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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 04, 1927
Page
2
A 1927 column champions Forgiving Day a yearly cleanse of grudges and bitterness. It urges washing heart and soul, then shifts to a Home Run focused piece praising nerve, decisiveness, and belief in success to overcome fear and win.
Courtenay hosts a week long short course on poultry husbandry with field demonstrations on farms at Melville Happy Valley and Nob Hill. Lectures at the Agricultural hall covered feeding culling and flock health with local officials and experts including James Allen Waby and William Hagger. Participants showed strong interest and profit from the instruction amid poor roads and weather.
A vivid portrait of Victoria and Vancouver as year round resort destinations. It highlights the Empress Hotel Stanley Park Crystal Gardens Langara golf course and the Pacific coast climate with winter pleasures including golf swimming gardens and dances. Walter Hagen is noted as a golfing ace who visited Langara.
A large audience attended a culling, killing and dissection demonstration at W. J. Andrews' Sandwich plant. Instructors praised the White Wyandottes and noted poultrymen followed demonstrations from ranch to ranch. Speakers included Mr Waby on breeding stock selection and care, with Mr Allen on artificial incubation.
The article warns against drying a dog in a cold passage after rain or mud. It advocates thorough drying with a large duster, especially the back, hindquarters and chest. It condemns leaving a wet dog by a fire or on a cold doorstep and notes cold and damp conditions raise illness risk for dogs.
An animal left often wet and cold and fed without any intelligence on the part of its owner is described in The Yorkshire Post through a Banshee reference.
After Will Rogers becomes mayor Beverly Hills considers surrounding the city with a Spanish style wall and four gates. Douglas Fairbanks champions the plan noting Europe’s walled towns as inspiration. The board of trustees oversees designs and costs while gate access and taxes are debated.
A young wife explains to her husband that they will make their own butter. She has bought a churn and arranged for regular buttermilk deliveries to ensure truly fresh butter.
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