Grandpa Harrison Breaks Family Ghosts For Love
A 76 year old man on Chestnut Street surprises his grown children by announcing at a family council that he and Martha Winslow will marry. He stalls selling his property to protect them from a housing crunch and later wed, living with comfort and new companionship.
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Chestnut Street
Grandpa Harrison
al Feebie
Childlish
Martha Winslow
Grandpa
Martha
Ellen
John
Ethan
Martha's
Virginia
Abe Lecas
Abe
Grand
To Drill For Oil At Virden Manitoba
Virden district oil drilling expected to start soon with P. H. Lowe of Red Deer leading a crew from United Geophysical of Pasadena and Tulsa and ready to begin work almost immediately.
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Virden
Manitoba
Man
P. H. Lowe
Red Deer
Alta
United Geophysical Company
Pasadena
Calif
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Creamy Butter Sponge Cake from Simple Kitchen Notes
A basic cake recipe outlines creaming butter with sugar, beating egg yolk into the mix, and folding stiffly beaten egg white. It uses flour, baking powder, salt, milk, vanilla, and requires alternating dry and wet ingredients, baked in a leaf pan at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 45 minutes.
Chocolate Drop Cookies and Athos Shrine Note
A vintage recipe for chocolate drop cookies mixed with brown sugar egg milk flour soda melted chocolate nuts and vanilla. Instructions say drop spoonfuls onto a buttered pan bake at 350 deg F. The text also notes women have been barred for centuries from Mount Athos in the Aegean.
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Mount Athos
Aegean Sea
No Wonder You Rave Fashion Pattern 4526
Pattern 4526 offers a two piece garment with draped neckline and bow details. Includes illustrated instructions and tested fit. available in sizes 12 through 20. Order by sending 25 cents and indicating size, name, address and style number to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Mani
Edmonton Jaycees fail to beat painting record
Edmonton junior chamber of commerce aimed to set a city house painting record with a 20 by 20 bungalow in white and green. They finished in 24 minutes 35 seconds, 10 minutes 35 seconds behind Toronto's 14 minute mark for a one story house, with Winnipeg posting 14 minutes three seconds for a three story house.
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Edmonton
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Toronto
Winnipeg
Unusual Flood Tales Draw Local Awe in Palatine Area
A Pal, Minnesota resident reports flood waters rising so high that mallards are nesting in crow nests and rabbits are perched in trees, highlighting the extraordinary conditions described in local flood coverage.
Fiery Toes
A patent medicine claim promotes Moone's Emerald Oil as a powerful antiseptic that quickly stops itching and fiery sensations on toes and feet. It touts effectiveness for barber’s itch, rheum, eczema and other skin troubles, noting the product is available in the original bottle at modern drug stores and claims rare failures.
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Moone
Western Briefs from Canada and Midwest notes
Sign guidance planned at off highway points in Victoria. Manitoba Historical Society awards $2,500 to Paul Yusick of the University of Saskatchewan. In Morden, a patient flown home by plane after hospital discharge. Yorkton sees 86 year old Harry Lee plant his 57th garden since 1891 arrival. Moose Jaw hosts goodwill train from Mississippi on July 21 with 200 travelers and an exhibit car. Mississippi production of stoves and ranges in 1947 nears 4.4 million units, surpassing 1946.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Historical Society
Paul Yusick
University of Saskatchewan
R. F. McWilliams
Yorkton
Sask
Harry F. Lee
Lee
Moose Jaw, Sask
Mississippi
Moose Jaw
1500 Mennonites Leave Manitoba for Paraguay
More than 1,500 Mennonites in Southern Manitoba plan to sail from Quebec to Paraguay to uphold their faith. An advance party of 51 has already flown to a 100,000 acre tract in Paraguay. Many Manitoba farms have been sold to neighbors or other Mennonites as the migration continues. Another 54,000 remain in Western Canada.
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Wiwnipeg
Travels in reverse tail rule explains comet motion
The tail of a comet always points away from the sun, so as the comet moves away from the sun the tail stretches in front of the head. This description clarifies how solar radiation and outgassing shape the observed tail direction during outbound travel.
Gem strawberry shown at Rosthern in mid September
A pruitful specimen of the Gem overbearing type of strawberry photographed in mid September at Rosthern Saskatchewan. Gem is one of the better varieties for the Prairies producing a fair crop throughout most of the summer and into the fall.
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Rosthern
Sask
Prairies
Buffalo Skeleton Found Standing Upright in Manitoba Bog
Manitoba man M. Puhach unearthed a buffalo skeleton upright in a marsh near Gladstone while digging a basement. Curator L T S Norris Blye of the Manitoba Museum notes the animal may have been mired years ago, with horns detached and the spine visible. An eyewitness account describes herd animals attempting to ford a flooded Assiniboine river.
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Gladstone
M. Puhach
Puhach
No. 4
L.T.S. Norris-Blye
Manitoba Museum
Chas
Alloway
Assiniboine
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Hanna
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Marvel Beauty Schools
Donald St. Winnipeg
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Calgary
S. C
Pra van
W. L. McCollister
Faimington
Emile Gammaert
Edmonton Painters
Western Briefs
Victoria
B.C
E. C. Carson
Public Works
Morden
Darlingford
James Barclay
W. M. Colert
Barclay
Peggy
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Chuck Thurston
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