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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
3
Location near Great Northern Station and O W R N Milwaukee terminal offers easy access to business districts and entertainment. Within a minute’s walk to main shops and attractions. Steamshin on Roof?
Miss Viola Sawyer spent the weekend in Cranbrook visiting friends. Mr. Alex Dove, School Inspector, visited Kingsgate School last Monday. A dance at the International Hotel last Saturday honored Miss M Clark. Mrs. L T Leveque returned from Cranbrook after a short visit. Skiing is popular on both sides of the line. Mrs. HL L Sawyer suffers a slight grippe.
The Red Cross work in Wasa is bustling as residents donate items including socks and towels. Local boys are learning knitting, while visitors from Fort Steele and Cranbrook share time in town. A new baby arrives for Mr and Mrs Muir of Wasa, and contractors Crowe complete work for Yahk and Crows Nest lumber firms.
Community members praised for a successful dance at the Wycliffe Clubhouse Marel Ist. Otis Staples Lumber Co trustees helped and funds of eighty two dollars and fifty five cents were raised to aid Cranbrook’s I C D K. An accident injured Dang Gong at the local sawmill injuring his right arm with hospital treatment noted.
The item lists wartime notices and local updates in Fort Stee l with references to miners near Mou Creek and Langley ve Deville. It mentions a Vancouver meeting, arrests on alcohol charges, Red Cross parcels, enlistment plans, and vaccinations by R. L. T. Galbraith among Indigenous communities and forestry battalions.
An April 2 program at the Rex Theatre features Canada’s Fighting Force Series Two with dramatic combat scenes. The film shows a Canadian brigade assaulting an enemy position and includes a modern catapult demonstration and a notable interview between Sir Sam Hughes and a private soldier.
A cryptic note reports photographer Tweyer faced severe air pockets 2000 feet high causing losses while 500 feet remain for a Canadian meeting. The piece hints at a historic item of its kind owned by the city, though details are unclear.
A raffle at the Tennis Club to win a crochet tea cloth drew Mrs. T Monwich As the canvass by the Local Herald office is not complete the final results will be published in the next issue.
The liquid wash is advertised as a household remedy for skin diseases including ulcers pimples scales and eczema. It claims to have stood the test of time and is guaranteed by Cranbrook Book & Drug Co Cranbrook B C.
Severy Kansas reports Mrs Findley recovering strength after grippe with Vinol. She describes renewed health, appetite and sleep, praising Vinol as a grand medicine. Cranbrook Drug & Book Co promotes Vinol in Cranbrook and across British Columbia towns.
A fragment from To-day quotes Tommy addressing a chaplain about loving enemies while admitting it risks his life to speak against the Kayser in his billet. The line highlights tension between duty and conscience during service.
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