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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 05, 1945
Page
3
Helen Knowles confronts Bob Newbold on her wedding day as doubts press about Lloyd Tyson and the Tysons cold smugness. The Tysons’ grand home becomes chaotic when Helen learns her trousseau and gown have vanished, prompting a police call and questions about timing and trust.
A bride-to-be Helen discovers her fiancé Bob has secretly stolen her wedding attire to prove a point and to win her, while her mother helps orchestrate the plan. In a parallel Canada section, small-town notes share quirky local bets, old tales, and editorial musings on postwar housing and planning.
Scientists at Toronto Hospital for Sick Children confirm spruce branches used in 1536 by Jacques Cartier’s crew contain vitamin C in amounts more than twice that of oranges. The finding ties historical oral knowledge to modern nutrition research and highlights the enduring value of indigenous plants.
Food Minister Liewe Nin dismissed mystery in world food shortage and outlined four key causes. First, farm labor shortfalls from Allied army call-ups. second, fertilizer shortages due to ship scarcity. third, droughts across Australia New Zealand South Africa South America and the Caribbean. fourth, higher demand from military forces and liberated countries where production fell under German occupation.
London announces a £50 prize by the Royal Society of Arts for any British or allied inventor who creates a publication or diagram advancing navigation science or practice, dated from January 1 1940 to December 31 1945.
London Ontario opens a Special Telephone Room with three booths for disabled patrons. One large booth with double doors accommodates wheel chair users, enabling independent calls. A second booth supports patients with arm or shoulder braces for easier instrument use.
A historical note describes Luther Burbank cultivating chestnut trees that bore nuts when six months old and only a few inches tall, illustrating unusual early fruiting.
Health League of Canada urges rapid and prolonged artificial respiration after drowning or electric shock. Emphasizes starting quickly, continuing up to six hours or more, using the Schaefer method, ensuring airway, warmth, and proper positioning. Highlights cases of revived victims after hours and six key action points for rescuers. Also notes Dorothy Colley of Guelph winning best policewoman revolver trophy.
Pattern 4549 offers a button front open cut dress with short, three quarter and cap sleeves. Available in sizes 14 through 42, size 16 uses 3 yards 35 inch fabric. Send 20 cents in coins for the pattern to Anne Adams Pattern Winnipeg. Due to mail delays, delivery may take longer than usual.
A Milwaukee bus driver faced no trouble guiding passengers to the rear as a boy released garter snakes from a shoebox. The reptiles slithered toward the back exit, prompting a quick, orderly evacuation of the bus.
A few years ago a patent was granted for canned pancakes that are neatly roasted and arranged in the container much like asparagus stalks. The invention envisions convenient ready to eat cakes preserved in a compact stalk pattern.
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