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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 01, 1947
Page
14
Anne suspects a secret about her husband Tom after finding a memo about pink violets for Nancy. Bessie advises caution while Anne vows to uncover the truth at Tom's office, as Nancy’s violet gifts hint at a hidden family connection.
A fifth season camp on Lake of the Woods invites children ages 8 to 18 for interdenominational Bible study, archery, canoeing and crafts. Girls Camp runs July 2–30 and Boys Camp July 30–August 13 with a $2 registration and $13.50 weekly fee including boat fare from Winnipeg.
A saying notes shell color misleads about yolk color. The true yolk hue depends on feed and farming practices, not shell tint.
Weyburn Saskatchewan two farmers walked out of a cafe after balking at a $1.75 price for two poached eggs. The proprietor chased them to explain the menu seen on the counter was from Hollywood's Brown Derby nightclub by accident.
Joanna Chown, 23, Toronto-born wife of an English army officer, calls a Toronto article insulting English girls malicious nonsense. She says Canadian ex servicemen returning to England would not see English women in ragged workwear and calls the piece unfair.
Dress pattern advertisement by Anne Adams promotes Pattern 4977 for a slim, long line shirtfrock with gathers for ease of movement. It lists sizes 34 to 48, yardage for size 36, and instructions, with order details to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept. in Winnipeg.
The flea, a famed jumper, measures about one tenth of an inch in length but can box leaps of eight inches upward and thirteen inches sideways, astonishing observers.
Federal game officials warn of a 30 percent fall in continent wide duck numbers and urge careful use of the bag limit. They discuss quotas for 1947 with provinces, stressing nesting success and sportsmanship to prevent waste and further declines.
Selected instructions describe making a 19 inch pie shell from corn flakes with sugar flour butter and peanut butter plus a honey corn flake muffin recipe. It includes quantities steps and oven temperatures for both items yielding 19 inch pie shell and 12 muffins.
Ottawa reports W. J. Cairns of the Eastern Ontario Boards of Trade says 300 British industries are ready to move to Canada as soon as buildings are available. He notes firm assurance from British manufacturers and urges eastern Ontario to attract their settlements.
In a U S whisky manufacture case Joshua faced a judge who quipped about making the sun stand still. The man retorted he made the moonshine, but the joke did little to help his not guilty plea.
Basic instructions for British Columbia readers on constructing a funnel shaped plaster cistern in a cellar. Step by step guidance covers excavation, wall plastering with cement mortar, two coats for waterproofing, cement wash finish, bottom layer, overflow drain via a 4 inch tile to a nearby ditch, and a 1150 gallon capacity for the illustrated size.
In Ajax Ontario a burglar stole two diamond rings worth 800 dollars from the home of W. B. Bennett as Mrs. Bennett and her daughter slept nearby. He paused to make toast using butter from the family refrigerator before fleeing.
Roy A. Gibson, deputy commissioner of the Northwest Territories, posed a dilemma about whether Eskimo families may pool their family allowances to purchase a hunting boat. The Northwest Territories council met publicly for the first time in 42 years and reached no decision.
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