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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1918
Page
2
The Islander is issued weekly on Saturdays by the Islander Publishing Company in Cumberland British Columbia. It lists a subscription price of two dollars per year in advance and single copies at five cents with foreign subscriptions to Postal Union countries priced at two dollars.
Herbert Cosden told his parents he was ordered to France his family felt pride and fear as they awaited sailing. A yellow envelope bore the single word Safe and their hope held through the peril of the deep and potential battle ahead.
A Fortnightly Review article lauds heroic human endurance during crises. It recalls Sir Richard Grenville and Captain Lotus Jones of HMS Shark as exemplars amid the Jutland fight where ten German ships rained fire, and Shark suffered severe damage and heavy casualties including the wounded commander.
A British naval commander is depicted refusing aid as his ship shields a vessel under attack. He is mortally wounded yet directs, with the flag restored, before dying to the sound of Nearer My God to Thee. The piece also recounts Lord Beresford’s generous act at a Victoria Cross dinner, lifting a doctor to share in the praise.
A university president laments the worship of wealth in the twentieth century. He recalls a young man asking which is more estimable, riches or brains, and notes that money often seems the only way to prove one has brains.
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