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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 08, 1953
Page
11
A stocky man in an apron hires on as a soda fountain helper, while a younger man also answers the same ad. Tensions rise as a gun is drawn, a boss is tied, and the youths reveal they both sought the job. The scene shifts to a back room where a safe and hammer lie ready for a robbers’ haul.
Saskatchewan reports record visitor numbers for the first ten months and a 34.8 percent rise in October traffic. Minister J W Burton notes 19 598 foreign cars entered on traveller permits up to November 1, a 9.1 percent rise, with Canada as a whole also seeing a 20.6 percent October gain.
The 60 h.p. J S Case steam engine threshing outfit, once common in 1910, was revived near Wapella Saskatchewan after visits by 41 carloads of spectators. The boiler inspector approved operations with 135 psi. a museum piece future is planned.
The RCMP notes 176 horses for 4333 uniformed officers about 25 to a horse and reports easing conditions for their mounts. The report also mentions a new women’s hat style shaped like Everest, priced accordingly.
Two eggs beaten slightly with milk and salt are dipped with bread slices. Shortening is melted in a skillet. Dip bread, coat sides, fry until golden. Serve with jelly or preserves. Yields four servings.
In Rocky Mountain House Alberta a 600 pound black bear besieged a lumber camp run by Del Ackers. The bear damaged supplies and a storeroom door before a fire started in the cookhouse. Ackers, trying to defend the camp, was burned and the bear was shot when it returned a week later.
Prince Albert reports the Saskatchewan fisheries branch conducted a large stocking program this year. About 6.2 million pickerel fry and 5.625 million whitefish fry were released into numerous southern and northern lakes, with additional fingerlings and eggs of various species distributed across parkland and plains waters.
Chinese in Vancouver maintain an unusual dead letter office via the Chinese Times window. Mail undeliverable in Chinatown is posted for nine years, with about 2,000 letters delivered to recipients. only one or two exceed the one year limit and are returned to sender.
Mr and Mrs L L Haden visited Leslie Haden on November 11 and picked about a pint of fresh strawberries during a garden walk in Radville Sask banana belt context with local tone and names.
A collection of light hearted exchanges and scraps including a birthday gift quip about thirty dollars a wife with a black eye a joker and the clever father line a telegram love note with a fourth word and various club conversation bits All pieces revolve around marriage pay and everyday mishaps in a humorous newspaper tone.
Winnipeg researchers led by Dr J M Nesbitt report a two year old can of butter kept at 90 degrees still tasted fresh. The method uses sterilization and an oxygen free environment with an anti oxidant to preserve butter without refrigeration. Production could start by spring for remote camps and military use, with no expected dairy opposition.
Penticton British Columbia reports Chief William Krueger of the Okanagan Indian Reserve, age three, proudly notes his Ancient Order of Jaywalkers membership yet laments no street crossing rights. He recalls 1880 US Jay-walking bill granting reservations cross-border movement with household chattels, but notes limits on time funds and duties apply now.
After 25 years battling fires in Brooklands, the old red fire engine was put on blocks in 1950 and sold to a drive-in theatre to serve as an attraction for its outdoor amusement centre.
Eager applications from Medicine Hat staff show 30 applications and 170 inquiries after public school board ads in a London newspaper and a British teachers magazine.
A statement arguing that sponges constitute the lowest form of animal life is presented as a general claim without supporting context or details.
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