Rabbits and a new secretary shift a salesman’s luck
A Bellon Advertising campaign faces upheaval when Virginia Cooke, a country girl hired as secretary, handles a surprising stunt with two rabbits. The pink eyed rabbit becomes a catalyst for a daring contract, as Cooke explains the stunt stems from her uncle’s failing pet shop and a homemade boost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igeahonde
Mec Mann
Bellow Manufacturing Co
Miss Kincaid
Virginia Cooke
Miss Cooke
Bellon
Jim Murphy
Jim
McCann
Murphy
Manitoba crop report notes heat hits yields and quality
The final crop report from Manitoba’s Agriculture department says extreme summer heat and limited rain reduced quality and yields. Wheat and oats fared near or above long term averages, barley disappointed with half a million acres abandoned, flax average to slightly better, and sugar beets sunflowers and corn above or near average. Hay stores strong, fall tillage begun, early harvest aids livestock grazing in grain fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Money sometimes called lucre from Latin lucrum
A concise note explains that money is sometimes termed lucre derived from the Latin lucrum meaning gain. The remark clarifies etymology without further details.
Manitoba Researchers Step Up Wild Oats Control Efforts
Intensive study on controlling wild oats in Western Canada continues as Manitoba plans a 1955 56 program. H E Wood chairs the Manitoba Weeds Commission with University of Manitoba and government partners coordinating trials on eight farms using IPC TCA and 3 4 D among others at Brandon Morden Melita and Winnipeg area sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Manitoba
H. E. Wood
Regina
Saskatchewan
University of Manitoba
Dominion
Brandon
Morden
Melita
IPC
Winnipeg
Manitoba Weeds Commission
Wood
H. A. Craig
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
University
Morden Farms
George Friesen
Drowning Hazard from Bottle Feeding in Crib Cited
An infant can drown if a feeding bottle is propped beside the face during meals. The liquid can fill the mouth and lungs, so the baby should be held during feeds and never left alone even for a minute.
Try and Stop Me! Bennett Cerf humor column
A brisk column narratives various anecdotes. A young broker falls for a seductive blonde and writes letters, facing a $300000 breach of promise suit. Elaine Stewart interviews fortune tellers, and Bacall makes her TV debut in The Petrified Forest with a petrified laugh. Gleason retells a late club drinking contest anecdote with a sharp wife remark.
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Lauren
Baby’ Bacall
Humephrey Bogart
Robert Sherwood
Jackie Gleason
Honey
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Elaine Stewart
Jane Ashley
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THE
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