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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 28, 1915
Page
2
Friday May 28 1915 argues the United States as a neutral nation risks being sidelined in European postwar settlement. It warns that U S standing hinges on trust and sympathy, not coin, noting Americans pursue financial gain over true allied freedoms. The piece questions credibility of advice offered without genuine concern for liberty.
A 1910s style civic advisory urges constant housefly control through sanitation and barriers. It highlights breeding in manure, spread of typhoid and dysentery, and practical steps like bin storage, cleaned garbage, screen doors, fly swatters, sticky paper, and formaldehyde solutions. It also makes a provocative note about aiding enemies and mentions Lord Northcliffe.
The piece urges readers to provide accurate details for births marriages and deaths to aid small papers. It highlights editors’ reliance on community-sourced facts and thanks readers for their cooperation in furnishing timely information.
Readable fragments note flower gardens thriving in Phoenix and other upper country towns. Fernie reports a city baseball league season opener and Cranbrook shows fall wheat about a hand high. Rossland payrolls reach 100000 for April while Creston Valley reports peach left curl conditions. Revelstoke sets festival dates mid September and Nelson reports April water mains pressure at 155 pounds. War stamp sales in Creston total 66 by month end as Grand Forks receives Ford cars and shardy limes appear in town.
Bernard K. Sandwell echoes a World War I era stance with the refrain too proud to fight referencing President Wilson. The piece questions American resolve and leadership as it contrasts pacifist sentiment with wartime duty. It invokes Washington and Lincoln and laments a drift toward yielding to lawless power under a threat from Germany.
An informal May 2 event in the Amusement Hall at Stave Falls presented a purse to Mr. J B McPhee Chief Operator at the Stave Palla Power House as he departs for England to obtain a commission in His Majesty's Forces. Accompanying him is Mr. W D Burdis of Vancouver who has long served at Ardley and Stave Falls.
A compact collection of maxims on fighting and fleeing, including the line he who fights and runs away may live to fight another day, plus a jab at overcautious pride. It also features a rhetorical question about what the United States might deem a truly unfriendly act toward Germany.
I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by my son Clarence Nelson das. H. H. Nelson Barrlere B.C.
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