Music Store Showcases Modern Service and Photoplays
The Geo A Fletcher Company Cumberland store has been modernized with new display rooms, 8000 records, and a service where Mr. W G Marshall accompanies customers to showrooms and delivers chosen instruments. Photoplays at Ilo Ilo Theatre next week feature George Beban in Use More American and a seven reel Aircraft Special, with The Sounders and Tempered Steel among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. A. Fletcher Company
Cumberland
W. G. Marshall
Royal Air Force
Fletcher Bros
Victoria
Marshall
District
Columbia
Gerhard Heintzman
Nordheimer
Cecilian
Modelssohn
Estey
Ilo-Ilo
George Beban
Lee Chaplin
Canada Must Back Victory Loan For Future Prosperity
The text urges Canadians to subscribe to Victory Bonds to finance wartime debts and sustain trade with Britain and allies. It argues that prosperity relies on cash payments to farmers and manufacturers, with bonds offered as safe, cashable investments to support national priorities and keep commerce flowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Great Britain
Victory Loan
Ibers
Protect Your Fruit Trees From Mice
Dominion horticulturist Dr W T Macoun urges fruitgrowers to shield orchards from mice and rabbits. He advises removing rubbish, keeping the sod clear, and wrapping trees with building paper to prevent gnawing during winter. A small soil mound around the base has also helped protect young trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Macoun
Dominion Horticulturist
Canada
Protecting Young Trees From Mice With Paper Wrapping
The article discusses wrapping young trees with building paper to deter mice, urging earth at the base to shield the lower end. It cites Ottawa experiments showing mice rarely gnaw through the paper. It notes wire or metal protectors are economical and describes a poisoning method using arsenic and corn meal in a trough to bait mice, with rabbits proving harder to manage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Fisherman recovers spoon from first loss in Ladysmith tale
Harry Tait at Cowichan Gap hooked a big fish that broke away with his line and spoon. The next day he caught the same size fish and found the spoon in its jaw, a surprising repeat in Ladysmith according to the Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Tait
Cowichan Gap
Harry
Ladysmith
Skeena salmon pack valued at over four million dollars
The Skeena River salmon pack is complete with a season value of 4 027 900 dollars. Sockeye total 180 000 cases at 15 dollars per case, amounting to 2 700 000 dollars. A mix of other items and regional notes follow, including village patriotism in Knowlton and war memorial details.
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Prince Rupert
Skeena River
England
Knowlton
Kent
Lord Stanhope
George Frampton
Earl Stanhope
Indian Land Withdrawn for Soldier Settlement near Ponoka
Forty four quarter sections totaling about 7000 acres in the Bobtail Indian Reserve near Ponoka Alta have been withdrawn by the Soldiers Settlement Board for disposal at cost to soldiers. Sale is set for Edmonton on November 19. Canadian trade commission cancels all sugar shipment contracts to the United States and will not issue more export licenses. Sugar export at border points is halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Bobtail
Ponoka
Alta
Soldiers Settlement Board
Edmonton
United States
Canadian Trade Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carter Case
Doris Murray
The
George A. Fletcher Music Company
Vancouver
Pessy
Mendelssohn
Bessie Barriscale
Trish
Bessie
New York
Nat Goodwin
Pittsburg
Foster
Albert
Skeena
Kirkham
Louis Goldstein
London
Lazarus Goldstein
R.A.M.C
Pane
Mexon
Hull
Ward
Royston Street
Bentley
Doncaster
St. Paul's Church
Camden Square
George Tile
Hudson Bay
Royston Lumber Co
D. Campbell’s Meat Market
Cambridge
Charlie Sing Chong
Cumberland Hong Chong & CO
Bevan
NETS
Magnet Cash Store
T. E. Bate Cumberland, B.C
Marocchi Bros
Grocers
Cumberland and Courtenay
B.C
Dominion
C. H. Tarbell Cumberland, B.C
John Howard Payne
Edison Aph
Swanee River
Kathleen Mavourneen
Edison and
Musics
Crisics
Edison
G. A. Fletcher Music Co
Ilo-Ilo Theatre
Ilo Ilo
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