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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 03, 1957
Page
2
A humorous scene opens with a mild man meeting someone, a clerk handling a blank cheque, and a butcher with a clever price joke about a hen. A second vignette shows a sleepy professor answering a phone call that doubles as a number pun about eleven.
An intoxicated elderly man was struck by a car and awakened thinking he faced a police third degree. He confessed to using an alias but insisted he had not committed a crime. Police report minor injuries and note the man complained of the force used.
The author analyzes campaign spending after the federal election, noting over half the budget funded weekly Saskatchewan newspapers. He credits Kett Cooper of Cooper Advertising Agency for media analysis and praises the fair coverage given to the party. He anticipates an upcoming provincial convention and plans future use of weekly columns to raise party interest.
Mayor Leopold Carriere accepted Lachute as the 143rd Canadian centre with house to house delivery during ceremonies. The event marked the official start of carrier service despite an odd note about a hyena that laughs when in search of food.
D F Corney of Saskatchewan Fish Marketing Service says the agency and Department of Natural Resources co-ordinate a winter harvest of tullibee from the Qu Appelle lakes. About a quarter million pounds are sold to mink ranchers in western Canada for feed, aiding lake management and promoting better game fishing lakes. The Sun, Grenfell, Sask. October 30 1957.
A cluster of lighthearted notes from Prairie and Yukon communities shares jokes, odd sightings, and local milestones. Highlights include pumpkins on a single vine, a errant driver leaving a wife behind, a dog with buried garlic sausage, coyote tail tricks, record duck hunting, birthday and anniversary notices, and a warning about newspaper misprints. Canada and Australia are cited as sparsely populated large countries.
The Sudbury Star discusses a protest by peach growers against a marketing board that mandates sales channels and prices. It questions government control over business hours, inter provincial trade, and consumer access, warning democracy freedoms are eroding as welfare state measures grow.
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