Cost of Living Clause in Early Canadian Wage Pact
The Macdonald Tobacco Company of Montreal and the Tobacco Workers Union Local 235 agreed a wage contract with a cost of living clause. Wages rise or fall 25 cents weekly per full point change in the cost index from April 6 1947, plus a general 5 cent hourly increase, 45 hour week, ten holidays six paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Macdonald Tobacco Company of
Montreal
Tobacco Workers’ International Union
Local 235
Oian
Man Cancels Proposal Over Household Duties
A man reconsidered marriage after testing a potential partner with chores he deemed essential. He asked if she could wash dishes and wipe them, and she answered yes, leading him to call off the proposal.
Meeting a Crisis on the Radio Pressures Senator
A tense exchange shows a pressurized moment as a senator dismisses concerns and declares immediate on air work during a foreign crisis. The dialogue highlights urgency over deliberation and suggests media duty overrides contemplative response.
Foster Mother to Zoo Babies in Helen Martini's Care
The story follows Helen Martini and her husband Fred as they become foster parents to many Bronx Zoo animals. Helen manages the nursery, bonds with lions, leopards, tigers, and primates, and nurtures cubs like Rajput and Bagheera, turning their home into a loving, public-spirited keepers’ world.
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Helen
Fred Martini
Chiquita
Lolita
Rajput
Rusty
Josephine
Ming
Helen Delaney
Helen Martini
Bronx Zoo
Fred
Zoo
Neekass
Lion House
Martini
Luck of the Irish Ends in Tragic Turn of Fortune
In a tale of Ann and Terry O Halloran, a hoped for future with a new baby is crushed by job loss and mounting debt. Terry plots a gas tragedy to collect life insurance, but an unexpected job return interrupts the plan as Ann and Marianne face hardship in a dank tenement. The line about Finns and lakes closes the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Terry
Terrence Patrick O'Halloran
Marianne
Darling
Definition of alimony in a humorous historical quip
A jokey line defines alimony as a form of “married man’s cash surrender value.” It frames alimony as financial support tied to marriage with a cynical tone about its purpose and value.
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Queen
Margaret Marshall
Toronto
Toronto Police A.A.A
J. R. Williams
Irin
Baloney
NEA Service
Fredricka Borchard
The
Christian Science Monitor
the Zoo Nursery
Madagascar
Tiger
Bagheera
Martinis
Luck of the Irish
Bee Randall
Ant
Jim Blake
O’hallorans
Finland
Pop
J. Millar Watt
Crosstown
By Roland Coe
George
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