Eye For Beauty in Mexico City Encounter
A traveler meets a swaggering Mexican host near Mexico City who offers a costly guide and his daughter Isabella for a city tour. The host boasts of multiple marriages while the daughter is pressed into service, forcing the narrator to decide whether to accept the arrangement as siesta fades into day.
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Mexico City
Humm
Isabella
Queeck
Amigo
Mexico
Buenos Diaz
Senor
Shirt Tail Dress Pattern 4658 Promises Easy Spring Sew
Pattern 4658 offers a shirt tail dress with no waist seams and a belt cinch. Sizes 10 through 20, size 16 uses 3 1 4 yards of 39 inch fabric, back pleat with buttoned tab, cap or long sleeves, complete illustrated instructions, forty five cents. Address orders to the London Daily Mirror.
Carman Cardinals Hire Minot Mallards Manager Albosta
Edward J. Albosta, who led the Minot Mallards to the Mandak league title last season, signs a 1954 contract to manage the Carman Cardinals. He joined L. J. Bennett and W. F. Garnett in Minot for final talks. Albosta, known for closing wins in relief, posted an 8-2 record with 88 innings, 19 walks, 50 strikeouts, and three wild pitches.
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Carman
Man
Edward J. Albosta
Minot Mallards
Carman Cardinals
Mr. Albosta
Minot
L. J. Bennett
W. F. Garnett
Albosta
Mallards
Cardinal
Saskatchewan jubilee seeks elm lumber for carts
Regina officials announce the Saskatchewan golden jubilee committee is seeking elm lumber to build Red River carts for the 1955 anniversary celebrations. The carts will mark historic sites during events across the province.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee Committee
Red River
May Kill Dogs Pursuing Wild Game
Saskatchewan Game Commissioner E L Paynter says dogs seen running at large or chasing big game may be killed under Section 27 of the Saskatchewan Game Act. He warns dog owners to keep pets under control and notes possible rabies risk from loose dogs amid winter outbreaks in frontier and northern areas.
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Saskatchewan
E. L. Paynter
Paynter
Painter
One Hundred Horses Sold At Brandon Sale
One hundred horses sold in Brandon after the Provincial Winter Fair with an average price of 71.40. The Manitoba Horse Breeders association sponsored the sale. Top price for a pony was 225 paid by Dr H H Ross. The winning team came from Harry Aneca of Waskada. E J Hutcheson of Dryden paid 255 for the team. Winnipeg buyer I Kare led purchases with 37 horses. Frank R Johnston of Welwyn took 18 head.
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Brandon
Manitoba Horse Breeders Association
Jud Miller
H. H. Ross
Harry Aneca
Waskada
Dryden
Ontario
E. J. Hutcheson
Winnipeg
I. Kare
Frank R. Johnston
Welwyn
Saskatchewan
Growing Town Grande Prairie Seeks Home Mail Delivery
Grande Prairie Alberta, the largest town in the Peace River Block, has requested the postal department to introduce home mail delivery. The move aims to improve service in the growing community and bring mail directly to residents.
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Grande Prairie
Alta
Peace River
Alberta
Postal Department
Piles Relief Ad Promises Quick Pains Reduction
An advertisement touts Hem-Hold internal pile treatment with a six tablet package priced at 159. It guarantees refund if not 100 percent pleased after 2 or 3 days and claims widespread drugstore availability.
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All
Rug
Jokes and Banter Through the Daylight Moments
A collage of light exchanges and cartoons shows neighbors quarreling about loud saxophone, a camel puzzle, courtship jokes, a dining compliment, snow in Greece, a child misremembering birth year, and a friend joking about aging with nine children.
Game Bird Limits May Be Cut This Year In Alberta
Alberta game officials consider reducing bag limits for Prairie Chicken and Hungarian partridge after surveys show the northern province at a nine year low. In the Hanna district the population looks stronger, suggesting limits may remain unchanged there. Last year daily limits were ten for Hungarians and five for Prairie Chicken.
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Alberta
Hanna
Alta
Department of Mines and Resources
Saskatchewan Farmers Showing Interest In Shelterbelts
Regina. Saskatchewan farmers show rising interest in shelterbelts as over two million seedling trees will be distributed by Forest Nursery Stations at Indian Head and Sutherland in coming weeks. Half go to field belts, rest to farmsteads and hedges. broadleaf trees free, evergreens for a fee. Government aids planting costs up to eight dollars per mile and shares machine costs. caragana is most ordered alongside ash, boxelder, elm, willow, popular, white spruce, Colorado spruce, and Scots pine.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
R. E. McKenzie
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
McKenzie
Indian Head of Sutherland
Agricultural Representatives
Department of Agriculture
Banded Geese Return To Farmer
TOFIELD Alta three Canada Geese arrive at Charles Culton’s farm after a non stop flight of several hundred miles. The birds, part of a flock of 18, were banded and had been reared by Culton.
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Tofield
Alta
Charles Qulton
Edmonton
Culton
Jam Nut Ring Roll and Bake
Roll dough into a 16 by 8 inch sheet and spread with 5 cups jam and 4 cups chopped nuts starting at the long side. Roll tightly, twist end to end, form into a ring on a greased pan. Grease top, cover, and let double, bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes. Spread warm ring with white icing and decorate top.
University Of Saskatchewan Receives 1953 54 Grant
The University of Saskatchewan secured a federal grant of 363,901 dollars for 1953 54 based on student enrollment. This follows a prior grant of 354,102 dollars the year before, reflecting higher attendance and continuing support from federal funding.
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University of Saskatchewan
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