Cranbrook Herald March 23 1899 notes
The Cranbrook Herald issue highlights editorial notes on Fort Steele Prospector, a projected sale of the Republic mine to Montreal capitalists pleasing Canadians and Americans, growing Cranbrook improvements, and a strong Southern British Columbia capital boom. It quotes Choate and Lowery, teases the Fernie Free Press, and notes March weather quirks in the Kootenays.
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Great Republic
Montreal
Tit Herald
Fernie Free Press
Free Press
Tiy Herald
Henderson
Cranbrook
Telegraph Line to Dawson from Skagway to Dawson City
A government expedition of 15 men led by J. B. Charleson sails to construct a telegraph line from Skagway to Dawson City. Work begins on arrival with aims to string wires and be in operation by November 15. Officials Richardson and Grimes will supervise the electrical department, with ten more workers to join soon and Ottawa to supply final instructions.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Pacific Express
Skagway
Dawson City
J. B. Charleson
Public Works Department
Dawson
Richardson
Grimes
Ottawa
Vancouver
Queanelle
B.C
Charleson
Messrs, Charleson
Ache
Messrs
J. Gobeil
A. Hoyet
Fort Steele note on mining claims and local plans
Fort Steele prospector H. J. Amme and Charles Farrell are performing assessment work on the Alice mineral claim near Fort Steele. T. T. McVittie plans to build a handsome Riverside avenue residence soon. K. J. Rigby will open a half way house near Sheep creek. J. T. Sanders of Sandon is at Fort Steele to work mining properties this summer. LT still have Scotch Tiny lots. call John Leask.
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Fort Steele
H. J. Amme
Charles Farrell
Alice
T. T. McVittie
Riverside Avenue
K. J. Rigby
Sheep Creek
J. T. Sanders
Sandon
Forest and memory in the Columbian exposition tale
A man revisits childhood forest visions at the Columbian Exposition, recalling a vanished love named Hazel and the old days with his wife and daughter. He encounters Hallie Dean, learns Hazel’s daughter Don’s mother is alive, and contemplates rekindling a past romance while considering his present family. The scene blends memory with a poetic meditation on youth, loss, and the pull of the past.
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Blue Lake Michigan
West Virginia
Lendey
Ile
Hercules Club
North Carolina Pavilion
Hazel
Don
Hallie Dean
Leame
Sam
Tie
Avera
Bren
Tippincott's
Murrell and earlier outlaws of the Mississippi frontier tales
The narrative recounts Murrell, a notorious 19th century criminal, famed for slave theft and massed gangs alongside stories of Magon on the Natchez Trace. It covers Murrell’s preachy disguises, lucrative slave sales, betrayals, and the New Orleans rebellion, plus other outlaws like Magon and the Nellie Rogers incident involving McKenzie and local Indians.
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Ning
Mike Ink
Sam Gritty
Col. Plug
Mark ‘Twain
Mississippi
Murrell
Jesse James
James
Murrells
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Stewart
New Orleans
E. W. Gould
New York
Gould
Magon
Natchez Trace
Walnut Hills
Missouri
McKenzie
Crown
Fort Peck
Tle
Charles P. Chanteau
St. Louis
Clark
Philadelphia
Benton
Mente
Best equipped office in the Kootenays Job Printing
The fragment touts a finely equipped office in the Kootenays with complete facilities for first class job printing. It urges readers to send an order and be convinced of the quality.
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Kootenays
Calamity on the Nellie Rogers and the Shepherdess disaster tale
A lengthy narrative recounts fear on the Nellie Rogers as Indians endanger passengers and Rev Father De Smet intervenes to spare the boat. It follows Clark’s escape with aid from Fort Benton, mentions Tom Dorris and McKenzie’s murder motive, and notes Clark’s later obscurity. The 1844 Shepherdess wreck near Cahokia Bend details explosive flooding, crew losses, and rescues including Col. Wood’s famed Ohio Fat Girl, with St. Louis officials organizing relief and a reported sixty deaths.
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Nellie Rogers
Father de Smet
Clark
Fort Peck
Fort Benton
Nellie Roger
Tom Dorris
St. Louis
Helena
Young McKenzie
Findlay
Cincinnati
F E. W. Gould
Malcolm Clark
Isadore
Prickly Pear Creek
Cahokia Creek
Carondelet
Henry Bry
Col. Wood
Ohio
Robert Bullock
Maysville
Virginia Hotel
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Cranbrook Herald
Thesday
Alix
the Herald
Hon
Fred Hume
United States
Packer's Combine
Chicago
Wilfrid Laurier
Charles Tupper
Clifford Sifton
British Columbia
Richard Choate
Court of St. James
Choate
London
Hidstor Lowery
Denver
Lowry
Tim Weyrald
John Leask
Wife
Weill
Tutler
Jane
Bridget
Louise Mdgar
N. Y
Paden
Ethel
River
Moyie Lake
W. N. Brayton
Dimension Lumber
T. A. Creighton
Iresn
Trysto Post Office Drug Store
Beattie
Sherlock & Bremner
General Merchandise
M. McInnes
Fernie
Wardner
Moyie
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