Music Box Bid Ends Love Triangle Auction
At a camp auction in a small town Redman Bixby wins a music box over Lanny Devera, while Carola admits love for Lanny. She reveals Redman’s bid was a show of ego, and she and Lanny face a delayed marriage until Lanny saves for law books.
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Anola Adams
Redman Bixby
Lanny Devera
Redman
Oaktown
Carola
Lanny
Reitman
Calinn
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Easy-Do Dress Pattern 4682 by Anne Adams
Pattern 4682 offers a three main piece dress with a swirl skirt and slim waist. It includes illustrated instructions and fits sizes 12 through 20 with fabric needs noted for size 16. Send twenty five cents in coins to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba for order processing.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Whitehorse Board of Trade seeks more exploration
Whitehorse Yukon Territory a newly formed Board of Trade calls for expanded exploration in the region. It cites season length and transport limits as chief obstacles and urges government to improve roads cut transport costs and boost four month field work. A R Hardy is president and R J Fowan secretary.
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Whitehorse
Y.T
Yukon
Board of Trade
A. R. Hardy
R. J. Fowan
Rhubarb Pie with Various Crust Options
A recipe for rhubarb pie instructs washing and cutting rhubarb, mixing with sugar flour salt, lining a deep pan, and filling without overloading. Options include upper crust, lattice strips, or lower crust only with possible meringue and egg yolks.
Oil Development Planned for Souris River Basin
O. S Kinsley of New Orleans, an independent oil producer, says souris river basin from Turtle mountains to Lyleton will be surveyed this summer to assess natural gas and oil potential as he gathers leases south and north of the river in Melita Manitoba.
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Melita
Man
Souris River
Lyleton
Hartney
O. S Kinsley
New Orleans
Turtle Mountains
Edmonton magistrate court holds first night session
Local history was made as the magistrate's court continued after a long day and into its first night session. By 9 p.m. the two magistrates had disposed of 62 cases.
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Edmonton
Calgary horse sale talls to $70.25 average as 1948 sales end
Calgary officials reported the annual Calgary horse sale closed with 776 horses selling for a total of $54,510 and an average of $70.25 per animal down from last year's $78.40. The report notes sales outcomes across a range of livestock as part of Western briefs.
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Calgary
Lloydminster Oil Output Surges in Early 1948
Saskatchewan’s Lloydminster oil field reports 138877 barrels produced in Jan-Feb 1948, about four times 1947. The Provincial Resources Department notes 77 wells active in February up from 19 in 1947, reflecting a sharp production rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Saskatchewan
Lloydminster
Provincial Resources Department
Canada Farm Animal Stocks Decline From Wartime Peak
Canada's stock of cattle sheep and horses fell notably over the past year per the Bureau of Statistics. Cattle totaled 8,943,500, down 72,000 from 1946 and far below the wartime peak of 10,759,000, with declines across Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia Quebec Alberta and British Columbia. Sheep stood 1,586,700 down from 1,782,200 a year earlier and far under the wartime high. horses reached 1,979,400 versus 2,243,200 last year and 2,845,000 in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Alberta
British Columbia
Experimenting In Products Made From Straw
Regina reports Saskatchewan studies using straw for wallboard building material in Regina and Saskatoon. Projects cooperate with the National Bearch Council lab in Saskatoon to test pressed straw for wallboards and plan future tests for straw fuel logs coal tar and paper.
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Regina
Business Failures Doubled in 1947 Across Canada
Nearly twice as many Canadian businesses failed in 1947 as in 1946 the Bureau of Statistics reports. A total of 545 concerns failed, with liabilities totaling 10,077,557 dollars, up from 5,966,153 dollars. Maritime provinces saw fifteen failures, Quebec 422, Ontario 72, Prairies 12, and British Columbia 24.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
Pracliie
British Columbia
Farmer discusses straw use for soil and bedding
Mr. Nollet advocates returning straw to the soil to strengthen fibre. He notes that many farmers feed oat and barley straw and use it for bedding down their animals.
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Nollet
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AGA
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D. M. Campbell
Saskatoon
D. M. Nichols
Dubuc
J. Freeman
North Battleford
R. Anderson
Loreburn
C. P. Colee Wapella
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Vancouver
Amcan
H. Kong
Fraser Valley
Schultz
Barbara Ann Scott
Revelstoke
B.C
Mount Revelstoke
Norman Griffiths
Mazenod, Sask
University of Alberta Educational Faculty
Crown Brand
THE
Canada Starch Company Ltd
Montreal - Toronto
Ord
Peggy
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