Brazilian Farm Reverie Mirrors Ohio Landscape
In Louis Bromfield's account of Fazenda Ottilia, a Great House vanished behind pine and blossoms while flowers and vines spread through abandoned fields. The author recalls a matriarchal family, hearty Brazilian hospitality, and summer skies with thunderheads, comparing the valley to Pleasant Valley in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barreiros
Donna Oittilia
Fazenda
Ottilia
Malabardo
Brazil
Ohio
Louis Bromfield
The Day Chevalier Fought Carpentier Whe
Georges Carpentier, famed French boxer, grew from street scrapper in Lens to boxing prodigy under manager Descamps. His early fights, training through gym classes and village tours, led to a decisive victory over Salmon at fourteen, shaping a career built on speed and precision.
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Georges Carpentier
Georges
Descamps
Maison d 1
Carpentier
Heruly
Lens
N. France
Lievin
George
Bethune
Edward Fitzgerald
Little David
Goliath
Paris
Arras
Gare du Nord
Jim Sullivan
Lille
Maurice Chevalier
Salmon
Georges the Fighter Struggles to Glory and Retirement
The veteran boxer Georges endured a grueling return match lasting eighteen rounds before being dragged from the ring. He later settled in Paris to launch his professional career, claiming early titles in France and Europe. Now retired at sixty two, he reflects on boxing’s modern scene after marrying a fashion model.
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Georges
Paris
North
Pas de Calais
France
London
Bombardier Billy Wells
Gunboat Smith
Joe Beckett
Jack Dempsey
Practical Household Tips from A Penny Press
A reader provides quick how to answers on common tasks. Tips cover securing shoe tongues with slits and laces, softening and whitening skin with cornmeal and sour milk, waterproofing matches with paraffin, proper pastry rolling, cleaning white enamel furniture with potash solution, reusing paraffin by reheating and straining, removing ink stains from a rug with vinegar and salt, and removing mortar from glass with hot vinegar.
Go Into Business Selling Exclusive Houseware and Appliances
Classified style notice offering direct sale opportunities for exclusive houseware items with no competition and up to 500 percent profit. Includes requests for color catalogs, wholesale terms, and addresses in Montreal and Ontario for suppliers and agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Hannan Varnish Company Limited
P.O
Dept. W
Galt
Ontario
B. Maslow
Kenilworth Ave
Hamilton
Textiles Return Brighter in Canada 1956 Outlook
Canada’s elderly textile industry shows renewed strength in 1956 with rising sales production and employment. After evaluating long term prospects the sector expects greater opportunities and improved conditions ahead.
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Canada
Drive at Best Take a Rest Travel Card
Short guidance urges drivers to rest before long trips and take regular coffee breaks on the highway to avoid fatigue and improve safety.
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Quick Skin Relief
An ad claims Moone's Emerald Oil provides rapid relief for itching rashes eczema and related skin troubles including pimples and scales. It touts a stainless antiseptic oil that soothes itching and helps open sores heal, available at any drug store.
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POST
St. Clair Avenue East
Toronto
Moone
Jerald
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Sam
Matilda
D. W. J. Anthony
England
Anthony
Camp Gagetown
New Brunswick
Bob Weatherill
Coldwater
John Sawchuck
Barrie
Chevalier
By Anne Ashley
BABY
Bray Hatchery
John N
Arbor Acres
Tweddle Chick Hatcheries Ltd
Fergus
McCormick and Massey-Harris
Bedell
Simcoe
18Th St
New Toronto
DIXON
REEDY
Munro's
Elgin
Ottawa
G. Howl
Glencairn Avenue
Marvel
America
Bloor St. W
King St
Rideau St
Fetherstonhaugh & Comp
University Ave
Tramsay CO. Registere
Bank St
S.A. 5
California
Leonard
Leonard Company
Dept
Station F
The
Medico Agency
Terminal
Ont
Boettger
Kitimat
B.C
Chartwell Viking
Winston Churchill
Ivernia
Ascania
Carinthia
Saxonia Scythia
Saxonia Vernia
Scythia
Saxonia
Saxonia. Scythia
Overnia
Fvernia
Quebec
Halie Sun
Sedrterranean Galling
Liverpool
Havre
Southampton
Greenock
Liverpool Greenock
Havre, Southampton
Cobh, Overpool
Mary
New York
Cherbourg
Cobh
Cunard Line
Empire
Corner Bay
Wellington Sts., Toronto, Ont
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