The Little Green Inn and Questions of Time
The essay discusses how historians and pre historians approach ancient man and civilization. It cites Dr K M Ami noting 450000 years of intelligent humanity and contrasts scholarly inquiry with the brevity of life. The piece urges humility before death and champions living rightly as life’s end approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Green Inn
K. M. Ami
Henry Ford
Dr. Ami
Dean Alford
Jerusalem
Mecca
Bryant
Going to Church Habit Recalled in Sunday Appeal
A persuasive appeal urges readers to return to church attendance on Sundays, contrasting driving costs with church offerings. It recalls childhood habits, the comforting pew, and the moral benefits of regular worship. It frames churchgoing as prayerful service and personal character strengthening.
Winnipeg Social News Notes From Duncan to Cumberland
Minto William Harrigan returns home with a Gray-Dart car from Duncan. Mrs N L Lansbrough travels from California to Fairfax Manitoba to visit friends in Winnipeg. H G Mearns spends the weekend at Crowton Farm with Mrs Mearns and her parents. Mrs James Monks suffers a bad attack and stays in bed. The bi weekly whist drive is postponed due to Cumberland events and will be held next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. £. Lansbrough
Fairfax
Manitoba
California
J. W. Stalker
Winnipeg
James Monks
Cumberland
Rich Gifts Wax Poor
A man boasts of gifts from a famous millionaire, naming Woolworth as the source. The woman questions the identity, prompting a terse exchange over the source of the jewelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolworth
What is a kitchen midden in archaeology notes
The kitchen midden is a prehistoric refuse heap of shells and bones. It serves as an archaeological quarry for living customs of past peoples and is found along British Columbia coastlines including Prince Rupert, Vancouver, and Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Seal Cove
Prince Rupert
B.C
Canada
Harlan I. Smith
Dominion
British Columbia
Vancouver
Victoria
Ancient shell heaps reveal long coast dwelling history
The article notes vast shell dumps of clams quahaugs and shellfish along Canada’s coast, with skeletons in places. How long these coastal peoples depended on shell foods is inferred from fossils and the cedar tree rings, indicating centuries of habitation and the value of excavation for archaeology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Synopsis of Land Act Amendments and Crown Land Rules
Vacant Crown lands may be pre empted by British subjects over 18 or aliens intending to become British subjects with five year occupancy and $10 per acre improvement value. Purchases of arable land up to 35 per acre and grazing land at 2 50 per acre. Unsurveyed homesites up to 20 acres require dwelling and eventual title after survey. Grazing districts control permits and range management under a Grazing Commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Lands
Victoria
B.C
Coast Range
Land Commissioner
Land Recording Division
Also Mentioned on This Page
B. C
Edward W. Bickle
Minto
William Harrigan
Duncan
Maire
Home Mfg
Dept. G
Roncesvalles Ave
Toronto
Mann’s
Mann’s Bakery
Cumberland, B.C
Riley
David Hunden
Henderson’s
W. Bruce Gordon
Dunsmuir Ave
Ilo
Day
Cumberland Hotel
Union Bay
Cumberland Electric
Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc
Bureaus of Water and Boiler Inspection
Armstrong, Enderby
Kelowna
Penticton
Summerland
Vernon
Mainland Coast
Vancouver Island
B. C. Telephone Company
Royston Lumber Co. Limited
Cumberland, B. C
Courtenay
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