Aussie Pioneer Gadabout At 89
Portarlington headline profiles Leah Grehan known as Gadabout aged 89. She remains active dancing and competing, recalling early days with husband Crandms Grah am, large family roots from Somerset England, and a life full of travel, farming, and community in Victoria.
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Portarlington
Antrala
Gadabout
Leah Grehan
Crandms Graham
Lac
Mr Graham
Mie Graham
Grandma Greham
England
Australia
Wiliam Langdon
Somerset
Victoria
Bulltown
Mire Graham
Graham
Disappointments in Love and the Rise of Self Focus
Two attractive young women discuss romance with humor and disdain. One, hurt by a distant love, concentrates on work and friendships with her own sex. The other scorns men while pursuing personal goals and independence. Time and new interests heal, leading to stronger character and broader experience.
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Tros
Salenmanship Exchange Sparks Frivolous Price Talk
A shopper confronts a clerk about a small charge for a damaged loaf. The clerk defends the price as the lowest possible. The customer notes a rival shop sells a similar item for 90 cents and the discussion shifts to personal remarks and a potential discount.
Ottawa Week in Review on postwar economy strains
Summary of Canadian postwar economic pressures as Reconstruction Minister Howe admits auto priority failures and the end of vehicle permits, with steel strikes, export demands, wage and price controls, and a large union march on Ottawa signaling recovery challenges. The piece notes overseas contracts canceled and the revival of the industrial relations committee.
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Howe
Canada
Commons
Vie
Europe
United States
Dominion
Donald Gordon
Prices Board
HO Milant
United Steamworkers Union
Dhan Great
George Mclalth
Asia
Owas
Mackenzie Ring
Chimney Building International Workers Aid Moose Jaw Project
Two international steeplejacks from Chicago and Puerto Rico assist Moose Jaw flour mill in rebuilding a 224 foot chimney. They earn up to 14 dollars daily and travel by bucket lift to the work platform, with prior projects in California Copper Cliff and Nickel Company works.
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Moose Jaw
Saskaycps
Warra
Fountain
George Morgan
Chicago
Puerto Rico
Mouse Jaw
Morgan
Canada
Mumbled Exchange Over Job Threats At Local Office
A disrupted chat reveals a keeper facing pressure from three firms while the manager questions workers and references a large payment. The odd dialogue touches on pay, telephone lines, water access, and a distant gala or event.
Fragmented Family Notices From an Old Paper
A damaged OCR fragment recounts a marriage and family details with names like Mrs Schueller and Mrs Flamer, noting generations through great grandmother and great grandfather, but many words are garbled and unclear.
Real rubber golf balls may boost average player scores
No ticL. Now that real rubber is being used again In golf balls, advises a manufacturer, the average man's game should improve one-hundred percent. Maybe it will. But he will probably find Byron Nelson and other depressing fellows cutting par in half.
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Byron Nelson
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Lnternational Nickel Company
Coppercuff
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Que
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Pena
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Ech
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Ena
Budace
Yive
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le C.p.il Mambare
Ontario
Ontario Farm Service
Weonhy
Ontario Farm Service Force
Connery
National Employment Service Office
Provincial Committee ON
Agriculture
Education
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