WEAK WOMAN AND GRANDMA SPOILS LETTERS ON MOTHER-IN-LAW CONFLICT
A suburban reader recalls nine years dominated by a domineering mother-in-law who controlled privacy and daily life. A husband finally secures her relocation, urging couples to act earlier. A second note advises a mother-in-law to curb spoiling a delicate child and suggests practical dieting measures. The column closes with Anne Hirst inviting letters for guidance.
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Beeman
Grandma Spoils
Anne Hirst
Vintage dress pattern ad with sewing details
By Pon Ledom Preshest ensemble we've seen. Cool scooped-neck dress gathered below its graceful yokebrief cover-up bolero smoothly fitted to a slender bodice. Pattern 4816 Misses Sizes 12 14 16 18 20 40. Size 16 dress takes 444 yards 35 inch fabric bolero takes 15s yards. Send 35 cents for this pattern with name address style number to Pax 1 123 Highteenth St New Toronto Ont.
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Highteenth St
New Toronto
Ont
Rain proves blessing for garden and late election notes
A diary-style entry recalls a heavy rain and thunderstorm easing drought for strawberry growers and saving the partner from hand milking. It mentions voting at a provincial election with 164 voters on the list and only 54 voting by four p.m. Then it shifts to patterns and craft ads offering pansy doilies and a Laura Wheeler Needlecraft catalog.
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Ginger Farm
Eden Profiles a Natty Dresser Yet Humble Heroic Soldier
A profile of Sir Anthony Eden notes his wartime acts earning the M C in 1916 after dashing into No Man's Land to rescue a missing comrade Harrop. It details his army path from Eton to Somme fighting, language aptitude, and discomfort with the label natty dresser.
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Sir Anthony Eden
Anthony Eden
Eton
Somme
No Man’s Land
Harrop
Eden
M.C
Sheffield
Old Contemptibles’ Association
Sweden
Apollo
Anthony Edens
Anthony
Windlestone Hall
Durham
Diptheria cases in Canada rise to 208 after years
The number of diphtheria cases reported in Canada climbed to 208 last year from 132 in 1953 marking the first increase since 1944.
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Canada
Cattle chaos at Ginger Farm as cows sold and cattle wander
In a vivid diary entry from Ginger Farm Adeline describes selling milking cows, a night trucking of cattle, stray Holstein heifers roaming the yard and road, and offers received for milking gear. The author notes milk supplies, a shift to new packaging, and ongoing farm chores and weather impacts. Palmer joins the OA C at Guelph while wind and a toppled chestnut tree complicate chores.
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Partner
Palmer
O.A.C
Guelph
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Prettiest Ensemble
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Live Stock Commission
Black Bros. Live Stock Company Limited
McCurdy & McCurdy Limited
Onierie Stock Yards
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