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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 14, 1914
Page
2
The Abbotsford Post, a weekly publication by The 1% Publishing Company, serves Abbotsford and district. Advertising rates are available on request. The paper emphasizes local interests and government ages.
FAMDAY reports economic views on war and prosperity, citing the Garver quote as overoptimistic. The Montreal Herald Telegraph argues war harms economies, with costs for armies and layoffs. Growers urged to boost garden truck varieties, proper packing and grading. Vancouver market rows describe fruit and poultry prices, with emphasis on orderly distribution and quality packing for strong sales.
The piece reflects on how war news travels slowly, noting the 1812 14 conflict and the New Orleans battle of January 8 1815 and the December 24 1814 Treaty of Ghent. It contrasts delayed updates across the Atlantic with Napoleon’s abdication occurring before the Toulouse clash on April 10 1814.
New Westminster reports a larger crowd at the city market on Friday with brisk buying, especially at dairy and garden truck counters. Farmers offered more garden truck. plums and apples sold early, with apples ranging 80 cents to 1.25 per box. The market provides farmers a direct route to consumers, but warns against using it as a dumping ground for inferior goods.
An odd government item issued by the Dominion Parks section of the Department of Interior features a small souvenir booklet bound in leather and olive green, with embossed gold lettering and a cutout cover frame showing Canadian Heather from Banff and Yoho Parks. The text explains the offset printing process and notes Canada grows its own heather, though the snippet ends with an unfinished claim.
A discussion on Parks Dominion argues parks attract tourism revenue and sustain national vitality. It cites Switzerland France and Italy earnings, urges near urban centers parks as democratic estates for recreation and health, and notes public domain land available now for lasting citizen access.
The Nelson Lane corporation faced heavy pressure during a holiday week, causing a main burst on Railway street. Water gushed for about 300 yards, flooding streets and homes as an estimated 250,000 gallons were wasted.
Report describes a Bekeniia grower named W. Tubb displaying a peculiar plant specimen called a giant rayyard. It features a six inch and a half circumference base and a total length of six feet six inches from tip to stock, with four stalks weighing seven pounds.
The Berlin Ontario water commission ordered a filtration plant to be built at the lake on Shoemaker Avenue. Construction starts immediately and should finish by September 1. The Glasgow Street well provides hard water, prompting source filtration by many water companies to improve taste.
A Chatham Ontario woman who fractured a hip eleven years ago dislocated it again after a fall and was taken home by taxi. Days later she stood upright, amazed to find the hip returned to its joint and regained ability to stand.
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