The Storm Annie Moves to the Cabin and Hatred Grows
Mamie evacuates to a cabin with old possessions while Arnall and Lucy grow closer. Mamie harbors a deep grudge against Dencie Barron and his daughter, Lucy, and watches as a winter storm tightens its grip on the Alabama farm.
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Annie
Ari
Arnall
Lary
Mamie
Dencie Barron
Lucy
Sara
Dencie
Belle
Alabama
Ida
Arnail
Storm wrecks cabins as two women endure night
Mamie and Lucy survive a brutal storm that destroys their cabin and surroundings. The sky glows yellow red before the wind roars like freight trains, then torrential rain follows. They search a scarred landscape, find only a brick foundation and scattered timbers, and seek shelter in a neighboring house.
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Mamie
Lucy
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Fashions Pattern 4656 Offers Slim Look and Easy Sew
Pattern 4656 flatters figure with a deep surplice neckline yoke and simple skirt. Includes illustrated instructions and tested fit in sizes 34 through 50. Send 25 cents for pattern 4656 to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Princess Elizabeth letter honors birth congratulations
Shirley Webber of He ward receives a personal letter of thanks from Princess Elizabeth for her message on the birth of the prince. Nokomis town council holds a special meeting to honor retiring mayor William Mason after 20 years in office. L. L. Lymburner becomes mayor and presents a memento to Mason. Williams Lake cattle sales top 2 million dollars in 1948 with Cari boo Cattlemen's Association at 1.7 million and individual sales over 300 thousand. Alberta royalty and mineral land revenue for the year to March 31 unofficially exceeds 12 million dollars. Wilfred L. Cody wins Mantle memorial scholarship at the Saskatoon farm boys camp during the 1948 Saskatoon industrial exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nokomis, Sask
Nokomis
William Mason
L. L. Lymburner
Mason
Saskatoon
Wilfred L. Cody
Pilger, Sask
Mantle
Chocolate Fudge Icing From Accessible Recipe
Grate the chocolate and combine with sugar water butter and cream of tartar. Stir over direct heat to a soft ball stage then cool. Add vanilla and reheat until thick enough to hold its shape. Thin with cream to spread on cake.
Brown sugar stays moist when stored in a bread box
A note states that brown sugar kept in a bread box remains moist. The tip highlights a simple storage method for maintaining texture and usability.
Timely Tip for Traction on Difficult Roads
Ottawa readers are advised by F W Bedard to place strips of asphalt shingles under rear wheels to gain traction on snow and ice. He says rough side down and roof sections outperform gunny sacks for freeing a vehicle, and several layers can be stored in the car’s rear floor space.
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Ottawa
F.W. Bedard
Mr. Bedard
Anti Flood Project To Start Soon In Okanagan Valley
Ottawa reports work on an anti flood project for British Columbia's Okanagan Valley is set to begin once funding is provided in this year's estimates. The scheme costs between two and twenty five hundred thousand dollars, split three ways with 40 percent from federal and provincial governments and 20 percent from municipalities. A Dominion Provincial board under F G Good speed has guided planning since 1942 and delivered its report in 1946. High water delayed surveys this year, but work is now proceeding.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Okanagan
F. G. Goodspeed
Federal Public Works Department
Man Freezes Buck Fight After Tragedic Clash
Arthur Withers of Winnipeg intervened in a buck deer fight in the Woodlands Manitoba. He separated the two fighting animals but one buck died from a broken neck and the other fled after a horn release action. The incident ended with no further injuries.
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Woodlands
Man
Arthur Withers
Winnipeg
Withers
Increase Seen In Saskatchewan Crop Acreage
Saskatchewan farmers are expected to raise wheat and oats acreage in 1949 as barley rye and flax output may fall. Deputy minister M. E. Hartnett cited provincial survey data from 1,400 inquiries, predicting 1949 wheat acreage around 15.8 million acres, up about 1.5 million from 1948 and 20 percent above 1944 levels.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
M. E. Hartnett
Hartnett
Saskatchewan Agricultural Societies’ Association
University Farm Week
Agriculture Department
Hand Built 1902 Tamarack Wagon Box Found in Hudson Bay Farm
A district farm in Hudson Bay Sask reports a hand built wagon box crafted in 1902 from native tamarack. The owner acquired it in 1920 for 20 dollars and keeps it as a surviving artifact of early agriculture.
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Hudson Bay
Sask
Oldest Covered Bridge Believed in Lucerne Swiss 1333
The fragment notes a bridge in Lucerne, Switzerland, claimed as the oldest covered bridge still standing, with a construction date given as 1333.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
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Elizabeth Brown
Chase
Dr. Chase
Dodds
Uite
Western Briefs
Heward
Shirley Webber
Princess Elizabeth
Williams Lake
B.C
Cariboo
Edmonton
Alberta
Murney Wickens
Frankford
Ont
Salada Tea Company OF Canada, Limited
Acre
Wen
Fleischmann
Peggy
BY Chuck Thurston
Sandy
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