Local Notes of Cranbrook and District
Picked up about the city by asking questions of many people. George Cody of Fernie was in town lately and several businessmen and miners visited Cranbrook this week. A C P R baggage policy change, residential sales, and upcoming church tenders discussed. notable visitors include George Summer, J S Hodgson, and R K Hope. The Edith J Miller Concert Co performed, boxers in China, and prospects at Moyie and Lardeau were noted amid routine town chatter. Local services, housing ads, and transport updates filled the page as residents moved about the region.
Real estate deal and town notes from Cranbrook
In Cranbrook notes V J Baker bought a Lake and Park corner property from Mrs Ry Stutter for 2600 cash. Dr John Barber plans a Moyie trip, returning Sept 29. Others fix Palmera Bar road, Medhurst to Cassiar, Wentworth at Calgary races with grippe, fishing trips, and a fond farewell to Jack Hurly who almost left for Dawson City.
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Nelson
V. J. Baker
Jonnie Ry Stutter
Lake and
Park Streets
George Wentworth
Calgary
Macleod
Wentworth
Grippe
Cranbrook
Knights of the Grip Trade Visitors Cover Cranbrook This Week
A roster of visitors traveling to Cranbrook includes B Neild and W P Dickson among others from Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Nelson, Montreal, and Edmonton. The list features representatives in jewelry, plows, cigars, shirts, livestock, neckwear, groceries, clothing, dry goods, produce, gloves, silverware, ladies furnishings, window shades, and related goods.
Seventh Spokane Industrial Exposition Opens With Parade
The seventh annual Spokane Industrial Exposition opens next Tuesday with a parade down Riverside led by the Royal Marine band of Italy. Miss Lulu Kirby Goddess of Plenty will lead as chief attraction and share honors with the band and merchant floats. She will ride in Lincoln’s former carriage, believed to be the one used to take him home after Ford's Theatre shooting.
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Spokane
Chorus of 1000 Children to Sing at Opening Day
The parade ends at the tent where a chorus of school boys and girls will perform several numbers. Last year the chorus was a highlight at the exposition and this year about 1000 children will participate, 400 more than last year.
Wage settlement for CPR machinists in Canada West transfers
The C P L R Strike Award Winnipeg September 20. Arbitrator Robert Strong settled the CPR machinists wage dispute tied to the recent strike. Pay rises: Fort William to Laggan 2 cents an hour. Laggan to Kamloops and West Kootenay 1 cent. Apprentices and new hires to follow the old schedule with probation reduced to six months for new men and one year for young graduates.
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Winnipeg
Robert Strong
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fort William
Laggan
Kam Joops
West Kootenay
Spokane buys into wallpaper firm ties Batley with Wright
George Batley of Spokane has purchased an interest with FF B Wright in the wallpaper and paint business at 808 Riverside avenue. The former Gem Idaho postmaster will manage the picture framing department. His Moyie and Cranbrook friends wish him success in his new home and business.
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George Batley
FF. B. Wright
Riverside Avenue
Mr. Batley
Gem
Idaho
Moyie
Cranbrook
Anil
General Elections Likely Before November Fifteenth
The Nelson Miner reports from a reliable authority that general elections will be held before November 15 with polling day probably November 6.
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Nelson Miner
Kaiser and Frith Paints Young Prince in Windsor
The London Chronicle cites English painter J M Frith as introducing the future Kaiser to art at Windsor. As a four year old prince, he smeared his face with green, blue and vermilion while Frith painted a portrait of the Prince of Wales's marriage. The youngster, surprised by a turpentine sting, fled under a table and later posed poorly, hindering the likeness.
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van Dinastrom
Nnackfuss
Kaiser
London Chronicle
Windsor
Frith
Prince of Wales
Mr. Frith
How the Greeks Sleep and Greek Inn Habits
The Atheneum notes Greek interior inns lack common lounges and offices, often with rooms above reached by outside stairs. Furnishings are sparse, iron beds common, and overfurnishing shunned. Shared rooms with multiple beds prevail and daytime sleeping may incur extra charges.
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United States
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George Cody
Fernie
Aira. Odell's
Kimberly
VanDeear & Son
Hb. C. Pell
Edmonton
GM. Lang
C. P. R. Engineering Department
Watt
Snap
Durick Avenue
Alhire
Dr. Green
Frank Robbins
North Star Mine
Neil Macleod Curran
The
North Star
Breckenridge & Lund
Prairie
C.F. Hannington
Fort Steele
Jessie Wellman
A. Stronach
George Leask
Leask & Slater
A. E., Watt
W. T. Dickson
Cranbrook Electric Light Company
Timothy Day
J. McConnell
George H. Richardson
Messrs. McMullin & Taylor
St. Eugene
Cameron
Shaughnessy
UC. P. R
R. K. Neill
Coeur d’ Alenes
Kimberley
Court of Revision
G. R. Leask
Mrs Leask
Holford
Edith J. Miller
Misses Miller
Forsyth
Messrs
R. C. Campbell
Stanley Adams
China
George Johnson
Lardeau Country
John Leask
Horace J. Butler
Aiken Block
Hadith Miller
Miss Miller
G. H. Miner
Ontario
Mrs. Miner
Ifso van Decar
George Summer
Sumner
John Barber
McConnells
Sam
Joe Mitchell
Stote
Palmer’s Bar
Baldy
FM. Medhurst
Medily
Cassiar
Jim
Billy" Doble
Doc" Bell
Kootenay
Providence
Jack Hurly
Jack
Quesnelle
Dawson City
Meddy
Alex McDermot
Harry McVittie
Knights OF the Grip
B. Neild
Toronto
N. McKilvie
W. D. Schell
W. P. Dickson
A. A. Boak
Vancouver
H. H. Davison
A R. Tufts
G. A. Ramsay
A. Ei. Smitherone
W. W. Millichamp
Harry H. Cooper
A. F. Mills
D. J. Taylor
John Rudolph
Brantford
Montreal
KC. Pell
John Fahey
Neckwear
P.M. Englis
Groceries, Hamilton
N. T. MacLeod
H, B, Co., Nelson
T. W, Clemens
Clothing
Hamilton
D. K
Mollison
Thomas Parkinson
Sanderman
Werner
Berlin
Snider
Vancouser
Israel Taylor
Brampton
A. F E. Rowland
L. Cleghorn
Ladies' Furnishings
W. E. Ashdown
Hugh B. Gilmour
Waterous Engine Works Company
Spokane Industrial Exposition
Lambra, Key Ciy Lodge No LA
Haken Street
Cranbrook Lodge
Brethe
Rosilar
Elon de
J. R. Costigan
Cosmopolitan Hotel
E. H. Small
Pieper & Currie
the Lion Brewery
eeRossland, BC
British Columbia
Alli Hotels
West
Haat Kootenay
James Kerrigan & Co
B.C
C. Plr
East Kootenay
North Star and Sullivan Mines
Geary & Doyle
Harry
Chas
Kimberley, B. C
J. L. Patton
W. F. Tate
Cranbrook, B.C
A. W. M'Vittie
D. L. S. Provincial Land Surveyor
McVittie & Hutchison Cranbrook
B. C
Prest & Co
A. D. Grant
Cranbrook, BC
the Kaiser and
North Star Hotel
Harry Drew
Prop
Fort, Steele
East Kootenay Bottling Co
South East
Otenay
South East Kootenay
L. A. Hamilton
Manitoba
B. C. Land Investment, Agency
Victoria and
Hyde Baker
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