Talk Is Not Cheap Uncle Abel Narrates Loudly
A boy recalls his great uncle Abel, a lifelong talker who fills every moment with stories from a mill town life to sea rescues. Abel’s chatter unsettles the family, ends in a near-tragic river incident saving his nephew Jess, and leaves Abel voiceless after a hurricane injury.
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Ncle Abel
Pennsylvania
South Africa
Julie
Jess
Pine Woods
Jersey
Abel
Annie
Uncle Abel
Atel
Joshua
North Pole
Alaska
Grace
Father
Thompsons
Mother
Mother's Delight 3 pattern ad by Anne Adams
Easy sewing pattern 4735 for a sundress and blouse in sizes 2 4 6 8 10. Diagram shows one main piece with multiple dresses. Send 25 cents for pattern 4735 to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Sidewalk costs show rise since turn of century
London Ont officials note sidewalks were once built at two cents per foot yearly for ten years around the turn of the century. Today the annual cost has jumped to 22 cents per foot, according to old records checked by city records.
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London
Ont
Regina tram fares for children raised in west
Regina residents claim western children are larger while municipal lines set child height at 50 inches. To ride or buy tickets, kids 5 to 14 under 54 inches can pay 5 cents admission or 8 tickets for 25 cents.
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Regina
Johnsons most cups of tea in a single sitting
Macaulay notes that Dr. Samuel Johnson famed lexicographer reportedly drank his 37th cup of tea in one sitting. The anecdote illustrates his famed tea habit and energetic pace.
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Macaulay
Samuel Johnson
Homing Instinct Horse Returns Home After 900 Mile Run
A bay gelding, one of eight hauled 900 miles north to Johnsons Crossing Yukon Territory, wandered back home after 17 days. Official speed noted as 2.2005 mph as the animal trots to its home gate. The Canadian government, which bought the horse for Yukon Alaska boundary survey work, will decide its future use.
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FT. ST. John
Here
Alcan
Johnsons Crossing
Y.T
Home
Yukon-Alaska
Yukon
Farm Population Drops In The US
Washington reports about 1,000,000 people left urban areas last year to settle on farms while over 1,500,000 moved from farms to cities. January 1 farm population stood at 27,440,000, down 110,000 from 1947, with births exceeding deaths by nearly 500,000, the largest annual gain from natural increases since 1920.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Closed Season Proposed for Ducks Across Canada and U S
Ottawa reports Douglas Ross urged in Commons that Canada and the United States declare a two year closed season on ducks. He warned hunters would have no ducks if action is not taken. Resources Minister MacKinnon noted a conference with provincial and U S wildlife officials.
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Ottawa
Douglas Ross
Toronto St. Paul's
Commons
Canada
United States
MacKinnon
U.S
Wild Life
Alberta Coal Sample Sends World Reach to Industry
A small cube of Alberta coal, a centre-piece for an advertising folder, is sent to 12,000 industrialists worldwide. Each sample is packed in a coal sack and uses up to 200 pounds of top-quality coal.
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Drumheller
Alta
Alberta
Repairs To B C Flood Damage Will Cost $13 Million
Victoria reports total flood repair costs near 13 million dollars for dyke rebuilding and river work over the past month. Ottawa will provide 9.5 million, the province 3.5 million, with an additional 2 million from the Red Cross for furniture and personal losses. Winnipeg item notes Mrs. Reid grows a lemon plant yielding about 40 lemons per harvest, blooming thrice yearly, from a one and a half foot high plant.
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B.C
Victoria
Ottawa
Canadian Red Cross
Winnipeg
W. A Reid
Churchill Sees New Yorkton Route For Hudson Bay
P. Dagleish, owner of an English shipping firm, says Hudson Bay will become a major transportation route and Churchill will be treated equally with the St. Lawrence and Vancouver routes.
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Yorkton
Sask
Hudson Bay
P. Dagleish
Churchill
St. Lawrence
Vancouver
Fish in Stump Perch Dashes Into Johnson’s Stomach
E. E. Johnson, a 20 year old farmer, went to Seventeen creek for bait and swallowed a small stump perch while holding other fish in his teeth. The fish lodged in his throat and later stomach, with doctors unable to remove it fully. He walked miles home and received hospital care.
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Atlanta
E. E. Johnson
Seventeen Creek
Johnson
German Cutlery Industry May Move To Canada
Ottawa reports the Nova Scotia government is studying moving an entire German cutlery industry to Shelburne. About 30 skilled Germans would start the plant with some 200 Nova Scotians employed later. No German machinery could be brought. sources say a staged settlement of experts would precede broader labor.
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Ottawa
Nova Scotia
Germany
Halifax
Connolly
Shelburne
Nova
Newspaper Advertising Delivers Goods for Retail Sales
In Quebec Edgar G. Burton of Robert Simpson Co. praises newspapers as the best media for moving goods off shelves. He notes magazines radio and TV have roles but newspaper ads provide consistent results with direct pricing and calls to buy now. He credits Canada’s press for cooperative support and high advertising standards.
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Quebec
Edgar G. Burton
Robert Simpson Co., Ltd
America
Burton
Bridal gown trade for shotgun advertised in Westminster ad
Westminster Herald lists a classified trade offer: a bridal gown and other accessories in exchange for a shotgun in good condition. Respond to Gen. Del. Box 17.
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Westminster
Cal
Westminster Herald
Witchcraft blamed for weight. doctors cite pituitary trouble
A 400 pound 50 year old native woman from Port Elizabeth blames witchcraft for her extreme weight and claims a witch doctor tried to turn her into a frog. Doctors say the issue stems from pituitary gland trouble. In Edmonton Archbishop MacDonald turned first sod for St. Anthony's pro cathedral to be brick and steel, costing 200000 dollars.
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Port Elizabeth
S.A
Edmonton
J. H. MacDonald
St. Anthony's
Origin of the term mess in officer dining groups
The word mess originally referred to a portion of food or a meal provision for one party. The phrase officer's mess denotes the dining area or group that shares such meals.
Western Briefs Highlights across Canadian towns
Carlyle Lake resort opens a toll gate to fund improvements. Edmonton sees over 100 British immigrants arrive under Alberta's program. Victoria notes an RC A F flight of an iron lung to Fort St John amid polio fears. Innisfail reports a jersey calf with deer like markings. Whitehorse enjoys a business boom with stores and a new inn and garage. Kamloops to install an 800 kilowatt steam generator to balance demand until Whatshan power arrives in 1951.
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Victoria
Edmonton
Fort St. John
R.C.A.F
Kamloops
B.C. Power Commission
Whatshan
Ottawa Finance Minister Signals Early Reconsideration Of Refrigerator Ban
Finance Minister Doug Abbott told the House he would give early consideration to removing the ban on kerosene refrigerator imports. He responded to John Gibson who said constituents in Comox Alberni were unable to obtain ice and keep fresh foods.
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Ottawa
Douglas Abbott
House
John Gibson
Ind
Comox-Alberni
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Trina
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Malcolm Rennie
Shakespeare, Ont
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