Life Is Hard A Fable On The Desolate Bridge
A bleak bridge scene unfolds as Parker, Stevens, Langdon, and a river patrolman encounter coats and a note declaring life is hard. Each man reads the message, contemplates capitalism woes, and ends up choosing suicide, until Caspar returns to loot the coats, ending the tragic chain with a twist.
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Parker
Casper
Cohen
Caspar
Stevens
Langdon
Geary
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Selected Lemon Pie Filling and Meringue Bake
Scald milk and beat yolks with sugar and salt then whisk in flour lemon juice and rind. Pour into a baked shell, add butter, fold in stiff egg whites, and bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleischmann
Fire Ravages Sturgis Business District in Saskatchewan
A major blaze in Sturgis Saskatchewan destroyed four commercial buildings including a cafe, bakery, meat market, grocery and cafe. Losses exceed 75000 with five families left homeless, fire started by a heater explosion above the North East Review office, wind shift and vacant lot halted further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgis
Sask
Regina
North-East Review
Nick Kolot
al Lagesse
Sturgis Bakery
Otto Reitle
Jas. Losse
Americans Visit British Columbia in Nine Months
Victoria report shows 800000 Americans visited British Columbia in the first nine months of the year. September border points issued 25339 vehicle permits, up 14 percent from 1948. January through September tourist traffic rose 12 percent from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Department of Trade and Industry
British Columbia
Department
B.C
Dominion Bureau Revises 1949 Apple Crop to 16 766 000 Bushels
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics places Canada’s 1949 apple output at 16,766,000 bushels. The revised 1948 crop stands at 13,404,000 bushels.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Wetaskiwin board cites lost publicity material in fire
Wetaskiwin Alberta due to fire, the board of trade explains publicity literature was destroyed when the building housing it burned. In Churchill Manitoba a whaling company reports catching 206 beluga whales in its first year, producing 88 000 pounds meat and 5 000 gallons oil. Saskatchewan may export spruce lumber via Churchill to the United Kingdom next year. A George Myall claims a 1665 Jacob Stainer violin. if authentic it would be the third found recently. North Kamloops to receive letter carrier service this month. Mannix coal mine in Princeton BC reopened with new chutes and road upgrades. Saskatchewan eggs win second prize at the empire dairy show in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wetaskiwin
Alta
Board of Trade
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Man
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
United Kingdom
H. Lucas
Provincial Timber Board
Edmonton
George Myall
Jacob Stainer
Regina
London
Village Formed at Loon Lake Saskatchewan
Loon Lake in northwestern Saskatchewan has been incorporated as a village effective January 1, 1950. The Saskatchewan Gazette lists lands to comprise the new village.
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Loon Lake
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Gazette
Coast Indians May Be First White Tribe in Canada
Metlakatla, near Prince Rupert, could become the first Canadian native community to be enfranchised as a whole. An enfranchisement board will hear the Metlakatla band on November 8, after years of negotiations. If approved, Metlakatlans would be regarded as white in all legal and citizenship respects and cease to be wards of the Federal Government under the Indian Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Rupert
Metlakatla
Here
Canada
Enfranchisement Board
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H. C. Suter
D D
Minard’s Liniment
Dr. Chase
The
Dolcin Limited
Toronto
Dolcin
Western Briefs
Kamloops
Princeton
Mannix
Copper Mountain Bridge
Similkameen Street
Vicks VA
Anvar
Les Carrol
Soly
JLL
Wat
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
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