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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1923
Page
2
An old advertisement touts Cascarets for relief of constipation and biliousness with the claim it works while you sleep. It targets men women and children and lists 10c boxes with 2 and 50e sizes available at any drug store.
The moment you eat a tablet of Papes Diapepsin your indigestion is gone. No more distress from a sour upset stomach. No flatulence heartburn or misery making gases. Correct your digestion for a few cents. Package guaranteed by druggist to overcome stomach trouble.
A Fort Steele harvest service was held on Sunday and the town saw a busy week with grain shipments, tea parties for birthdays, and a lively charivari at Westport. Donations were sent to Japanese children via the Calgary Red Cross, while local figures reported farming activity and a humorous church diary.
An American reader recalls a Canadian woman recommending Vicks VapoRub after his child recovered from illness. The ad-like piece touts Vicks as a drugstore salve with camphor menthol eucalyptus thyme and turpentine, marketed at 60e per jar with a free test size offer from Vick Chemical Co.
French navigator Alain Gerbault began his solo 400 foot voyage from France on April 6. He endured 142 days of rowing, fever, thirst, and hunger before arriving in New York on September 17. His voyage marks a historic ocean crossing and feat.
The Coast Range Steel project in British Columbia draws both interest and criticism as government involvement prompts debate. A Victoria chamber report backs the plan, while opponents warn the market and financing conditions may doom the venture despite industrial promotion by H. J. Landahl and support from mining figures such as H. S. Munro. The outcome hinges on costly feasibility and political will amid past failures of similar schemes.
A descriptive poem by David Anderson portrays Kamloops as an inland city on the Thompson River. It praises terraced hills, green parks, Riverside Park, and local life from children at play to trains and industry, blending landscapes with the region’s history and surroundings.
Montreal publication boasts a 72 page weekly issue for 2.00 per year and new improvements across all departments. Subscribers in time will receive a free color illustration of a heroic woman whose life story appears in booklet form.
The piece recalls the Argonne drive five years ago with numbers of casualties and a demobilization note. It critiques postwar policy, the Muscle Shoals power deal, and Ford’s fertilizer promise, then shifts to meditations on matter, mind, and economics, ending with a note on advertising and Tutankhamen lore.
Effective Sunday September 30 1923 railway notice states Nos 7 and 8 between Montreal Toronto and Vancouver will be withdrawn. Last trains on Sept 29 1923. Mountaineer Nos 18 and 14 between Chicago and Vancouver withdrawn west of Moose Jaw with connections at Moose Jaw to trains Nos 1 and 2.
Fragmented excerpts describe Pharaoh curses crossing millennia and General Wood fighting insurgents in the Philippines. The text mentions governments using machines to spray forests, and France deploying flying machines to replant mountains as war fades from memory.
Victoria reports a surge in British Columbia lumber output with 1,484,?02,000 feet scaled from January to August, about 40 percent more than the previous year’s 1,029,893,000 feet. The rise is attributed to faster mill operation to meet orders for the Atlantic seaboard and other markets.
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