Lauritz Melchior Marries Former Secretary In Hollywood Hills Ceremony
Opera star Lauritz Melchior, 74, wed his ex secretary Mary Markham in a poolside ceremony at his Hollywood Hills estate. The Danish-born tenor and his bride wore Danish wedding attire and a Solvang Danish community gifted cake. Pastors and guests included Jane Powell and five hundred attendees.
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Lauritz Melchior
Mary Markham
Hollywood Hills
California
Solvang
Franz Obit Land
Jane Powell Sanz
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Paul Markham
Poultry Promotion and Egg Weight Facts Recalled
A nostalgic note urges poultrymen to educate the public about eggs weight and price. Eggs cost about 38 cents per dozen and should weigh over 42 ounces per dozen. The piece stresses eggs are sold by weight and highlights nutrition and economic value of poultry products.
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Eges
Bets Won and Lost in the Thirties Liberal and Poised Farm Bet
Fragmentary OCR notes describe numerous bets between a Liberal and a Progressive farmer in the 1930s. One entry mentions a $10 wager glued to a brick and nailed to a tree as proof of the stake.
Tea grading myths and basic brew rules
A concise explainer on how tea grades work clarifies that orange pekoe is not a separate tea but a grade. It notes leaf shapes vary by grade and that all true black tea comes from the same bushes. Brewing produces the expected dark color across grades.
Plush life drives Canadian home decor fashions
Notes from Madeleine's Journal describe a rise in luxury home decoration influenced by Spanish and Mediterranean waves. Plush fabrics dominate textiles, draperies, and upholstery with vivid colors, rich textures, and modern finishes. Canadian mills produce cotton, viscose, nylon blends offering crease resistance and flame retardance.
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Fabrica
Seta
Industrial output and payroll costs in Canada figures
The text notes average payroll costs of fringe benefits per worker per year with values around 472 and 895 dollars, mentions about 31 or 202? and references Canada’s first steamship to cross the Atlantic. It also gives sector shares: primary industries about 26 percent of value, manufacturing 55 percent, and construction 19 percent.
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Sanadars
Montreal Holds Second Place in Air Movements
Aircraft movements show D cuperate with $2,541 in 1962. It was the fourth straight year that Montreal held second place.
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Montreal
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