Corby the Fiddlin Man Chooses Guitar Over Marriage
In Willowdale, Corby a wandering fiddler with a guitar charms women and shuns steady work. He courts Vi Roche, Miss Simpkins, and Mrs. Masters while promising marriage and a home, but never walks to the church. He moves to Cypress Hills and keeps playing.
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Corby
Willowdale
Leo
Crowfoot
Mise Bowie
Wosow
Carty
Sddhin
Lunties
Vi Roche
Ina
Bob
Tanner
Printer's ink to trace travels of trumpeter swans
Red printer's ink marks 10 trumpeter swans in British Columbia to trace migration paths. Dominion wildlife officer R H Mackay ordered the dye after other methods failed. About 900 trumpeters winter at Lonesome Lake, BC, representing more than half of the species.
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Vancouver
Canadian Wildlife Services
R. H. MacKay
Dominion Wildlife Officer
Lonesome Lake
B.C
Regional notices from Western briefs
A History Society forms in Peace River District to study old forests and preserve landmarks while interviewing elders. Saskatchewan ministers seek steel to repair the Saskatchewan Landing bridge with federal support for three spans washed out by the South Saskatchewan river. A stray .22 bullet injures a woman golfer in Brandon but she recovers. Northern Alberta Railway reports 37 million in gross business for last year, second only to 1943. Haney police seize heroin worth over 50 thousand with two arrests. Betty Lee to represent Manitoba and North Western Ontario at the first national C.G.I.T. camp near Muskoka. Dufferin Agricultural Society moves forward with its 73rd annual exhibition amid foot and mouth disease in Saskatchewan concerns.
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Regina
J. T. Douglas
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Landing
South Saskatchewan
Peace River
Alta
Northern Alberta Railway
Canadians Can Have Higher Income Without Higher Prices
Trade Minister Howe's warning on labor's role comes amid a Canadian economist's analysis of DBS figures. If average personal income rises by over 2 percent annually, inflation could occur unless productivity keeps pace. the study shows a 3 percent annual growth in physical output over 1927–50, driven by tech gains and investment, with population rising 2 percent yearly.
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Toronto
CD. Howe
Gilbert E. Jackson
Jackson
Dominion Bureau of Statisies
DBS
Canada
Canadians
Columbian College Began as Methodist Institution in 1892
Columbian College at New Westminster British Columbia started in 1892 as a Methodist institution, operating in rented houses before constructing its own facilities.
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Columbian College
New Westminster
B.C
Aberdeen Lake Named for Lord Aberdeen Governor-General
Aberdeen Lake in the Northwest Territories was named after Lord Aberdeen, who served as Governor-General from 1893 to 1898. The naming reflects the era’s ties to British imperial administration.
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Aberdeen
Northwest Territories
Lord Aberdeen
Canadian Way Of Life In Esquire Feature
Esquire’s travel piece by Richard Joseph surveys Canada’s top recreation spots and praises Canadian friendliness. It says Canadians live at a slower pace, offering a relaxed lifestyle and freedom from pressure for visitors.
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Richard Joseph
Canada
Couple's transcontinental trip ends in Saskatoon joke
An American couple touring aboard a Canadian liner stop and ask a man on the platform for the town name. He replies Saskatoon Saskatchewan, prompting the husband to marvel that the locals do not speak English. A brief note then defines a flying mammal as the bat.
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Mai
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
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By Kerry Wood
Piain
Ao 61
The
Valley Dance
Mrs. Masters
Simpkins
Clem Hagen
Angel
James Mason
Pere
Piet
Les Carroll
Oyke
Fairview Chemical, Co. Ltd
Scotland
Alberta
Yellowknife
North West Territories
Mike Mitto
Harvey Singer
Central Press
Western Briefs
Form Historical Society
Dawson Creek
Peace River District
British Columbia
Brandon
Dorothy Tullis
Haney
B.C.M.P
Yip Yee Fong
Kathleen Couturier
Manitoba
Carman
Man
Dufferin Agricultural Society
Portage
Bota
Fleischmann
New York
Esquire
Herschmann
Uis Ay
Minard
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