Is Your Liver Poisoning You and Other Fragments
A jumble of old ad copy on liver tablets claims Improved Frus-a-tives Liver Tablets cleanse the liver, ease constipation, and restore energy. The passage shifts to a dramatic scene with Tamar, Dick, Ran, and Major Towne discussing contracts, love, and a dance, ending with a cliffhanger prompt.
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Canada
Tamar
Randolph
Major Towne
Tom
Selby
Ransome
Miss Randolph
Tam
Richard
Churchill Downs
Manitoba Corn Driers Expand as Production Grows
Manitoba shifts to large scale corn drying with fourteen driers across the growing area. Four large commercial driers, seed drying units, and seven small private systems now operate, handling 125 000 to 150 000 bushels per season and reducing moisture from 30 to about 13 1/2 percent in 48 hours. Prices in fall 1941 ranged from 50 to 65 cents per bushel depending on moisture content.
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Manitoba
W. J. Breakey
Dominion Experimental Station
Morden
Man
Winkler
Canada
Wisconsin
Mantoba
All That Glitters and a Mine Contract Twist
In a Randolph estate club scene Tamar ponders her relationship with Ransome and Dick as bold shifts in mine contracts unfold. Tamar wrestles with love and loyalty while Ranny and Tam confront a tense business deal and possible betrayal with Major Towne overseeing the Cricket Hill Mine lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamar
Tam
Ransome
Ranny
Randolph Plantation
Selby
Ran
Ransome Todd
Dad
Cricket Hill
Hymn Remembrance at Dunkirk Hero Honored in Scotland Hut
A young British soldier who died at Dunkirk is honored at a YMCA hut in Scotland. The hut’s nightly ritual closes with two verses of Abide With Me, the soldier’s favorite hymn, sung at a specified hour while troops fought on the Dunkirk beach.
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Dunkirk
Y.M.C.A
Scotland
North Sea
Wedding in Shanghai Sees Crowns Placed on Bride and Groom
Miss Olga Sheeligin and Alexander Golovin wed in Shanghai with a traditional Russian crown ceremony. A separate note mentions a six key typewriter for the blind and a remark that eating eases hunger as study eases ignorance.
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Shanghai
Olga Sheeligin
Alexander Golovin
Canadian Army to Introduce New Parade Dress in 1942
Plans outline a smart khaki parade uniform in addition to battle dress for Canadian troops. Sample outfits are said to be neat with snug lines and a belt at the tunic waist. The design echoes the Royal Canadian Air Force style with a wedge cap and optional regimental caps at personal expense.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Gems of Thought: Government and Religion Quotes
A collection of quotations on government and religion. Notable voices include Jefferson Eddy Burke Goethe and Phillips. The excerpts discuss the role of government in protecting life and promoting peace, obedience, self-governance, and limits to overreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Baker Eddy
Bachelors Buy More Clothes Under Rationing Scheme
The Board of Trade report on the first 19 weeks of rationing shows bachelors as the heaviest clothing coupon users with 30 coupons, followed by unmarried women with 29. Men over 18 averaged 27 coupons, women 26, and youths 14 to 17 years used 27 for boys and 25 for girls.
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Board of Trade
Firewood Sale Aids Empire War Effort At Entebbe Colony
Residents of the Engino Leper Colony in Entebbe Uganda raised about £5 for the Empire war effort by selling firewood. A mention notes mustard sold in toothpaste tubes in Germany.
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Entebee Uganda
Germany
Destruction of Edith Cavell statue in Paris gardens
Nazi authorities in Paris ordered the demolition of the statue honoring nurse Edith Cavell in the Tuileries garden. The act exposed vindictive childishness and revived public memory of Cavell's devotion and heroism despite the memorial's destruction.
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Nurse Cavell
Germany
Paris
Edith Cavell
Tuileries
Miss Cavell
Detroit Free Press
How To Make Slip Covers for chairs and sofas
A self help guide offers a DIY slip cover method using a cotton twill fabric with a geometric pattern. Step by step instructions include pinning, basting, sewing, and fitting, plus how to finish plackets and trims for chairs and auto seats. The Home Service Dept. advertises a 32 page booklet and other titles at 15c each from Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. Alvar
Florence Williamson
Montreal
Roy Dagneau
Chatham, Ont
Tahlahneka II
Hitler
Fuehrer
Dick Sheridan
Richard Sheridan
Brother
Randolph Estate
Canadian Performing Right Society Limited
Royal Bank
Toronto
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Brown
Mr. T. N
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Burke
Goethe
Wendell Phillips
Home Service
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