The Letter to Lester Reveals a Silent Confession
In a rambling old house Sara Worthy and her sister Alice reveal a 49 year old secret. Alice admits loving Lester Mankin and betraying Sara by not delivering an unaddressed letter. Sara forgives, confessing she never truly loved Lester and choosing duty over romance.
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Sara Worthy
Alice
Miss Alice
Sara
Lester Mankin
Lester
Miss Sara
Papa
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
If Everyone Could Embrace Safer Driving Now
A poem from the Safety Sheet of the New Jersey Motor Truck Association urges universal road safety. It depicts accidents as bedbound injuries and lost loved ones to persuade drivers to adopt cautious habits and prayers before getting behind the wheel. The piece argues that witnessing suffering would quickly change behavior and advance the Great Crusade for Safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daddy
Motor Truck Association
Moones Emerald OU Skin Remedy Promises Quick Relief
A stainless antiseptic named Moone's Emerald OU is advertised as a healing agent for eczema, itch, dermatitis, and various skin eruptions. It is described as pleasant to use, highly antiseptic, and penetrating, with many long standing cases claimed to yield in days. Sold by druggists with satisfaction or money back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aoe
Moone
Mooney
New Anne Adams Pattern 4702 For Women
Newest Anne Adams pattern offers a flyaway silhouette with back pleats a Mandarin collar bolero sharp cuffs and an easy blouse. Includes sizes 12 14 16 18 20 with yardage for 39 inch fabric and complete illustrated instructions. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man for order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Expect Record In Sugar Beets
Manitoba expects a record sugar beet crop in 1949 with normal weather and average yield. The Manitoba Sugar Co. has 17 500 acres under contract, over half again as many as 1948. Planting remains concentrated within about 60 miles of Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Manitoba Sugar Co
First Alberta Drive-In Theatres Planned by Company
Western Drive-in Theatres Ltd announces four drive-in theatres in Alberta this year. Calgary and Edmonton will host one each, Lethbridge will debut a third, with a second Edmonton site chosen. Norman McDonald, manager of Edmonton's first, aims to stay open through November with heaters for fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Western Drive-in Theatres Ltd
Calgary
Lethbridge
Norman McDonald
Gasoline sales rise in British Columbia in March
In March nearly 10,000,000 gallons of gasoline were sold in British Columbia, up six percent from March 1948. Edmonton reports Melvin Cory found a missing wrist watch hand in a railway box car, note on the wall asked for its return. Winnipeg twins Jack and Bill Bowman finished 18 years of schooling with similar marks. Jack earned five gold medals, Bill five honorable mentions. Regina sees a trophy donated for exterminating predatory birds by G. A. Barre of the Saskatchewan Fish and Game League. Yorkton Kinsmen members planted a double row of ash and elm trees near the courthouse. Vancouver’s Irene Strong, Olympic swimmer, cut 13.1 seconds from the Canadian 300-yard I M senior women’s record in a Vancouver–Victoria meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Melvin Cory
Toronto
Corey
Winnipeg
Man
Jack
Bill Bowman
University of Manitoba
Bill
Vancouver
Irene Strong
Victoria
Adjudicator Confuses Swift Current For Fruit Juice
At the Moose Jaw music festival George Heath Gracie of Derby England hesitated about a city he was to visit west of here thinking it sounded like fruit juice or something. He later recalled the name Swift Current.
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Moose Jaw
Sask
George Heath-Gracie
Derby
England
Here
Swift Current
Alberta Tomato Breakthrough Ripens Early in Edmonton
Edmonton grower Andrew Frano has developed a tomato plant that ripens four to five days earlier than common Canadian varieties. University of Alberta horticulture associate professor R J Hilton notes the early fruit, bright red and firm, is included in national agriculture trials. Fruno aims to acclimate a peach tree for Alberta winters and short summers.
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Edmonton
Andrew Frano
Canada
Department of Agriculture
R. J. Hilton
University of Alberta
Alberta
Fruno
Custard Cups and Halibut Bake with Bacon
Readable text describes two recipes. First prepares custard cups with eggs yolks milk cream sugar salt and nutmeg baked in water bath and cooled. Second layers bacon onion halibut lemon juice butter flour breadcrumbs and bacon bake until fish set, garnish with lemon and parsley.
Dauphin Seeks Game Bird Sanctuary Near Town
Dauphin residents urge the provincial government to establish a game bird sanctuary within 25 miles of the town at the south end of Lake Dauphin, aiming to protect local wildlife and create a protected area for hunting and conservation.
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Dauphin
Man
Lake
Bear Visits Trapper at Cranberry Portage Cabin
Trapper Sam Clark found a large black bear inside his cabin after a trapper trip. He scared the animal with loud banging and rocks, causing the bear to exit through a rear window. He left the scene as the bear retreated, noting no return so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranberry Portage
Man
Sam Clark
Sam
Gardeners Note on Using Fireplace Soot as Fertilizer
The article explains that soot from fireplaces, rich in nitrogen, can be used in gardens as a valuable fertilizer. It highlights practical benefits for soil enrichment and encourages careful use to avoid overapplication.
Soil experts' work may be tested in Saskatchewan drought
Saskatchew an farmers face possible test of soil conservation measures in 1949 as strip farming and irrigation reduce dust drift risk. Leading agriculturists note population decline from 140000 to 125000 farmers in a decade, with crested wheat grass cover and 76 community pastures reclaiming marginal lands since 1937.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Saskatcheewan
May Recruit Women Again
Ottawa defense minister Brooke Claxton hinted that women could rejoin the armed forces in peacetime. He did not specify revival of the Canadian Women's Army Corps the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service or the RCAF Women's Division but said experts were seriously considering voluntary recruitment of women. All three services were disbanded after the war.
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Ottawa
Brooke Claxton
Claxton
Deail
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Women’s
Royal Canadian Naval Service
R.C.A.F
It Happened To A Carpenter in Hyder
A carpenter wrecking a building at Hyder saved the plank he stood on. After others warned him, the plank and man fell fifteen feet. The carpenter walked away unhurt and returned home.
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Mantario
Sask
R. P. Chapman
Chatfield
Man
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Walter Desmond Booth
Exhibition Grounds
Brandon
Otto
Malcolm McGregor
Western Briefs
B.C
G. A. Barre
Saskatchewan Fish and Game League
Yorkton
Min Lin
Cal
Iard
Egerarvine
Peggy
David Evans
Nipawin, Sask
Ty Chuck Thurston
Trapper
Gardeners Note
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