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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
2
The Abbottsford Post announces weekly publication by the Post Publishing Company. Legal advertising is 12 cents per line for the first insertion and 8 cents per line for each additional consecutive insertion. Advertising rates are provided upon request.
The Canada Cement Company announces a second ten cent per barrel decrease in Portland cement prices within six months. The new cut applies to all points in Canada west of the Lakes, following a prior ten cent drop last November, totaling twenty cents west of the Lakes and ten east. Baseball
Fungous diseases in orchards are caused by fungi and bacteria, with two groups defined by mycelium behavior. Group 1 mildews remain on the surface and respond to spraying, while Group 2 invades host tissues like Black Spot Canker, requiring preventive, thorough spraying before infection and repeat applications during new growth. The main provincial losses come from Black Spot Canker, Brown Rot of plum prune and cherry, and Apple Scale Black Spot Canker, prevented by fall spraying with Bordean mixture. treatment is detailed in Bulletin 34 of the Department of Agriculture. The disease was introduced to the province around tes
Twelve year context notes a disease with rapid spread and spore production causing heavy losses in coast districts. Prevention is limited but practical steps include pruning for air, destroying old fruit on ground, lime sulfur sprays before buds open and after blossoming, thinning to avoid touching fruit, careful handling, and cooling fruit overnight before packing to destination.
The Market describes a well attended Friday sale with prices largely unchanged. Eggs poultry beef and mutton were fairly plentiful while fish especially spring salmon sold well. A large number of fowls were on offer though demand for laying hens was light and broilers averaged about half a pound. Cauliflower tomatoes celery plants and cut flowers sold briskly.
A brief notice highlights spring salmon, white sturgeon, herring, and halibut as notable seafood varieties. The list underscores diverse catches and market interest in fresh fish types.
An old Swiss exposition scroll details a painter's itemized repair bill to a convent curator. It lists humorous restorations of biblical figures and scenes in francs and centimes, totaling 59 francs 11 centimes. The itemized entries include Pontius Pilate, St Peter, the Guardian Angel, Tobias, David, Goliath, Noah, and others with playful overhauls.
Public notice advertises a large Titanic book sale with prepaid freight and sample mailings. It also notes a wedding at Clayburn on the fifth, pairing Miss Miller and Mr Cooper, with a local crowd seen at Clayburn station. A reward is offered for a chestnut pony mare missing from Morehead area.
Dr. Duncan MacDougall of Haverhill Massachusetts claims the human soul weighs between a half ounce and about one ounce and a quarter. He says the soul blends with brain and spinal cord protoplasm and cites a dozen tests where scales recorded weight loss as a patient died. He also describes a bright white light seen over the body during death, which he calls the soul substance.
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