They Told Me She Was Dead
A long narrativized tale follows Carla Lathrop once famed as an actress who endured scandal and fame. Now forty one, she loves Clarke Grant and faces a fateful encounter when a young woman seeks the groom on the eve of their wedding. The moment echoes the whispered refrain They told me she was dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caria Lathrop
Claria
Carla
Reinhardt
Seymour
Clarke Grant
Caria
Grant
Clarke
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Funny and Otherwise Lighthearted quips and gags collection
A compilation of humorous one liners and exchanges. Jokes about drinking, dating, dentists, inheritance, and everyday situations. Characters include Small Boy, Ni Jones, and a Hollywood star, all presented in a light, punchy style.
Pattern Request Notice From Prairie Publishers
Anne Adams Pattern Dept announces pattern requests from Prairie Publishers Limited at 60 Front Street West Toronto. To obtain the pattern send twenty five cents in coins. stamps cannot be adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Prairie Publishers Limited
Front Street W
Toronto
Do You Know That The jack rabbit received its name
The jack rabbit got its name from its long ears thought to resemble those of a jackass, a traditional labeling of the animal’s features in early references.
Co-Developer of Marquis Wheat Dies at 84
Dr. Arthur Percy Saunders a co-developer of the Marquis wheat died at his Clinton New York home after a long illness at the age of 84. The London Ontario native and peony specialist taught chemistry at Hamilton College for 39 years and served as dean from 1909 to 1926. He helped his father and brother direct Canada’s Ottawa experimental farm before teaching in the United States. Marquis wheat expanded Canada’s grain belt northward by about 200 miles. Saunders studied at Johns Hopkins and taught at Cornell and the University of Wisconsin before joining Hamilton College.
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Clinton
N.Y
Arthur Percy Saunders
Canada
Prairie Provinces
London
Ont
Saunders
Hamilton College
William
Sir Charles
Ottawa
Johns Hopkins University
Cornell University
University of Wisconsin
Hamilton
Manitoba Entrants Named for International Plowing Match
Two Manitoba plowmen Cyril Heynes of Emerson and John Beam of Portage la Prairie will represent the province in the Canadian championship class at the international plowing match near Cobourg Ontario October 6 to 9. Heynes, veteran of five provincial matches, has won his class ten times in thirteen Emerson events. Beam, plowing since 1917, has been scored below second only once in eight matches.
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Toronto
Manitoba
Cobourg
Ont
F. A. Lashley
Ontario Plowmen's Association
Western Provinces
Cyril Heynes
Emerson
John Beam
Portage la Prairie
Haynes
Beam
Answers to Quick Quiz reveal Canadian facts
The list provides answers to a Quick Canadian Facts quiz with items such as Halifax N S and St John New Brunswick. It notes about two million families and about eight hundred dollars per person. The pulp and paper industry is mentioned as a key fact.
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Halifax
N.S
St. John's
Mid
Saint John
N.B
Charlottetown
Forest Fire Training School Teaches Future Saskatchewan Crews
The province's second forest fire control school trained 36 fieldmen and conservation officer trainees from July 20 to August 7. The program taught detection, suppression, and mapping of burnt areas, including a ten per cent cruise, and hands on use of pumps, flame throwers, pulaskis, and radios to prepare crews for future fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
F. W. Warburton
The
Resources Department
Quick Canadian Quiz on Family, Retail and Resources
A reader query asks which province has the largest families on average and how much per capita Canadians spent in retail stores last year. It also seeks how many families now receive family allowance payments, which industry led Canada's hydropower development, and the largest city in each Atlantic province. Answers appear in Another Column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dro-Electric
Atlantic
What’s in a Name: Heat Cracks Car Window in Frost Street
Greenville resident Jack McCall found a cracked car window after leaving his vehicle on Frost Street during a recent heat wave. The incident highlights how high temperatures can damage parked cars and the unpredictability of summer weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
S.C
Jack McCall
McCall
Frost St
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Louis Arthur Cunningham
Aria
Jones
Bones
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Cee
Washington, D.C
Sol
Zenobia Moore
Robert
Marquis Wheat
Warburton
Saskatchewan
Quick
Peacock
Regina
Allied van Lines Nation Wide
Les Carroll
Macdonalds
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