Setting the Example for Labour and Industry Cooperation
A prose piece emphasizes postwar Canada rail service reform and labor partnership. Leaders like Alisair Fraser praise workers’ wartime effort while urging continued public interest and high service standards. Canadian National Railways aims to sustain trust through performance and competitive practice. A Dauphin festival features a prize porcelain bowl and a silver bow, with Kenneth receiving a replica.
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Canada
Alisair Fraser
K.C
Traffic
Peg Music Festival
Dauphin
Amy Vouwe
Winnipeg
Kenneth
Gaily Painted Lawn Chairs Set Out For Family Use
Four slatted wood lawn chairs sit in a grassy backyard. Two are regulation size and two pint sized to fit the children in the family.
Udall Attacks Weekly Editors at Winnipeg Convention
Udall of Boissevain claimed editors urged customers to pull ads to add news space. The Herald counters that ads are refused only for late deadlines. The paper quips that if matching tall tales were needed it would turn down cash in advance for anything.
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Udall
Boissevain
Winnipeg
Herald
Poles Up For Rural Electrification Question Sparks Comment
A rural electrification survey prompts discussion on pole placement with a farmer jokingly proposing middle of the road. Another member retorts that poles in the road would not hinder road maintenance.
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Power Commission
Pilot’s car misfire sparks odd escape plan
After failing to start the car the man tried the horn and lights then sought help. A friend returned with him and they suspected the ignition key would power the engine. The tale ends with a humorous warning about mistaking a fence for a jump.
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Canadian National
Preparations Underway for Annual Agricultural Fair Improvements
The fairgrounds are being readied about three weeks before opening. An old dining hall lean-to behind the grandstand is removed and a small dining area under the grandstand is planned. Sheds, barns, racetrack, and baseball diamond receive repairs as the poultry building is renovated for clubs. Mrs Isaac Johnston heads lady directors who expect the hall exhibits to occupy much of the main building.
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Isaac Johnston
Junk flying gear and farm repairs resale
A compact note discusses aviation novelties that fail to fly, becoming junk once novelty fades. It predicts they will devolve into items like malt containers and scrap iron used by farmers for repairs, remaining a curiosity rather than a utility.
Need for Adult Education Boosted by School Reform
A discussion on expanding rural education to reduce adult education needs argues that one room schools retain only 43 of 100 students to grade eight. A composite high school in a large district could offer agriculture, home economics, and industrial courses to keep students engaged, enabling adult education to rise to higher levels.
Proclamation of Rest Periods Across the Realm
A satire tracing how a hypothetical ruler distributes a national holiday to favored groups while leaving the poor and middle class to bear the burden. It mocks selective generosity with mentions of government employees bankers professionals and local officials under imperial whim.
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Canada
Millon
R.P
Gr Palin
Bonato
Ane Epl
Harmess racing heats Manitoba circus circuit action
Horses from Dauphin raced by Ted Chute earned minor prize money as the circuit moved through Wawaresa on May 24. Starley Bryson owned by Al Holland showed in the ensuing meet but failed to click. Mac Bryson took second money at Gilenboro in the first day of a two day meet, with the second day rained out and postponed to June 10.
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Harmess
Manitoba
Dauphin
Ted Chute
Wawaresa
Chute
Starley Bryson
al Holland
Gilenboro
Mac Bryson
Madill
Clanwilliam
Girl Plays Mouth Organ Solo At Public School Club Event
At the town hall on Thursday the public school sewing clubs held a wind up meeting. Clubs supplied numbers for entertainment and four top acts were chosen to go to Gilbert Plains Friday to compete with other clubs. Isobel Tokarchuk won selection after performing a medley on her harmonica.
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Town Hall
Gilbert Plains
Magnet
Winnipeg
Isobel Tokarchuk
Readers favor fiction over non fiction in library figures
Library data show fiction titles, about 5000 outputs, read 22 times yearly. Non fiction titles, about 1000, are read only once on average. Readers prefer choosing own picks over centralized monthly selections. Being in a club or literary guild offers choice and convenience.
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New York
Book of the Month Club
Literary Guild
Religious Education Debate Prompts School Unity Plan
A Dauphin ministerial group argues for optional religious instruction within the school act, proposing joint studies with Catholic and Protestant churches to avoid division. The piece notes town bells, historic signals, and a reflection on Canada’s immigration openness amid postwar policy and King’s long premiership.
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Canada
Ministerial Association
Dreaming on a hundred dollar bill in a grocery store
A customer handed a single 100 bill for a small order. The clerk lacked sufficient change but kept the bill briefly as they considered how to proceed. The scene centers on the monetary snag and the fleeting moment of possession.
Cadet Band Exercises Interrupt Mackenzie Area
Fort Garry Horse cadets bugle bands spent two weeks near Mackenzie school practising for inspection by Major Cum-Tung. Neighbors endured constant drum hammering and bugle blasts, deeming the initiation costly in noise for army life training.
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Mackenzie School
Fort Garry Horse Cadets
Question of the Hour How many leaves can a canker worm eat in a day
In a railroad town two clock times exist and daylight saving prompts chatter. A station call asks when a train arrives and whether the answer uses standard or daylight saving time. The exchange shows local humor and time confusion.
Life Is Like That Embarrassing Moment Told By A Young Matron
A young matron recalls a society mishap when cleaning a spill. While kneeling she removes her pleated skirt then covers with an apron. She briefly feels exposed in her sweater and brief underwear as she tends the child and encounters the neighbor.
Panic drives hurried escape from the public view
A tense scene unfolds as a woman notices scrutiny from a window and flees toward the house in a hurry, recalling she is not dressed for public view. The moment ends with a quick, amused gesture signaling a change in situation.
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Ted
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Pappy
Jim Anderson
the Tribune
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Bevin
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King
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Arden
Ardena Skin Tonic
Ardena Hand-O-Tonik
Tailor & Furrier
Perth
Bride
W. J. Porter and Sons
W.M.S
Samuel
Dauphin Herald & Press
Dauphin Herald Co. Ltd
Burrows Avenue
Dominion Textile CO
Grain & Milling CO
Helen F. Marsh
W.K. Marsh
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