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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 30, 1914
Page
3
The hog market in the United States faces mixed conditions due to European war effects. Government advice suggests a rebound is coming as spring demand grows and farmers are urged to keep hogs in good shape. Packer activity aims to clear current stocks while preparing for a fresh supply.
Fresh from his morning plunge the reader considers bathroom upgrades. The ad promises new improvements and fixtures at the most reasonable prices, noting the choice affects whether the plunge feels delightful or burdensome.
The entry notes WM Roberts Plumbing operating from the Old Creamery Building in Abbotsford. Details are sparse but indicate a local trades setup within a historic commercial space.
Officials in the agriculture department warn against speculative hog price predictions and advise hog raisers to hold their stock, feed well, and bring hogs to prime condition for the spring market, promising a profitable outcome.
A vigorous article advocates Local industry support at a Vancouver meeting sponsored by the Woman's Forum Board of Trade and manufacturers associations. Speakers stress keeping money local, employing Canadians, and boosting profits, noting BC timber and labour origins while critiquing foreign labor and cost divisions.
A provincial critic denounces foreign ownership and local elites profiting from industry and land sales. He cites wartime and imperial ties, notes Vancouver steams with Chinaman labor and Japanese fishing, laments small returns to Vancouver farmers, condemns Board of Trade and Manufacturers’ Association, and urges backing of settlers and local banks over real estate speculation. Wealth flows to Britain, Germany, and the United States.
An injured motorist crawls from under a mud splattered car after a bad break to the works. His friend cheerfully boasts of oiling the cylinder, prompting a gruff retort about the unintended target of the oil.
The passage cites John Ruskin’s Fors Olayigra describing German culture as self-centered and morally deficient. It claims Germans ruin Lombardy and Venice after conquest, then repeat the pattern in France, leaving corruption, misery, and hatred, with lingering national pride and disdain.
The Rossland fire department will pose for a staged photo when weather clears. The latest city council meeting in that town lasted only thirty minutes, the shortest in recent years. The Criterion Hotel at Cambourne burned down that week. insurance on the building was $3000, contents not insured.
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