All That Glitters A Kidnap Tale In A Mountain Cabin
Tamar is abducted by Louie the Rat after a highway hold up and ferried to a remote cabin. The captor bonds her with fear, taunts her, and demands ransom while she plans escape and hopes her father and ally Ranny realize her disappearance. The scene ends with her forced to write a letter to her father as the night deepens.
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Tamar
Cricket Hill
Tahlahneka
Georgia
Ransome Todd
Louie
Thea
Ranny
Fettens
Maris
Therese
Break For Chinese Seamen Wins Wage Increase and Benefits
Chinese seamen aboard British merchant ships receive about two thirds more pay and improved working conditions after negotiations between the Chinese Ambassador to Great Britain and Britain's Ministry of War Transport. The new wage rises from about $23 to roughly $31 a month.
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Great Britain
Ministry of War Transport
Alaska Geological Maps Limited to 4,071 Squares
Detailed geological maps exist for only 4,071 of Alaska's 584,000 square miles, leaving vast areas unmapped. The figure highlights gaps in regional geology coverage, with implications for resource exploration and geologic research across the state.
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Alaska
Clothes Rationing Touches Madame Tussaud Figures in London
Wartime soap and clothing controls hit Madame Tussaud's wax figures. Three new models Sir Stafford Cripps Gen MacArthur and Archbishop William Temple await outfits as ration points and cash are needed. Figures like Voltaire Budge Churchill and Marshal Timoshenko already wear attire. Soap shortages reduce grooming routines while liquid soap replaces solid bars.
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Madame Tussaud
Madame Marie Tussaud
England
France
Louis XIV
Stafford Cripps
MacArthur
William Temple
Canterbury
Bernard Tussaud
London
Board of Trade
Voltaire
Donald Budge
Churchill
Marshal Timoshenko
Lobster Grabs Fisherman in Strait of Nova Scotia
Charles Beaver of Halifax area, while hauling lobster traps twenty miles east of Halifax, reeled in an 18 pound lobster. The creature clamped his wrist during the lift and dragged him into the water until a nearby fisherman rescued him.
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Charles Beaver
Halifax
Beaver
Gardening Thinning and Summer Care for Pines and Flowers
The article urges thinning crowded seedlings to ensure mature growth and strong plants. It explains July cultivation benefits for flowers and vegetables, notes minimal ongoing work, and covers garden pests with poison or burning sprays. It advises whale oil soap mixtures and insect repellents for aphids and recommends Bordeaux Mixture or sulfur for fungal issues.
All-Bran Cereal Ad Claims Better Way Diet
An ad touts All-Bran as a favorite cereal due to a “better way” from Kellogg's London Canada. It warns against laxatives and advises regular consumption with water, noting availability at grocers and restaurants in two sizes or individual servings.
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Kellogg's
London
Canada
Anna Fortin
Jonquitre
Quebec
Not His Worry
A coastal Alabama farmer boasts to a Northern friend about thick trees and enormous deer antlers. When pressed how the antlers fit, the colonel retorts that it is their business, highlighting pride and humor in a rustic exchange.
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Alabama
Selected Recipes for Eggs and Sour Cream Sauce
Break eggs into a double boiler and blend with sugar corn starch mustard salt and paprika. Add corn syrup then beat until smooth. Stir in sour cream cook until thickened then add vinegar and simmer ten minutes. Strain and jar. Do not cover until very cold. Yield one pint.
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Benson's
Canada
Sour Milk Whole Wheat Muffins Recipe
A vintage recipe for muffins using sour milk, whole wheat and Crown Syrup. It lists 1 cup all purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 3/4 tsp salt, 1 cup whole wheat flour, 1/2 cup Crown Syrup, 1 egg, Mazola. Mix dry ingredients, add wet ingredients, bake in hot oven to yield 12 muffins.
Home Course in New Ballroom Dances promotes learning at home
A Winnipeg Newspaper Union notice advertises a 32 page booklet teaching fox trot waltz rumba tango and more with simple diagrams. It invites readers to send 15 cents coins to obtain Home Course in New Ballroom Dances by mail from Winnipeg Manitoba including name address and booklet title.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Humorous Quips and Jokes From Daily Life
A collection of light cartoons and barbed one liners. A black stoker jokes about being at sea while the ship circles yesterday. A neighbor’s Airedale helps tulips bloom. A memory quip about names faces and a missing third item. A pair of marriage quips about compromise and rightness. A tease about doctors bills and mothers sighted faults. A punchy exchange about employment and dinner plans.
Radios For Lifeboats On Large American Merchant Ships
Washington orders that every American merchant ship of one thousand tons or more be equipped with at least one portable radio on lifeboats to aid castaways and reduce open-boat tragedies amid modern submarine warfare. TNT production relies on totuol from by product coke ovens as a principal raw material.
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Washington
Printing Plant for Sale in Manitoba and Regina
Well equipped weekly newspaper and job printing plant for sale in a well located Manitoba town. Cylinder press job press linotype and all accessories included. Old established newspaper can be purchased at a reasonable price as a going concern. For particulars price and terms address Box 326 Regina Sask.
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Manitoba
Cylinder Press
Job Press
Linotype
Regina
Sask
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Royal Fns
Home Service
Dan
Smith
Stoker
Jones
Naomi
Frank
Paris
Bobby
Henry
Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Smith
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