Barry Graham Faces a Summer Choice at Denner's Cove
Barry, during his first college vacation, longs for a better paying shore job at Denner's Cove to keep an eye on Kent and the houseboat. He contemplates entering a swimming contest to win the prize and stay near the water, though he doubts his readiness and hesitates to commit. Kent urges him to enter and train, while Barry weighs time constraints and family duties.
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Barry Graham
Denner’s Cove
Barry
Jesse Kooling
Kent
Skipper
Kent and Barry in danger on empty cove waterway
In a tense scene Kent, stranded on a floating houseboat, signals for help as Barry dives in to rescue with Towboat Tom absent. Skipper the dog whimpers, Barry fears failure if Kent cannot swim to safety, and Kent teases his brother despite the perilous delay.
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Barry
Kent
Tom
Big Brother
Canadian Scene: Makers of everyday feats and local tales
A collage of Canadian vignettes from Listewell to Val d Or, noting John Doig’s joy at restored walking with artificial legs, a bylaw barring shorts in Val d Or, feats like George Stasciuk swimming Lake Manitou, and Sapper Delmer’s postwar plaster cast. Other items include a Hamilton visitor landing a bass, a snow pile mistaken for winter, a rooster bylaw petition in Mount Forest, and heartwarming fund news for 9 year old Betty Halloran supported by the Pictou Highlanders. Additional notes report land clearing plans for veterans, J P Riley’s coastward wagon trek, a 96 year old obituary, and a tax collector’s resignation in Leeds.
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John Doig
Listewell
Ont
Val d'Or
Que
George Stasciuk
McElhanny
Sask
Lake Manitou
Nick Delmer
Daysland
Alto
John McBride
Hamilton
Howdenvale
Palot Mound
Man
Mount Forest
Mason
Cedar Brae
Newmarket
Cypress Hills
Moir
Pictou
N.S
Betty Halloran
Guysborough County
Sussex
N.B
King’s County
Peace River
Spirit River
Grand Prairie
J. P. Riley
Ponoka
Alta
Vancouver
Riley
David Coultis
Forest
William
John
George
Alfred
Joseph
Leeds Township
W. L. Sliter
Weighing Hogs Hog Scale for farm use and weight estimates
The hog scale, designed for weighing pigs on farms, helps hog raisers estimate weight with accuracy. Dominion Agriculture livestock fieldmen are stationed in provinces. Contact senior representatives in British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba for price, supply, and purchase terms.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
British Columbia
T. G. Stewart
Credit Fencier
Vancouver
Alberta
N. Curtis
Bloney- Henry
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
J. H. Coles
Post Office
Regina
Manitoba
J. Norquay
Dominion Public Building
Winnipeg
Two Irishmen Plan Pistol Duel In Comical Standoff
Still in a humorous tale, two Irishmen arrange a pistol duel. The stout man objects that his broad frame makes him a larger target and suggests standing twice as far from the lean opponent. A helper offers a chalk solution to adjust the lines.
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Bedad
Unclear insect lore and tiny beasts span nature notes
A collage of natural history notes describes spore pests and biological control myths, insect eye structures across species, bees and honeycomb geometry, the dragonfly’s 30 000 lenses, shrews’ high metabolism, and a Camp Billie Bear observation of a shrew eating many earthworms, highlighting remarkable animal adaptations.
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John Lubbock
Jeremy Taylor
Pappus
Alexandrine
Ontario
Billie Bear Nature School
War memory mix and mound project cited in Canada war era notes
Gen MacArthur praises British Army glory in occupation era remarks while Canadian notes report Manitoba Museum workers excavating a mound about 100 by 80 feet. Fisheries data show over 80 million pounds of fish landed in June valued around four million dollars. A Quebec paper criticizes a young protest group for War Memorial opposition as Shawinigan Falls editorializes on freedom.
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Gen. MacArthur
Japan
Manitoba
Eastern Fisheries Division
Maritime Provinces
Shawinigan Falls
Standard
Shawinigan
Les Jeunes Laurentians
Recipes When the Boys Come Home Punch Party Cookies
A home entertaining guide for returning servicemen suggests punch and cookies as party staples. It includes two punch recipes Royal Punch and Hawaiian Punch, plus a cookie recipe Jubilees using cereal, jelly, and a meringue topping, with preparation steps and yields, and a tea grape juice punch mix for serving.
Strange Relations in Uranium’s Naming and Discovery
The article reflects on how the element uranium, central to atomic research, was named by Martin Klaproth after Uranus. It notes his rise from apothecary to professor, and contrasts him with his son Heinrich Julius, a famed Orientalist. It mentions Herschel’s planet discovery and Mars observations, and hints at uranium’s later impact on Japan and world history.
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Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Pitchblende
Uranus
William Herschel
Mars
Klaproth
Berlin
Danzig
Royal Artillery
Heinrich Julius
St. Petersburg
Japan
Science
New York Sun
Vitamins in milk protected by patent process grant
A process of manufacture to protect vitamins in milk was among the 450 patents granted by the United States Patent Office.
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The
United States Patent Office
Nationalized Chinese Share Distribution Mentioned
Fragmentary line notes a nationalized Chinese entity distributing something in equal shares among parties. Details are unclear due to damaged text but indicates shared distribution.
International Body Proposal To Establish Machinery For World Peace
At the opening session of the United Nations Preparatory Commission in London secretary Gladwyn Jebb of the British foreign office proposed an international secretariat to build technical machinery for keeping world peace. The executive committee includes delegates from Australia Brazil Canada Chile China Czechoslovakia France Mexico the Netherlands Iran Russia the United Kingdom the United States and Yugoslavia.
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United Nations Preparatory Commission
Commission
London
Gladwyn Jebb
British Foreign Office
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Czechoslovakia
France
Mexico
Netherlands
Iran
Russia
United Kingdom
United States
Yugoslavia
Florence seizes French paintings tied to Goering gift
Italian news agency Ansa reports Florence authorities seized a collection of French paintings valued around one million dollars allegedly given by Hermann Goering to a Florence collector in exchange for Renaissance works. The seizure aims to determine the ownership of the disputed pieces.
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Ansa
Florence
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
Cezanne
Renoir
Manet
Pattern 4656 Fall shirtwaist neckline refresh
Pattern 4656 offers a new neckline on a classic shirtwaister with optional yoke and collar. Pattern 4655 comes in women sizes from 24 to 50. size 36 needs 3 1 2 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 20 cents in coins to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
N Union
McDermot Ave
Man
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Liniment
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