Grandpa Harrisons Bold Last Summer Love Surprise
Grandpa Harrison, age seventy six, shocks family by announcing marriage to Martha Winslow after planning a family council to halt home sales. The move ends tense housing deals and keeps Grandpa in familiar surroundings with his bride. The couple now married nearly a year and living in Grandpa's home, easing tensions with continuous companionship on the porch.
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Chestnut Street
Grandpa Harrison
Martha Winstow
Grandpa
Martha
Ellen
John
Ethan
Martha's
Virginia
Abe Lucas
Abe
Martha Winslow
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
To Drill For Oil At Virden Manitoba
Virden district preparations to begin drilling for oil soon with P H Lowe of Red Deer Alberta leading a crew from United Geophysical of Pasadena California and Tulsa Oklahoma ready to start almost immediately.
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Virden
Manitoba
Man
P. H. Lowe
Red Deer
Alta
United Geophysical Company
Pasadena
Calif
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Plain Cake and Chocolate Nut Bar Cookies Recipe Snippet
A collection of two dessert recipes includes a vanilla flavored plain cake mixing method with butter sugar creaming and milk alternating folding of whites and a bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes, plus a chocolate nut bar cookie method with brown sugar and melted chocolate baked in a battered pan. Also a note on women barred from Mount Athos, a shrine on a Greek island in the Aegean Sea.
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Mount Athos
Aegean Sea
No Wonder You Rave Pattern 4526 by Anne Adams
Fashion pattern 4526 features a glamorous two piece with draped neck and bow. It comes in sizes 12 through 20 and includes illustrated instructions. Send 25 cents with size name address and style number to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept in Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Signs directed for highways and resorts in B C
Victoria officials will direct signs to off highway points with extra care at turnoffs. District engineers remove unauthorized highway signs under existing regulations. In Manitoba, Paul Yusick of the University of Saskatchewan received a 2500 dollar ethnic group fellowship from the Manitoba Historical Society. James Barclay was flown home by plane from hospital after an operation near Darlingford. Harry F. Lee, 86, planted his 57th Yorkton garden since arriving in 1891. A goodwill train, the know Mississippi better train, will visit Moose Jaw on July 21 with 200 volunteers and an exhibit car showcasing Mississippi products.
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Victoria
B.C
E. C. Carson
Public Works
Winnipeg
Manitoba Historical Society
Paul Yusick
University of Saskatchewan
R. F. McWilliams
Morden
Man
Darlingford
James Barclay
W. M. Colert
Barclay
Yorkton
Sask
Harry F. Lee
Lee
Moose Jaw, Sask
Mississippi
Moose Jaw
Edmonton Painters Miss Painting Record
Edmonton's Jaycees staged a beautify Edmonton campaign painting a 20 by 20 bungalow in white and green but fell short of the city record by 10 minutes 35 seconds. Toronto holds 14 minutes for a one and a half storey house, Winnipeg has 14 minutes three seconds for a three storey house.
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Edmonton
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Toronto
Winnipeg
Flooding Drives Bizarre Animal Sighting Reports
In the Pal, flood waters are described as extraordinary with anecdotes of mallards nesting in crow's nests and a resident claiming rabbits were perched in trees, illustrating unusual wildlife behavior amid high floods.
Stoves and ranges production nears four million in 1947
Production of stoves and ranges in 1947 reached about 4,406,000 units, exceeding the 1946 record by more than 1,000,000 units, signaling a strong postwar rebound in household appliance output.
Fiery Itching Toes and Feet Remedy Advertised
An antiseptic lotion promises quick relief from itching and fiery burning of toes and feet. The ad also claims Barber's Itch Salt Rheum and Eczema respond to Moone's Emerald Oil, available in standard drugstores. It asserts safety and rarity of failure.
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Moone
1500 Mennonites Leave Manitoba for Paraguay Voyage
In Manitoba and Western Canada 1500 Mennonites prepare to sail to Paraguay as an advance party lands on a 100000 acre tract. They sell farms to neighbors and other Mennonites while 54000 remain in Western Canada. The move follows long standing migration roots in Mennonite history.
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Winnipeg
Travels in Reverse Comet Tails Explain Tail Alignment
The tail of a comet always trails opposite the sun, so as a comet moves away from the sun its tail stretches in front of the head. This explains the unusual appearance of comets during outward travel and the sun’s influence on tail direction.
Fruitful Gem strawberry photographed at Rosthern
A fruitful specimen of the Gem overbearing type strawberry photographed in mid September at Rosthern Saskatchewan. Gem is one of the better varieties for the Prairies producing a fair crop through most of summer into fall.
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Rosthern
Sask
Prairies
Buffalo Skeleton Found Standing Upright in Manitoba Marsh
Manitoba man M Puhach unearthed a buffalo skeleton standing upright in a marsh near Gladstone The horns and skull were found two feet down and the entire spine and legs remained in place Curator Norris Blye of the Manitoba Museum suggests the animal mired in mud or riverbed years ago and notes such a complete upright skeleton is rare
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Gladstone
M. Puhach
Puhach
No. 4
L.T.S. Norris-Blye
Manitoba Museum
Chas
Alloway
Assiniboine
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Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Marvel Beauty Schools
Donald St
Regina
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Calgary
W. L. McCollister
Fairington
Emile Gammaert
Ctashions
Western Briefs
Edmonton Painters
Peggy
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Chuck ‘Thurston
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