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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 15, 1927
Page
2
The piece argues that mixing peoples and ideas strengthens communities. It cites early American settlers and contrasts Africa and China to praise exploration and exchange as progress, urging openness to new blood and ideas to prevent stagnation.
A writer muses on how women imitate trends, from skirts lifted to the knee to bridge luncheons and debutante hats. The piece jokes that when one woman adopts a style others swiftly follow, comparing them to a flock of sheep.
A vivid crowd scene describes women with bobbed hair and bare knees marching down a street. The writer notes uniform fashion and an army of vanity items amid a critique of modern beauty trends and societal pressures.
The writer dismisses alarmist claims by Yale scientist Dr. Bradley Stoughton that the nation is doomed. He argues history repeats such prophecies, yet the country remains calm and unshaken, noting the public’s familiarity with predicted peril.
The radio is praised for delivering music to households as a remedy for spiritual hunger. The piece argues that balanced living needs work, modest meat, and ample music to foster enterprise and a thriving society.
A garbled dialogue fragment depicts a cleric walking with his dog and gun meeting a parishioner. The exchange includes misheard lines and broken references to faith, hunting, and Bible reading, producing a surreal, disjointed panorama.
A traveling salesman demonstrates a meat slicing machine to a Dutch butcher. The butcher praises the device as a real investment and exclaims its value, then deflects by asking the salesman why he should buy it, prompting a humorous exchange about the product's appeal.
Dialogue frames a tired laborer nicknamed Bill who tires to please a boss, despite poor vision. The exchange highlights relentless labor and a punchline about visibility and effort under supervision.
Two brothers who own a Fife shire croft live with their sister. After she dies the men do housework. The elder urges Davie to marry, but Davie insists the elder should take a wife, noting the work still falls to him if anything dirty must be done.
In a drill parade a sergeant berates a clumsy recruit for missteps. He points to Rafferty whose foot size is mocked as nearly girlish and he claims the feet belong to Micky Dolan in the back row.
Local Vancouver player Tanaka made golf history by holing his tee shot twice in one play, on the fifth and sixteenth greens at Langara course. Prominent Vancouver golfers vouched for the feat on the February afternoon. Langara, opened last year by the CPR, cost $160000 to build and offers year round play as shown in photographs.
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