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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 31, 1924
Page
7
The play Why Men Leave Home features John Emerson who marries Ellen Sutton. After a year he grows distant and cross. the plot centers on his affair with an “other woman” and the wife’s determined return to marriage. The feature film opens Monday and Tuesday, November 3 and 4.
John cheats on Ellen with his secretary after a first anniversary gift fiasco. Ellen learns the truth and the scandal leads to divorce and remarriage to the secretary, followed by Grandma Sutton and a staged quarantine. In the end John and Ellen renew their vows on a second honeymoon and proclaim lasting love.
Coroner's inquest into the Wa east road crash near Cranbrook concluded with a finding of accidental death. Goare Hut of Lethbridge died when a car left the road after attempting a reverse curve. Witnesses described a fast pace, possible steering overreach, and no liquor involvement. The deceased, 33, was a Greek immigrant with business ties in Lethbridge.
The obituary notes the death of George Hut in Lethbridge after a series of ventures including a confectionery business and a commercial cafe. He leaves a wife and young children, an aged mother, and a brother Steve. Remains were shipped by train to his home city for funeral services conducted Monday.
A Canadian official explains why a railway belt map of Southern British Columbia omitted the southeast province area. The letter notes economy led to a single sheet, promises a corrected small map and a provincial map, and sends an Alberta map showing the east Kootenay district.
The twelve months ended August show exports rising by $58,17,008 and imports falling by $58,915,122. Canada's exports reached $1,080.12 million, per the Canadian Bureau of Statistics. Customs revenue for the year fell by $7,812,782 versus the prior year.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as fast relief for indigestion gas sour stomach and heartburn. It claims a 60 cent package lasts months for the family with guaranteed satisfaction from druggists.
The Hut terite colony south of Raymond Alberta reports a unique grain record. In five years in Southern Alberta they have produced more wheat than in all the nine decades of their North Dakota operations. They harvested 1000 bushels of wheat in the last five years.
The Lumberton Club held a regular social evening in Lumberton hall with whist tables early, a tasty lunch, and dancing. Prizes will be awarded for the month’s top card players, and a masquerade is planned. The gathering also noted hunting trips, fishing at Lake Munroe, and a Cranbrook track meet where Lumberton showed strong results in hurdles and high jump.
Notice is given that an application will be made to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia at the next session for an act vesting general property of the Presbyterian Church in Canada the Methodist Church and the Congregational Churches of Canada in the United Church of Canada for holding and administering property of congregations joining the union and for those not joining. Dated at Victoria September 9 1924.
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