Father jealously controls daughter's romance to the future
A letter from a frustrated mother pleads for guidance as her husband distrustes their 19 year old daughter's relationship with a respectful suitor. The writer argues parents should support love and marriage and suggests involving trusted friends or clergy to ease the rift before distance hardens.
Dress Pattern 4666 Encourages One Dress Multiple Variations
Create a single dress for a daughter with four outfit options using a bolero scalloped capelet or dress up collar. Pattern 4666 offers child sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with easy illustrated instructions and fit testing. Order by mail Box 1 New Toronto Ont for 35 cents.
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Knit shrug pattern and 1954 Laura Wheeler catalog offer
Advertisement for knitting patterns including Pattern 677 matching skirt Pattern 25 Pattern 503 with easy directions for Misses sizes 32 34 36 38. Price 25 cents postage stamps requested. Send name and address to Box 3 123 Highteenth St New Tas rvonte Oni for the Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog 70 embroidery crochet color transfer dressmaking patterns.
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The General Grant Disaster and the Castaways Rescue
An 1866 sinking off New Zealand saw the General Grant strike rocks near a volcanic island. Fifteen castaways survived eighteen months on a cold, food-scarce isle before Jack Teer led a rescue by the Amherst in 1867, with only ten of the original castaways surviving.
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Easter Musings From Ginger Farm and Ontario Quarries
The writer notes hazy skies and a dust drift from North Dakota on Easter Monday. They recall Easter customs in England and Canada, visit a new Ontario quarry, and reflect on modern worries from flying saucers to radio activity amid everyday life and family events.
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Joy
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