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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 18, 1920
Page
6
Experimental Farms Note discusses saving costs by using cheaper flour than first patent. It argues wartime pale bread was acceptable and notes lower grade flours have higher protein and assimilable phosphates, with minor baking adjustments to improve bread quality.
A Barred Plymouth Rock pullet laid 104 eggs in 104 days at the Experimental Farm Poultry Division in Kentville Nova Scotia. After a slow start she then laid daily from February 18 through May 27, with a two-day break on June 20, totaling 186 eggs in 147 days before becoming broody.
The piece argues cheaper flour grades offer two advantages: lower price and high nutritive value. It contends claims for white flours are often exaggerated or absurd and urges the public to seek truly superior materials sold as inferior.
The article explains a system using compressed air to expel water from a nozzle then an oxy acetylene flame to cut steel underwater. A vacuum forms as water is displaced and oxygen is pumped back to sustain the flame, allowing divers to burn through hull plates and access cargo from sunken liners.
A landlord argued that a man lacking housing had married a widow tenant to gain housing, asking if he could eject him as a trespasser. The magistrate required proper notice to the tenant. A companion exchange about a servant and a new girl followed.
PONOKA Alberta natural gas has been struck in a well drilled by the provincial department of public works at 2600 feet. A pressure of 625 feet is registered and prospects for a good flow are hopeful. If the pressure holds the gas will heat light and power the provincial asylum saving about 30000 dollars annually.
A professor recounts waking shaved by a man who is highly educated yet cannot share a man decently. The stranger, claimed to be more than a barber, is revealed when the professor admits I shaved myself this morning. The exchange with Rounder highlights social pretensions versus humble acts.
A playful verse riff compares could be and might have been states as puns. The speaker muses on being a has been and an are in a light poetic cadence.
Sealed tenders addressed to the undersigned for repairs to the Royston wharf in the Comox Alberni District B C will be received until 12 noon Tuesday September 21 1920. Plans forms of contract and specifications can be viewed or obtained in Victoria Royston or Vancouver offices and the bids must include a 10 percent cheque or acceptable securities.
The undersigned invites bids for the Mansons Landing wharf on Cortez Island B C with bids due by 12 noon Tuesday October 6 1920 at the District Engineers offices in New Westminster B C and at post offices in Vancouver Cortez Island B C The tender must include a 10 percent deposit and may be secured by War Loan Bonds Dominion War Bonds or cheques to close any odd amount.
Arthur B H Waterhouse of Port Alberni intends to lease 40 acres near Union Bay on Baynes Sound in the Nelson Land District Recording Nanaimo. The parcel starts at Lot 11 southeast corner, runs 5800 feet north west along shore, then 500 feet east, to low water mark, back to start, paralleling shore and closing to form 40 acres. Agent K B Fraser files on 17 August 1920.
A clipped, misread line notes a man claiming he taught his wife to drive, then says he is now walking. The fragment hints at domestic mobility changes and possible transportation roles within a household.
Sealed tenders will be received by the Canadian Collieries Limited for the erection of an Athletic Club building at Cumberland British Columbia. Bids due by Monday noon September 20. Plans and specs available at Cumberland offices. Lowest tender not necessarily accepted. W A Owen Construction Engineer. September 4 1920.
Canadian Collieries Victoria B C applies to lease foreshore lands in Nelson District. The land runs from a post at high water mark east 1600 ft to low water, then southerly along low water to a point east of the South-East corner of Lot 32 fractional, then west to the corner, north along high water mark back to the start. Agent: Charles Graham. Dated June 22 1920.
Amendments to the Pound Bylaw prohibiting stock from wandering on city thoroughfares at any hour will take effect October 1 1920. Authorities intend strict enforcement. Owners of stock are asked to heed this warning. C J Bunbury Chief of Police
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