Rabbit Advertising Gambit Rescues Agency Reshuffle
A hardnosed ad man loses focus on a Bellon account as Miss Virginia Cooke arrives, drives two rabbits down Main Street for a publicity stunt, and ultimately wins a contract after a daring lunch hour fiasco. The secretary explains the stunt is her uncle’s failing pet shop needing a boost, while the boss agrees to sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bom
Mann
Bellow Manufacturing Co
Miss Kincaid
Virginia Cooke
Miss Cooke
Bellow
Bellon's
Jim Murphy
Bellon
Jim
Blue Eyes
McCann
Extreme heat affects Manitoba crops final harvest report
The Manitoba department of agriculture reports near completion of cereal harvests under nearly ideal conditions in both southern and northern Manitoba. Heat and lack of rain reduced quality and yield, though wheat and oats yield above long term averages. barley disappointed with half a million acres abandoned. Fall tillage begun, early harvest aids livestock movement into grain fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Dominion Bieweau
Murphy Enters Contract as Dinner Plans Unfold
In a miniature theater of business and crime humor, Mr Murphy is invoked to seal a deal after an arrest over a pink-eyed rabbit. Miss Cooke agrees the contract matters, but dinner plans switch to fried rabbit with carrots, while Mr McMann and others anticipate a celebratory meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Miss Cooke
apron pattern 7031 for sewing and embroidery
Go Brookes offers scraps friendly pattern 7031 Jiffy sew pron for bib and half aprons. Medium size tissue pattern to embroider the love of your life. Obtain this pattern by sending twenty five cents in coins to the listed address.
Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue Order Offer
An advertisement from Department P P L Household Arts at 60 Front Street W Toronto promotes the 1955 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue. It invites readers to write their name address and pattern number to order, promising pages of knitting crochet embroidery iron-ons toys and novelty designs and a 25 cent copy, noting money origin as lucre from Latin lucrum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Intensive study on control of wild oats in Manitoba
Research into weed control in Manitoba focuses on chemical methods. Six chemicals tested on eight farms show promise, with IPC, TCA, and 3,4 D highlighting potential. Plans for 1955 56 include eight farms with 12 or more chemicals and four illustration stations, under University of Manitoba Plant Science with industry co operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Saskatchewan
University of Manitoba
Manitoba
Dominion
Brandon
Morden
Melita
Winnipeg
Manitoba Weeds Commission
Mr. Wood
H. A. Craig
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
University
Morden Farms
George Friesen
Try and Stop Me! A Droll Telegraph of Fame and Feuds
A humor column notes a young broker who fell for a seductive blonde and wrote many letters, leading to a $300000 breach of promise suit. Elaine Stewart jokes about fortune tellers predicting stardom, and Lauren Bacall debuts on TV in The Petrified Forest with her own nerves on edge. Jackie Gleason recounts a late home return and a witty wife asking who was second in a drinking contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauren
Baby” Bacall
Humphrey Bogart
Robert Sherwood
Jackie Gleason
Honey
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Rink-Eyed Rabbit
George H. Clark
Bobby
Sally Ann
Clark
North Belle Vernon
Oldster
Macdonalds
By Go Brookes
TOSI
Les Carroil
Bennett Cerf
Elaine Stewart
Benson's
Canada
Arch
Jane Ashley
Home Service Department
THE
Canada Starch Company Limited
P.O. Box
Montreal
P.Q
Bensons Corn
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