Divorce Court Spring Song Announces A Blessing
In a crowded courtroom a couple imagines a blest event as Jane and Joe share a laugh after a tense day. He recalls a failed marriage, she offers pragmatic thoughts on trust and imagination. Outside, spring sunshine crowns their moment of realization and reconciliation.
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Jeanne O. Wellenkamp
Randall Ast
Jane Hela
Randall
Jane
Joe
Janey
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Pretty dress pattern 4542 from Anne Adams
Advertisement for pattern 4542 a sunfrock dress with shirred waist and sash in sizes 2 4 6 8 19. Includes bonnet yardage 2 yards 35 inch fabric and illustrated instructions. Order 25 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union Toronto with name address and size.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Front Street W
Toronto
Winnipeg Flood Relief Donation From Jeyes Canada
The article notes Jeyes Canada Ltd of Toronto donated 225 gallons of disinfectant to Winnipeg Health Authorities creating over 288 000 gallons of disinfectant. They also sent 16 000 bottles of Jeves Fluid to Ste Agathe Morris and St. Jean Baptiste to aid local cleanup efforts. The shipment arrived as cleanup began.
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Winnipeg
Jeyes' Canada Ltd
Toronto
Jeves
Ste. Agathe, Morris and
St. Jean Baptiste
Hailstones 14 Inches Across Hit New South Wales
In February 1847 New South Wales recorded exceptionally large hailstones measuring about 14 inches in circumference. The event entered local meteorological notes as a startling example of severe hail impact.
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New South Wales
Fires scorch 82000 acres in Saskatchewan north
Western Briefs report forest fires have burned more than 82 000 acres of protected land in northern Saskatchewan this year. Fire-control officer A O Aschim provides the count and cautions about ongoing danger to the boreal forest.
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Prince Albert, Sask
Saskatchewan
A. O. Aschim
Peach festival motor cavalcade to Vancouver July 28
PENTICTON B C plans a goodwill tour with a motor cavalcade along the Hope Princeton Highway to Vancouver on July 28 to celebrate this year’s peach festival.
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Penticton
B.C
Vancouver
Hope-Princeton Highway
Vernon man survives 60,000 volt line shock incident
Fred Smith, a Vernon resident, was helping power workers stretch cable when a sudden 60,000 volt surge passed through his hand and out his shoulder. He suffered 45 perforations in the shoulder and three broken ribs.
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Vernon
Fred Smith
B.C. Power Commission
Dieppe Mayor Sends Sympathy to Red River Flood Victims
Dieppe town officials report Mayor Garnet Coulter received a letter from the French town mayor expressing condolences to Canadian ex servicemen and residents affected by the Red River flood. The gesture recalls ties between Dieppe and Dieppe and honors frontline efforts.
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Winnipeg
Dieppe
Garnet Coulter
Red River
Grasshoppers Retarded by Floods Yet Damaging Crops
Winnipeg reports grasshoppers may be slightly retarded in the Red River Valley due to floods. Officials say water slows hopper egg hatching but does not destroy them, leaving sufficient numbers to threaten crops.
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Winnipeg
Red River Valley
Agriculture Department
Duck Population Threatened In Asia
Alberta faces a serious decline in duck numbers due to poor runoff conditions. Ducks Unlimited chief naturalist B W Cartwright cites a very dangerous situation, with southern and central Alberta hardest hit and only slight hope for improvement without heavy rainfall over a wide area. Saskatchewan and Manitoba show some relief.
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Calgary
Alberta
B. W. Cartwright
Winnipeg
Ducks Unlimited
Cartwright
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Canadian Wheat Outlook Seen For 1956 Market
EDMONTON C W Lockard of Hamilton, president of International Harvester of Canada Limited, predicts Canada will market all of its 1956 wheat crop. He notes severe drought has wiped out much of the U S wheat there and Canadian surplus will be needed on the continent. He adds Quebec and the Maritimes are catching up in farm mechanization.
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Canada
Edmonton
C W Lockard
Hamilton
International Harvester of Canada Limited
United States
Conti
Mr. Lockard
Quebec
The
Maritimes
Agreement on irrigation signed for St Mary River projects
In Ottawa Rt. Hon. J. G. Gardiner, agriculture minister, announced in the commons that he has signed an agreement to carry out irrigation projects on the St Mary River in Alberta. The plans will be executed jointly with the Alberta government, which signed earlier.
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Ottawa
J. G. Gardiner
St. Mary'River
Alberta
Dominion Day Title Stands in Commons Vote
In Ottawa the House of Commons, by 73 to 39, voted to keep Dominion Day as the national holiday name and rejected replacing it with Canada Day. The private member's bill failed, preserving the traditional title on July 1.
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Ottawa
Commons
This Sort Of Thing Happens Once Every Four Million Chickens
In Kingston Ontario a hen on Reginald Kirkham's Eastview farm began crowing growing spurs and a comb after years of laying eggs. The couple offer no explanation and remark the unusual development as rare as one in four million chickens.
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Kingston
Ont
Reginald Kirkham
Eastview
Vancouver plans 180 suite apartment project
Marwell Construction Company Ltd and local businessmen announce permits for a $1,250,000 180 suite apartment building in Vancouver. Ground levels are devoted to underground parking for more than 100 automobiles. Construction is expected to start soon as project described as the largest apartment house in Canada.
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Vancouver
Canada
Marwell Construction Company Ltd
Atomic clock under development at National Physical Lab
A new atomic clock being perfected at the National Physical Laboratory in New Delhi aims to be a standard timekeeping device. It is designed to remain accurate despite temperature altitude and humidity changes.
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New Delhi
National Physical Laboratory
Great Plague of 1665 Killed Thousands in England
The 1665 plague in England claimed about 68 000 lives across the country. The outbreak reshaped urban life and public health responses in the mid seventeenth century.
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England
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J. B Barnum
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Julliard School of Music
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Regina
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Emmanuel College
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George Ioandis
Portage la Prairie Collegiate
Peter R. Stewart
Asia
Jane Ashley
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