How Love, Debt, and Election Hope Intertwine
A humorous tale of Herby Walters courting Dixie to win both love and a bid for governor. An engagement ring scam and a counterfeit fortune scare unfold, revealing how a bet, a bluff, and a quick rescue by the old man lead to marriage and political optimism. He may yet win the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heiek
Mr. Beaucourt
Dixie
Helen
Herby
Herpy
Herty
Sie
Papa
Copyright
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Ken Watson Leads Winnipeg to Brier Triumph in Vancouver
Ken Watson's rink from Winnipeg's Strathcona Club captured the Macdonald's Brier Trophy, defeating Reg Stone of Trail BC to give Manitoba a 12th victory in 20 years. The piece also notes Watson's 29 years in curling, his sliding delivery, and his views on age, stability, and teamwork. the 1950 national championship is set for Vancouver, the first final hosted in British Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HE Macdonald
Ken Watson
Winnipeg
Strathcona
Reg. Stone
Trail
B.C
British Columbia
Theo D'Amour
Ken
Toronto
Quebec
Manitoba
Watson
Grant Watson
Lisle Dyker
Charlie Read
Howard Wood
Vancouver
Strathcona Club
Lyle Dyker
Lemon Sponge Pudding and Lemon Jelly Recipe
A recipe describes lemon sponge pudding with lemon juice and rind, sugar, flour, butter, eggs, and milk. It includes baking in a water bath, a lemon jelly layer, and a light brown crust, serving six. A separate sugar cornstarch boil with lemon extract is listed. Also noted is a Saskatchewan rink project with a community committee seeking a building.
Vancouver club honored as oldest member shares cheer
Mrs. Elizabeth Billington, 90, is the oldest member of the Vancouver Happier Old Age Club. She urges others to stay active and visit friends when feeling low, saying you may realize how lucky you are.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Vancouver
Elizabeth Billington
Winnipeg Buyer Leads War Stamp Auction Top Purchase
An auction sale of postage stamps seized as contraband during the war realized 40916 dollars. Kasimir Bileski of Winnipeg was the biggest buyer, spending 20000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Hamilton
Bermuday
Kasimir Bileski
Pioneer farmer celebrates 195th birthday in Manitoba
Western Briefs report Henry Timlock a pioneer farmer who arrived in Manitoba in 1878 celebrated his 195th birthday. Other items note BC plans no liquor act changes, Altona to build a closed-in hockey rink, Imperial Oil well pay zone near Edmonton, Kenora MPP proposes organized wolf hunts with a $50 bounty, and Oakalla prison farm adding 242 cells as a temporary measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Henry Timlock
Manitoba
Victoria
Oakalla
New Rental Rates For Sask Pasture Lands
Agriculture Minister I. C. Nollet announced future rental rates for Saskatchewan grazing lands. Rates will base on cattle carrying capacity and the 1948 H2 prices, with 1949 rents increasing by about 3.5 cents per acre for the common grazing class as leases expire and new 33 year terms are adopted under a unified policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C. Nollet
Saskatchewan
Vancouver teen stopped for car in need of repairs
Police halted a 17 year old driver on a city bridge. His car lacked a muffler tail light front fenders testing sticker and a headlight. He said he meant to convert the vehicle into a hot rod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Flin Flon braces for biggest building boom since construction days
Flin Flon, Man. expects a summer building boom valued at about 3 million dollars. Major projects include sewer and water system extension, a new hotel costing 250 000 to 500 000 dollars, a new telephone exchange, upgrades to existing hotels, a five room college addition, and a 50 house low cost housing project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flunn Flon
Man
Prairie farmer John Hirst dies at 69 in B C hospital
John Sutcliffe Hirst a former prairie wheat farmer and show circuit participant who worked in Calgary Vancouver and the United States died after a five week illness. He came to Canada in 1904 and farmed at Cluny Alta and North Battleford Sask. before moving to British Columbia in 1924 and settling in this district eleven years later.
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Nelson
B.C
Calgary
Vancouver
United States
John Sutcliffe Hirst
Canada
Cluny
Alta
North Battleford
Sask
British Columbia
Free movies for community groups with 16mm sound-on projectors
Advertising notice offers talking films for clubs and societies using 16mm sound-on projectors. Features include The Triumph of 2,4-D describing a weed killer that cuts farm labor costs and increases production. Clip this ad to mail to Benograph Division in Winnipeg with film libraries listed in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal.
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Benograph
Associated Screen News Limited
Fort Street
Winnipeg
Man
Vancouver
Toronto
Montreal
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Mr. Walters Wa Yunning
Ket
Hetty
Mooney
Sr. Beaucourt
Ruth K. Kent
Kham
Lydia
Hemitnid
Geome
Macdonald
Dominion Curling Association
Sedley and
Kronau
Ity
Minard
Arn
Peggy
By Chuck Thurston
Sandy
Western Briefs
Pioneer Farmer
Wismer
Altona
Edmonton
Imperial Oil Limited
Imperial Schoepp
Flin Flon
Prairie Farmer
Loa
Tae Te
Corner Queen
York
Ontario
Las Lamb
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