Lucky Lady and the Last of the Maidenferns
In a storm bound luncheon, Miss Clara, the last of the Maidenferns, recalls a life of missed loves and fortune. The narrator serves tea and solace as Miss Clara realizes her wealth, fame, and solitude are all that remain. The tale examines luck, happiness, and loneliness through a haunting personal confession.
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Miss Clara
Clara
Hannah
Harry
Weather Bureau
Stani
Maidenfern
Orinda
Dad
Feeler
Fore-Teen Pattern 4685 Promotes Easy Sew Dress
Anne Adams Marketed pattern 4685 for girls sizes 6 8 10 12 14. Describes bow and button ruffles in quaint new style. Includes fabric yardage 24% yds 35 inch nap plus 35 inch contrast and complete illustrated instructions. Send 25 cents with size name address and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Parks Service Adds Youth Hostels in Banff and Jasper
Ottawa reports the national parks service plans new youth hostels in Banff and Jasper to expand affordable accommodation for visitors. The note mentions ongoing cultivation of watermelons since ancient times and cites a reference number 2310.
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Ottawa
National Parks Service
Banff and
Jasper National Parks
Rural weeklies prove vital to rural advertising power
Nashville Tennessee dealers reap strong ad reach from weekly rural newspapers. Jarman Shoe Co article cites nearly full readership in rural markets and notes city dailies cannot replace local news. Rural papers remain a robust American institution with tight local focus attracting family attention.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jarman Shoe Company
Journal
Pasteurized Milk Mandate Passes in Alberta Town
Western Briefs report that a municipality about 30 miles east of Edmonton will switch to pasteurized milk only. Ratepayers endorsed a by law mandating sale of pasteurized milk, marking a local public health move.
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Alta
Edmonton
Ingenious Self Feeder For Chickens Invented In Sask
Saskatoon farmer Gus Johnson devised a self feeding box by bolting the seed drill box to a plank. The 50 chickens pick grain from both sides with no waste. He only refills once a week as the box holds several bushels.
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Loverna
Gus Johnson
Johnson
Penticton Council Pushes Immediate Okanagan Channel Option
Penticton City Council seeks rapid action to deepen the Okanagan River channel or open a new channel to ensure swift runoff from Okanagan Lake, addressing flood or drainage concerns for the area.
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Penticton
B.C
Okanagan River
Okanagan Lake
Penticton City
Trail Arena Gift From Consolidated Mining Co
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co will construct a $500,000 arena for Trail and donate it along with the Victoria Park site to the city. R W Diamond vice president and general manager announced the gift.
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TRAIL
Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co
Victoria Park
R. W. Diamond
Youth With One Leg Wins Norman W. Silver Trophy
Seventeen year old Warner Troyer who lost his right leg below the knee in 1946 receives the Norman W. Silver trophy as outstanding cadet in No. 12 Edmonton Air Cadet Squadron for regular attendance training and personal appearance.
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Edmonton
Warner Troyer
Warner
Norman W. Silver
Redman Wheat Increasing In Popularity
Winnipeg reports new cereal varieties moving from laboratories to farms to boost western yields. Redman leads Manitoba recommendations, with Thatcher and Regent following. Durum top variety Stewart, and barley’s Vantage outyielding rivals though seed distribution limited by leaf blotch disease. Billy Anderson earns Eaton’s Good Deed award for rescuing his father from icy Jes-Siva lake in December.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Agronomists
Regent
Thatcher
Manitoba
Redman
Rednan
Stewart
Carleton
Montcalm
O.A.C
Meaury
Vantage
Titan
Plush
Carman
Jes- Siva Lake
Billy Anderson
George W. Anderson
Eaton's
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Plans Cranbrook Radio Install
Canadian Pacific Air Lines will install its own air ground radio facilities at Cranbrook airport after moving the Department of Transport radio range station 120 miles north to Radiu Egypt was conquered by Cambyses, king of Persia, son of Cyrus, in 525 B.C.
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Cranbrook
B.C
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
Department of Transport
Radium
Egypt
Cambyses
Persia
Cyrus
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Lucky Lady
By Lilliace M. Mitchell
Mary Maxim
Sifton
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Canada
Princess Elizabeth
Prince
Charles Philip Arthur George
King
Queen Mary
Princess Margaret
King Haakon of
Norway
Prince George I
Eece
Lady Brabourne
Reuterphoto
S.N.S
Western Briefs
Moose Jaw
James Ogilvy
Marion Heble
Sturgis
Johnny Kalenchuk
Yorkton
Sask
Tere
Peggy
Tumas
Chuck Thurston
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