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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1924
Page
5
Slats records a week of chores lessons social life and family tensions. He forgets a postal card, argues with his mother over studies and chores, and reports small adventures from rodeo listening parties school Sunday school missteps and a map of daily mischief including a maple tree plant that proves a papaw bush mix up.
In a directive body meeting a new chairman proposed a slogan to spur work ethic. The suggested line Get things done now emphasizes energetic effort to reduce procrastination seen as a thief of time and a driver of higher production costs.
A humorous dialogue between a buyer and garage owner features a buyer asking to see a first class second hand car. The proprietor quips that it's raining money rather than weather, framing the exchange as a light anecdote from The Vibrator.
Independent-Liberal candidate Paul Philipps Harrison, a Cumberland B C barrister at law, runs in the Comox electoral district in the 1924 election year.
A public pamphlet issued under local district committees promotes Paul Phillipps Harrison of Cumberland B C as an Independent Liberal. It highlights his independence from party bosses, finances his campaign personally, opposes Oriental immigration, and pledges reform on timber royalties roads taxes and local appointments. It supports recall and seeks district before party interests, with further details on pages and statements.
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