Butchart Gardens a Welsh Owen Sound boy's dream in BC
The Owen Sound native Batchart, later R P Butchart, left Canada thirty years ago to British Columbia. He built cement works near Victoria and transformed chalky quarries into the famed Но utchart Gardens. Visitors, including Victoria editors and dozens of autos, praised the gardens as paradise with scenes of beauty, kindness, and spiritual influence from Mr and Mrs Butchart.
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Owen Sound
Batchart
British Columbia
Victoria
Forte
Morkune
Butlerby
R. P. Butchart
Dutchart
Butehart
Automobile Club
Butchart’s
Paradise
Canadian weekly press praised for nation building and welcome
The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association president spoke at the Canadian Club in Vancouver praising weekly papers for shaping opinion and integrating newcomers. He urged editors to keep a personal touch, support moral progress, and recognize the value of country weeklies alongside dailies.
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Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association
Canadian Club
Vancouver
Canada
Weekly Press
Daily
Daily Press of
Little
Itoo
Unis Country
Meanest man on earth debate in an exchange
A discussion features varied examples of meanness from slow poisoning a mother in law to stealing pennies from children at bedtime and taking copper from a dead man’s eyes, illustrating differing views on the meanest person.
Pruit Markus Bulletin 1921 Shipments and Market Prices
During 1921 the Bulletin will publish prices from British Columbia and quotations from California and Washington for produce similar to that grown in the province. The feature will show date of issue by shippers and California or Oregon shippers, with prices for No 1 staff sales. It urges competition in market and seeks to assist small firms and isolated shippers. The bulletin aims to improve fair returns, encourage united shipments, and invite feedback while noting concerns over market access and distribution in a sparsely populated region. The piece ends with a quip about flies and mosquitoes, reflecting local wit.
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British Columbia
California
Washington
Oroson
R. Co
Gatie
Bern
United
Meaner men in town and a naughty politician
The column mocks several types of boastful characters and notes that the meanest is the politician who begs votes with humility yet claims the treasury is empty after election, condemning the hypocrisy of former government misdeeds and political evasions.
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Zear
Strawberries arrive green and unsaleable from British Columbia
Winnipeg reports 325 crates of BC strawberries in green, nearly unsaleable condition, valued at 50 cents to jobbers. A Seattle car arrives in good condition, selling to robbers at 2.15. Shipping immature berries harms BC reputation. warn shippers.
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Winnipeg
B. C
Seattle
Early Canadian fruit market seeks best prices on cherries and berries
Shippers warn that Governor Wood and most cherry varieties fetch very low prices in Calgary as demand favors fancy large Bing and Lambert types from California Idaho and Washington. Gooseberries are sought in twenty four pint crates while new potatoes from the South sell for seven or eight cents a pound. Strawberries from British Columbia arrived two weeks earlier than last year and dealers report strong prices to growers. Blackberries show tepid demand and expansion is deemed unwise.
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Governor Wood
Calgary
Tere
California
Idaho
Washington
Mead Letuce
New York
Los Angeles
Th. C
Freese
B. C
B.C
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THE
Abbotsford
British Columbia Telephone Co
Wr. Atkinson
Fraser Valley
Chilliwack, B
Funeral Directo
RGENT
Mission City
B.C. & Old Sport Cigars
C. Cigar Factory
Wilberg
Wolz
Alex
Duncan
Catherwood Building
P.O
Bou
Survion
Chevrolet
Stuart Motors
Chevrolet and
Dodge Agents
Mission City, B. C
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