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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
2
The Abbottsford Post discusses tourism plans for local improvement and reports a Vancouver Sun stance on a proposed automobile tax to fund road work. It notes provincial discussions, potential revenue, and calls for road improvements with emphasis on funding and public response.
In Europe today 400000000 people are short of food. One third of the world's population is now on short rations.
A collage of wartime phrases on winning the war, beef prices in Paris and Italy, and editor letters about paper scarcity. Anecdotes recount a Ford vehicle converting to farm work, hay field utility, and a Surrey man modifying a wagon to haul hay amid winter shortages.
A court issues an order to suspend publication in a local newspaper. The action targets all issues until further notice with no rescripts provided. The responsible authority fines the publisher 88,000 and costs indicate enforcement in the Ottawa area.
The article argues Britain must raise war spending through taxes and bonds while preserving enterprise. It notes tax shares rose from 9 to about 21 percent over years of war and warns heavy levies could choke production and financial strength. Production remains the key channel for expenditure and income.
A fragmentary excerpt from a Paris outing in a 19th century review notes a tense scene with veiled references to privacy virtue and public gaze. The narrator hints at social discomfort and improvised dialogue amid a blurred scene of travel and observation.
A sharp reminder urges people to stop nitpicking neighbors and redirect effort toward personal productivity and accountability. The note advocates practical work over prying critique and promotes self-improvement.
An advertisement urges women to mix two fresh lemons with three ounces of orchard white to create a quarter pint lemon lotion said to bleach freckles and tan. It promotes using this daily on face neck arms and hands as a cheap skin softener and whitener.
Official notice outlines royalty of 10 cents per ton and duties for a coal mine operator with full accounting by an agent. The plan requires annual site turns and lists surface debt handling, with bids and rates set at 10 dollars per person per year. Applications go to the Secretary of the Interior or a Division Lands agent.
Cure sick headache constipation biliousness sour stomach back ache and indigestion. Cascarents cleanse and regulate the stomach remove foul gases and toxins from the intestines. 10 cent box sold by your dry goods dealer. They work while you sleep.
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