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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 08, 1914
Page
2
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Owing to financial strain from wartime and extended stringency merchants have cut stationery and advertising, leaving the Herald unable to meet expenses. It is now necessary that all debtors pay their accounts immediately so current wages to workmen can be paid. The Herald thanks readers in advance for their prompt settlement and continued relations.
Editorial notes praise British soldiers as individuals who work well in teams and adapt to solo tasks. It cites Austrian reports on Servia, sober Russian troops, and lumbermen forecasting postwar demand. It mentions a giant Gloria Mundi apple record, city water works crews, Cranbrook winter work, and BC trade aims with South America via American Express Co.
A Cranbrook editor urges local men to join a volunteer militia forming in the district for home service. He explains there is no obligation to serve abroad, but those willing may drill and be placed on the corps roll. Recruitment aims to raise about 100 men to fill vacancies as others join the second contingent.
Hardware and mill supplier F. Parks & Co. urges customers to select heating stoves now while stocks last. The ad notes a corn popper for Thanksgiving and offers corn supply as well, prompting shoppers to come early and let the store help with selections.
Reginald D. Davies writes to Cranbrook residents about training to benefit participants mentally and physically. Expert instructors will lead field work and skirmishing with real-war conditions. The militia contemplates building a well equipped armory and issuing uniforms and rifles to corps members.
An editor urges Canada adopt a Dominion Agricultural Mortgage Bond Act to back a staple currency with farm mortgage notes. Proposes farm cooperatives form under federal by laws, with triple mortgages guarantees by provinces and the cooperative.
O. S. Wigen of Wynndel B C explains a cooperative fruit growers proposal to extend loans up to full property value with mortgage bonds backed by local organizations and both Dominion and provincial governments. Interest capped at 4 percent. repayment via mortgage bonds and gold circulation transition is planned.
A 1914 letter from Tillium Victoria questions Dr. Russell's view of the soul and immortality, debating whether Adam was physically perfect and if wages or breath imply an immortal essence. The writer also criticizes followers’ souls and calls for Herald copies from June and July 1914 amid WWI references.
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