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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1926
Page
2
The Cumberland Islander argues education is the nation’s key capital. It cites Wilford King and World’s Work data to claim higher wages and growth come from schooling, condemning underfunded schools and underpaid teachers as harming future wealth.
A column contends that women increasingly rule households and influence men, noting a fear of emancipated women among men. It lauds lighter fashion, cites Canada’s shifts to shorter skirts and modest dress, and argues men should shed heavy clothing as well.
Jean Treanor of Calgary Alberta, housewife, intends to apply for a lease of lands at Henry Bay on Denman Island. Description begins three chains north of a wharf, runs three chains to low water, then fifty chains north to the inland limit. Dated January 8, 1926.
The fragment notes that beauty and grace do not belong to every woman by birth, but can be greatly enhanced and small defects corrected through wearing corrective aids or garments.
Bert Higgins of Courtenay intends to apply for a lease covering 10 acres on Denman Island at Lambert Channel in Nanaimo County. The land runs 1320 ft along the east boundary, 360 ft east, 1320 ft north, and 350 ft west to the starting point, on the foreshore of the North Half of the South East Quarter of Section 16.
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