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Newspaper
Lynden Tribune
Location
Lynden, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1921
Page
8
British Columbia will switch from left to right driving on January 1, 1922 at 6 a m to align with the United States. The change aims to reduce accidents and boost cross border traffic with Washington State as American visitors favored right side rules.
Tribune offers magazine subscriptions as festive gifts with orders to be placed at the Tribune office.
The sale of automobile licenses for 1922 is open at the county auditor's office. Auto owners may obtain application blanks and new car owners can receive this month's license free by applying now. After Jan 1, old license plates may lead to arrest unless a new license is shown or a driver’s license is obtained.
The Kensington club was entertained Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs George Hall. Mr and Mrs Willis Cole and family have taken an apartment in the Miller Hotel. Mr Cole is recovering from pneumonia after a long illness.
Miss Alice Koetje returned Monday from Seattle where she has been for some time.
The losing side entertained the winning side with a fine program Friday evening at Lynden Christian School. The School Board provided coffee, sandwiches, cake, cream puffs and ice cream. A large group of youth attended and everyone spent a very enjoyable evening. Mr and Mrs B Vander Griend and Mr M Vander Griend left for Bellingham Saturday for the farm bureau meeting.
Dick Helder of Everett has returned to Lynden and is staying with his sister Miss Helen Helder. John Van Mersbergen underwent an operation for appendicitis Thursday.
The passage notes the Eiffel Tower built over thirty years ago at a cost of 1 800 000 dollars, weighs fifteen million pounds, uses two and a half million rivets, and has a small apartment on the top platform. It also reports a radical calendar reform proposal by Prof Rene Baire to shorten weeks to six days, place Sundays on five dates, and move New Year’s and Christmas to Sundays, with doubtful public acceptance.
The piece notes monocle wear as a fashionable accessory for Berlin women now called super cultured. Authoresses and actresses lead the trend with makeup, a walking stick, and small dogs. The trend appears on Kurfürstendamm as these women also often smoke while strolling.
At the London fair and market in Agricultural hell London Eng an enormous watch claimed to be the largest in the world is on display valued at 7500 dollars. The timepiece measures 17 inches in diameter and 58 inches around and is wound electrically every 20 minutes to run 24 hours due to a massive 100 pound spring. E N Hutchinson veterinarian.
Dainty engraved Christmas cards with personal names offered at 7 and 8 percent of a cent each, including tissue and envelope. Samples available for preview with prompt delivery, as advertised by The Tribune.
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