Personal notices and dances mark Abbotsford week
Local items list movement and visits of residents from Abbotsford to Vancouver and other towns. Guests include Mr. Walter Rowch and Mrs G N Voigter while families move to Bingham farm and Mission City. Church events feature Christmas Cantata at Abbotsford Theatre and a Merry Christmas Entertainment at Masonic Hall. Evacuations for mill repairs, officials reshuffle linked to Northern Construction Company are reported.
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Walter Rowch
Vancouver
Oregon
G.N. Voigter
A. Conways
Central Park
Athelsford
Tuesay
Colin Fraser
Sumas
Miss Evans
Sardis
Board of Trade
Abbotsford
R. Ef
Andle McPhee
Vancouver General Hospital
Abbotsford Theatre
Comrade Bible Class
Presbyterian Sunday School
St. Matthews
King's Court
Masonic Hall
A. McGowan
M. M. Shore
J. Vannetta
Aldergrove
J.J. Vannetta
H. P. Knoll
Lorne McPhee
B.C
Langley Prairie
Oliver's Hands in Parliament Rumor of Company Flight
Victoria December report says Northern Construction Co allegedly fled the scene. Claims include dismantled van cover office, removed hooks and files, secretary Cummings reportedly to China, president Munn possibly in Seattle. W K Esling’s charges on phantom payments linked to P G B Bali dispute.
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Victoria
Parliament
Northern Construction
Cummings
China
Munn
Seattle
W. K. Esling
Ast
P. G. B. Bali
Vancouver Justice rules Matsqui bylaw on Sunday shooting void
Mr Justice Murphy in Vancouver chambers ruled the Matsqui bylaw prohibiting discharge on Sunday ultra vires. The conviction of IM Slowly by Magistrate Charles Christiangon for shooting on Sunday was overturned after extended argument between counsel for Slowin and the municipality. The ruling holds the municipality cannot regulate conduct on Sunday.
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Vancouver
Justice Murphy
Matsqui
Witra
Charles Christiangon
George Housser
Slowin
Cecil Killam
Keen Competition In Pacific Trade
Union Bay reports intense Pacific trade rivalry as Japanese boats now haul freight from Puget Sound to Japan for six dollars per ton, a loss for many round trips yet continued to choke U S Shipping Board boats. The Yokohama Maru, among 26 ships on the run, sails with freight to the Old Country at a higher profit, about seventeen fifty per ton, while Vancouver to Comox water routes cost more.
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Union Bay
Dec
Pacific
Puget Sound
Japan
U. S. Shipping Board
Vancouver
Comox
Old Country
Freigh
Gold found in Chilliwack river by Abbotsford men
Provincial and General Messrs Jonson and Wright of Abbotsford report gold in the Chilliwack river with plans for a large stake. Chilliwack Agricultural Association appoints Chus Hawthorne as president for January. M P BJ Muro leaves for Ottawa, canceling Dulie meetings due to weather. A mother and daughter dance in Comox hosts Spo bili o girls. Courtenay Sunshine Club meets twice monthly. Fifty new settlers settle at Toba Valley. North Vancouver records thirteen births in November.
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Jonson and
Wright
Abbotsford
Chilliwack
Chus
Hawthorne
Chilliwack Agriculural Association
BJ Muro
M. P
Ottawa
Comox
Spo Bilo
Hoxtesans
Courtenay Laa 4
Sunshine “Club
Toba Valley
North Vancouver
Advertisements and Local Notices Blend With Political Debate
An assortment of ads offers land for sale near a mill with 4 acres cleared and a five room house at cash terms through Charles Grimley of Abbotsford B C. Separately Guthrie comments on a School Act amendment proposing flag poles at all schools, criticizing patriotism tied to spending and flag symbolism amid a parliamentary exchange on national identity.
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Charles Grimley
Abbotsford
B. C
Algo Auto
Guthrie
Howlers Defy Facts in Bizarre 17th Century Quiz
A garbled fragment collection mocks common knowledge with absurd statements about early Gauls being lawyers, Pilgrims progress, Pyramids as mountains, Euclid’s wife algebra, Pope housing vacuum, and misnamed geographic and historical facts. It reads as satirical gloss from a misspelled syllabus or mis OCR.
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Henry VIII
France
Spain
Euclid
George Washington
Mary Curtis
Georgia
Pompeii
Vatican
Hope quarantine affects sports games after snow
A quarantine at Hope halted all football games on Saturday due to snow. The illness is described as mild and North Vancouver plans to open an information bureau this week to address the outbreak.
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Hope For
North Vancouver
Tire blowouts from hidden bruises threaten motorists
Article explains that tire failure often stems from long hidden roadway bruises to the carcass rather than sudden impacts. Symptoms may appear after hundreds of miles and across seasons, with rust and gradual fiber breakage weakening tires until a blowout. Extra care is urged over crossings and rough roads.
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S.F. White
Abbotsford, B.C
Acconts
Harry
Northern Construction Company
Companys
Mann
Canada
Boyd
Mercer
Wal
Ctimpany
Oliver's
Abebotstord
Wat R. Gosling
Sam Guthrie
Canon
Hinehuffe
Guthie
Newcastle
Ralph Smith
Guthtiel
Canon Hinschliffe
Vnlu
Albert Lee
A. McCallum
W. J. Gray
Cash Grocery
Bruyere
Abe Hotstord
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