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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 26, 1922
Page
4
In a 1922 essay the author argues true vacation restores body and mind. It urges escaping hotels for tents beside streams, woods and fields, emphasizing rest, fresh air, wholesome food and open-air sleep to return energized for the year's work.
A reflective piece extols the cheerful face as Heaven like light that lifts spirits and warms homes. It celebrates a plain smile’s deep, enduring magic, noting its influence to banish shadows and keep household brightness even after departure.
The scene captures a dramatic late game moment as a batter faces a full count with two outs and runners on base. Seven thousand fans roar in the stands as the stakes rise and nerves tighten for the batter and spectators alike.
A reflective piece compares the discipline of athletes from grammar school players to world champions. It stresses the need to believe in winning, stay calm under pressure, and play hard with dignity. It recalls changing social norms from past decades to modern times.
The piece invites reflection on how past values differ from today, noting how periodicals once filled with risqué content spoke to a worldly audience and how perceptions of money and age have shifted since earlier decades. It contrasts old and modern attitudes toward money and youth in a reflective editorial tone.
The piece questions memorials to Lillian Russell and mocks sermons on actors. It notes a film producer adopting three children and a starlet adopting two waifs, while a vaudeville duo adds twenty six children to a brood. a murder leaves orphans. It ends with a provocative jab about publicity and women.
Friday, Slats visits a trend of pa s witch who bought a new machine and had hard luck at first. He was coming home from a stag party last night and everything went right until they came to a white bridge over the creek and he turned out. Saturday we tried smoking again this morning, this time a pipe. I’d have killed for solid comfort from a pipe or castor oil, and smoking is a dirty habit.
A jumble of local anecdotes recounts Mrs Jwitch’s love disappointments and wishes for others, a drs arrest may be stalled by townsfolk, old man Walls’ death sparks suspicion, a stock sale fails, and a cradle of language notes traces the word dad from 1914 to earlier Scots usage.
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