Christmas festival and church services mark city observance
In a quiet weekend, the Methodist church held a Christmas program with a morning topic The Christ Childs Message and an evening Peace on earth Good Will to Men Can This Be topic. Choirs performed songs as members Mrs W M De Cew Miss N Carter and Arnold Carter listed among attendees. A West End house fire prompted a response from neighbors and the fire department though damage was minor. New Years post office hours limited to 2 to 3 pm for lantern delivery. Walter Ross of Grand Ork is visiting. he now runs a drug business in Northport Washington. Postmaster Hall received national service cards for all male residents.
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Methodist Church
Simper
Dan. Wilson
West End
Public notices and sports moves in city bulletin
The text outlines post office card access for residents ages 16 to 65 plus the direction to request a card at the local post office. It notes a Monday Wednesday Friday Great Northern train schedule change between Oroville and Princeton starting January 1. Magistrate Cochrane hears the City v P A Z Pare case over a barber license with Pare ordered to pay the license plus costs. Sergt. E W Holbrook, now company sergeant major, is recommended for the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Methodist Sunday school funds to Belgian and Serbian orphans. Coolgardie Smith leaves Vancouver for England to enlist. Phoenix hockey joins West Kootenay league as no Boundary league this winter.
Cascarets Promise Overnight Liver Cleanse and Relief
The ad touts Cascarets as a 10 cent cure for biliousness and constipation. It claims a torpid liver and clogged bowels cause indigestion, foul breath, and head aches, promising a morning reset after a night’s use. Also notes local items: Midway students raise 38 for Belgian fund and several regional notices.
Pape's Diapepsin Quick Fix for Stomach Trouble
An old advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as a fast and harmless cure for indigestion sour stomach and belching. It promises relief in five minutes and claims the remedy digests 3000 grains of food, preventing dizziness bloating and headaches. A fifty cent case is offered at drug stores.
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Pape
Danderine Claim: Stop Dandruff and Hair Loss Today
An advertisement promises hair restoration by using Knowlton's Danderine, asserting dandruff causes hair loss and shedding. The copy urges readers to buy a 25 cent bottle from drug stores and claims hair will regain luster and vitality with use.
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Knowlton
TENDERS FOR WOOD FOR CENTRAL SCHOOL
Sealed tenders will be received up to January 15 1917 for fifty cards of green wood four foot long split fir or tamarack cut from this season's timber. Wood to be piled at the Central School and delivered as directed. Tenders must state delivery time. Lowest may not be accepted. Grand Forks British Columbia December 26 1916. Geo H Hull secretary to the Board of School Trustees.
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Grand Farka
B. C
Geo, H
Hull
Board of School Trustees
Mail Addressing Rules For Front Line Units
Instructions to address mail for service members include regimental number rank name squadron battalion or unit staff appointment and department with Canadian Contingent or British Expeditionary Force specified and Army Post London England. Higher formations like brigades or divisions should not be mentioned to avoid delays.
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British Expeditionary Force
Army Post
London
England
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Beaver
Shubert
Jon Suc
A. B. Shubert, Inc
News OF the
Traina
Walter Ross
Grand Orks
Mr. Ross
Northport
Wash
Great Northern
Oroville
Princeton
Va. P
Sergt
E. W. Holbrook
102Nd Battalion
Methodist Sunday School
Coolgardie
Smith
This
Vancouver
Phoenix
West Kootenay
Boundary Hockey League
Midway
Peter A. Pre
Eholt
Wm. Tallett
Carmi
France
Mra James Veret
Pred Cooper
Greenwood
John Donaldson
Tuulnstraaig Wien
Rawleign Co
Warren
Gr Caokana
Secomd
Fund Store
Timberlake,son&co
the Quality Jewellers
Bridge Street
Next-Telephone Exchange
Grand Forks
Ge Sun Print Shop
Sun
Toronto
London Directory
United Kingdom
Bo Orbirger
THE
London Directory 60., Ltd
Abchurch Bine
F.C
Enclish
Freign
Weltefor
Masters’, Ltd
Nye Eng
Ine
Joe
Our Nuw
Yale Barber Shop
IP. A.Z, Pare
Vane Horst
Finer Sree
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