End of a Dream in a Snowbound Street Story
A narrator recalls Harry O Reilley and a harsh past in a boarded up rooming house after a brutal snow season. Harry leaves for a better job and later dies buried under the river, prompting a night of shock, grieving Mrs. O Reilley, and a final tense reunion with the girl Harry fancied.
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Reileys
Harry
Ma O'Reilley
Myself
Columbia
Ant
Mrs. O'Reilley
Syndicate
Quinine Source Noted in Transit Pattern Dept Ad
Anne Adams Pattern Dept Prairie Publishers Limited at 69 Front Street West Toronto lists a trade notice and notes that most of the world's quinine comes from Javadors, reflecting a health commodity claim tied to a supplier.
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Anne Adams Pattern Dept
Prairie Publishers Limited
Front Street W
Toronto
How Safe Is Your Farm Home
Practical tips asking farm homeowners to verify safety of kitchens stairs electrical outlets and storage. Questions urge checking utensil placement stairs clutter electrical exposure and washing machine cord safety with a goal of answering YES for all and correcting any hazards promptly.
Canada's first mass x ray program begun in 1941
Canada launched a mass x ray tuberculosis screening in 1941 at Melville Saskatchewan marking an early nationwide public health effort. The operation tested residents and aimed to curb spread with large scale radiography.
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Canada
Melville, Sask
Hundreds of Ducks Die on Battle River Near Camrose
The Camrose Fish and Game Association reports thousands of ducks stranded on the Battle River five miles south of Camrose are dying from starvation and cold. Volunteers trap and feed remaining birds while seeking permission from higher authorities and securing aid from Ducks Unlimited and officials in Edmonton and Ottawa.
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Battle River
Camrose
Camrose Fish and Game Association
Fish and Game
Len Blades
Game
Edmonton
Ottawa
Ducks Unlimited
Bill Webster
D.A
Fish and Game Association
Camrose Canadian
Alberta Farmers Awarded Save-The-Soil Certificates
The Alberta Department of Agriculture honored 29 farmers with Save the Soil certificates for scoring 80 percent or higher in the 1943 campaign. Recipients span Olds, Berwyn, Eckville, Ponoka, Edmonton area, and nearby towns, recognizing efforts against soil erosion, weeds, and disease, plus farm shelterbelts and crop practices.
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Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Olds
TI Anderson
Bruce Grant
Westward Ho
Berwyn
T W. Allen
James Meyers
Herman Rohde
Eckville
William Phelps
McDonald Brothers
Dick Lawton
Albert Hansen
Roy Andrew
William Smith
Henry Benecke
Evergreen
Ponoka
Jim Ross
George
Alberta dairy output shows sharp increase in last month
Alberta dairy production rose on mild weather aiding output gains. Butter production reached 1,490,000 pounds, up 20 percent from November 1952. Ice cream output totaled 141,000 gallons, up four percent from a year earlier, while cheddar cheese rose 12 percent to 139,000 pounds.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Midale Oil Area Named Saskatchewan Field
Saskatchewan designates Midale and three other fields Dollard Rapdan and Java as official oil fields. Shell Oil’s A-718 discovery well at Midale, drilled in May 1953, produced high medium gravity oil 27 to 30 API. Discoveries in Dollard, Rapdan and Java add to the province's growing oil field map.
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Saskatchewan
Midale
Shell Oil Company
Shell Petterson
American Petroleum
Building at Grande Prairie Hits Half Million in 1953
Grande Prairie Alta saw 30 new homes and an unofficial construction value of 525000 in 1953. Total building activity reached 576012 with a large share from housing and school projects. July was the peak month with 101427 in permits including a 50000 Amerada project for five houses. May had eight home permits while January totals were 1750.
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Grande Prairie
Alta
Amerada Petroleum Corporation
Canada to Remain World Wheat Leader Despite Lower Exports
W C McNamara of Winnipeg, assistant chief commissioner of the Canadian Wheat Board, says Canadian wheat exports will drop this crop year but Canada will stay the largest wheat exporter. He expects UK sales of about 122 million bushels annually for three years, totaling roughly 280 million bushels a year, and notes a grain commission will travel to the Far East in 1954 to boost sales. Ant lions of Europe trap insects as prey.
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W. C. McNamara
Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada
PILES Relief Ad Promises Quick Pile Cure
An advertisement touts Hem-Rold internal pile treatment for piles with itching burning pain. The 60 tablet package costs $1.59 and a money back refund is offered if not 100 percent pleased after 2 or 3 days.
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Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Jfashions
Iron
Hales
Princess Margaret
Mme, Henri Bonnet
U.S
New York Dress Institute
Theoou
Hott
Macdonalds
Les Carroll
D. x
Bea
Sask
Europe
Scott
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