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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1914
Page
4
Flour and sugar have risen quickly but we quote satisfactory prices for careful buyers. Advise you to buy now before another advance. Ask for prices at our store before purchasing elsewhere. Tea and coffee three pounds for one dollar. Groceries provisions and canned goods are as good as the best.
The Women's auxiliary held a tea at Mrs Boyd's residence. Birth notices report a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Clarence Gray and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Walter Wells. A horse theft notice appears for a one year old steel colored red and white animal on Wye Road with 30 days to claim. A large community event with races and Harvest Ball is planned at the skating rink with committees listed. Also mentions timber pricing and local notices.
Labor Day events set for September 7 at the Agricultural grounds with parades, prize contests for decorated teams and bicycles, football and baseball games, scotch dances, tugs of war, obstacle race, and children's sports. Prizes range from coins to gloves and trophies. entries 50 cents.
Orthography notes compare the term hell to jigoku as a Japanese word. The piece describes Jigoku as a layered underworld with multiple tiers, each tier representing different torments. It highlights the concept’s origin in Japanese thought and its depiction in language.
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