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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 01, 1923
Page
8
Numerous Cumberland residents and visitors are listed as traveling to cities such as Seattle Victoria Vancouver and Penticton. Notable names include Mrs Burns Miss Stevenson Mr Carey Miss McKinnon Miss Hood and Mrs Kinney with trips for conventions teaching staff family visits and vacations.
A pasted page fragment contains jokes and aphorisms interspersed with short notices and classified ads. Items mention a marriage rumor for Sir Edward and Lady Loan, light use quips about public life, and brief ads for a S Lid McClary stove a Durant car a new house and board room at 306 Maryport Avenue and Box 574 Cumberland.
New pupils will be enrolled Saturday September 1 from 2 to 5 p.m. Principal Webb will be at the schools. The item includes stray jokes about a Chicago incident and apartment mice.
notice states By-Law No 60 will take effect on October 1 1923 and invites interested parties to inspect a copy at the Council Chambers during office hours Albert J Merry City Clerk assists in enforcing the ordinance
A daughter born to Mrs Norman Huby and a son born to Mr and Mrs Fraser Watson at Cumberland General Hospital on Tuesday August 28th. Also advertised is a 1922 Ford Light Delivery in AI condition with tires good and a three month guarantee priced at $465 from Corfield Motors Limited.
Announcement notes daily departures from Nanaimo at 8 a m except Sundays and holidays for Cumberland and Courtenay. Express shipments left at Star Liberty by noon arrive in Nanaimo by 6 p m the same day. Owner operator in conjunction with Bill Hydes stage.
Police report a theft of a Boyce-Meter from cars at Union Bay on Friday August 24. Citizens urged to report information to Sparks Co. Courtenay to prevent further trouble.
In loving memory of John Gibson husband and father killed August 30 1922 at No 4 mine. He did not expect to die nor bid farewell to his loved ones. Inserted by his sorrowing wife and children.
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