British Columbia crops set to lag last year in 1922 report
The Dominion Government crop report for British Columbia notes apples on Vancouver Island up to ten to fifteen percent heavier than 1921 with Yellow Transparent Duchess and Wealthies prominent. Pears and plums show strong gains. Comox potato crop weak due to drought. island potatoes and onions mixed. overall commercial production at 70 percent for apples, 85 percent for peaches and plums, 75 percent for potatoes, and slight onion gains.
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Gravenstein
Alexander
King
Comox
British Columbia
Jonathan Heavy
Wagner
Veteran Miner Plans Wales Visit After Years in Cumberland
Nanaimo reports 76 year old miner Hyan Williams returning home to Wales for a rest before resuming work upon his return. He has lived in Cumberland for years and has some savings, though he is not obliged to work.
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Nanaimo
Hyan Williams
Hale and
Hearty
Wales
Cumberland
Williams
Registration of Voters Opens at City Hall in October
City Hall will be open from 4 to 6 pm daily starting Monday for voters registration. Licenses and householders are urged to ensure their names appear on the voters list early in the month.
Tarbell & Son Enlarges Hardware Store Space
To keep pace with growing business Messrs C H Tarbell and Son have enlarged the office and moved a partition to add about five hundred square feet of floor space in their hardware and sporting goods establishment.
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Messrs. C. H. Tarbell & Son
Family Herald and Weekly Star Offers For Agriculturists
A Montreal based journal claims intimate coverage for farmers including medical religious stock health machinery embroidery pickles minerals fish leisure hooks and family amusements. Subscriptions priced at $200 per year.
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Family Herald
Star of Montreal
Old Journal
Weekly
Courtenay Waterworks Turn-On Commemoration Dance
Courtenay volunteers mark twelve months since the waterworks completion with a ceremony led by Mayor Simms and other dignitaries. The Cumberland fire department demonstrates the system and a Gaiety theatre dance invites citizens to celebrate the service of the Courtenay fire team which answered twenty-two calls including fires in Sand Wich and Comox.
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Courtenay
Courtenay Department
Gaiety Theatre
Courtenay Fire Department
Sand Wich
Comox
Thomson
Wealth and the day of life moral tale from Sweden
A Swedish business magnate once worked as a cattle boy. He gave his sister a small coin for one day’s work and she treasured it. Years later the brother, now rich, recalls the tale, while a friend notes wealth ends with the day and life is spent.
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Sweden
Foresters Folly Troupe Set for Cumberland Debut
The Foresters Folly troupe prepares its first Cumberland appearance in the near future, promising a lively program of comic and musical acts. Local audiences await the debut with anticipation.
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Foresters’ Folly
Cumberland
Folly Croupe
Miner Clings to Work After Sixty Years in Mines
A Vancouver Province report notes a man who says he is miserable lying idle and cannot give up the habit of working after being in the mines for over sixty years.
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Vancouver
Courtenay Cash Grocery Proves Cash Sales Viable
After twenty years in the Comox district, Charles H. Piggott opened a cash grocery in Courtenay. Despite discouragement, the business doubled in size and added a rear warehouse. It demonstrates residents prefer cash deals with lower prices and no bad debts, offering mall order prices with goods preview.
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Comox
Charles H. Piggott
Courtenay
Piggott
Piggottt
Piggott Block Praised As Modern Local Establishment
The Piggott block stands as one of the district’s most up to date establishments and a credit to the community, reflecting progress and local pride.
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Piggott
Man Details Glycerine Mixture For Wife’s Stomach Woes
A husband recounts giving his wife a glycerine and buckthorn bark mix in Adler-i-ka for years of stomach trouble. He claims she improved, gaining weight, with the product acting on both bowels and removing impurities. Described as excellent for gas and chronic constipation.
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Frost
Gillette Razor Sale at Tarbell's for 7 Cents
Tarbell’s advertises a seven cent Gillette razor bargain. The notice touts a debut of a new product line and urges shoppers to visit the store for the low price.
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Tarbell
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EATON
Western
Canada
Eaton Catalogue
Baia Velour
Vanity Fair
Modelain
T. Eaton Cour Winnireg
B. C
Dominion Government
B .C
Vancouver Island
Jules Guyot
Bartletts
Marshall Music
Toronto
Europe
Grand Trunk Pacific
Prince Rupert
Atlantic
Vancouvr
W. Bickle
NgManal Railways
Gaitey Theatre
Hallowe’en
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