A Kiss In Time Ends In Fiery Cowboy Attraction
In a Fort Walla Walla tale, Tom Van Vranken, a Snake River cowboy, woos Marian with a bold vow to marry after a homestead. After jealousy erupts over Tom kissing Eva, Marian realizes her own love and urgency, begging for a passionate kiss to seal their reckoning.
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Fort Walla Walla
St. Louis
Jean Tom van Vranken
Snake River
Marian
Tom
Sally
Dan’s
Eva
Cook Charlie
Charlie
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Moone's Emerald Oil Promoted as Skin Remedy
A Canadian advertised antiseptic claims MOONE'S EMERALD OIL provides relief from itching skin troubles including eczema, scalp itch, and dermatitis. It is marketed as easy to use, penetrates deeply, and has helped long standing cases. sold by druggists nationwide.
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Canada
Moone
Drugelata
D.D.D
Trout fingerlings thriving in man made lakes at Drumheller
In Drumheller Alta the trout fingerlings planted at Andy Anderson's farm nine miles west are wintering well. An official from the Drumheller Fish and Game association noted good feeding and excellent water conditions maintained by ice holes. Water erupted as an air hole was made. Last autumn fishermen harvested nine and ten inch trout to thin the stock.
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Drumheller
Alta
Andy Anderson
Drumheller Fish and Game Association
Winkler Budget Shows Surplus in 1953 Operations
A council meeting in Winkler Manitoba heard H S Friesen present the 1953 budget showing a surplus of 1317.99. Tax collections fell short of the levy by 3655.81 but 630 from tax title property and increases in tax reserves plus a 370 decrease in accounts payable left the village cash position about the same as year end 1852.
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Winkler
Man
H. S. Friesen
Alaska highway maintenance across northern Canada
The Whitehorse army headquarters oversees a 1 200 mile highway from Dawson Creek to the Alaska border. Civilian crews man 17 maintenance camps with repeater stations, schools, chapels and theatres forming remote communities. Since the war, the route has been rebuilt with new steel bridges, including the 1600 foot Consack span and a 0.8 mile nine-span bridge costing about two and a half million dollars.
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Alaska
Dawson Creek
Whitehorse
H. W. Love
C.B.E
C.D
Northern Enterprise
Canada
Consack
Grande Prairie Herald-Tribune
Iron Ore Deposits Look Promising in B C
A new iron ore outcrop at the south end of Horne Lake 100 miles northwest of Victoria shows >40 percent iron. Seekers Howard Purkis and A G Karop of Qualicum Beach plan diamond drilling after snow melts. Vancouver Island remains a strong iron source with Argon mine near Campbell River already yielding 2,000,000 tons and another 2,000,000 in reserve. Zeballos hosts the richest ore on the island.
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Victoria
Horne Lake
Here
Howard H. Purkis
A. G. Karop
Qualicum Beach
B.C
Vancouver Island
Argonaut
Campbell River
Japan
Texada Island
Zeballos
Treherne 4-H Beef Club Wins Manitoba Trophy for 1953
Treherne 4-H Beef Club crowned Winnipeg Livestock Exchange Trophy winner for 1953 with 968 points from 1000. Boissevain close second at 958. top teams include Basswood 941 Turtle Mountain 922 Neepawa 918 Ninga 905. 88 clubs marketed 1045 calves for $192000 total. 90 percent graded A or B. Club led by Eric Green and Doug Harp. 18 members completed project. 18 calves sold at Glenboro rally. calf vaccination advocacy noted.
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Treherne
Manitoba
Boissevain
Basswood
Turtle Mountain
Neepawa
Ninga
J. F. Muirhead
Eric Green
Doug Harp
Glenboro
Provin
Home Workshop Pattern 405 for a secure gun rack
The pattern shows a three gun rack with adjustable wooden pegs for level positioning, hinged arms that lock when the drawer closes, and a vertical rack with a padlock for a single gun. Pattern 405 includes cutting, assembling and finishing instructions. Price 35c.
Pattern 344 wooden wheelbarrow and garden feature
The item describes a wooden wheelbarrow with a fourteen inch by eight inch hopper for light garden chores and decorative use. It notes a numerals pattern on wood, a miniature cart as table decor, and includes full size patterns with directions. Five garden feature patterns in Lawn and garden figures Packet offered postpaid for $1.50. Mentions a Regina exhibition and local community efforts led by Ernie McCausland and George Wright.
Funny and Otherwise Funny and Otherwise
A collection of light jests and quips with punchlines about hats, mothers, midgets, school life, recruits, surgeons, courts, barbers, police, lodge dues, politicians, and family mishaps. The snippets showcase a variety of humor styles and ethnic humor typical of a midcentury newspaper joke page.
A Striking Achievement in Canadian Health Insurance
The Joint Committee on Health Insurance reports rapid growth in Canada with five and a half million insured for hospital costs, nearly four million for surgical expenses, and about three million with medical expense protection. Growth since the 1940s continues, driven by insurers, Blue Cross plans, and medical associations, while doctor and hospital relationships remain unchanged.
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Joint Committee On Health Insurance
Canada
Blue Cross
Saskatchewan Landing Historic Site Proposed Park Plan
The Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee Committee accepted a plan to develop Saskatchewan Landing as a historic site. A park near the Landing Bridge would involve Swift Current Kyle Leinan Stewart Valley and surrounding rural municipalities, preserving a Mounted Police post house and artifacts from Indigenous and settler life. Markers would note the Battleford Trail crossing here and its southern terminus in Swift Current.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee Committee
Saskatchewan Landing
Fred McGuinness
Jubilee Committee
Jim Greenblat
Swift Current Sun
Saskatchewan Landing Bridge
Swift Current
Kyle Leinan
Stewart Valley
Jubilee Historic Sites Committee
South Saskatchewan
Former Gold Town on Vancouver Island Turns Lumber Town
ZEBALLOS BC once a booming gold camp now thrives as a lumbering and trading hub. Since mines closed years ago, earnings dwindled and the population fell from about 2000 to 400. The district lies 40 miles northwest of Estevan Point lighthouse shelled by a Japanese sub in World War II.
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Zeballos
B.C
Vancouver Island
Estevan Point
Saskatchewan Spring Forage Crop Program features low prices
Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister announces the 1954 spring forage crop program with unusually low prices and new mixtures. Hay and pasture mixes are up to 60 cents per acre cheaper, Ladak alfalfa offered at extra cost while Reed canary grass is reduced to 88 cents per pound. Complete details available from Agricultural Representatives and Municipal secretaries.
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Saskatchewan
Lights At Sunnybrook Welcomed By Residents
Sunnybrook Alberta residents welcome electric street lighting as Canadian Utilities Limited extends lines from Sheerness and Rose Lynn. The new high line improves convenience and comfort in the hamlet.
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Sunnybrook
Alta
Limited
Sheerness
Rose Lynn
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By Carol Ely Harper
Jfashions
Department P.P.L. Anne Adams Pattern Dept
Front Street
Toronto
Yukon Territory
Alaska Highway
Souris Plaindealer
Souris Elks
Souris
F. E. Cullen
Bill
Willen
Virden
Mrs. Cullen
Brandon
Brandon Athletics
Cullen
Big Six
Beef Club
March of Dimes
Rural Life
Boissevain Club
Ernie McCausland
George Wright
Hollywood
Rastus Jackson
Sask. Landing Historic Site
Saskatshewens
MacDonald
Les Carroll
Paw
Maia
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