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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 19, 1913
Page
2
An advertisement extols Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets as restoring full mental and physical efficiency through better digestion. It argues good habits plus the tablets improve appetite, absorption, and energy, and urges readers to buy at local druggists. © National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada Limited, Montreal.
A fragmented reminiscence shows an amateur violinist recalled by an old man crying during a sonata. A street scene then shifts to a small grocer where a neighbor's daughter serves a demanding customer seeking a cake, with the grocer’s blunt reply and a hint of social gossip about privacy in the street.
A terse exchange reveals a manager frustrated with Smith the new clerk. The proprietor suggests placing him at the pajama counter, noting the quality of the nightwear is so high even the selling clerk cannot keep up.
A countryman visits London and reports his gold watch missing to Scotland Yard. They assure him they will turn over every stone to find it. Days later he sees streets torn up, then heads back to say if the watch isn’t found by Saturday there is no need to pull up more road.
A humorous fragment pairs a toastful party scene with a young man fumbling for conversation. A quip about Crabbe tales and crabs with tails unfolds. A mock scene in a stock exchange hall features Mrs John remarking on brokers and seats costing about seventy thousand dollars.
In a Lancashire town council meeting the issue of nurse recreation at the hospital sparked cost concerns. A burly councilor mocked spending while claiming tea and coffee sufficed for him, joking that morses would manage withoutkoki. A riding master ridiculed a recruit after a horse threw him repeatedly, saying the mount is well trained but won’t catch you every fall.
An old advertisement promises one hundred dollars for a case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure from J Cheney Co Toledo. It includes a testimonial from Wal ding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists and asserts the medicine affects blood and mucous surfaces. Notes testimonials, price seven cents per bottle, and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A visitor explains she cannot provide references, comparing them to photographs that do not evoke personal feelings. The householder and visitor exchange, revealing a light, witty tone about the inadequacy of external proof for attachment or character. The dialogue hints at themes of memory and judgment through paraphrased social exchange.
A brief note recalls giving Coppers, a millionaire, his first start in life with a bent pin at school. The fragment hints at early influence shaping a future notable figure through a small action in childhood.
A pupil rises to declaim at a school event while family tensions surface. Hal mocks the contender as Sarah Jane Doran’s boy is identified, and the piece hints at rivalry and parental pride.
Marie Cawker hesitates as she confesses to her mother that she was kissed last night, admitting the act occurred but insisting it was forced upon her. The exchange emphasizes social propriety and family concern in a tense domestic scene.
A playful exchange in a kitchen shows a young husband and wife debating a pudding. The wife insists the pudding is fine citing a recipe, while the husband complains it tastes odd, attributing it to imagination.
A diner complains about an in house pie claim while paying a restaurant fine. The manager responds with a offer to switch pie makers. The dialogue ends with a remark on the high cost to maintain the national pure food bureau in Washington.
A mother's concern for her daughter's health prompts emphasis on nourishment during the transition from girlhood to womanhood. Dr Williams Pink Pills are promoted as restoring blood and vitality to anaemic, fragile girls, with testimonials from Miss Mamie Krouse of Cape Town Ontario. Pills sold by druggists or by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A Lancashire farmer, famed for humor, finally witnesses relief of a long standing grievance as three council members returning from a meeting get stuck in a deep mid-hole on the common. He greets them with dry wit and insists the issue is being moved at last.
Mrs Smith and Mrs Weeds discuss a forthcoming marriage to a farmer while Mrs Jones jokes she will be a good farmer’s wife. They note this is her sixth matrimonial venture and claim she knows all about husbandry.
The line expresses shock as the cook departs and the speaker suggests finding a replacement. They concede they cannot join and imply all options have been exhausted.
A terse exchange unfolds as a character laments a fevered state yet is dismissed with a joke about a cold and missing handkerchief, revealing dialogue heavy with theatrical whimsy and social banter. The setting hints at a ballroom and a dramatic moment between Mr Snuffles Heart and a host or companion.
