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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 08, 1921
Page
2
Alexander Smith outlines changes under the new Elections Act for Dominion elections. He explains list bases, rating provincial lists, voter additions and strikes, and procedures for rural and urban areas to ensure qualified voters can cast ballots.
A French doctor extols finger nail analysis as a health guide and parlor pastime. He links white marks to liver issues and blue tinge to poor circulation. He also interprets nail shapes to reveal dispositions and pastimes with playful, satirical notes.
In a humorous exchange, Smith taunts Brown about an inspector of weights and measures. Brown admits the inspector found overages in pounds, accusing him of giving seventeen ounces per pound, not fifteen. The bite lies in the legal weight standard exposure.
A Dutch employer argues a raise by enumerating days worked and off in a year. The Irish worker, Pat, questions the premise and asks what he has been doing, ending with a humorous retort.
A father complains the paper is unreadable and out of touch. He laments missing useful items and says reporters ignore men’s needs while he still devours every issue despite flaws. He vows to visit the publishers to set them straight when the paper doesn’t come.
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