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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1918
Page
2
The Islander is a weekly paper published every Saturday by the Islander Publishing Company. It lists Cumberland, B C as its base with contact telephone 3-5. Subscriptions are two dollars per year in advance, single copies five cents, and foreign subscriptions to Postal Union countries are two dollars.
In a Youths' Companion piece, church elders debate Jim Reagan's relapse after conversion. The minister argues the church should help him reclaim a better life, not discard him, comparing the church to a hospital and a school where souls are healed and taught. Reagan recalls his fall and vows to climb back.
Dance event at Ilo Ilo Hall runs from 9 to 12 tonight with music and'.
Sir Thomas Robinson recounts a voyage where dense fog thwarted horn signals. The captain heard a horn reply but could not identify it. A lookout finally reveals the source a farm cow on the forecastle making B o o o sounds. The crew laughs at the harmless illusion aboard the Atlantic voyage.
A Boston Transcript tale recalls a woman hiring a garden worker after two applicants. The mother signs to pick the shorter man, reasoning overalls reveal the worker’s worth, not appearance. The daughter asks why, and the mother explains knee patches signal suitability while seat patches deter.
Pat and Mike joke about WW II wartime issues ending with a pun on germination. The quip suggests no horticulture or agriculture if the German nation is beaten, framed as a lighthearted cartoonish exchange in Farm and Home.
The Philadelphia Telegraph reports General Foch will lead the largest single army in history with about 7,000,000 soldiers under his command or moving in one front. It compares historic forces noting Wellington 100,000, Grant 1,050,000 in the Civil War, Napoleon 600,000.
London reports Ten German trawlers were sunk by British warships in the Cattegat yesterday. The Cattegat was swept Monday and the crews were saved by British ships with no British casualties. The operations were conducted under the commander in chief of the grand fleet.
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