Victory Loan Campaign Opens Monday October 28
The 1918 Victory Loan Campaign starts Monday October 28. Canvassers will urge subscriptions and the Cumberland District lists organizers and bond terms. Bonds offer 6 percent interest with instalment plans and bank backing for loans up to 90 percent of bond value as communities rally to support the war effort.
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Cumberland
Edward W. Bickle
Chas, Graham
John Sutherland
John S., Bannerman
C. H. MacIntosh
Hilda Watson
Eva Bickle
Influenza History Prevention and Treatment Facts
Influenza is an ancient disease traced to 1510 with waves across the world. Prevention centers on avoiding the sick, boosting immunity, ventilation, and antiseptic mouth throat nose care. Quinine is cited as a preventive and therapeutic aid. in a wartime trial, quinine plus whisky reduced cases. Treatment emphasizes bed rest, warmth, fluids, and doctor guidance with supportive drugs.
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Canada
Europe
City Council Grants Red Cross Meeting Use of Chamber
The Cumberland City Council wins approval to let the Council Chambers host a Red Cross meeting from 2 to 5 pm on Wednesday after noon, with attendance limited by civic authority. A record shows $7.50 paid for blueprints and a September financial statement totals 12 484.64. Spanish influenza cases rise at King George Hotel and John Dickinson dies at 61, funeral Monday at Thos Banks parlors.
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Harrison
Banks
Braes
Furbow
Tarbell
Amy B. Clinton
Red Cross Society
Cumberland
Finance Committee
Cumberland Electric
Waterworks Company
British Columbia
King George Hotel
John Dickinson
Cumberland General Hospital
England
Pearse
Happy Valley
Sharples
Card of Thanks for Sympathy After Bereavement
Mrs Bobba thanks friends for sympathy and services extended during their recent bereavement.
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Bobba
Health Board Tracks Spanish Influenza In Cumberland
The Cumberland Board of Health reports cases in Cumberland and Union Bay with two recoveries and nine at Union Bay among Chinese and Italian residents. The city plans convert public schools into a 24 bed isolation hospital with electric lights and pole wiring, while teachers receive nursing training. Bars close, and standard time shifts back Sunday morning.
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King George Hotel
Cumberland
Union Bay
Robert Dollar Co
Council
Board of Health
Dunsmuir Ave
Cumberland Board of Health
Board of School Trustees
Harrison
Thomas EB. Banks
EB. R. Hicks
Late Dispatches Sunday Sermon From Grace Methodist Church
The report includes battlefield updates from October 25 1918 detailing British and French advances near Valenciennes Le Quesnoy Le Cateau and along the Oise Serre and Meuse with prisoners and guns seized. It also notes German and Serbian developments plus a Sunday sermon by Rev George Knox reflecting on faith and immortality with biblical insights and an appeal to Christian duty.
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Rev
Geo. Knox
Grace Methodist Church
London
Valenciennes
le Quesnoy
Belgium
Sambre- Oise
Long Champs
Serre
Souche
Montiornet
Rethel
Ardennes Canal
Ambly
Fleury
Meuse
Basel
Wilson
Germany
National Zeitung
Berlin
William
Neuste Nachrichten
Paris
Reichstag
Karl Leibknicht
Liebknicht
Great Morava
Hungaran
Jesus
Christ
Earth
You
Charles Wesley
Local and General News Roundup from Cumberland
Visitors and residents frequent Cumberland as many return from Victoria Nanaimo and Vancouver. Notables include Dr R P Christie dentist manager Conrad effle H S Fleming James Savage and Thomas Graham with two John Horbury John McAlister Pete Cheater and Samuel Robertson. A fatal rock fall at Dunsmuir mine claims Peter Bobba aged around 60. The Gillespies travel between Vancouver and Montreal as Mrs. Gillespie recovers from flu.
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John Horbury
John McAlister
Pete Cheater
Samuel Robertson
Nanaimo
Peter Bobba
Thin City
Rock
Canadian Collieries
Dunsmuir), Ltd
Cumberland Cemetery
James Abrams
Land City Band
J. A. Gillespie
Vancouver
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vicinity
the City Council
Serbia
Board OF Health ON Alert
William Halcrow
France
George V
Western Front
C. R. Drader
Victoria
Charlotte Jaynes
Miss C. Tourigny
Frank Reynolds
I. Westwood
Murray McKenzie
Hamilton
B.C
R. P. Christie
Conrad [Effle
Union Brewing Company of
H. S. Fleming
New York
Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Ltd
James M. Savage
George K. MacNaughton
Windermere Ave
Wv. A. Owen
Dr. Hill
St. T. Christie
Thomas Graham
Auto
W. J. Goard
Alex. Walker
Coquitlam
Colvile Graham
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