Painted barns spark a prairie widow’s resolve
Marty Higgins confronts her husband Ed’s fatal stubbornness as pneumonia nears, recalling twenty years of dispute over paint and pride. She resolves to repaint barns for independence, rallying the farm and her collie Rusty as the sun sets on a harvest now crucial to the war era prairie life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Higgins
Marty
Ales
Rusty
Marty Continu
Barnes’ Hardware
Smiths
Red Barns and Paint Demand in Rural Scene
In a rural household, Ed demands red paint for barns while Marty and Rusty interact with a stubborn master. Ed aches for a change in color as he bickers about meals and responsibilities, revealing tension and a momentary humor in their routine.
Smile a While in a Gentle Church and Daily Life
A comic collage of vignettes captures a church crowd leaving after services with a grumbling old lady noting the crush at doors and a doctor joking about a veterinary diagnostician. Others include a mischievous egg breakfast quip, a bank loan gag, and a grandparent’s dating era blush remark. Humor centers on everyday miscommunications and family banter.
All Purpose Frock Pattern 4882 Ad
Anne Adams pattern 4882 offers a fitted midriff frock in sizes 14 through 42. Size 16 requires 3 yards of 35 inch fabric. 20 cents to order from Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man 2656.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Price Control And Rationing Information In Wartime Markets
Readers' questions answered by Wartime Prices and Trade Board officials explain extending priority suit purchase certificates after discharge, combining sugar and preserves coupons for 1946, eligibility for Canadians returning from the U S, and rationing of unsweetened canned fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
United States
Canada
Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Vancouver Born in Fire and Reform in 1886
A Vancouver history item notes Granville residents formed a committee January 8 1886 to seek city incorporation. By January 15 a petition gained 125 signatures, charter granted April 2, assent given April 6, and the City of Vancouver was created. The June 13 blaze destroyed the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Burrard Inlet
Granville
Vancouver News Herald
Railroad Safety Wrecks Prompt Public Concern
The piece argues railroad wrecks in the Central States raise safety concerns amid strain from military mobilization and increased freight and civilian travel. It urges use of two way radio and radar to prevent collisions and improve communication between trains and dispatchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Trac
Chicago Daily News
Albuquerque woman asks Winnipeg Board for wildlife items
Bernice Unland of Albuquerque requests eagle feathers, animal claws and teeth from Western Canada. The Winnipeg Board of Trade declines, noting few eagles and a scarcity of wild animal teeth. The last line mentions that billions of light impulses strike the eyes every second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Bernice Unland
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Never Too Late English Farm Worker Learns to Read
John Mullinger of Spalding Lincolnshire learned to read at 83 after a life as a Holbeach farm worker starting at age nine. He began reading during the war to follow raids and news and now devours all the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mullinger
Spalding
Lincolnshire
Holbeach
Bank
John
Old John
Milkweed Floss Aided Naval Life Preserver Buoyancy
Milkweed floss proved crucial in wartime life preservers providing buoyancy for sailors. The material's use helped improve flotation devices in naval life saving efforts during the conflict.
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Royal
By Kathleen Gilchrist
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Marty Higgins
Doc
Lydia FE
Pinkham
STHL
Nea
DR. McLeod's Stomachic CO
Moyer Place
Kitchener, Ont
Bettie
Arty
Mrs. Newwed
Henry
Mr. Newwed
Old Brown
Flapper
Grandad
George
Pop
History of
H L.mackinnon
Winnea
C. Grocers
Iles
Melrose Baking Powder
Central States
Mr. Roeg
Simon Legree
Doe
Heman
General Foods
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