Elko News Roundup Skims Town Headlines and Local Notices
A bustling Elko column reports visitors from Nelson and Cranbrook, local business chatter, and assorted odds and ends. Notables include Houlahan the sewing machine man, Joe Agnew’s feature on safety, and Vic Trollus’s Saturday passage. Messages touch on fisheries ads, Canada US ties, and town happenings from the North Star mill to the boarding house star and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Roo
Elko
Houlahan
Nelson
New Westminster
George Powell
Cranbrook
Kootenay
Quay
Miko
Joe Agnew
Vic Trollus
Johnny Thompson
Columbia Totel
Waldo
Nat Thed
Liv
Qupkins
Childine
Mit Dike
Champ Clark
U. S. Senate
United Shites
Canada
Tien
Wilke
Rmiule
Duck Davis
Gomer Jones
Elko Diet
Joe Dicksen
Huttie
North Star
Jonnie Tahire
Charley Kay
Sherman
Crows Nest Pass
Geo Davis
Davis
Portland
Ove
Win Green
Martin
Wardner Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Talks
Special correspondence reports weekend visitors in Wardner and Cranbrook. Mr Stevenson of Pernie stays with friends while Miss Licey Sheppard completes business college in Vancouver and hopes for Cranbrook work. Local residents attend lectures, visits, and a lantern entertainment at Wardner Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
Pernie
Rca
Green
Licey Sheppard
Vncouver
Miss Sheppard
Cranbrook
Josie Havill
Post Office Star
Olfa Wisner Kev Ro Thighes
Cran
Jaffray
Havel Lund
A. Sheppard
A. Lund
J. Renwick
Galloway
Thomas Good
James Davis
Sykes
Syke
The
Mineral prospects rise as railroad eyes valley boom
Mining men report rich deposits in the valley and a railroad to unlock transport, with ore samples sent for assay. Wasa locals anticipate summer activity as workers shift from logging and mining camps to development projects on Lewis Creek and nearby claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Drevin
Co TL. Pollen
Ngland
Cranbrook
Dickson
Mr. Dickson
Co. I
Skookumehuck
A. Duncan
Columbia River Lumber Company
Thin Liner
Win. Dunn
John Sullivan
Tracy
Billy” Shira
Lewis Creek
Mary Land
Shira
Swan
Spokane
Hanson
Calgary
M. Donoline
Wasa
PF. Patrick
de X Duncan
Toby Creek
Dunlcan
Duncan
Dr Martel's Female Pills Advertised in Town Notices
An advertisement touts Dr Martel's Female Pills as a scientifically prepared remedy for women, claiming quick and permanent results and availability at drug stores. Local social notes mention Models Hat visiting town, Rev M Wilson delivering sermons at the Presbyterian church, a Merle Literary Society talk on Shakespeare, Mrs Dr Corsa hosting a snow shoe gathering, Five Hundred club meeting, Miss Jessie Denison returning from Calgary, and Frazer Whinister visiting relatives.
Fernie Notes on Local Moves and Church Activities
Fernie special correspondence reports the Home Bank moving to a new streetfront building noted as very fine for a small western city. Local figures Mayer Wlasdell and O J McIntyre are mentioned with McIntyre acting as mayor in his absence. Bertram Wilkins, a British army veteran, dies of typhoid with funeral at Christ Church attended by the Salvation Army band.
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Home Bank
Mayer Wlasdell
West Kootenay
J. McIntyre
Mate
Kingsgate
Huey
Retzilof
Retziloff
Montana
Ladies Guild of Christ Church
Laurie
Knox Church Ladies Aid
Carmeickle
A. H. Cree
Berlin
Ont
Bertram Wilkins
Christ's Ehired
Salvation Army
Mrs. Hargrave
Medicine
Marysville Notes of Visitors and Local Goings On
Marysville special correspondence notes visitors including Fr W McDonald from Calgary representing National Land company in Camrose and H B McCausland from Vancouver. Local officials Munro and Morris checked hotels while the provincial school inspector found all correct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Handley
Cranbrook
W. McDonald
Calgary
National Land Company
Camrose
Alta
Morris
Pye
the Central
Jas. Watkins
Oil fuel drives navy expansion and Doncaster coal growth
The British admiralty seeks tenders for 200000 tons of oil fuel for navy use as liquid fuel adoption expands. Oil tanks rise at Plymouth and Chatham while new vessels carry oil as coal bunkers. Doncaster grows into a coal hub with 40000 pit workers and twelve new pits planned, as electrification of the London Brighton and South Coast line progresses toward completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Chatham
Plymouth
South Yorkshire
Doncaster
England to hold universal races congress and clergy procession
Articles describe a Good Friday London procession led by the Bishop of London and three thousand laity to St Paul’s, a plan for intercession and Coronation time church schemes, and a gathering of world races at the University of London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields
St. Paul's Cathedral
G. Bo West
St. Dunstan's-in-the-East
Evangelical Council
England
Empire
Phosphonol Restorer and Imperial Race Congress Notes
An advertisement touts Phosphonol as a nerve restorer at eight dollars a box with two for sixteen, mailed from The Scobell Drug Co. It also discusses the First Universal Races Congress in London, praising imperial unity and inviting supporters, with organizer contact for full congress details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scobell
Coll
Catharines
Beatie, Murphy & Co
India
China
Japan
Turkey
Persia
Egypt
Great Britain
Sydney Oliver
K.C.M.G
Charles Brace
G.C.M.G
Harry Johnston
London
Congress
England
G. Spiller
South Hill Park
Hampstead
British Columbia: New Rich Land Open For Development
The article extols British Columbia as a vast new continental nation with 72 620 square miles of land ripe for development. It highlights agriculture, timber, minerals, and coal, plus seven railroads planned to Fort George, promising rapid value gains and urging readers to request a free information bulletin on land and mining laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort George
British Columbia
Canada
British Columbia Bulletin of Information
Fort George Townsite Firm Listing in Vancouver Card
Natural Resources Security Co Limited reports paid up capital of 250000 dollars with joint owners and sole agents at 696 Bower Building Vancouver British Columbia Fe 4 Mart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort George
Bower Building
Vancouver
B.C
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Wardner
Dr. Martel
Fernie
Marysville
James Hl. Doyle
Jas, Sampson
Alex. Taylor
Bella
Kimberley
Brightton, and South Coast Railway
Brighton
Newbro
Andyou
Herpicide Co
Dept. R
Detroit
Mich
Beattie-Murphy Co
Victoria and
London Bridge
Stanhope
Royal Humane Society
Frank Fraser
Donside
Aberdeen
Viking Bank
John Fraser
Iman
Frank Frase
University of London
Natural Resources
Calgary Realty
Pinkham & Macleod
Centre ST
Queen's Hotel
H. L, Stephens
Prop
Calgary, Alberta
Nevonset Harold
Neponse
Tlealere
F. W. Bird & Son
Letteridge Street
Hamilton
Ontario
Montreal
St John
East
Walpole
Mass
New York
Washington
Chicago
Ore
San Francisco
the Wonderful Cure
Ehlich
Europe
von Dungern
West Anatomical Museum
Imperial Bank of Canada
Toront
D. R. Wilkie
Robert Jaffray
Savings Department
W. Supple
Mgr
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