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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 27, 1946
Page
7
Ferry Doherty recalls his first Palace appearance and the nerve wracking path from unlikely No 2 to a featured spot. He remembers opening Mondays, the crowd, and the subway circuit chatter about a West coming to stop a Palace show in the deuce position.
A former Broadway hoofer, Gerry Doherty rises with big nightly acts and a romance with Gloria Templeton. Decline follows as vaudeville wanes, debts mount, and he ends up penniless in New York, then runs a Madison cigar shop after a roadside accident and harsh gossip.
Alberta authorities enforce a rule in Jasper Park that tourists must not explore the mountains alone. Fred Brewster, a seasoned Jasper guide, emphasizes guidance is essential amid vast forests and towering 11 000 foot peaks.
The plan centers on civilian flying operations to unlock mining prospects at Larder Lake Ontario. Prospector pilots already fly their own aircraft as Mary Ramsay of Kirkland Lake presses to obtain her private pilot license soon.
The ad claims VapoRub soothes throat chest and back with medicinal vapors that penetrate deeply into bronchial tubes. It describes a warming stimulating action that lasts hours and invites restful sleep, noting millions use it for cold relief.
Margaret McCurdy, a Toronto based speech therapist for the Department of Veterans Affairs, receives praise for helping veterans at Christie Street Hospital. Her classroom uses a mirror to show correct lip movements, assisting patients who are aphasic or illiterate. One patient, Tommy of the 48th Highlanders, was revived from infancy after a head wound and now relearns speech and literacy.
Advertises a fitted apron pattern 4586 with ample coverage and quick sewing. Sized small medium and large with fabric guidance. requests 20 cents by coin for pattern 15 yards 35-inch. Orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man.
A study notes readers tend to concentrate on the upper portions of text as they scan lines. Researchers suggest eye movement favors the top halves during initial word recognition.
A Toronto Financial Post reader note argues auto makers ignore Canada’s harsh winters. Suggestions include advanced cooling, built in heaters and defrosting, better insulation, rugged doors and trunks, water protection for brakes and running gear, mud washing wipers, and interiors easy to keep clean. The piece predicts a future model focused on winter usability could win many buyers.
The article highlights easy care annual flowers such as cosmos marigolds zinnias and petunias suitable for Canadian gardens. It advises starting seeds early transplanting to permanent quarters and spacing for strong growth. It also outlines a compact kitchen garden near the house with beets beans lettuce radish carrots and other produce and stresses soil readiness and thorough preplant cultivation.
Alberta skip Billy Rose led Sedgewick’s foursome to an 8-6 final over Kirkland Lake Northern Ontario in the Macdonald Brier final. The Alberta champions posted seven wins in nine round robin games, then beat Manitoba 8-7 in the semifinal before prevailing 8-6 in the title match.
A lighthearted item notes two farmers boasting of waking before 3 am and 2 am to prove early rising. The wife’s evasive reply underscores the joke while highlighting farmers work long hours despite calls for shorter hours and higher pay. The Kingston Whig Standard adds a note on the first golf balls being leather with feathers.
A comic exchange features Curly Crisp thwarting a thief in pursuit of Post Grape-Nuts Flakes. The defender extols the cereal’s energy giving carbohydrates, muscle building protein, bone supporting minerals, and iron while noting the two grain blend and toasted crispness.
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