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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 20, 1926
Page
3
Miss Lydie Fulcher of the Calgary Swimming Club shows expert grace in a mid air dive beside Mount Victoria. The Banff Cave and Basin training and the Lake Louise pool are highlighted as key sites for her aquatic prowess and Canadian West diving fame.
Hobbs and young Snobbs contracted to plant a field of corn for 5 dollars. Hobbs, who could plant a row of corn in 20 days, faces further puzzle clues related to time and labor.
Two workers each eight hours worked to earn equal pay. Minutes show two rows by Snobbs with one row covered. Snobbs later plants three rows while Hobbs covers two. The puzzle asks how their combined work over eight hours yields the same earnings.
A wanderer asks how far Calcutta is and a Hindoo answers with a pun on elephant gaits. If the brother travels at six miles per hour he is an hour late for the boat. at twelve miles per hour there is an hour to spare for devotions and refreshments. The exact distance is deduced from the two options.
In each sentence a word fits the first blank then its letters form another word for the second blank. The rich and poor went to the fair and yet doors of the ? and cottages were not. The man who had been playing the ? abandoned his efforts with a.
A partial clipping suggests a conflict over merit within a family, mentioning an obligation to a shared effort and contrasting deserved recognition between sisters. The text is incomplete but implies intra family tension.
Monsieur De Foie Gras describes a travel puzzle with 135 miles in two hours then 104 miles in two hours as the power waned hourly by equal miles. End of hour speed records form the main challenge. Additional puzzles and answers follow with notes on vocabulary and arithmetic. The BC horticultural section reports a large apple crop rise and broad fruit yields.
The report notes 800000 trout fry placed in Sylvan Lake and 900000 in Buffalo Lake with another consignment planned for Red Deer River tributaries. Pilchard oil exports to Europe start in bulk from Rotter dam with 600 tons monthly aboard Royal Mail ships. Montreal livestock moves advance with Eastern Cattle Market Exchange reforms.
Water use is prohibited for sprinkling or irrigation except between 7 am and 8 am and 7 pm and 9 pm. Cumberland and Union Waterworks Co. Ltd. and G. W. Clinton issue the notice.
Online reservation line offers comfort and homelike service. The hotel has 26 electrically heated rooms and is managed by BR Yatra.
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