Local notes from Creston and area including wind and fires
Creston R. J. Long returns from Cranbrook and crews are back to full strength. Mrs. J. H. Doyle improves after a three week illness in Cranbrook. Duck Creek winds drive smoke and orange trees flourish on the Long ranch. Gomer Jones resigns as bookkeeper at Canyon City Lumber Co with Medler succeeding from Calgary. Bush fires rise but cause little damage. J. B. Miller ranch slash blaze is controlled with help from neighbors. Roadwork crews are limited outside Canyon City. An Indian named Michel, son of Dominic, dies at about 18, pneumonia noted. Father John conducts the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Long
Cranbrook
Creston
J. H. Doyle
Duck Creek
Michel
Dominic
Mission School
John
Fernie News Briefs Reflect Fire Losses and Local Happenings
Mount Fernie faces closures and hazards as Elk Lumber camp No 4 burns near Olson and Hosmer. A two year old girl suffers serious arm injury from a railway accident on the M F and M line, with recovery anticipated after first aid and hospital care. Fire, weather, fishing and town life details fill the era's daily bulletin.
Dental costs hinder Fernie volunteers for overseas forces
The Fernie community watches recruits fail medicals due to dental deficiencies. Many men cannot afford extensive dental repairs needed to meet fitness standards. Local patriots could sponsor dental work to help an anxious volunteer enlist, a gesture seen as vital to supporting the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pien
Fernie
Elko Notes Provides Local Gossip From Town Visitors
Elko Notes reports visits by James Joyce and H P Gregson among local lumber and sawmill figures, plus merchants and hotel staff traveling to coast and Fernie. A Liberal meeting was postponed due to fog, and local chatter covers Turkish war reporting, train jumpers, Tobacco Plains Indians preparations, and whimsical Canuck battlefield nickname talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Joyce
Flagstone Lumber Co
Elko
Baynes
Waldo
John Toodhunter
Tobacco Plains
Fergusoon
Calgary
Rev. Cowan
Clark
Misses Knotts
Mrs. Smith
Moyie
Fred Roo
Roo
Roosville
Garden of Eden
Jim Thistlebeak
Turkey
Schnepfenriethkopf
East Kootenay Man Dies of Wounds
Invermere B C May 6 Moral advice has just been received by the widow that Walter Bhbibley of this place who left on August 21st to join his regiment the 3nd Norfolk signal corps has died from wounds He leaves a widow and one small child and his parents The latter reside in Calgary Alta
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Invermere
B. C
Walter Bhbibley
3Nd Norfolk Signal Corps
Calgary
Alta
Obituary: Braithwaite Dixon of St Thomas Dies at 75
Longtime St Thomas railway man Braithwaite Dixon died at Amasa Wood hospital after four weeks with septic poisoning from neck carbuncles. Aged 75, he lived in St Thomas 42 years after emigrating from England in 1871. He served with Great Western and Grand Trunk railways, was active in church and lodges, and leaves a large family with a Friday funeral at St John’s church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St.Thomas
Braithwaite Dixon
Dixon
Amasa Wood Hospital
St. Thomas
Langdale
Weastmoreland
England
Canada
Hamilton
Old
Great Western Railway
Grand Trunk
Sarah Brickbank
Mary Bown
Enoch Bown
Fort Erie
W. E H. Haslam
Cranbrook
B. C
T. E. Johnson
Duluth
Minn
Harry Plastow
Lorne Robbins
Detroit
May
St. Thomas Lodge No
Imperial Bank of Canada Head Office Ad
Imperial Bank of Canada head office in Toronto invites accounts from corporations municipalities merchants farmers and private individuals. Drafts and letters of credit issued worldwide. Savings department accepts deposits from one dollar with interest from deposit date. A Cranbrook Athalmer British Columbia branch is managed by H W Supple and Irving C Wedd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savings Department
Athalmer, B.C
Irving C. Wedd
Trim Your Wings and Be True at Home
A column urges men to seek peace at home and be faithful to their wives. It cautions against selfish conduct in love, advises letting wives handle finances if needed, and suggests a fresh start in a new life. Ends with an ad for Rexall Orderlies sold by The Beattie Murphy Co. The Rexall Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexall
Beattie-Murphy Co
For Sale Or Exchange Model F McLaughlin Buick Car
One Model F McLaughlin Buick automobile used only one season and a new set of tires. It has a two cylinder engine and can be made into a very useful car by someone with mechanical skill. Land Land & Development Co. 17 2 Wardner B C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. McLaughlin
Buick
Land Land & Development CO
Wardner
B. C
Honey Recipes and Health Uses from Ancient to Modern Times
An overview of honey as food and medicine, detailing its health benefits for dyspepsia rheumatism asthma and chest ailments. It explains honey production from nectar, compares sugar forms and notes its dental, digestive and medicinal properties. Includes cautions about impurities and a variety of historic and practical uses and recipes for beverages cakes and remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
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Lodge and Society
Loyal Orange Lodge
Knights of Ireland Hall
Brier Street
Garrett
W.M. J. O. Horsman
C.F
KEY City Lodge
Fraternity Hall
Rt. A. Racklyeft
J. F. Broughton NG
M. Harris
Knights OF
Pythias Cranbrook, B.C
R. C. Carr
CC. F. M. Christian
K. R
P. O
Maple Leaf Rebekan Lodge
Fraternity
Overseas Club
Maple Hall
E. Y. Brake
J. ¥. Lowe
Women’s Institute
W. B. McFarlane
John Shaw
P. O. Box
Cranbrook Farmers’ Institute
A. B. Smith
Alb.h. Webb
B.C
THE
Cranbrook Orchestra
Mrs
Arnold Wallinger Cranbrook
M. Chester
van Horne St
Miss Banwell
OAS. S. Parker
Lethbridge Coal Xl-Ite Powder Superial Oil Co
Ryarmouth
Minard
Liniment
Thomas T. Mecredy
W. F. Gurd
P. C. Box
Cranbrook, B
Surgeons
Armstrong
Dr, F. B. Miles
Ffree
Hanson
Qranbrook
Granbrook Cottage Hospital
Maternity and General Nursing
Garden Ave
A. Salmon
P. D. Box
W. R. Beatty
MacPherson
Undertaker
Bay
Newbury Ave
City Hall
P. D
C.F. Nidd
Organist Methodist Church
Norbury Ave
Scobell Daud Co
Cal
Miario, Beattie-Murphy Co., Ltd
Agente
Montana Laundry
Frank Provenzano
Eneral Merchant
Nerbury Ave
Joe Marapodi
Peerless
J. Taylor
Creston Review
Fernie Free Press
Mt. Fernie
John Anderson
Elk River
Hosmer
Elk Lumber Co
Olson
G. N
C. E. Morton
Toronto
Home Bank
Clarence Muirhead
Muirhead
Black Bear
Alex
Main Street
Nels Crohn
M. F
Coal Creek
J. Manning
Anchen
Fred Ree
East Kootenay
St. Johns Church
Imperial Bank of Canada
Capital
Cranbrook Branch
H. W. Supple
Coeur D'Alene
Spokane, Washington
British Columbia
Spokane
New Union Station
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