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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1912
Page
3
A local business promotes DDD Prescription from D D D Laboratories Toronto as an effective skin remedy. The pitch claims instant itch relief from a simple wash and urges customers to try a full size bottle, asserting long lasting results and satisfied families.
Special correspondence lists Norman Moore in Crane Brook on business Clarence Martin and family arriving from Kamloops with a saw mill offer Arthur Hollis returns from Nova Scotia Levi Fern rents Darling's cottage and a March 22 Foresters dance planned Mrs Mood dies after cancer of the stomach and a large funeral in Wardner with memorial service planned next Sunday ambulance and police notes update local movers and shakers
Local readers report on visits by Mine Superintendent Shanks and Dave Martin to Coal Creek fruit tracts near Roosville. The piece notes politics, religious references, travel to Fernie, and assorted social happenings among Elko and Tobacco Plains residents, including local figures, grocers, and entertainers.
An advertisement promotes FIG PILLS as a system regulator to cleanse ingested food foul gases excess bile and waste matter in the bowels. It lists The Fig Pill Co. St Thomas Ontario as the manufacturer and Cranbrook Drug and Hook Co. Ltd as local retailers offering 25 and 10 cent quantities.
The inaugural curling bonspiel in the Wilmer district concluded last week with equal prizes for Golden and local rinks. Wilmer took the consolation prize as the final contest, followed by a closing smoker. The same dispatch notes a Wilmer district board of trade meeting reporting strong turnout and new members. The board will rename to Windermere District Board of Trade and elected officers include Harold E. B. Forster as president and Basil G. Hamilton as secretary.
At a large Windermere District Hospital association meeting in Wilmer the current hospital building was sold to Dr. Darrell P. Hanington, the resident physician in charge. Proceeds will credit a building fund to finance a new hospital.
Information from the British offices of the Columbia Valley Irrigated Fruit Lands Ltd. states sixty British families will settle on the company lands this year. Manager FE Malrandaine’s return is expected in a few weeks. Navigation on the Columbia River gains momentum with a new passenger vessel, The Invermere, named for the company’s townsites.
The Isle of Wight prepares to house habitual offenders in a reformative prison designed for preventive detention. The first block nears completion and a forested 100 acre site conceals the complex from public view. Prisons may relax rules with controlled association during meals and recreation, under close ward oversight.
Prisoners will be able to buy small luxuries from a canteen using gratuities earned for good conduct. Funds not spent may be sent to relatives or kept on discharge. Forest land will be cleared for allotments to generate proceeds for prison authorities. Training in agriculture horticulture and trades will be provided. Visits will occur in one room without barriers. Buildings are cement with red tile features and convict labor aided construction.
An advertisement from Cranbrook Drug and Book Co. in Cranbrook, B C, promotes Vinol as a remedy for chronic coughs, colds, and bronchitis. It features a testimonial claiming dramatic relief after two bottles and offers money back if it fails to help, highlighting cod liver oil and tonic iron as active ingredients.
Advices indicate Grand Trunk Pacific will let the Calgary Macleod and Calgary Lethbridge line contracts on March 1. Only grading work will be contracted now, with all contractors delayed until fall. GT P plans to enter Lethbridge via the overhead bridge and connect with CPR at Macleod branch west of the viaduct. A union station project is also planned, with local contractors expecting sub contracts in two weeks.
Ottawa reports Canada’s fiscal year ending March will likely show a revenue increase from 13.5 to 14.0 million dollars. For the month ending February 24 receipts totaled 77,716,160.54 dollars, up from 61,804,301.55 a year earlier, with February contributing 7,117,908.16 dollars.
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