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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1924
Page
7
A stranger in our land struggles with English spelling and homophones. He attempts to learn right from wright and wood from would while facing harsh chatter from critics. He longs to bring his wife and daughter here but fears the cost and fate.
Thomas Meighan is the crook master Dan Corvan in The Confidence Man a Paramount drama shown Friday and Saturday at the Ilo-Ilo Theatre. Laurie York Erskine and Robert H. Davis wrote the tale serialized in Argosy All-Story Weekly with direction by Victor Heerman.
George Melford Paramount presents Flaming Barriers starring Jacqueline Logan Antonio Moreno and Walter Heirs at Ilo-Ilo Theatre Monday and Tuesday. Logan pilots an aero plane through a flaming forest and a bridge enveloped in flames while Moreno battles the blaze risking his life to save hundreds of excursionists trapped near a gasoline truck.
A contemplative essay on toy making as a village craft tied to Canadian heritage. It celebrates the toy canoe as art born from forest materials and skilled hands, linking imagination, race, and national identity to the child’s wonder and the toymaker’s craft.
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