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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1923
Page
3
The 172nd R.M.R. band staged a surprise social at the drill hall to honor Jim Bromley on his wedding. Colonel J. R. Vienna announced the tribute and Bromley received a casserola before the band played Por He’s a Daily Good Fellow. Mrs Bromley’s thanks were extended in the note from Kamloopa Standard.
Tek Malt of Glaylyra wins approval this week from J and Whitelelo to proceed with Weged work. The arrangement links Tek Malt with J and Whitelelo Ltd for the project, signaling a contractual milestone and potential market impact in the region.
Jerry Carruthers, star reporter for the Redding Journal, is exiled to a lonely summer resort for health. Editor Angus hopes for a replacement but no substitute is found. He grows close to Glynne, the proprietor’s daughter, as they hike, canoe, and talk of his job prospects and a future back in the city.
Experiential Farms Note outlines methods to till soil early in spring to preserve moisture, reduce weed and disease pressure, and improve growth for fruit trees, bushes, and perennials. It recommends cultivating as soon as feasible, loosening soil for rapid rain infiltration, and ploughing under a spring cover crop to conserve moisture for a larger future crop.
The Pacific Highway office records for 1921-22 show customs duties of 18016.70, sales tax 1465.26, excise 21.25, and sundry 1251.13, with broad counts for Canadian in and out flows, foreign autos, and auto passengers. Immigration figures indicate about 57,000 entrants via White Rock examined by local officials, and roughly 25,000 automobiles carrying over 75,000 people examined by Douglas staff. Boundary line returns list 59,590 automobiles entering Canada from the United States with 105,875 persons examined by highway staff.
April 11 Bellingham residents express near unanimous opposition to closing the Canadiat boundary loms stations at 7 PM rather than current hours. The Tions Club and civic groups plan protest. Businessmen fear reduced tourism and summer traffic, while locals expect Canadians to stay elsewhere after work.
Mr. Todd bid farewell in Mission City on Saturday as he announced his successor Major Taylor. Accompanied by Mr. Vernal of the provincial engineering department, Todd will move to South Vancouver while friends here wish him success.
A letter advocates forming car owner groups in the Fraser Valley to press authorities for better roads. It argues for seasonal graveling, proper rock size, and road grading to prevent loose gravel danger. It notes the cost of big stones and proposes using pit gravel from local quarries for top quality roads. It calls for union among auto clubs to push improvements and asks readers to register their support.
Following detailed directives from the Ottawa Department of Agriculture, the article describes making a hotbed or cold frame with a ground bed or excavation. It covers soil depth, frame construction, banking for heat, drainage, and seasonal timing, plus a note on using a thermomet er for soil temperature not to exceed 30 degrees and sowing in four inch rows.
The provincial secretary proclaims Sunday May 71 as Go-to-Sunday-Behool Day and promotes observation across British Columbia per the Gazette. The notice urges widespread observance throughout the province.
A worn exchange recounts a promise that a timepiece would endure, with the clerk admitting disappointment in the purchase day. Christiania Karsaren is cited as the source of the remark, highlighting tension over product longevity and satisfaction.
In a terse exchange BI and his cousin discuss two kinds of wives. The first is described as “the kind that makes him wear rubbers” and the second as “the kind that makes you wear evening clothes,” revealing a colloquial joke about marriage roles.
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