Mrs Getrox notes the club’s efforts were not a success, while Mrs Swift counters that the event offered all the discomforts of home. The exchange highlights differing views on the gathering’s value and atmosphere.
A Western city chief bookkeeper testifies that coffee and tea worsened his stomach and nerves. After switching to Postum, he reports relief from dyspepsia and anxiety, credits improved health and productivity, and recommends the beverage as a drug free alternative.
A Dorset inquest heard how Sarah Mary Kearley kept the skeleton of Milena Grulia in bed for years in London, hoping she would awaken. Grulia died in poverty after leaving service. the pair had no quarrel. The doctor found natural death and the verdict was open.
Prof Vivian Lewis warns England faces oil famine unless large storage facilities are built and a strategic reserve established. He cites imperial oilfields in India, the East Indies, Canada and other colonies, urges subsidies to develop resources, and notes doubts about new fields matching old output. He predicts alcohol may become the main motor fuel if restrictions ease and domestic production rises.
London county council report describes relics found after a molehill at Cane Hill Asylum Couldson Surrey. Remains include hippo head fragments and two ivory tusk pieces, likely mammoth. Scientists consulted with Henry Dewey and British Museum. remains advised for Horniman Museum. Also notes Tudor frescoes, Wren staircases, Corinthian porticos found during monastery demolition near Ipswich and near the Tower for Port of London Authority offices. Mantelpieces sold at auction.
The Rev G Douglas Castleden of St An drews West Kensington asks parishioners to vote on Sunday morning services saying they are too long and fatiguing. Referendum papers have been issued to communicants and congregation members.
The late James R. Keene recalled era legends of the 1849ers. He noted how hard it was to stay temperate as refusing a drink felt worse than kissing a man’s wife. Mer, with a long moustache, urged a tenderfoot to drink red eye, who refused, sparking tense barroom silence. The story ends with the remark that even a drink could feel deadly in those days.
Advertisement promises cure for piles in six to fourteen days with PAZO ointment and offers refund if any case fails to cure. Includes terms and price 600.
A French doctor tells a patient the coal burning stove is a poison risk. The patient sells the stove for twenty five francs, then later discovers the same object in a new room. The servant identifies the owner as Madame A., the doctor’s mother in law.
The article extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a quick remedy for nervous troubles tied to stomach dysfunction. It stresses restoring stomach action to ease debility and claims thousands attest to the pills' curative power for nervous disorders.
A wife, worried after leaving dinner on the gas range, slips a note to her husband the usher. He reads it from the pulpit, thinking it is for the minister, then pauses the sermon and smiles, which turns to a frightful frown upon reading the plea to hurry home and shut off the gas.
Paris reports the 82 year old Colonel Nieupore seeks word on Charles and Edward Nieurport, both airmen killed in military events. Relatives say Charles vanished into a great fight while Edward long dead, yet the old man clings to hope as news spreads of the second tragedy. Military drums echo as reporters press for details.
A brief overheard exchange shows a stout woman debating dandruff and being told some people feel sorry for others who “find it so hard not to be freaks.” The fat lady weighs in on the conversation with a pointed response about being an outsider.
The excerpt mocks the Millers as dreadful, noting their excellent dinners as a mitigating detail. It conveys social disdain while acknowledging their hospitality.
A mother scolds Tommy for eating his cake and his sister Mabel’s cake too. Tommy admits it, explaining he didn’t want anyone else to be sick if someone would. The exchange reveals a playful family moment and concern for another’s welfare.
A courtroom exchange blurs distances as counsel mishears a witness saying four miles between towns. The judge gently corrects the wording, noting the phrase is misaligned with the original question and reveals a mix up in the testimony.
A dejected young man describes a disappointed love and a failed marriage proposal. He admits savings from tobacco money and two weeks on bananas to treat Miss Truelove to the opera and supper, but she feared he was too extravagant to be a good husband.
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