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1917:
“A nervous breakdown can be averted by feeding the starved nerves with rich red blood” - the Sun gets medical.
Read More 1886:
“A daily crop of charges were heard at the police court” - Council passes bylaw No. 258, regulating the speed and freedoms of Vancouver’s cyclists.
1912:
“Alexander Street to Go Before New Year” - the evolution of Vancouver’s red light districts.
1951:
“Think of the People Next Door” - the evils of excessive radio volume.
1934:
“Many of the listeners were roaming all over the lot and giving little or no heed to the music” - the opening of the Malkin Bowl.
1962:
“Should BC have a compulsory, government-sponsored medicare plan when only 11 per cent of the people can honestly claim to need it?” - the debate over universal healthcare.
1917:
“I am sure the jury must sympathize with this man Cole. His morals must have been nearly corrupted by this woman.”
1941:
William Lyon Mackenzie King addresses a crowd of more than 1000 at the Hotel Vancouver.