Tragic pursuit ends in mill dam death and related cases
Oldham scene recalls a desperate chase in which Hesker Lovell seized his infant daughter and leaped a wall to a mill dam. The child sank and died. The coroner heard the mother Mary Ann Lovell describe mounting hardships and threats. Other items include a suspicious burglary with tied-up victim, a con artist at Werrington Hall, a vinegar plant vandal, a Grace Darling style rescue, and a deadly traction engine accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oldham
Hesker Lovell
Lovell
Mary Ann Lovell
Wit- Hwss
Amd
Aml
Zam-Buk touted as cure for chronic sores and skin ailments
A Fort William Ontario resident lauds Zam-Buk as a family balm for chronic sores ulcers eczema and other skin injuries. The letter praises rapid improvement and claims the product cleansed and healed the leg sore and scalp condition in a short time while warning against imitations selling for 1.26 for three boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. B. Ashton
Vickers Street
Fort William
Ont
Zam-Buk Co
Toronto
Doyle seeks land purchase in Cranbrook District
I A Doyle of Fort Steele H C intends to apply for permission to purchase 80 acres more or less described as starting at a post on W Carlin's timber license 23091 and running 20 chains north 40 east 20 south and 40 west to the starting point. Locator A Doyle. Dated October 12 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. A. Doyle
Fort Steele
H. C
W. Carlin
A. Doyle
John Crush Merington
Cranbrook
Kootenay
Harry Eustace Boorman
B. A
Harry Mustace Boorman
Ott
Rambling Reveries on Home Life and Kindness
A reflective meditation on family happiness, love, and sympathy. It extols cherishing home, praising children, wives, and husbands, urging warmth, encouragement, and lavish kindness to those closest at hand. The voice advocates cheerful, hopeful living and keeping the brightest lamps and merriment for home.
Open Season for Snake Stories Declares Moral Gleaner
A pointed editorial argues gospel prescriptions fail without healthful living and notes the start of the season for sensational snake stories. The piece critiques sensationalism while urging practical ethics and personal example.
Water license application filed at Cranbrook BC
Elizabeth Cummiggs of Cranbrook BC applies to the Water Commissioner on November 22 for a license to divert water from Cherry Creek for irrigation and domestic use on 40 acres and to store 10 acre feet in a reservoir. The plan involves gates pipes and reservoirs across Lots 5985 8743 Group 1 and adjacent lands with affected landowners including W B Furd J Elwell M A Beale Otis Staples J G Cummings and Alfred Cummings. The notice dates from November 1 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth C. Cummiggs
Cranbrook
B. C
Cherry Creek
Kootenay
W. B F Urd
J. Elwell
M. A. Beale
Otis Staples
J. G. Cummings
Alfred Cummings
Water Supply Company Limited Extraordinary General Meeting Notice
Notice to shareholders of The Water Supply Company Limited Cranbrook B C holding an extraordinary meeting October 22 1909 to ratify sale of plant and undertaking to Cranbrook city wind up the company appoint liquidator and inspectors a second meeting November 6 1909 to ratify any resolutions from the October 22 meeting dated Cranbrook October 2 1909
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Supply Company, Limited
Cranbrook
B.C
B. C
Lands Seek Purchase in East Kootenay and Cranbrook Districts
District notices announce James W. Blake of Skookumchuck intends to purchase four hundred acres described by multiple bounds in Lot 6022 838 and adjacent areas with Higgins purchase. Clement Hungerford Pollen as agent. A second notice by John Crush Merington of Cranbrook seeks permission to escape and acquire 160 acres along the northwest corner of Lot 315 bounded by the Kootenay River.
Boorman Seeks Land Purchase in Cranbrook District
District of Southern Division East Kootenay notices Harry Eustace Boorman of Cranbrook a bank clerk applies to purchase 20 acres described as Lot 8103 and adjacent Kootenay River boundaries starting at the southwest corner. Comment period and official action dated October 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Kootenay
Coal and Petroleum License Prospect Lands Kootenay BC
Notice to apply for a coal and petroleum prospecting license over 640 acres in Block 4693 South West Kootenay British Columbia. Lands begin at N W corner of Lot 8726 and run 80 chains each side. Application planned 40 days after date, dated September 14 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works
Kootenay
British Columbia
N. W
S. W
Hi German
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East Kootenay Bottling Co
Tie Perry Creek Hotel
Pidgeon & Anderson, Proprietors
the Cosmopolitan
E. H. Small
Cos
Queen's Hotel
Calgary, Alberta
Calgary
H. L. Stephens
Canadian Hotel
Cranebrook
Joseph Brault
HOTEL
ST. Francis
Hartley
Cor, Seymour and Cordova Sts
Oppostel, PA
Vancouver, B. C
Jack McDonald
Gust, Andren
Manitoba
J, Brown
Lie Wiiv
Leitien
Leonard Ballwin
CCHS
Sdheswell Willow Whige House-Laiming
Wis
Ciiply
Baldwin
Retuwo
War Office
Peterborough
Miss Morling
Hie
Tie
Stamford
Willian Chester
Grace Darling
Roxdale
Jarrow
Rocks
Rocket Brigade
Verrill
Elise
Steithes
Distington
Workington
Arthur Ewers
Assenidon
Buesing- Hamshire
Whittlele-Woods
van Rutter
Chorley
George Summer
George H. Gerrard
Rutter
Summer
Gerrard
Rotherham
St. Anne's Roal
Thomas Bidking
London
Eikins
Southampton
Dking
Cranbrook Land District
Africa
Sonse Brothers
Joe Marapodi
Elizabeth C. Cummings
Cranbrook, B.C
James W. Blake
Skookumchuck
Higgins Purchase
James Blake
Clement Hungerford Pollen
Coal and Petroleum Notice
Senterber
Helena Harrison
DRS
King & Green
Physicians Office
Resid
Armstrong Ave
F. B. Miles
New Bold Block
B. O
W. F. Gurd
E. Bent
J.C. Hox TR
Vhaone
Francis E. Corrison
Thidiidter
Crnhroskiby
Choimister Knox
Preshstata
Tate
Royal Walsh Fusiliers
Standard
City Orchestra
Cranbrook, DC
H.C. C. Salmon
Phont Cranbrook
Kh. C
Miss Mabel Wellman
Nox
W. R. Beatty
Cranbrook B
B.C. Land Surveyors
McVittie & Parker Cranbrook and
Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyors
J. T. Laidlaw
Cranbrook &86
Swannell
A. J. Robartson
C. B
Dominion and Brite Columbia
P.O. Driver
Land Surveyors
Victoria
J. W. Rutledge
Ontario Veterinary College
McKillip's
Veterinary College
Chicago
Manitob
Cranbrook Hotel
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