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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1918
Page
3
The piece notes September through November offer fine riding and that many riders continue year round. It warns of rising bicycle prices due to material costs and labor, encouraging buyers to purchase now to lock in current prices during the Mid-Summer Bicycle Drive sponsored by dealers.
Lieut Andrew M Naismith recounts a German officer at Vimy Ridge who after finding his meals identical to his men’s, initially jeered then hoarded extra rations. The scene contrasts German imperial arrogance with the discipline of enlisted troops.
In a street car two riders swayed on straps and chatted as a man offered his seat to a lady. One quips he has ridden eight years without giving up his seat, another retorts that he has never had any seat. The exchange preserves a light old time tone.
A Harvard student details in the New York Sun how two Red Cross dogs helped the American Ambulance Service in France. One dog tracked a hidden tester by nose through a pocket to retrieve a handkerchief and later led its owner to the tester. The dogs reportedly saved 150 lives in one day at the Marne.
On a tense day of the German crisis Wilson played from a tough tee at Columbia golf course in Washington. A club member let him play through and he quipped that he could not keep out of trouble even there. An English exam joke mentioned the premier and cabinet demise.
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