Revenge at Dinner Turns Deadly Mystery
A former graduate revisits a long friendship and discovers his fiancée betrayed him, then hatches twenty year revenge. In a Chicago hotel restaurant he poisons Ted Lawson but the plan backfires as Ted reveals he anticipated betrayal and confesses a suspicions of the narrator. The allegory ends with the killer realizing nothing will matter.
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Ted
Susan
Rhode Island
Chicago
Ted Lawson
Illinois
Theodore Lawson
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Barbecue Frankfurters Quick Recipe Card
Combine ground beef milk salt and pepper shape into balls and brown. Simmer meat in mixture and bake until done, makes 16 meat balls. For barbecued frankfurters split eight franks brown and cook with the meat sauce.
Lezg Cake Recipe Step by Step
A biscuit style cake recipe lists 2 cups sifted cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 1/2 cups milk 1 teaspoon vanilla. Sift dry ingredients thrice. Cream butter and sugar until light. Beat in egg. Alternate flour and milk to form batter. Bake in two greased pans at a moderate oven.
Alexandria Egypt Founded in 331 BC
Alexandria in Egypt traces its founding to 331 BC. The brief note records the ancient city’s origins and mentions the historical year associated with its establishment.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Anne Adams Pattern 4571 for Women Sizes 12 to 42
Advertises pattern 4571 with sizes 12 through 42 and 3 percent yardage for size 16. Offers illustrated instructions and flat ironing design features. Requires 25 cents and full name address and style number to be sent to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Inc
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Miner Loses Temper and Finds Gold in Australian Mine
In Kalgoorlie Western Australia Sam Halit a gold miner lost his temper and swung his shovel at a rock spur in a mine shaft. The blow fractured the rock triggering a surprising discovery of gold hidden within. Local authorities reported no serious injuries.
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New York
Sam Halit
Kalgoorlie
Western Australia
Sam
The
Australian News
Weather contrasts in June and March in verse
The piece notes June ran 2.2 degrees cooler and 21 percent cloudier than normal per the weatherman. A poet asks what makes a day in June rare, with Webster’s reply that rare is nearly raw, and the answer points to a March day.
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Webster
Duck season outlook favors Western Canada hunts in 1947
Ducks Unlimited director Albert W. Day sent recommended dates for the 1947 U.S. waterfowl season to state game commissions. He indicated possible reductions in season length and bag limits from 1946, with an estimated duck population of about 26 million, well below 1946 levels.
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New York
Canada
Prairies
Albert W. Day
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Day
United States
Brave Youth Saves 9 Year Old Boy From Drowning
In Duncan British Columbia sixteen year old Eddie Schmid leaped fully clothed into the Cowichan River to rescue nine year old Peter Hastings who cried for help while bathing with companions. He ignored his clothing and boots, battled the current, and brought the boy to shore. Duncan citizens urge Royal Humane Society recognition.
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Brave Youth
Duncan
B.C
Eddie Schmid
Cowichan
Peter Hastings
Schmid
Royal Humane Society
Ontario Apple Harvest Forecast Increases Amid Overall Losses
The Ontario Agricultural Department announced preliminary crop estimates showing a 30 percent rise in apple production to 1,000,000 barrels this year. It notes poor fruit set in pears plums peaches and cherries due to a cool wet spring and inactive bees during bloom, causing setbacks.
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Toronto
Ontario
Ontario Agricultural Department
Elevator Etiquette When Crowded Give Way Promptly
A guidance note advises a man to exit first during crowding to ease passage for others. It recommends letting a lady go first only if feasible and stresses avoiding blocking people behind. The tone is instructional and practical.
Boom Town of Leduc Rewrites Rural Alberta Life
Leduc Alberta becomes a boom town as oil wealth reshapes farming life. Farmers gain varied royalties, some prosper with mineral rights while others receive only lease payments. Polish Ukrainian French and Swedish families persevere, religion anchors the community, and derricks replace wheat fields as oil dominates daily life.
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Leduc
Alta
Alberta
Canada
Poland
Edmonton
New Enamel Promises Long Lasting Auto Finish
A St. Louis maker introduces New Enamel applied with a powder puff. It dries in an hour and will not streak crack fade chip or peel for at least two years according to the manufacturer.
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St. Louis
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