doubts it, calling such a lift foolish though admitting it would be a sight. The exchange captures a rural moment of skepticism and curiosity in this brief cartoonish vignette.
Calgary exhibition on June 30 and July 7. Western Federation of Miners convention in Butte on July 17. Lethbridge Agricultural fair August 23 to 25. Columbia Valley Fair at Golden September 18 and 19. Cranbrook Agricultural Association fair September 19 and 20. Nelson fair September 26 to 28. Spokane Interstate fair October 2 to 8. Provincial exhibition at New Westminster October 1 to 7.
L Bain known as the battling Swede of Spokane holder of the New P A championship of 1911 issues a challenge to any man weighing 115 to 125 pounds for a boxing contest on Dominion Day at Cranbrook or Fort Steele. C W Johnson of Wasa will act for Mr Bain.
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