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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Nov 30, 1928
Page
2
The Cumberland Islander notes holiday decorations and warns that with three weeks to Christmas, procrastinators rush on Christmas Eve. It advises early shopping for better selection and leisure, while post offices and trains foresee peak last minute activity. The piece frames Christmas buying as a national temperment.
The Christmas Seal impressed BC readers with broad support as thousands bought and used the seal. The Tranquille Tuberculosis Society vows annual sales and funds a mobile health program with an MHO and x ray service to locate and treat curable TB cases.
The Family Herald and Weekly Star announces a two year subscription with a free year, making three years for two dollars. The price remains one dollar per year, and readers are urged to take the deal, as hundreds are expected to sign up.
An English student recounts a summer in Canada from Montreal to Western Saskatchewan. He details travel, Bob Winnipeg isolation, and two men finding harvest work with Canadian farmers. The piece notes hard work, modest pay, and cultural contrasts as they chase stooking and stocking duties on a 600 acre harvesting site run by three English brothers.
An Englishman and a 1927 arrival join a Canadian crew including an ironworker, a Ukrainian with limited English but notable humor, and a wartime veteran. They work one and a half acres daily, stocking the fields and receive three large meals daily with afternoon lunch. (Continued on Page Five)
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