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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
4
Local snippets report visitors from Fernie Kimberley and Calgary shoppers. social events include an open air concert and ice cream social by Christchurch Ladies Guild. Business activity features new bakery in Baker block and Beattie flags. racing plans and police ties noted.
A lively Cranbrook column reports on fashion, social plans, and travel including Hill Brothers novelties, Julius Harel and Tom Wellman as bachelors, a Fort Steele outing, and a plug tattoo sighting. It notes warehouse work, insurance agents’ visits, and hotel renovations plus a heavy storm crossing the region with hail and rain while Cranbrook endured a soaking.
A list of individuals and firms from Vancouver to Winnipeg engaged in various trades such as dry goods groceries liquors tobacco and mining supplies. Names include J Cross W H Voss C F Grover J Anderson A Des Brisnay F O Cormack I Marks A Stirrett James Harvey Charles Parsons J Young and others with affiliations to Lion brewery Northwest Jobbing and Commission Co and related entities.
Fort Steele prepares for a Fourth of July celebration with local crowds and expected athletes and horses traveling from nearby Cranbrook. Prizes are wired for competition, promising a lively community event.
During yesterday’s violent electrical storm J Vieper stood at the plume when a lightning strike sent the electric current into his office. The transmitter and receiver burned out and Mr Pieper narrowly escaped injury as the bolt passed through a two foot brick wall. Pieper reported only minor temporary discomfort from the event.
A narrator recalls a morning in the country when a steady north wind created a frozen mist that settled on tree branches. By night, below freezing, the mist congealed, coating elms oaks and pine needles, leaving certain branches bent and fixed as if the wind still blew.
The article notes Greek interior hotels in Crete follow a common Italian style with ground floor cafes and upper sleeping rooms reached by an outside stair. Rooms often house multiple beds per room or along corridors. single rooms are rare. Overfurnishing is avoided. iron beds and occasional mirrors describe typical accommodations. Some inns offer daytime sleeping at fixed rates.
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