Seven year old burns treated by skin grafts and wartime topics
A Cardiff boy Doug Brockington suffered severe scalds from a boiler. His sisters Madge and Dorothy donated skin grafts from their thighs to save his arm. The report also covers wartime medical corps for women, tax receipts for 1910, a planned Palace of French Arts and Industries in Strand, and Salvation Army leadership defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Brockington
Cardiff
Madge
Dorothy Brockington
How to Make a Durable Shirt From 314 Yards Material
A guide describes using 314 yards to create a roomy comfortable shirt. It advises sewing buttons by hand to prevent loss bar tack buttonholes and double stitch and anchor all seams to avoid ripping. The piece concludes that making the shirt is cheaper and better than buying one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zasky
Hudson Bay Knitting Co. Shirt with Guarantee Bond
An ad for the Brand Buck Skin Cloth Shirt from Hudson Bay Knitting Co Montreal. The shirt carries a guarantee bond promising the shirt will not shrink and dealers offer service without charge. Sold by leading dealers across Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Hudson Bay Knitting CO
Montreal
Percy Bertram Hunt Seeks Land Purchase in East Kootenay
Percy Bertram Hunt of Rossland British Columbia a merchant applies to purchase 320 acres in Cranbrook Land District East Kootenay describing a parcel starting near Lot 6151 and bounded by 40 chain north and south lines and 80 chain east and west lines. Locator Hunt. Agent H Hutchinson. Dated July 6 1910.
Land purchase notices from Cranbrook and East Kootenay districts
Emma J Anderson of Wycliffe seeks permission to buy 32 acres described land from Lots 10125 and 10126 in the Cranbrook district. Samuel Paterson of Rossland and James Clarence Belton of Rossland apply for parcels totaling 640 and 320 acres respectively in East Kootenay, with locator agents named J H Hutchinson and locations defined by chain measurements.
Notice of land description and stray livestock from Cranbrook area
Sydney George Hunt of Rossland B C intends to acquire parcel at east corner Lot 6147 then 40 chains each direction totaling 160 acres. Simultaneously two animals owned by the undersigned strayed from St Eugene Mission area on or about July 9. A chunky grey gelding and a white mare branded hip low are missing. return or harboring the animals to J S Mackey or North Star Lumber Co Cranbrook BC.
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St. Eugene Mission
J. S. Mackey
North Star Lumber Co
Cranbrook
B. C
Tender for Examining Warehouse Vancouver 1910
Sealed tenders addressed to the Minister of Public Works Ottawa will be received until 4 00 p m on Wednesday October 26 1910 for the construction of an Examining Warehouse Vancouver BC Plans specifications and contract forms are available from Joseph Greenfield Winnipeg William Henderson Victoria or at the Vancouver Post Office and Ulis Department Tenders must use printed forms signed with full occupation and residence details for each signer for firms provide signatures and occupations for each member Tender accompanied by a 10 percent cheque payable to the Minister of Public Works to be forfeited if the contract is refused or work not completed If not accepted the cheque is returned The department reserves the right to reject all tenders Newspapers charged with publishing without department authority will not be paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B.C
Joseph Greenfield
Winnipeg
Man
Wm. Henderson
Victoria
Ulis Department
Faaiar
Minister of Public Works
Homestead Rules On Dominion Lands In Railway Belt BC
Dominion Lands in the Railway Belt BC may be homesteaded by sole heads of families or any adult, up to a quarter section of 160 acres. Entry must be in person at the local land office, with proxy options limited to close relatives under specified conditions. Plans require six months residence yearly for three years or equivalent arrangements via parent or own nearby farm residence. Six months’ notice to Ottawa. Coal mining rights may be leased for 21 years at $1 per acre, with a 5 cent per ton royalty and a cap of 2,570 acres per holder, per Deputy Minister W. W. Cory. 29-26t
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Railway Belt
British Columbia
Commissioner of Dominion Lands
Ottawa
W. W. Cory
Interior
Notice of land description and intent to apportion
TAKE NOTICE that Charles F. bia, Occupation Clerk, intends to ap following described land: Commencing at a post planted at tthe north-west corner of Lot 7038, thence west 20 chains, thence south 40 chains, thence east 20 chains, thence north 40 chains to the place of beginning, and containing 6&0 acres, more or less Charles F. Anderson. Dated August 18th, 1910. 29-9¢
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Bertram Hunt
Rossland
B. C
H. Hutchinson
U. CU. Staples
Samuel Paterson
J. H. Hutchinson
James Clarence Belton
Sydney George Hunt
Charles F. Anderson
Wycliffe
British Columbia
David O. Anderson
David C. Anderson
Anderson seeks to purchase 330 acre land block in Cranbrook district
David C. Anderson of Wycliffe BC a lumberman intends to apply for permission to purchase land described as Lot 10131 forming a 330 acre area. The plan runs from the NW corner of Lot 10131 south 80 chains west 40 chains north 80 chains and back to the start. Dated August 23 1910.
