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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 23, 1921
Page
3
A 6% acre parcel is offered for sale two miles from Cumberland. The lot includes 21 acres cleared, presenting a rare opportunity for development or farming in a rural area.
In the People's Home Journal, C Hous ton Goodiss argues hot weather demands lighter meals. He advises avoiding heavy fat foods and iced drinks, limits meat, favors milk and fish, and promotes plenty of water and fruit. He warns against chilling the stomach with ice and stresses gradual meals and ample vegetables.
A ship captain tries to smuggle whisky to a city friend but customs seize a cat from a sack. After a chase the cat returns aboard, while the captain, praised by the customs officer, departs with three bottles of Scotch.
An anti bachelor bill before the Turkish Parliament would make marriage mandatory for men over twenty five. Defaulters would be fined a quarter of earnings and the funds deposited in agricultural banks to aid peasant marriages. No adult civil servant could remain a bachelor and rewards such as land, loans, and state education for children are offered. hard labor awaits confirmed bachelors.
In a small Western town during a dangerous epidemic every infected house was quarantined. After health officers began removing quarantine signs an elderly woman protested. The officer asked if they should remove the sign, and the woman replied in dialect that she would had not paid a bill since the sign went up.
Ninth Sunday after Trinity shows Holy Communion at 8 30 a.m. Royston and 3 30 p.m. Cumberland with an 8 p.m. time change for July and August. Roman Catholic Church led by Rev. Father R Beaton at Comox for Tenth Sunday After Pentecost Mass at 11 a.m. Presbyterian services by Rev Jas Hood 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. with Sunday Junior Congregation at 11 a.m. and Regnar preaching at 7 p.m.
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