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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 29, 1922
Page
3
A first person diary recounts a week of family life with visits a party a bouquet and a thorny rose moment. It notes a divorce case overheard by Ma a beef steak dinner and amused misunderstandings about music surgery a car purchase and a rooster being treated by a vet.
The Cumberland article recounts the 1888 beginnings of Methodist work led by Rev. Baer, growth on Denman Island, and the dedication of Grace Methodist Church on April 15, 1894, followed by construction of a Gothic two‑lot church completed in October 1895 with 170 seating, a cupola bell from Sam Davis, and architect K Sharp.
For divine worship on Sunday September 29 1895 the venerable Archdeacon Scriven conducts the services assisted by Rev J X Willemar. A humorous aside explains telephones and exchanges as the place where the right number is exchanged for the wrong one.
London scheme to provide ten thousand miner homes at 2 000 houses yearly forms a company with capital of one million pounds from thirty large colliery firms. No profits sought. aims to cover costs. Plan includes playing fields institutes and amenities. Initial work starts in South Yorkshire and Wales.
An impostor calling himself Lord Carstairs extorted large sums from elite clubs as loans and vanished. Scotland Yard seeks the man who claimed Canadianized English heritage and a temporary financial embarrassment while awaiting estate settlement by his solicitors.
A witty column presents a list of humorous beliefs from a self described printer's devil. It quips about kissing attire suffrage lipstick shimmy poetry taxi drivers studying meter and judgments on beauty and cosmetics with a satirical tone.
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