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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Nov 07, 1912
Page
3
Multiple 1912 notices authorize Thomas C. Witherspoon and agents to prospect coal and petroleum in the South East Kootenay district. Descriptions cover Block Hh and Block 4593 with boundaries measured in chains and acres, listing claim points, corners, and witnesses. Locations include Witherspoon claim areas near Lot 7507 and nearby posts.
A Victorian advertisement touts Newbro's Herpicide as the single solution to dandruff and hair loss. It cites Mrs. B. Lee of Richmond Virginia, claiming four years in India ruined her hair yet after using Herpicide it grew long and silky. The ad urges trying it first to save worry money and time, notes sample requests and dealer guarantees, and lists The Herpicide Co Detroit as the source with agents Heattie Murphy Co Ltd.
Major G W Stephens along with C C Ballantyne and L G Geoffrion resign from the Montreal Harbor Board after sustained Tory opposition. The trio had led a modernization of the port, investing personal funds and pushing clean, professional management against political patronage, risking a return to old practices and possible harm to Canada’s greatest harbor.
Nov. 1 dispatch reports the Turkish army in retreat before Bulgarians on Thracian plains. Constantinople braces under siege with refugees and fears of moslem fanaticism and Christian targeting. Foreign warships seen as key to protecting interests amid possible Young Turks riot and mass exodus. A brigade is sent to Thessaly to stop fleeing soldiers reaching the capital.
Thirty days after date the locator will or near 4 miles south then 2 miles east of the S 16 corner of Lot 7407 and at the SW corner of the YY OC Witherspoon claim. Boundaries run north 80 chains east 1 chains south 80 chains west 80 chains to the start. Contains 610 acres more or less. October 1912 S454.
An old medical patent pill ad promotes Dr. de Van's Female Pills as a powerful regulator of female generative health. It claims reliability and French regulation, with pricing of 5.0 per box or three for $10, and offers mailing to any address via Scebell Drug Co in St. Catharines and Beatie Murphy & Co. as sale points.
A 610 acre land description in the district south of Kootenay near mile east of the 40 tile Post on CPLR marks the Witherspoon block. Survey boundaries run west to east 80 chains and north to south 80 chains, enclosing the TC Witherspoon claim. Locator T C Witherspoon filed this on October 17, 1912.
The document details a land claim description dating thirty days after date, locating Block 4613 near the 40 mile post. It describes a square 80 chain per side boundary around the N. 1. corner of the Witherspoon claim, totaling about 610 acres. Located October 17, 112, by Witherspoon Lectter.
Legal notice describes a land parcel starting near two miles south and one mile east of the S W corner of Lot 7507 then bounds north 80 chains east 80 chains south 80 chains and west 80 chains to commence. The claim is linked to the T C Witherspoon claim and dated 1912.
Legal notice describing Block 4513 in the Southast Kootenay district near the southeast corner of Lot 7507. It details a land tract of 610 acres more or less, located by boundary lines around N W corner of the T C Witherspoon claim. Locater T C Witherspoon filed on September 21, 1912.
Notices describe mineral land claims near Victoria and the 20 mile post CPLR survey. Witherspoon locator details a 616 acre area with specific bounds and a October 10 filing. Virgo agent notes a separate 10 acre claim near the Witherspoon parcel with October 18 dating and witness Archie Helden.
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