History Highlights From Ancient Paper Clippings Across Centuries
The text surveys three centuries of preserved periodicals including Mercurie July 1588 on the Spanish Armada and London Gazette 1666 on the Great Fire of London. It notes Intelligencer 1649 on King Charles I, Newes 1665 plague marks, Times 1793 on Louis XVI, and The Times 1789 dispatches from the Nile with Trafalgar coverage.
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Whitehall
Charles 1
London Gazette
London
Pudding Lane
New Fish Street
The
Times
Louis XVI
France
Fuller figure sewing pattern offer with size halfs
Shorter fuller figure pattern 7342 invites half size cuts with simple step in style and slenderizing details. Embroider by hand or machine. Pattern 7342 includes transfer tissue in Half-Sizes 14 23 1625 18 20 22 24. Size 161 requires 3% yards on 35 inch state size. Send twenty five cents in coins to obtain.
1952 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book Offer
Promotion for the 1952 edition by the Household Arts Department at 60 Front Street W Toronto. The booklet features ninety one illustrations of needlecraft patterns and six easy to do designs, offered for twenty five cents.
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Household Arts Department
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Smile Of The Week In A Grammar Class
A grammar class moment ends with a pupil’s cheeky correction. The teacher asks Roland to fix a line, and he replies with a playful, candid suggestion.
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Roland
Answers to Quick Quiz Answers
Quick Canadian Facts provides a miscellany of entries including Canada Brazil continental USA and a figure 326 000 with a cryptic 60 ton dollars. The material is labeled as supplied by the editors of Quick Canadian Facts, the handbook of facts about Canada.
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Canada
Brazil
USA
Quick
University Students Win 1952 Geographical Scholarship Awards
Six university students from Manitoba New Brunswick Ontario and England win 1952 Geographical Scholarship awards of 250 each from The Canadian Geographical Society. Winners may study at Canadian universities and three will attend McGill Western Ontario Summer School assignments while others pursue studies at McMaster and in Toronto.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Ontario
England
Canadian Geographical Society
Gordon M. Dallyn
Society
John R. Main
Winnipeg
R. Spencer Inch
Hampstead
N.B
H. A. Smith
Toronto
Keith G. Bain
Hamilton
Eric H. Brown
London
Barbara L. Fenton
Tunbridge Wells
Dallyn
McGill Geography
Stanstead
Quebec
University of Western Ontario
University of Toronto
McMaster University
Saskatchewan Parks to Expand Facilities This Year
Regina reports a broad program to expand and upgrade Saskatchewan seven provincial parks. New cabins and boats, electrification of buildings, golf course improvements, fire guards, and a Kenosee clubhouse are planned. Cypress Hills electrification will run a Maple Creek line serving farms en route, with completion timed for tourist season.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
A. Campbell
Cypress Hills
Kenosee
Maple Creek
Cypress Hills Park
Greenwater Lake
Madge Lake
Madge
Greenwater Lakes
A Country Editor Says The Editorial We Explained
A reprint from the Williamstown Advocate quotes a century old definition of a country editor. It describes a busy journalist who reads newspapers, selects miscellany, writes, sets type, proofs, folds papers, delivers them, chops wood, gardens, chats with patrons, bears blame, earns little, and prizes quiet rest, hinting at why he uses we as representative of his craft.
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Addison (VI) Independent
Williamstown Advocate
Singapore Taxi Driver Marries Two Women in Simultaneous Ceremony
A 26-year-old Chinese taxi driver in Singapore wed two women at once in a Chinese ceremony. He said the marriages were not about love, but about fulfilling his father's last wish with his “No. 1” wife and his duty to support his fiancée now his brother’s former fiancée.
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Singapore
Elephant Wins Tug of War at Durham Arena
An elephant defeated a team of eight local university students in a tug-of-war at Durham. The umpire, a university professor, commented that calculations must have gone wrong somewhere as the elephant pulled the students across the arena.
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Durham
England
Whooping Cough Description and Early Signs
Whooping cough begins with a cough and runny nose and is most contagious at this stage. When the characteristic whoop appears and the child is repeatedly sick to the stomach, the infection affects the windpipe and bronchial tubes. Immunization can prevent it, but it may leave serious after effects and needs a doctor's immediate attention.
Had the Remedy at the Dance Evening
A young man drives a girl home after a dance. The car stalls in darkness as the gas tank appears waterlogged. The girl suggests staying inside and arguing until the water back into gas, a recurring quip.
Elegant luncheon salad recipes from a vintage leaflet
A compact collection of creamy ham and egg loaf with tomato aspic. Instructions cover mixing cream cheese with deviled ham, seasoning, lining a mold, and chilling overnight. A tomato aspic recipe includes lemon flavored gelatin, hot tomato juice, vegetables, mayonnaise, and MSG. Serves four with serving suggestions.
Oddities From A Labor Temple To A Double Yolks Egg Tale
A Memphis Labor Temple buys a mule to keep lawn grass trimmed during a labor shortage. A 63-year-old Syracuse widow returns an unused marriage license with the note that she changed her mind. Rome Joel Moose weds Dorothy Lucille Fox in Statesville. A Vancouver bus depot hold-up triggers a cash drawer alarm, prompting a reporter’s brief scene. Old Tug No 10 capsizes while towing a fashion show barge near Wilmington. A London Times debate on double yolked eggs grows after a Woolton letter about four yolks. A Toronto groom’s father misplaces bridal gifts in a garbage box, sparking a civic inquiry as gifts vanish in the incinerator.
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Syracuse
N.Y
London Sunday Times
Woolton
Lanc
Quick Canadian Quiz: Urban Dwellers and Federal Spending
This item presents a quiz on Canadian urbanization, defence and social security budgets, and regional populations. It asks for the Yukon and Northwest Territories population, the industry employing over 100,000 Canadians last year, and a ranking by area for Canada, the continental U S A, and Brazil.
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Ottawa
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Careful home tips on sewing and laundry methods
Helpful hints discuss weighted tape at curtain bottoms protective outlet covers and sheet bleaching by sun and hose. It notes line drying, turning sheets quickly and ironing avoidance for cuffs and trousers as the weight of wet fabric removes wrinkles.
Quickie Meals and Jubilee Eggaroni From Community Notes
A homemaking column outlines quick dinner ideas such as mushroom tenderloin with baked potatoes and asparagus. It also shares Jubilee eggaroni a dish from Newfoundland and Labrador guilds, plus cake baking tips and skim milk party notes from Saskatchewan CAL.
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Jubilee Guilds
Newfoundland and Labrador
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Geographical Society
Canadian Geographical Journal
J. Wreford Watson
Department of Mines and Technical Surveys
Verdun
Sask
Labor Temple of
Memphis
Tenn
Miss Fox
Gaffney
S.C
Moose
W. R. Douglas
Rome Joel Moose
Dorothy Lucille Fox
Statesville, N.C
Vancouver
Mary Francis Daniel
Wilmington
Calif
No. 10
Scarboro
U.S.A
Canadian Association of Consumers
CAL
C.A.C
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