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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
4
Local notes list a stream of visitors and townsfolk in Cranbrook and Moyie including Constable Mortis, Attorney Morley, ex Mayor Avelue Macleod, and Rev C McKillop. Mentions of business outings, trade at McVittie’s, berry season at Creighton’s, and a growing local water works project accompany varied social and commercial updates.
Cranbrook buzzes with Dominion Day events as Governor Hanson plans to close shooting motes and attend the celebration. Locals like Charles Estmere and Kimberley entrepreneur Esmere fuel town pride while receptions, church notices, and new store improvements mix with light gossip on residents, mischief, and mining rumors.
A detained intoxicated man had about $85 in his pockets and a belt filled with gold coins strapped to his body. The report notes his aim to burden people with vice and separate them from their wealth.
Provincial news notes include Nelson planning a baseball club and a fire destroying Rolt's saw-mill at Rossland. Four of six horse boilers for the LeRoi mine reach Rossland, while Northern Rossland residents fear diphtheria. Local vandalism hits Nelson gardens. Silverton Water and Light Company incorporated with 30000 pounds. Miss Kya Rooth visited Rossland. Arthur Pinder enriched by £500000 after leaving Kasle for Strathcona Horse. Crows Net Coal Company employs about 700 and eye new Michel mines. CPR engineers move to Kaslo to extend the Lardo road. Nelson cooks and waiters form a union. Tamarac supervisor R F Macfarlane injured in a shaft incident. R Somes Killed near Deavermouth in a rockslide. Italian remark about railroad contracts circulates as CP railway may resume Lurdo line work amid Italian visitors.
Official notice states the partnership between M H Parrott DeWinton Alta and H Parrott Cranbrook BC doing business as Parrott Brothers has dissolved by mutual consent dated April 25 1909. The Fernie Free Press reports local political comments and social notices including Mr William Eschwig pneumonia and a wedding of J W Crane and Jessie Farquharson with community congratulations.
A fast bicycle rider often suffers cuts sprains or bruises from accidents. Bucklens Amica Salve relieves pain heals injuries and cures chafing chapped hands sore lips burns ulcers and piles. Cure guaranteed only 25c sold by R B Beattie druggist.
A meeting of the Licence Committee at Cranbrook on May 19 considers transferring the Liquor Licence from Joyce Browers of the Commercial Hotel Cranbrook to George Jolson of the Victoria Hotel Fernie and Michell of the same place. The hearing is to decide the application for the transfer.
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