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W. F. Gurd
Columbl
F. E. Corrison
CHOI
Cranbrook, B.C
Miss Mabel Wellman
Cuhreilly Mollet
Thone
P.O. Box
DRS
King & Green
Physicians and Surgeons
Armstrong Ave
BO Ae
J. W. Rutledge
Ontario Veterinary College
Toronto
McKillip
Veterinary College
Clileare
Manitoba
B. H. Short
R. K. Fata
Fata
F. B. Miles
Ito
New Reid Block
Joseph Ryan
Cosmopolitan Hotel
B.C. Land Surveyors
McVittie & Parker Cranbrook and
Fort Steele
J. G. Cummings
Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor
J. T. Laidlaw
Halcyon Lithia Water
DE Vere Hunt Agent Life and Fire Insurance
Beatty
Puneral
Cranbrook B.C
Paegh Swannell
D. L
Robertson, B
D.L
Drawer
Victoria, B.C
Joe Marapodi
Provenzano & Sacco
General Merchants Employment Agents
C. P
Montana
Armstrong Avenue
The
Cranbrook Employment and Real Estate Agency
J. Armour
Phone iSles
the Workingmen's Employment and Real Estate Agency
W. Parker
Baker St
Nelson
Widdowson
ASSAY
Box
Neleon
Blair Business College
Spokane
Nortwest
C.H. Blair
Hume Nelson
GEO
P. Wells
Proprietor
B. Tomkin
Crescent Lover
Knights of Pythias Cranbrook
Fraternity Hall
J. M. Boyes
T. G. Jones
K. of
C.F
Key City
New Fraternity Hall
W. S. Hall
C. J. Little
N. Q
Cranbrook Lodge
A. M
W. FY
N. W. Connolly
Maple Leaf Rebekah Lodge No
Rebekahs
B. Johnston
N. G
Hickenbotham
Pythian Sisters
Fidelity Temple
T. Fraser
M. MacKinnon
M. R
Ancient Order OF Foresters Court Cranbrook
Carmen’s Hall
James Sims
L. Bent
Independent Order OF Foresters
Carmen's Hall
Sharp
Lulu Hayward
Isaac Baxter
OLD Country News
British Association
Sheffield
WH. J. Russell
J. Hutchinson
Swanage
Dorset
War Office
Commissioners of Inland Revenue
United Kingdom
Strand
Palace of French Arts and Industries
Aldwych
Kingsway
Booth
Grand Theatre
Battersea
Salvation Army
Army
London
Chamberlain
Cranbrook-Fernie Farmers’ Institute
T.S. Gru
Macpoxam
Secon
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Guild
Charles W. King
Young Ladies
Philothea and
Young Men's Bible
Young Peoples
Ria Christian
South Alberta
Alberta
A. Lund
Wardner, British Columbia
Ead
Cranbrook Land District
East Kootenay
Kootenay
Emma J Anderson
Emma J. Anderson
Choice Nursery
Coldstream Estate Nurseries
Proprietors
Coldstream Estate Co., Ltd
Vernon, B. C
Frank Dezan
Agente
Canada Bicycle Motors Co
Bicycles
Alec Deering Mowers
Rekee
R. CA. Desrochers
Department of Public Works
Department
Cranbrook Land Dastrict
District OF
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