Night Bus Struggle Ends With Bakery Cake Escape
Hoskins fights for a seat on a crowded streetcar with neighbor Toups. A belligerent large woman and late shoppers push for space. He ultimately abandons for Government Street, then resumes hope of a seat after a bakery stop and a cake as his alibi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoskins
Toupe
Toup
Pat
Toups
Government Street
Mary
Lafayette Boulevard
Annie
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Jokes and anecdotes from a bygone era in brief
A collection of light vignettes and wisecracks including a worried patient who misidentifies a rare illness, neighbors quipping about a mutual friend in prison, a lift attendant's reply to a grumpy passenger, a Canadian visitor's impression of the Thames, a courtroom query about chicken theft, and a teen letter from a public school. Also notes on Mrs Jean Guinn driving trucks in Vancouver and an experimental tomato strain in Lethbridge Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Jean Guinn
Forests Are Essential For Water Supply
In a public statement Hon. Ivan Casey Alberta minister of lands and forests warns that forest depletion would harm the western economy and water supply for farms. He notes ongoing aerial province photography and a forest inventory to guide long term management and fire protection with public support and compliance critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Forestry Association
Ivan Casey
Lands and Forests
Alberta
Piles Relief Offered With Money Back Guarantee
An advertisement promises relief from itching and soreness of piles with internal oile treatment item HKoi. The package is offered at $1.59 per large tablet, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied after 2 to 3 days through participating drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strom
Wildroot Ltd
Fort Erie
Hern- Reid
Oail Drug Stores
Seven Mile High Air Base Proposed by New York Engineer
Morris Berman, president of the New York Society of Engineers, argues for immediate construction of a seven mile high tower to serve as a jet airport and defense hub. The plan envisions a $500 million, 1.6 million ton steel structure with four tubular legs, private funding, a mile high city, and upper level research and radar facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y
Frankin Johnson
CPC
New York
New York Society of Engineers
United States
Morris Berman
Western Hemisphere
Berman
U.S
Empire State Building
Empire State
Pressent
Mount Everest
Gustave Eiffel
Tower of Babel
Shinar
Earth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Hoskins
Rides By
Jim Tokes
Captain Banks
Arctic
St. Lawrence
Richmond
Joshua
Lethbridge
Alta
Dominion Experimental Station
Aert Free
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
Canada
J Fashions
By Jone Hbdoms
Anne Adams Pattern Dept
Airie Publishers Limited
Front Street W
Toronto
Les Carroll
Fok
Scott
I. c
Prairie
Scarth St
Regina
Sask
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