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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 09, 1920
Page
3
An adv ertising notice extols the virtue of ads as a buyer’s safeguard and invites testing by the public. It boasts a bona fide circulation and an office ready to produce perfect printed matter from stationery to booklets. The piece targets merchants farmers and fruit growers as the intended audience and markets a range of printed products.
The program featured a Vancouver dancer Miss Avis Pemphrey closing with fancy dancing. Several local items follow including medical, property, and relocation notes for Agassiz Kamloops and Mission areas amid talk of a new ferry. A cautionary paragraph discusses plume hunting and the slaughter of birds for millinery.
Canadian War Trophies display shows Prince Joachim’s winter head-dress adorned with aigrette plumes. The article explains the egret and snowy egret have been hunted for plumes, reducing their numbers, and notes their migratory presence in Canada before population declines.
Miss Dorothy McCusker of Vancouver spent the first of the New Year with Mr and Mrs R J Fellows. Dewdney public school opened with a large attendance and Miss Marshall as instructor. Miss Lorraine Taylor of Langley visiting friends. A party for Mrs R T Foley and family yielded a joyous evening. Shingles from Day Co mill arrived for shipment after road delays. A car accident involving the Big Mac caused no harm. Various locals travel to Vancouver and Blaine for holidays.
An advertisement claims Danderine stops dandruff and itching and prevents hair from falling out. It touts brittle colorless hair as evidence of neglect and urges purchase of a small bottle from any drug store to save and beautify hair.
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