Painted Barns and Stubborn Hope On a Prairie Farm
Marty Higgins contemplates her aging husband Ed as illness and wartime losses press on their prairie farm. She plans to paint the bare barns and take control, clashing with Ed’s stubborn pride while their collie Rusty watches. The tale traces resilience, memory, and a resolve to redraw a life together. Ed’s waning strength tests their bond as harvest nears.
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Ed. Higgins
Marty Higgins
Dee
Marty
STV
Rusty
Esan
Tve
Barnes’ Hardware
All-Purpose Frock by Anne Adams Pattern 4882
Dress pattern details advertise Pattern 4882 for an all purpose frock with a fitted midriff and pointed inset belt. Available in sizes 14 through 42, sizes 16 require three yards of fabric. Order by sending 20 cents and your size name address and style number to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Red Paint And A Colorful Morning
A tense scene unfolds as Marty questions Pa’s plans and Rusty dutifully helps Ed. Red paint becomes a charged motif amid orders and barked phrases. The exchange hints at control, loyalty, and a rough domestic moment driving toward a hurried finish.
Price Control And Rationing Information
Wartime Prices and Trade Board clarifies priority suit certificate validity extends if not used within month. Sugar and preserves coupons merged to simplify rationing and extend book life. Canada bound servicemen discharged from US Army may get priority certificates on return if Canadian citizenship and discharge proof shown. Unsweetened canned fruit remains rationed for critical needs. Send questions or request pamphlet Consumers' News or Blue Book to nearest Wartime Prices and Trade Board office.
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Wartime Prices and Trade Board
United States
Canada
Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Vancouver City Born After Fire Ends Early Settlement
Sixty years ago Vancouver began as Granville a scattered forest settlement on Burrard Inlet. Residents formed a committee January 8 1886 to seek city incorporation. By April the charter was granted and assent given, creating the City of Vancouver. Two months later a devastating fire wiped out the entire settlement.
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Vancouver
Burrard Inlet
Granville
City of
Vancouver News Herald
Rail Safety Should Prompt Better Train Communication
A Chicago Daily News editorial questions rising rail wrecks in the central states, urging adoption of two way radio signaling and radar to prevent collisions. It argues that modern methods could avert disasters despite military and civilian traffic strains and equipment limits. A later note from Albuquerque weighs Winnipeg trade limits on wild animal parts.
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Central States
U.S
Chicago Daily News
Canada
Aluquerque
New Mexico
Bernice Unland
Albuquerque
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Wester Canada
Never Too Late English Farm Worker Learns To Read
John Mullinger of Spalding Lincolnshire learned to read after a life on farms and wartime raids. He began work at nine and, now at 83, reads widely and notes Milkweed floss aided naval life preservers during the war.
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John Mullinger
Spalding
Lincolnshire
Holbeach
Bank
John
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