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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 10, 1911
Page
1
Mr William Campbell and Mrs Campbell are expected to arrive soon after curtailed stay. Pete Huckerby’s new residence nears completion in our growing town. A large English billiard table draws attention. Miss Bertha Murphy is back in health after isolation over fear of smallpox. Pred has recovered from pneumo gastric irritation affecting the town.
The anti vaccination movement appears to strengthen locally with more individuals voicing opposition, though no formal group forms. Petitions circulate widely as public opinion shifts.
The article lists numerous goods affected by Schedule A modifications including live animals cattle hogs sheep and lambs dried fruits dairy products eggs honey cottonseed oil seeds flaxseed timothy and clover seeds timber lumber and poles various oils minerals and industrial minerals. It details that goods may be moved duty free between two countries under regulations and mentions packaging weight and transportation conditions.
A fragmentary piece discusses free vaccination as a humane need and contrasts it with compulsion and Hobson's Choice. It mentions various goods including gallant items like iron and steel products, paper pulp, and wood pulp with notes on duty exemptions between the United States and Canada.
The Sumas council met on February 4 with Reeve Angue Campbell presiding. They adopted January minutes, planned vaccination follow ups by Dr. Swift, approved road and ditch work on multiple routes, and set salaries and budgets for 1911 including the clerk and medical officer. The meeting eyed upcoming gazetting and adjourned to March.
Gossip says a local young man named Baye plans to wed soon amid talk of family happiness. The piece notes that quarantine constraints keep people apart, yet happiness requires closeness and nearby partners.
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