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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 07, 1922
Page
7
A collage of clipped quotes from diverse papers includes remarks on cat auctions at Rooms on November 12, calls for prayers at a Washington Conference, a mayoral controversy sparked by a veterinary claim, a County Farm meeting labeled a hot time, praise for a noted actor singer, road conditions hindering voting, and commentary on German armament limits following Allied advances at Argonne.
Edwin Franko Goldman recounts organizing a regimental band in WWI. After the first rehearsal the officer asks an applicant for name and station. The man answers Same Jones from Camp Devens and, when asked rank, sighs that he knows it but is doing his best.
Electors are summoned to the Cumberland City Council Chambers on January 5, 1922 at 12 noon to elect a Mayor six Aldermen one Police Commissioner and two School Trustees. Nominations in writing require two proposer and seconder voters and must be delivered to the Returning Officer by 2 pm on nomination day. If a poll is needed it opens January 12, 1922 at the City Council Chambers.
The text argues that thinking resides in the subconscious mind, not the brain, and that thoughts manifest through the body. It cites prayer and meditation as methods to quiet the conscious mind, allowing subconscious power to solve problems in business and life.
Poem pondering mortality and renewal. A reflective sonnet-like piece contrasts bare trees in winter with the promise of spring and eternal life in Elysian fields. Flora B E Pettibone signs the verse.
The article advises an easier silver cleaning method using boil ing water in an aluminum kettle with a teaspoon each of salt and baking soda per quart. Silver must touch aluminum for the reaction. It notes a dishpan with aluminum and a handful of dried beans in boiling water as a brass cleaner.
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