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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 24, 1911
Page
3
Wanted to buy forty acres of improved farm land in the Fraser Valley with or without a house and buildings. Proximity to station or landing preferred. Apply to J. H. Smith Straiton B. C. for full particulars, first letter.
The notice lists service times for Presbyterian churches in Roy Webs Campbell Rubotsford Alder Glenmare Pine Grove Musselwaite Huntingdon and St Matthew's Church of England Abbotsford. It notes Sunday schools on Sundays, alternate Sunday services, and midweek meetings with varying start times, including 8 pm and 3 pm sessions, with Holy Communion on alternate Thursdays.
Abbottsford post office lists mail pickup and delivery hours with a note that mail for Peardonville is collected every Tuesday and Saturday, from unspecified times. The fragment indicates a schedule detail for local correspondence and service to nearby Peardonville.
Directory entries list general stores hotels real estate firms auctioneers creamery hardware and furniture shops butchers livery stables bakers confectioners shoemakers blacksmiths barber and pool room tobacco and novelties saddlery merchants tailor surveyors a drug store and a music teacher with numerous proprietors and names from Abbottsford.
A local meeting on beekeeping with Archdeacon Beer detailing hive structure, queen roles, drone and worker bees, and honey production. He covers timing, feeding sugar, wintering plans, hive setup, and cautions on handling bees while praising their role in orchard pollination. Suggestions include government expert visits and a periodical update for keepers.
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