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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1945
Page
4
Owen and Martha navigate domestic life while he plots a high stakes plan to catch a burglar. A neighborhood jewel thief targets small shops, and the case inspires Owen to publish a personal ad to trap a suspect, culminating in an arrest and a plan to reward Martha with a hat and a jeweled spider pin.
A collage of small items from across Canada including Yorkson's 700 pound shipment earning $68, a gift of 240 pounds of honey sent overseas by Orono women, a Maple Creek strikeout tirade at an amateur baseball game, and a La Salette accident that cost Kaith Milmine both hands. It also notes church anniversaries, a Barnwell grain elevator repaint yielding a free stucco job, a backyard bear catch by Bowen of Cranberry Lake, and community rehabilitation talk in Wynyard. Additional items cover veterans’ reestablishment, Pierre Trudeau style reforms, and local acts of cooperation from Killarney to Herbert and Tobermory fish tales.
The magician Houdini’s brother Theo Hardeen died at 69 in a New York hospital after an operation. He inherited Houdini’s tricks who specified they would die with Hardeen, a pact Houdini arranged, keeping the methods secret for 19 years.
Premier John Hart announces proposed extension of the provincially owned railway from Prince George to Dawson Creek in the Peace River district, filing plans under the Railway Act to advance the project.
Before the war Java alone housed more than 500 rubber industries, reflecting a robust regional industry before global conflicts altered production and trade dynamics.
The Lethbridge Herald argues for more frequent house painting to brighten Canada. A Seville tale about yearly color application shows neighbors bear the result of shabby homes. Herald frames urged beautification as residential uplift, not a paint dealer boost.
New England coastal historian Edward Rowe Snow says he located a treasure laden pirate ship in 14 feet of water about 45 miles off Provincetown at the tip of Cape Cod. Divers Al and Bill George reportedly brought up coins from the sunken craft, first surfaced in 1879 during a prior search.
A simple tea time cookie recipe using dates or raisins, orange zest and corn flakes. Mix fruit with sugar and water heat to paste, cream shortening and sugar, add dry ingredients with water and flavoring, fold in corn flakes, chill roll cut fill seal bake 12 minutes at 425 degrees. Yield 36 cookies.
The report hailes multiple catches from Canadian waters and lakes. A 900 pound lake trout was found near Georgian Bay while a Hamilton fisherman at Sunny Bank retrieved a 12 pound pike. A 155 pound sturgeon yielded 35 pounds of caviar shipped to New York. Duncan Kerr from Port Alberni fought a 20 foot shark entangled in a sockeye gill net producing six fish boxes of liver.
The Egg and Poultry Market Report from the Dominion Department of Agriculture appeals to Canadian producers to maximize egg output and preserve quality for consumers. It notes global food shortages, Europe’s need for animal protein, Britain's rationing impact, and the heightened demand compared with wartime, urging no egg be wasted through spoilage or breakage.
The entomological branch of the agricultural department warns of a three year cycle peaking this summer as tent caterpillars spread from the Maritimes to Edmonton and beyond. Officials note pest numbers rise over three years then fade before the next cycle begins.
A successful father teaches his son two keys to success honesty and sagacity. He defines honesty as keeping one’s word after giving it and says sagacity means never giving it. The text notes the word madgeot comes from Provence and Gascony meaning luck for a household.
A 4000 ton five story structure was relocated successfully to a new site. The operation involved careful planning by engineers and crews to ensure stability and safety during the move.
Pattern 4546 offers a wrap and tie frock with no side seams in Junior Miss sizes 11 to 18. Size 13 requires 3% yards of 35 inch fabric. send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg. Note mailed patterns may arrive later due to slow delivery.
A selected herd of 109 purebred and grade Holsteins left Lin day Ontario over Canadian National Railways on a 4000 mile trip to Mexico City. The herd will be kept on the Guadalajara ranch of Jesus Gonzalez Callo, secretary to the President.
The article notes that more than two thirds of the empire's population is located in India, highlighting the subcontinent's vast demographic weight within the imperial domain.
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