The Letter to Lester Ends in Shared Forgiveness
In ailing Sara Worthy and her sister Alice confront a forty nine year old love tragedy. Alice confesses her failed envy of Lester and Sara reveals she never truly loved him, admitting she let the unaddressed letter remain blank. Both sisters seek forgiveness as Sara nears death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M- Sara Worthy
Alice
Miss Alice
Sara
Lester
Miss Sara
Papa
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
If Everyone Could Imagine a Safer Driving World
Poem urges every driver to picture the consequences of crashes. It imagines amonth in bed with injuries, a doctor saying no hope, and a vacant chair at home to spur safer driving. The piece calls for a pledge to never take a chance and for a Great Crusade for Safety to advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daddy
Motor Truck Association
Moone's Emerald O11 Skin Remedy Promises Quick Relief
An antiseptic from Canada named Moone's Emerald O11 is promoted as effective against eczema barber’s itch salt rheum and itching toes. It is described as easy to use antiseptic and penetrating with many long standing skin issues claimed to yield. money back satisfaction offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Moone
Flyaway Silhouette Pattern 4702 Seeks Orders
New fashion pattern 4702 offers a back pleated skirt a bolero with Mandarin collar and sharp cuffs. Sizes 12 to 20 include a size 16 suit with yardage for the blouse. easy to sew with complete illustrated instructions. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Expect Record In Sugar Beets
Winnipeg reports Manitoba will see a record sugar beet crop in 1949 with a normal weather year and average yield. The Manitoba Sugar Co. has 17,500 acres under contract, over half again the 11,000 acres under contract in 1948, and production remains concentrated within about 60 miles of Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Manitoba Sugar Co
Drive-in Theatres Planned Across Alberta Cities
Western Drive-in Theatres Ltd outlines four drive-in theatres to open in Alberta this year. Calgary Edmonton and Lethbridge sites chosen with Edmonton’s first expected to run into November. Heaters will be provided for cooler months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Western Drive-in Theatres Ltd
Calgary
Lethbridge
Norman McDonald
Gasoline sales rise in British Columbia March
Close to 10,000,000 gallons of gasoline were sold in British Columbia in March, up six percent from the same month in 1948. The report notes higher consumption and cites a regional supply increase across the province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B.C
Adjudicator Mishears City Name at Moose Jaw Festival
At Moose Jaw Saskatchewan a festival adjudicator from Derby England momentarily forgot a visiting city’s name and recalled something like fruit juice or something before remembering Swift Current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Jaw
Sask
George Heath-Gracie
Derby
England
Here
Swift Current
Albertan tomato plant ripens earlier in Canada
Edmonton grower Andrew Frano developed an early ripening tomato that matures four to five days ahead of standard varieties. University of Alberta horticulture staff confirm early fruit in trials across Canada. The plant is used to maintain foundation seed and Fruno is also testing a hardy peach tree for Alberta conditions.
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Edmonton
Andrew Frano
Canada
Department of Agriculture
R. J. Hilton
University of Alberta
Alberta
Fruno
Custard Baked in Cups With Nutmeg and Halibut Bake
Instructions describe making baked custard with eggs yolks sugar and cream baked in cups in a water bath until set then cooled in cold water. A second recipe outlines halibut steaks topped with bacon onion lemon juice and butter flour and bread crumbs baked until golden with lemon wedges and parsley garnish.
Dauphin Residents Seek Lake Dauphin Bird Sanctuary
A group of Dauphin residents urges the provincial government to create a game bird sanctuary within 25 miles of town at the south end of Lake Dauphin. The effort aims to protect local waterfowl and provide a protected area for hunting and recreation.
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Dauphin
Man
Lake
Trapper Recovers From Bear Visit At Cabin
Cranberry Portage, Man. Trapper Sam Clark found a big black bear tearing apart his main cabin interior after returning from the trap line. He created a distraction with noise and rocks, and the bear fled through a rear window carrying debris. He left the scene, noting the bear had not returned.
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Cranberry Portage
Man
Sam Clark
Sam
Gardeners Note on Using Fireplace Soot as Fertilizer
Farmers and gardeners are advised that soot from fireplaces, rich in nitrogen, can be applied to gardens as a valuable fertilizer. Regional guidance stresses proper application to avoid soil imbalance and overloading.
Saskatchewan Soil Experts Face Test Amid Dusty Legacy
Regina reports that while drought repeats may recur, Saskatchewan’s soil experts see progress in preventing a 1930s dust pattern. Strip farming and irrigation have reduced dust drift, reclaimed land, and expanded crested wheat grass cover. Farms fell from 140000 to 125000 amid tough years, with grain yields varying from 2.7 to 25 bushels per acre across historic cycles.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Saskatcheewan
May Recruit Women Again
Ottawa Defence Minister Brooke Claxton signaled possible peace time recruitment of women into the armed forces. He declined to detail revival of the Canadian Women's Army Corps, Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service, and RCAF Women's Division, saying experts were studying voluntary recruitment. All three services were disbanded after the war.
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Ottawa
Brooke Claxton
Claxton
Deail
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service
R.C.A.F
It Happened To A Carpenter In Hyder
A carpenter wrecking a building at Hyder saved the plank he stood on and fell fifteen feet with it. Onlookers warned him but he did not hear. The plank and carpenter crashed to the ground. he was unhurt and walked home afterward.
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Walter Desmond Booth
Lester Mankin
Exhibition Grounds
Brandon
Otto
Malcolm McGregor
Western Briefs
Melvin Cory
Toronto
Corey
Jack
Bill Bowman
University of Manitoba
Bill
G. A. Barre
Saskatchewan Fish and Game League
Yorkton
Vancouver
Irene Strong
of Las
Minard’s Liniment
David Evans
Nipawin, Sask
Mantario
R. P. Chapman
Chatfield
Trapper
Gardeners Note
Peggy
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