The Quiet House Hold Harsh Ending of a Doctor Affair
Doctor Harvey Gibbs waits three months for his wife Leone to return from a romance with Geoff Lane. She comes home eager for divorce but Gibbs reveals a grim plan as he confronts the stress of the past months and a loaded revolver hidden in his desk.
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Harvey Gibbs
Jett
Leone
Geoffrey Lane
Geoffrey
Doctor Gibbs
Florida
Geoff
Harvey
Tare
Arelief
Erosion Problems Along Britain Coast Threaten Towns
Along the eastern and Welsh coasts erosion worsens after six years of war. Towns like Caister and Lowestoft face vanished structures as sea walls fail. Norfolk and Wales suffer heavy loss with the south coast also eroding. Defence costs reach about £190,000 per mile, leaving many communities unable to pay.
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Casst
Britain
Wales
Norfolk
North Sea
Caister
Yarmouth
Lowestoft
Mandesley
Overstrand
Cromer
Rhyl Colwyn Bay
Llanelly
Kidwelly
Bexhill
Eastbourne
Newhaven
Brighton
Shoreham
Chichester
Private Planes Menace Peace as Skies Grow Crowded
Former General Doolittle predicted 400000 private planes in nine years signaling aviation progress. Citizens fear constant noise near airports, questioning how quiet life will be. Scotland’s contributions to world leisure are noted with Curling Golf Lawn Bowling and Bagpipes as options.
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Doolittle
United States
Scotland
Hope For Large Pack Canadians May Get Plenty Of Canned Salmon
Canadian Grocer reports the 1946 canned salmon allotment for domestic use at 500000 cases, up 66 percent from last year’s 300000. The cycle year for sockeye may yield 800000 cases of that variety and total pack could reach 1900000. Canning starts in June with shelves by December.
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Canadian Grocer
Canada
Ontario to become postwar harmonica hub
The Trade Department says three Ontario plants in Sananoque Port Credit and Toronto have started postwar harmonica production after wartime shutdowns at the German Hohner plant. Production meets domestic demand and will soon support exports with export permits not to be retired.
Canadian Observers to Attend Muskox Expedition Sequels
Canadian observers will monitor large scale American sequels to the Muskox expedition in Alaska next fall and winter. They will join Operation Frigid and Operation Williwaw, with reports on Operation Frost in Wisconsin to be submitted to the Canadian general.
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Permanent Joint Defence Board
Alaska
Wisconsin
Plenty of Land for Homesteaders in the West
The Guelph Mercury notes that while much homestead land has been claimed, newcomers can still obtain viable plots in the West. None near railways, yet some lands offer similar fertility and potential, with time and a railway connection improving prospects.
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Mattate
Raiway Lines
Guelph Mercury
Demure and Dainty Play and Party Frock Pattern Ad
A vintage pattern notice describes Anne Adams sewing patterns 4564 and 4964 for child frocks in sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 with contrast fabrics. It requests 20 cents by mail and provides submission details with name address and style numbers, directed to Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
eDermot
Ave
Winnipes
Camel endurance and water limits questioned
The text questions the common belief that camels can go a week without water. It notes that two or three days is the more widely accepted limit, suggesting that prolonged dehydration would cause significant discomfort or danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mnany
Red Tape Origin In 19th Century English Bureaucracy
A brief note traces the term red tape to 19th century England where official documents were bound with pinkish tape. The phrase came to symbolize bureaucratic delay and procedural formalities across government and administration.
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England
Canada faces rising business failures warn experts
A wartime surge in venture activity boosts insolvencies with 1943 recording only 60 failures and total liabilities of 1.96 million. By 1922 failures reached 1,698 with 78.07 million in liabilities, while 1921 showed 2,451 and 3,695 in 1922, signaling a cyclical downturn after the postwar boom and prior to the 1929 crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dun & Brad Street
Great Step Forward Invention Regulates After-Dinner Speeches
A Chicago inventor proposes a machine to regulate the length of after dinner speeches, aiming to improve speech quality and comfort for listeners. Critics doubt foolproofing and seek further refinements while hoping for broader utility.
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Chicago
New York World Telegram
Sports College membership nears two hundred thousand mark
Loyd Percival and William Cook report CBC YMCA Sports College membership approaching 200000 with over 15000 coaches and club managers involved. Newfoundland schools increasingly join, distributed literature exceeds a million pieces, and nearly a million letters received. Athletes such as Les Patrick Syl Appa Jack Dempsey Carl Bennett Calman Clark Starr y Cutts Dean Cromwell and others endorse the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd Percival
Cbc-Ymca
William Cook
Newfoundland
Les Patrick
Syl Appa
Jack Dempsey
Carl Bennett
Calman Clark
Starry Cutts
Dean Cromwell
Self-Reliance: Farm Youth Learn Work Ethic From Farm Tasks
The piece argues that farm boys and girls are more self-reliant than urban youths because they witness and undertake farm tasks that require hard work. This training in steady effort prepares them for future challenges.
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Emily Herbert
Er Newspane
Macdonalds
Schenectady
N.Y
Local 62
AFL
Joseph Valentine
Sciertée
Fkcin
Elizabeth
Vicary Gibbs
Waiing
Andrew Emphinstone
St. Margaret's Church
Westminster
Sports College
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