Storm wrecks farm as Mamie clings to kin and cabin
Mamie and Lucy face a deadly February storm that destroys the cabin and chimney while Arnall drifts away to town. Mamie clings to hatred of Dencie Barron and searches for safety as Lucy carries Arnall's forthcoming child in a bleak Alabama homestead.
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Annie
Arreu
Arnall
Lucy
Mamie
Dencie Barrons
Gal
Dencie Barron
Sara
Dencie
Belle
Alabama
Ida
Arnalfs
Arnali
Marie
Emmly
Lacey
Wheeler Newspaper Syndic
Pattern 4656 Anne Adams Dress Pattern Sale
Advertisement for pattern 4656 offering a surplice neck dress with easy skirt in multiple sizes from 34 to 50. Includes illustrated instructions and yardage request of 334 yards for size 36. price is 25 cents, send with name address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Selected Recipes Chocolate Fudge Icing and Custard
Chocolate fudge icing recipe details bitter chocolate sugar water butter cream of tartar corn syrup vanilla and cream, cooked to 234 F, thinned with cream, then vanilla and thickened for spreading. Also a custard with milk butter sugar eggs vanilla, heated to thickening and served with cornstarch or blancmange pudding.
If brown sugar kept moist in a bread box
A short note claims brown sugar stays moist when stored in a bread box. It implies the bread box acts as a humidity shield to prevent hardening.
Princess Elizabeth letter thanks for birth congratulations
Western briefs note that Shirley Webber in Heward Sask received a letter from Princess Elizabeth thanking her for congratulatory messages on the birth of the prince. Nokomis Sask holds a special council meeting to honor retiring mayor William Mason after 20 years’ service. L L Lymburner elected mayor presents a memento. Williams Lake B C cattle sales exceed 2 million in 1948. Cariboo Cattlemen’s Association sales reach 1.7 million with individual cattle sales over 300 thousand. Edmonton reports Alberta government royalty and rental revenue from mining lands to exceed 12 million in the fiscal year ending March 31. Saskatoon notes Wilfred L Cody of Pilger Sask wins Mantle memorial scholarship at the 1948 Saskatoon industrial exhibition.
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Heward
Sask
Shirley Webber
Princess Elizabeth
Nokomis, Sask
Nokomis
William Mason
L. L. Lymburner
Mason
Williams Lake
B.C
Cariboo
Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatoon
Wilfred L. Cody
Pilger, Sask
Mantle
New Timely Tip For Motorists
Ottawa reports F W Bedard advises motorists to place strips of asphalt shingles under rear wheels to gain traction on rough surfaces. He says rough side down works best and that roofing strips outperform gunny sacks for pulling a car from deep snow or ice. Several layers can be kept in the car without taking much space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
F. W. Bedard
Mr. Bedard
Oldest Covered Bridge Thought to Stand in Lucerne
A 1333 built covered bridge in Lucerne, Switzerland is believed to be the oldest existing example of its kind. Historic scholars cite its age as remarkable among medieval structures still standing.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Anti Flood Project To Start In Okanagan Valley
An anti flood project in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley may begin once funds appear in this year's estimates. The plan estimates a 2.0 to 2.5 million dollar cost split 40 percent federal, 40 percent provincial, and 20 percent municipal. A Dominion Provincial board led by F G Goodspeed began planning four years ago and reported in 1946. final surveys were slowed by high water this year but progress resumes.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Okanagan
F. G. Goodspeed
Federal Public Works Department
Buck Fight Ends in Fatal Wounding Near Winnipeg
Arthur Withers of Winnipeg intervened in a buck deer fight near the woods and managed to free the horns of one deer. One buck died from a broken neck as the other fled after the struggle.
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Woodlands
Man
Arthur Withers
Winnipeg
Withers
Increase Seen In Saskatchewan Crop Acreage
Saskatchewan farmers expect higher wheat and oats acreage in 1949 with more summer fallowed rape seed production. Barley rye and flax are projected to decline. Wheat acreage forecast at 15,800,000 acres implies a 1.5 million acre rise from 1948 and a 20 percent jump from 1944.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
M. E. Hartnett
Hartnett
Saskatchewan Agricultural Societies’ Association
University Farm Week
Agriculture Department
Still Going Strong on a Saskatchewan Farm Wagon Box
A hand built wagon box from 1902 of native tamarack remains on a district Hudson Bay farm. The current owner acquired it in 1920 for 20 dollars, illustrating early 20th century rural crafts and value.
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Hudson Bay
Sask
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Elizabeth Brown
Las J
Vicks VA
Oan
Dodds
Western Briefs
Murney Wickens
Frankford
Ont
Salada Tea Company OF Canada Limited
Acre
Nas
Fleischmann
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
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