17 Jul 1920
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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 17, 1920
Page
1
The 1920 Manitoba crop is forecast as bumper by seasoned farmers, who cite an abundance of wildflowers like tiger lilies and blue flags. A separate court remark features a Washington chauffeur joking about a warning horn after a pedestrian collision.
The White Star liner Olympic will resume passenger service between New York Cherbourg and Southampton after months of reconditioning to run on oil fuel. Conversion from coal to oil involved 4000 workers and 29 boilers, storing 50 000 barrels and consuming about 26 000 per voyage.
Dr Ameghino director of the Buenos Aires Museum says he has found the oldest human remains yet known. At Chapalmalal and Miramar ravines workers uncovered a tertiary age stone fireplace and a jaw fragment with two molars, indicating a man much earlier than prior finds.
An official census estimate shows Canada with 550000 more men than women. Every province reports a male surplus, with British Columbia at about 950 men per 880 women nationwide. The BC gap rises from 1901 to 1915 but drops from 1911 peaks.
A New York Sun writer recalls distant land beneath the Atlantic, where the Laura Ethel Mountain rises 20,000 feet above the bed. Oceanography traces to 1850 as Captain Maury mapped telegraphic plateaus and peaks like Sainthill and Chaucer while wrecks lie near the Farady Hills.
H L Williams reports a San Joaquin well on the Peace River producing twenty million cubic feet of gas each day. The flow began during his visit to the site and, since his return, telegrams confirm the volume remains undiminished and steady.
Gabbleston tells a humorous anecdote about shortchanging a taxicab driver. An exasperated reply calls him an infernal liar, triggering a quick retort that reveals familiarity with taxicab drivers rather than with Gabbleston.
Mrs Gabb argues a decent husband should give his wife all the money she wants. Mr Gabb retorts there isn't that much money available. The exchange highlights tensions over money in a provincial domestic scene.
Every ton of sea water holds about one grain of gold. With 300 cubic miles of ocean and over 4 billion tons per cubic mile, the total gold in seas is about 90 billion tons, exceeding all known mined gold.
A courtroom-style exchange shows the plaintiff admitting the kiss occurred in the defendant's arms while the counsel presses for specifics. The playful interrogation hinges on how the act is described and where it happened.
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