Sightseers In Harriston A Lonely Guide Meets Helen
Steve Laramie, Harriston’s tourist guide, meets Helen Trent in a strange town and spends a weekend showing her the sights. He learns Elaine, the woman he hoped to see, isn’t coming, while Helen hints at becoming a regular visitor as odd clues mount around the Aquarium and a mystery note about a substitute sister.
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Ren
Steve
Helen
Elaine
Wes
Steve Laramie
Harriston
Helen Trent
John G. Harris
Virginia
Mississippi
War Memorial
Lookout Point
Laurel Street
Helen Et Hhewe Haan
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Copy Cat Pattern for a Sunfrock Jumper
ANNE ADAMS offers pattern 4820 for a simulated jumper with puffed sleeves and round collar in size 6. Includes illustrated instructions and yardage details for 35 inch fabric. Send 25 cents in coins to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man for order processing.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Western Canada Draws Montreal Youths for Work
In six months hundreds of Montreal youths left school during the war to work in war plants and later faced unemployment as these industries closed. Officials say many young men migrated west seeking jobs in western Canada.
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Montreal
Western Canada
Ramsay Company Patent Offer to Inventors
Ottawa based patent attorneys Ramsay Company offers a free list of inventions and full information to every inventor. Contact 273 Bank Street Ottawa Canada for details.
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Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
Canada
Wynyard Lions seek uniforms amid parachute cape idea
Western Briefs report Wynyard Lions face uniform shortages for 30 members at a club meeting William Toovey proposed buying parachutes and using silk for capes. Winnipeg items note Saskatchewan leads in farm machinery purchases and big farm trends plus salary scale for Manitoba teachers. Edmonton reports 2,736 Alberta grade 12 graduates vs 3,183 in 1947. Manitoba farmers trend toward larger farms with many over 200 acres. A Saskatchewan Indian on White Bear reserve has grass growing under a cabin floor built with insufficient lumber.
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Wynyard, Sask
Wynyard Lions’ Band
William Toovey
Carlyle
Prairies
Charles Naxibie
White Bear
Saskatchewan
Barbara Ann Scott to Join Madame Tussauds Waxworks
Canadian figure skating champion Barbara Ann Scott will be displayed at Madame Tussaud’s in London. Tussauds seeks her exact measurements but she arrives in London after a rushed trip and confirms she wants to be shown in blue.
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Barbara Ann Scott
Waxworks
Davos
Switzerland
Madame Tussaud
London
Tussauds
Ottawa
Barbara Ann
Statue of Liberty Head Facility Holds Forty Standing
The head of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor accommodates 40 persons standing upright, indicating the limited capacity of the facing structure for visitors.
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New York Harbor
Prices For Farm Products Hit Record
Ottawa reports all time high farm product prices in December. The general index rose to 208.8 on a 1935 39 base, up from 203.9 last month and 185.5 a year earlier. Grain livestock dairy and potatoes drove gains with poultry and eggs rising in most provinces. The 1947 annual average index also set a record at 195.4 despite potato and some poultry declines in certain provinces.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
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By Jack Garlington
Aquarium
TSG
St. West
Taronto
H. Hales
Centre
Lyal
John
Cannington
Ontario
J. W. Scott
Margate Silver Band
Eng
Eastern Boys
Western
Peggy
Ae Bus
Chuck Thurston
Western Briefs
Errick F. Willis
Regina
Canadian Farm Implements
Manitoba Teachers’ Society
Edmonton
Manitoba
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Africa
California
Sro
Aen 4
Canada Starch Company. Limited
Les Carrou
Tshawe
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