Love and Choice Shape Anice’s Carnival Farewell
Anice, a carnival dancer, faces a choice between Lynde Wade the show’s star and Ed Melves the man she will marry. Lynde professes love and leaves a fragile future, while Anice embraces Ed’s gentleness, promising a life together as Cantonville’s show grows.
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Lynde
Anice
Cantonville Times
Ed McIves
Dad
Lynde Wade
Ed Melves
Cantonville
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Chinese Diplomat Wu Ting Fang Asked by Woman in America
The Wall Street Journal recalls Wu Ting Fang meeting an American woman at a reception years ago. She asked what race he was and he replied I am Chinese and then asked her what kind of “kee” she is monkey donkey or Yankee.
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America
Wall Street Journal
Wu Ting Fang
Dr. Wu
Recipes College Fudge Squares and Meat Loaf Modern Method
A combined recipe note presents two dishes. First a fudge squares recipe uses flour sugar cocoa shortening eggs milk vanilla and walnuts with baking in a 325 degree oven for 35 minutes yields 16 squares. Second a modern meat loaf blends smoked ham pork veal corn flakes eggs milk salt green pepper forms a loaf and cooks about 1 1/2 hours in a 350 degree oven or poaches in boiling water.
Slim shirtfrock pattern 4977 for sizes 34 to 48
Pattern 4977 promotes a slim line shirtfrock with gathers for freedom of movement. Includes illustrated instructions and tests for fit. Sizes 34 through 48 offered. size 36 frock requires 35 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Post Office warns on food parcel label misuse
Ottawa reports violations of yellow label rules on food parcels to Britain. The label must only accompany parcels containing food and proper customs declarations must be filled. Nonfood items risk confiscation and delays.
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Ottawa
Post Office Department
Great Britain
Britain
Post Office
Giant 1902 Japanese temple bell weighs 150 tons
The second largest bell in the world was cast in 1902 for a Japanese Buddhist temple. Weighing over 150 tons and standing 26 feet tall, its voice carries for miles. It is famed more for size than for tonal quality, which is reportedly unclear and unattractive.
FLOWERS WELL NAMED DRUG-LIKE NARCISSUS FRAGRANCE
The narcissus blooms emit a narcotic scent while the flower name itself comes from the Greek term for a sleep inducing drug.
Royal links through Navy extend to Mountbatten marriage
London reports the engagement of Philip Mountbatten to Princess Elizabeth, preserving the Royal Family ties to the navy. The article recalls George V as "The Sailor King" and notes King George VI’s WWI service and Jutland role. A recent Home Fleet visit featured Mountbatten with the King Queen and Princesses touring ships and meeting officers.
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London
Philip Mountbatten
Elizabeth
George V
Royal Navy
Duke of York
Collinwood
Jutland
Clyde
Mountbatten
Praid ‘Alfway
Sunflowers Keep Turkeys At Home
A Calgary Alberta informant notes sunflowers planted along a low fence deter turkeys from flying over. As the birds grow, sunflowers reach 10 to 12 feet, blocking takeoff despite turkeys’ strength.
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Calgary
Gobbler
Whisky Gap keeps its name amid protests over Fareham
The Edmonton Journal recalls Whisky Gap in South Alberta earned its name 50 or 60 years ago as a route for illegal whisky runners crossing the U S Canada border. Residents protested a few years ago when authorities tried to rename the area Fareham, and the old name remained Whisky Gap.
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Edmonton Journal
Whisky Gap
Alberta
U.s.canada
Fareham
Correctable Color Vision Deficiency Advisory
Defective color vision may stem from correctable deficiencies and those who confuse primary colors are urged to consult a physician for possible treatment.
Prices Rise Yet Canadians Buy More Compared With Last Year
Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows June sales across 14 retail trades up seven percent from June 1946. Food and clothing sectors led gains while jewelry and shoe stores fell. Department stores up 15 percent. radio and electrical, furniture and hardware stronger. jewelry down 11 percent.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Best Customer Keeps Hospital Staff Busy
REEDSBURG Wis When Wilbert Haler 21 arrived for ton sils removal staff already knew him His prior illness meningitis a year earlier led to his discharge drive home crash broke a leg returned for surgery He then required hospital treatment for appendicitis and was readmitted to the same hospital
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Reedsburg
Wis
Wilbert Haler
Haller
Secret Venetian Glass Workers Guarded on Island
Venice kept glassmakers on a guarded island to shield their trade secrets from foreign rivals, preserving craft techniques and exclusive production methods across centuries.
British Columbia Timber Arrives for Halifax City Hall Flagpole
Halifax reports a 128 foot Douglas fir from British Columbia arriving on three flatcars to become the City Hall flagpole. The province’s loggers recount historic 36 by 36 by 150 feet timbers once cut for ships and keelsons, noting the remarkable tall straight tree needed for such a pole.
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Halifax
British Columbia
Vancouver
Fraser
Europe
Petition Signers Overlooked Details Stir Local Debate
In an Ontario town a petition protested a fine for a young man's reckless driving after a high speed chase. Most signers were prominent citizens but the defendant pleaded guilty at the hearing, admitting speeds over 60 miles an hour and that many had not read the signings.
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Ontario
Written Chinese remains uniform across dialects
The statement notes that despite regional speech varieties, the written script used in China is standardized and shared across regions. It highlights a unified written language regardless of the diversity in spoken dialects.
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China
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