Shannon airport Ireland welcomes the world with duty-free stores
Shannon airport, Ireland’s gateway to Europe near Limerick, sells duty-free gasoline, cigarettes, perfume, cameras, watches and Irish handicrafts at notably low prices. A new mail order department ships bargains to Americans and Canadians, aiming for a $500,000 yearly business.
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Shannon Airport
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Shannon
Shannons
Europe
Paris
London
New York
Howver
Berlin
Geneva
Rue du
Montblang
Re of
Jokes and mischief in a seaside laughter collection
A compilation of humorous vignettes and dialogue featuring a plucky recruit misreporting his age, a couple anticipating another addition to their love nest, a child’s clever take on Percy’s swimming, and a cannibal captivity tale with a playful kingly twist.
Jeans in the Classroom Dictum on Respect and Dress
A letter argues that students disrespect adults and public property and that dress codes, notably banning jeans for girls, reinforce authority. It claims teachers and parents should enforce standards to foster respect from age six onward. The piece suggests slacks for gym or cold weather but not in class.
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Feng Ha
Jean Mans
Emeelves
Evies
Canada
Posoka
P.S
Nuff
Saskatchewan gun accidents raise concern from game official
Sask Game Commissioner E L Paynters voices alarm over gun and hunting accidents since Jan 1 1956. Saskatchewan records 12 accidents, four fatal, most before seasons open. Most victims aged nine to sixteen. two accidents involved loaded guns on vehicles. Criminal code bans under 14 possession. Paynters urges parental supervision to prevent further incidents.
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Sask
E. L. Paynters
Saskatchewan
Population Density Gap Between Canada and United States
Canada’s population density is under four persons per square mile, while the United States averages over fifty persons per square mile, highlighting stark regional differences.
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Canada
United States
In the Home Workshop Week Spotlight
Fragmentary text describes a holiday sewing or craft project with a Santa figure. The readable lines suggest patterns, coloring, and simple cutting activity to create a festive item. No clear names, dates, or locations are present.
Santa pattern details and order information
The notice promotes pattern 422 for holiday lazy susans and related plywood decorations. It explains pricing 25c plus 5c air mail optional, mailing timing, and usage ideas like tree cutouts and centerpieces. Address orders to Home Workshop Patterns, Department P.P.L., 4433 West 5th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
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Department P.P.L
West 5Th Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Knitting Pattern 7389 for Hood Mittens and Sizes
Easy knit pattern offers a short hood for small to large sizes using two ounces of worsted yarn. Includes directions for long and short hood mittens and stockinette pattern stitch. Send twenty five cents in coins to obtain this pattern. stamps not accepted.
Tall A La Texas Gilber t Heichert Reported As Big Attraction
Gilbert Heichert of Cleveland Ohio visits Austin Texas and attracts attention with his extraordinary height of eight feet four inches and weight of 327 pounds. He wears size 20 boots and stands as a remarkable sight in the Texas capital.
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Texas
Gilbert Heichert
Cleveland
Ohio
Lone Star
Austin
Gil
Treasures of Women Exhibit Your Husband’s Keepsakes
A Woman’s Institute exhibit features items valued for memory not money. A wife keeps her husband’s picture as a prized token, others display long fossils, garden shears, or a teddy bear stuffed with sovereigns. A Sheffield rescue recalls a thimble saved by family tradition. A Sussex farmer’s wife guards a silk parachute fragment from her husband’s wartime life.
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Women’s Institute
Paris
Sarah Bernhardt
Canada
Sheffield
Manchester
Sussex
Gentle Art of Debate Sparks in Club Car
A rival in a Santa Fe Chief club car argues with a stranger over a position. The debater proclaims it is as simple as A B C, while the stranger replies with D E F, remaining unmoved by the escalation.
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Santa Fe
Almis
Christmas dolly wardrobe pattern 4526 for sizes 14–22
Pattern 4526 offers ten doll sized garments including party dress school dress suspender jumper blouse coat pixie hat nightie robe slip panties and more. Easy to sew with complete illustrated instructions and yardage guidance suitable for scraps. Send name address and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Toronto.
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Dolly
Helpful Kitchen Hints From Household Advice Column
A vintage excerpt offers tips on pre pasted wallpaper use with sponge and scissors, adjusting a kitchen stool for comfort, lemon in dishwater to soften water and remove odors, parsley use in meals and garnishes, saving vegetable canning liquid for soups and gravies, and glycerine addition to jam to prevent sugariness and improve storage.
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Brian
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Mummy
Jolly Santa
Bay
Angee
Santa
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Household Arts Department
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Toronto
Dodd
Wardra
Anne Adams
By Hans Halos
Mr Uimas
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