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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
4
Local notes recount Cranbrook visitors and residents with names like A B Fenwick and J Cann. Highlights include Bank-like ads, pool halls, brokered chairs, a theatre report on the Heywood company, and various tradesmen in town. Genealogy of locals, trades, and hospitality feature amid short notices and ads.
Grand Master Jonestone of the I O O F visits West Kootenay lodges while Phoenix gains letters patent of incorporation. The Denver Lodge criticizes London gambling through editorials. Vancouver mayor Garden, a provincial delegate candidate for federal office, is portrayed in political work. The Phoenix Pioneer notes roads favor Phoenix with some routes to Cranbrook.
Nelson will handle Crow's Nest business with a single steamer under the new schedule and withdraw the Nelson from the run. For a few days she will sail to Kaslo while Kokanee is repaired, then serve as a handy port boat. C P R towing fleet lacks capacity, Crow’s Nest boats have aided towing during layovers, Mogie will cover towing in future, and Nelson will be used unless business rises.
The Fort Steele Mercantile Company will close its Fort Steele location and operate solely from Cranbrook. Jacob P. Fink remains in sole charge. John Fink oversees mining interests full time. Charles Theis travels from Honolulu to Toronto and Cranbrook to New Orleans seeking investments. The Yale Kootenay Cariboo district polling date is set for Wednesday November 21 unless the returning officer alters the proclamation. Mac Neil Foley and Galliher gain two weeks more campaigning time, with intensified efforts expected in the final two weeks.
The famous Bucklen’s Arica Salve is praised as the world’s best healer for cuts, corns, burns, bruises, sores and skin eruptions. Sold at Beattie’s drug store for 25 cents per box.
An old belief in drastic purgatives is challenged by King’s New Life Pills which gently stimulate the liver and bowels to expel poisons and cleanse the system. The advertisement claims they cure constipation and sick headache and are sold for 25 cents at Beatty’s drug store.
At a Thursday church meeting the Knox Presbyterian church Cranbrook formed a Social and Literary club connected to the congregation. Officers include Rev W G W Fortune honorary president, Miss Jessie Leitch president, J Gillis vice president, Workman secretary, Miss A Cardiff treasurer. First social on Tuesday evening next week October 23 at the church with free refreshments and invitations to young congregants and non members.
The advertisement touts advantages of shopping at Gilpin's general store. It claims lower prices, diversified expenses across staple lines, and the convenience of monthly accounts with a single bill. It positions all-line retailers as the most successful, urging customers to trade at Gilpin's.
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