Nightly struggle for a bus seat ends with bakery cake
Hoskins endures a long postwork bus ride beside neighbor Toups as crowded cars push for space. A belligerent big woman corners him, yet a stray cake from a bakery offers a tiny victory before dawn. Toups vows to try again, both determined to secure seats tomorrow.
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Toups
Hoskins
Toup
Government Street
Mary
Lafayette Boulevard
Annie
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Canadians Give $56,000 For Coventry Cathedral
Canadians have subscribed the sum of $56,000 towards the reconstruction of Coventry Cathedral. The announcement was made in London by the Cathedral Reconstruction Fund Committee. The Provost Very Rev R T Howard called it a very satisfying result after returning from Canada with Basil Spence the cathedral architect and Rev C E Ross the Bishop of Coventrys Chaplain.
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Coventry Cathedral
London
R. T. Howard
Canada
Basil Spence
Trends In Farm Income By Unusual Method
Farm income and expense are best measured by comparing sales value of products with money spent on equipment and supplies. Keep a simple year end inventory and two accounts for income and expense. labor income is derived after inventory interest and home value adjustments. For details, contact the Experimental Farm, Brandon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Curling Stones For Canada Export Boosts Trade
A Scottish firm that has long supplied curling stones to Canada now exports about 3,000 pairs yearly valued around 100000 dollars. The shipments cater to growing Canadian interest in the sport and reflect a steady trade between Scotland and Canada.
Modern Cowboys Choose High Tech Saddles on Ranches
Cowboys across American ranches are adopting new gear including saddles with built in radios. The move reflects a trend toward greater communication and efficiency in remote cattle operations.
Seven-Mile-High Air Base Designed By N.Y. Engineer
New York engineer Morris Berman proposes a seven mile high dynamic tower to host jet takeoffs above the clouds. The $500 million structure would weigh 1,600,000 tons, be grounded on bedrock, and feature jets to counter strong winds. It would include a mid level city, an upper weather free zone for research, and facilities for training and ascent via pressurized elevators.
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Franklin Johnson
CPC
New York
New
Berman
Gustave Eiffel
Tower of Babel
Shinar
Central Press
Empire State
Pressent
Empire State Building
Appetizing Fish and Shrimp Canapes Guide
Step by step for canapes using bread rounds lightly buttered and colored cream cheese. Pipe green tint, arrange pink shrimp around edges, dust with parsley and egg yolk, place a stuffed olive center. Alternative layout uses four shrimp around the center and a top layer of parsley and yolk.
Jolly Jests Share Laughing Frays and Mixups
A string of light witticisms and miniature anecdotes unfold. A doctor dismisses illness as painless, a debtor laughs at past lives, a lift gate quip lands an insult with a sly reply, and a Canadian misreads a Thames tour. A shy son writes, a philosophy lurks in a nutty nutshell, and a boy at a public school sees numbers where home wants more.
Hanna Alta Builds On Steady growth in 1954
Hanna Alberta reports a mild building boom with new residences and business places taking shape. A town council member indicated at least 17 new homes will be built in 1954, with other major projects in the offing and growth expected to continue at a steady pace.
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Hanna
Alta
Churches Raise Record 1.401 Billion in 1952 Donations
Protestant and Orthodox churchgoers contributed a record total of 1 401 114 217 dollars to their churches in 1952, according to the National Council of Churches.
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National Council of Churches
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Mr. Hoskins
Rides
Jim Tolces
E Street
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
Doriess
Harchem
Whoroot Ltd
Ont
Dept
Brimms Plasti
J Fashions
Mana
Anne Adams
Airie Publishers
Ted
Front Street W
Toronto
Dodd
N.Y
U.S
Miss T Orna
Les Carroll
Captain Banks
Arctic
Lft
St. Lawrence
Richmond
Joshua
Hanna, Alta
Acta
Scott
Prairie
Scarth St
Regina
Sask
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