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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 13, 1944
Page
2
In the Arctic trading ports, refrigerators help keep food safe year round. Eskimos laughed at early white traders doorsills and ice but now rely on wooden houses with imported fridges to prevent spoilage and illness from outdoor storage.
Cheerful frock pattern 4589 described for misses and women in sizes 12 through 42 with versatile options. Instructions praise easy assembly and contrasting trimming, noting fabric needs for size 16 and request for 20 cents. Orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union with mailing caveat about slow mail delivery.
Fred and Laurel, riding in a flashy car, meet an irate car owner with four flats. After patching the tires and a mistaken arrest for theft, the couple is hired by John L. Banghart, a harsh widower who runs a hardware business, to cook and assist, marking an unlikely turn in their fortunes.
A Promeranian named Pete travels from Norfolk Virginia to Patchogue Long Island covering 385 miles in just over three weeks. The New York Sun describes it as a big tale for such a small dog.
Three days after an eight night bite incident on the Liverpool docks, England, every shift was working. Authorities report no further bites and note coordinated patrols and patrols along the quays as crews resume routine duties.
Henry M. Spelman Jr of the U S Office of Civilian Requirements predicts that worn tire car bodies will be used for shoe soles. The Buffalo Courier Express notes the idea may delight pedestrians who endured attempts of cars to run them over.
The Board of Grain Commissioners laboratory in Winnipeg reports the 1943 western Canadian hard red spring wheat averaged 13.5 percent protein. This is 0.7 points higher than 1942 and 0.2 points below the long term 17 year average. The analysis covers 5,645 samples across grades 1 to 4 Northern. Province figures show Manitoba 13.1, Saskatchewan 13.8, Alberta 13.1 percent with 1942 brackets.
A mixed recipe excerpt outlines cake batter with shortning, butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, orange raisin mix, and optional lemon orange fillings plus method and baking times. It also includes a wartime appeal for War Savings Stamps and a letter from Thelma Parker a seventeen year old from London Ontario urging nursing corps support.
The News Bulletin of the National Geographic Society reports potential quinine revival in South America with 700,000 forgotten quinine bearing acres in Colombia. The drug now sourced from Peru seeds carried abroad decades ago, not from the Netherlands Indies, reshapes supply lines.
The third Canadian National Railways hospital car, completed in CN shops, introduces major improvements over prior Canadian hospital cars. Developed by CN medical and mechanical staff with the RCAMC, it features interlocked beds, individual lamps, ash trays, call bells, and drop-side safety guards.
An advertisement claims Moone s Emerald Of provides rapid relief from severe foot pain and swelling. It urges readers to obtain a bottle at drugstores, promising pain disappearance within minutes after several applications.
Tpr T Montgomery of Minne dosa Manitoba seconded to drive Tea Car 1052 for Canadian Y M C A War Services overseas. In October he served 8 210 men across ranges overlooking the North Sea on four day schemes and other routes, travelled 621 miles, handed out 34 pounds of biscuits and dispensed over 225 gallons of tea to troops.
A collage of light quips and banter from stage and street scenes. Jokes about marriage and money mix with social quips like a butchered theater of manners. The page offers puns on dough and rise, a shop floor exchange, and a flirtatious private moment, all captured in a quick host of lines.
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