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Newspaper

Springfield Leader

Location

Springfield, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Jun 29, 1954

Page

7

The Way Out By Morris Arthur Cunningham

On a westbound train Dan Bryce guards Jed Sanders, a robber wanted for murder. A chance crash traps them with a dying killer, and Bryce contemplates justice, family, and an uncertain escape as the car collapses around them. The scene shifts between remorse, danger, and the glint of a grim exit.

Morris Arthur Cunningham Dan Bryce Bryce Dan Martha Sawyer Loganstown New York Jed Sanders South Pole Sawyer Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate

Expansion forecast for Manitoba regional growth

Minister C E Greenlay outlined a plan to expand southeastern Manitoba through new mines, forestry and fish resource maintenance, agriculture, and opening new areas. The program includes Falcon Lake park, forest reserves, Pine Falls mill capacity, a Falcon Lake summer townsite, and enhanced transport roads.

Ani Manitoba Falcon Lake Sandilands Forest Reserve Lac du Bonnet Manitoba Paper Company Pine Falls Greenlay Prairies Sandilands Greater Winnipeg Catfish Creek Ste. Anne U.S Victoria Beach Whiteshell Winnipeg River Antonia Rice Lake

Shade and canopy patterns for home workshop designs

Pattern 345 offers saw lines for shaping window slats and door canopies with flexible roofing material. The Homestead Improvement Packet includes five house features, priced at $1.50 postpaid or 35 cents for single patterns 345 and 400. Pattern 308 and 400 show silk screen framing. six patterns total for $1.50, from Home Workshop Pattern Service, Vancouver BC.

3400-Year-Old Remains Found Near Mortlach Saskatchewan

Archeologists in Saskatchewan announce 3400 year old remains unearthed four miles east of Mortlach. The find shows a primitive hunter gatherer culture on the western plains around 14th century B C, with seven occupation layers and artifacts including bone fragments spear tips and skin scrapers. A full scale dig will begin under government and university collaboration to study early Western Canadian civilization.

North America Saskatchewan Mortlach Canada J. H. Brockelbank Natural Resources Justice E. M. Culliton University Laboratory Saskatchewan Research Council K. J. McCallum J. W. T. Spinks Jubilee Committee Department of Natural Resources Department of Mineral Resources Government Industrial Laboratory A. I. Bereskin Boyd Wettlaufer University of New Mexico Provincial Geological Laboratory Allan Hudson Shirley Lyon University of Kansas Alfred Johnson Miss Lyon Mr. Johnson United States Wettlatter Wettlaufer Besant Yuma Mordlach Moses Egypt Mmennon Seige Troy

Canadian Textiles Mills in Small Towns Form Bulk

More than 700 primary textile mills operate across Canada with about one third located in towns housing fewer than 5 000 residents. The concentration highlights a rural footprint in Canada’s textile sector.

Canada

Manitoba road program on track despite spring delays

Public Works Minister William Morton announced Manitoba's record road construction plan could finish this year, despite unfavourable spring weather causing delays. More than $18,000,000 is to be spent on roads before winter.

MAN Winnipeg William Morton Manitoba

Simon Fraser establishes Northwest Company post at Prince George

Simon Fraser founds a Northwest Company post in 1807 at the site that would become Prince George in British Columbia. The location marks an early fur trade foothold in the region.

North West Company Simon Fraser Prince George, B.C

Neighbors Help Carmen Farm in Quick Plowing Aid

Twenty four men with twenty one tractors plowed and seeded the quarter section farm of Guy Snider, who had recently been in hospital and could not plant. The combined operation took only a few hours.

Carmen Man Guy Snider

Fire destroys barn. makeshift shelter built for cattle

Harold Jacobs lost his barn to a 6:30 am fire at Horseshoe Lake Alta. By nightfall neighbors supplied lumber and erected a temporary barn to house the cattle rescued from the blaze. Separately, a note recalls that when the United States Military Academy opened in 1802 it enrolled 12 cadets.

Horseshoe Lake Alta Harold Jacobs Jacobs United States Military Academy

Pelican Drops Fish On Highway Stuns Driver Nokedom

Farmer Frank Greenfield of Nokomis recounts a roadside incident when a pelican dropped a large fish onto the highway as he drove. He notes there were no game wardens nearby and that the fishing season had not yet opened.

Nokomis Sask Frank Greenfield Frank

Copper arrowhead found by boy in Ontario cave

Bruce Gibson a 12 year old from Old Arrowhead Little Current Ontario crawled into a small cave hoping to see a fox. He found a copper arrowhead which was turned over to the local historical society for preservation.

Bruce Gibson Bruce the Historical Society

Skunk disrupts elevator work at local mill

A skunk wandered into the Foster ton elevator pit on a Saturday, rode the cup belt and spout, then sprayed the walls when grain buyer moved to remove it. The incident forced open doors and several rounds of disinfectant while no one was injured. The skunk died on scene.

Fosterton

Origins of the word soap tied to Sapo hill near Rome

The term soap is believed to derive from Sapo hill, a sacrificial site near Rome, Italy. This etymology links early cleansing substances to ancient ritual practices and places tied to Roman tradition.

Sapo Hill Rome Italy

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Sanders Martha Sander C. E. Greenlay P.P.L West Fifth Avenue Vancouver B.C Churchill Jfashions Department P.P.L Anne Adams Pattern Dept Front Street W Toronto Wally Aus Co.ltd Canadian Textiles Sy Les Carrol Historic Post Duke of Edinburgh Cowdray Park Macdonalds AGIN Olds Skunk Meme Benson's Iery Te Araeae Tos Dane Ashley Home Service Department THE Canada Starch Company Benson
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