Big Jim Collects From John Sharp's Wife
Mary Sharp pleads for time to pay a five thousand debt to Big Jim a Las Vegas style gambler. She turns over fifty dollars and then bets the rest on roulette to cover her husband John Sharp's losses. Jim takes the gamble warns against future play and cashes in when the five thousand lands on his desk.
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Jim
Mary Sharp
Big Jim
Mary
John
John Iavet
Cleaners
John Sharp
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Selecting a fried chicken recipe from old cookbook instructions
The passage details cutting a 2 pound chicken into pieces, coating with seasoned flour and paprika, then frying in hot fat to brown and simmer until tender. It notes using half corn meal, rest time, and testing tenderness by cutting the thickest muscle to ensure no red at the bone.
1947 Wheat Crop Protein Higher
Winnipeg reports the final estimate of the 1947 prairie wheat crop protein at 14.1 percent, .3 higher than last year and .5 higher than the 20 year mean. High protein indicates strong baking quality and is valuable for export blends with weaker European wheat.
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Winnipeg
Cantaloupe Origins Traced to Southern Asia
The cantaloupe first was grown in southern Asia, marking the origin of the fruit as a long standing agricultural crop in this region.
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Asia
Fiettery Pattern 4824 for a two piece peplum outfit
Pattern 4824 offers a swallowtail peplum design to flatter hips with scallops and a back bow. The easy to sew two piece outfit is tested for fit and includes illustrated instructions. Sizes 12 through 42 available. size 16 requires 35 yards of fabric. Send 25 cents and provide size name address to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
By law fundsTaber water system
Western Briefs report Taber Alberta passed a by law authorizing a $75,000 water system for the town. Broadview Saskatchewan crews work in CPR yards laying piles for concrete piers for a new coal dock. Herbert Saskatchewan town plans 1400 feet of 10 inch sewer and disposal plant at a cost of $11,000 next spring. Yorkton Saskatchewan assurance Trans Canada Airlines will reconsider Yorkton as a stop on the Winnipeg Saskatoon Edmonton route next spring. Victoria British Columbia 42 municipalities served by Provincial police will pay $64,000 more in 1948 due to salary and cost of living boosts. average policing cost up $400 per man.
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Taber
Alta
Alberta
Herbert, Sask
Herbert
Herb Wiebe
Yorkton
Trans-Canada Airlines
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Board of Trade
Victoria
British Columbia
John Shirras
Prairie Alberta gas plans to heat western Canadian cities
Alberta contemplates a 45 million dollar privately financed gas pipeline to ship natural gas to Winnipeg Brandon Regina and Moose Jaw instead of Vancouver and Seattle. A joint provincial Dominion geologist and engineer panel will assess reserves before export. Northwest Natural Gas and Brokaw Dixon McKee consultants are involved in study.
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Calgary
Alberta
Winnipeg
Brandon
Regina
Moose Jaw
Vancouver
Seattle
Osler Hammond and
Nanton
N. E. Tanner
Brokaw, Dixon and McKee
Northwest Natural Gas Company
U.S
Woman Nabs Five Brassieres In Detroit Department Store
A 17 year old, Mary Fisher, described a dream shopping day in Detroit's largest department store. She claimed to roam 14 floors, sleep in the model homes bed on the ninth floor, and leave with a full outfit plus five brassieres, three handbags, and two suitcases of items before a watchman and chase ended the spree.
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Detroit
Mary Fisher
Model Homes
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Vicki VapoRub
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
Canada
By Chuck Thurston
Krave
Han
Les Carroll
Alberta Seed Growers’ Co-operative’s Board of
T. H. Howe
Miller
James Pringle
Coronation
Kenneth Anderson
Grande Prairie
Denner Thomas
Mayerthrope
Howard P. Wright
C. C. Patching
Lethbridge
Fiettery Plus
Sloan
Western Briefs
Broadview, Sok
Broadview C.P.R
Prairies
London
South Africa
Smart Barbizon Plaza
Canada Starch Company Limited
Toronto
Peggy
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