Cranbrook Gossip Highlights Local Visitors and Arrivals
A long list of Cranbrook area residents and visitors is reported, including Jake Fink in Wardner, Harvey in town, Al Brown visiting Moyie, R H Bohart from Wardner, Oliver with Mr and Mrs S RK, and many others from Fort Steele, Swansea, Nelson, and Wardner. The piece notes hospital stays, hotel changes, and infrastructural updates along with officials like Postoffice Inspector Fletcher and assistant dispatcher I M Mansfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Fink
Wardner
Solicitor Harvey
al Brown
Moyie
R.H. Bohart
Fort Steele
Cranbrook
Constable Barnes
Mr. Simpson
Swansea
Nelson
Mrs. VanDecar
Miss Hackett
Jers
C.hln
Connell
Miss Keay
Cranbrook Hotel
Henniger
West Kootenay
G. H. Miller
Irvine
John Fink
Steele
Jake
Fort Steele Mercantile Company
Harry Moore
Coal Creek
M. H. Cowan
H. H
Wilson
Wyoming
Wilsgon
Postoffice
Fletcher
Ife
M. Mansfield
Mansfield
W. II
Bishop
Sand Creek
Cranston
Local Notes From Cranbrook Encompass Business Moves and Crime
Local notes detail McVittie Hutchison expanding as Cranbrook fire insurance agents and Palmer Oliver opening shop in Perdue block. Hill the Clothier prepares outfits, William Doble to move east for Cranbrook HQ. J C Brown sells Armstrong avenue property for barber baths and new ground cleared at Moyie site. A Moyie arrest ends with six weeks hard labor for J H McDowell after theft and deceit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McVittie & Hutchison
Cranbrook
Manson Block
John Hutchison
B. C
Hill
Winnipeg
Montreal
William Doble
M. McInnes & Co
Fort Steele
Mr. Doble
East Kootenay
J. C. Brown
Armstrong Avenue
W. B. McFarlane
Mr. McFarlane
Mr.Brown
Maker 'Street
J. H. McDowell
Moyie
Klopp
Mounted Police
Laidlaw and Hutchison
McKinley Visit at Omaha Exposition and Cuban Transfer
President McKinley and party visited the Omaha exposition on the 11th inst. Havana authorities issue protest as Spanish officials turn over the civil government of Manzanillo to the Americans. Secretary Alger plans to muster out Torrey’s Rough Riders in a few days with Jacksonville as the muster site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Omaha Exposition
Havana
Manzanillo
Alger
U. S. Volunteer Cavalry
Torrey's
Rough Riders
Jacksonville
Rocky Mountain Country
Tacoma Land Company
Tacoma
I Wash
Land Company
Local shopkeeper sells blacksmith business after health concerns
In a compact Yukon notice the sole town shop and blacksmith offers his well earning enterprise at a bargain to the right buyer as he seeks retirement due to declining health. The item also reports official Yukon changes with William Gordon Hunter named gold commissioner and Clement of Berlin set as registrar, Wade dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terprises
Yukon
Ottawa
William Gordon Hunter
Victoria
William Fawcett
Clement
Berlin
Wade
Also Mentioned on This Page
British Columbia
Crows Nest
Kootenay Lake
Ane
Cran Brook
Prin
East
Kootenay
B. C. Land Investiment Agency
Victoria and Vancouver
L. A. Hamilton
Man
V. Hyde Baker
Iakusp
Engineer Garden
H. E. King
A. I Beale
al Swalwell
Wariner
George Gurd
Warder
Gurd
Macleod
Elmer Musgrave
Mogie
Monflay
Mr. Musgrave
Fred Smythe
Leader
Moye
John McMahon
Palmer & Oliver
Perdue Block
Wantel
Stanbrook
South East Kootenay
W. N. Brayton
Ryan
Herald
HeRato
B. G. Hamilton
J. A. Hamilton
Fort Williams
Ont
THE
Hamilton
G. I. Hilliard
West End
OW. McVirrin
Dls
Joan Hutchison
Notary Public
Maker Street
J. H. McMullin
Stores
Fort Steele and Cranbrook
G. H. Gilpin
Spokane Falls & Northern Ry
Nelson & Fort Sheppard Ry
Red Mountain
Rossland
Spokane
Heave
Rae
Kettie River
Boundary Creek
Marcus
DIXON
Chase & Sanborn
Crosse and Blackwell
Lee and Perrin
Curtise Bros
van Camp
Gordon and Dilworth
Johnson
van Houten
Upton
Perrin
Kessler
T. Morton
California
Portland Star and Noble
Connor
Clark
Armour
Log Cabin
Farrell
Swift
Wardner, B. C
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