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75 Years Ago

April 5, 1951

A little of this and that: Wanted . . . A sure-fire cure for the hives. Ye olde editor would be most grateful for any

March 29, 1951

A little of this and that: The egg of the week . . . One of Mrs. H. N. Hodgins’ Gray-rock Hens laid an Easter

March 22, 1951

A little of this and that: Isn’t it the truth . . . It happened during a discussion in one of the Shawville High School

March 15, 1951

A little of this and that: Spring or something . . . Whatever it was, Bill Thomson made a trip out West and arrived home

March 8, 1951

A little of this and that: Speaking of spring . . . A female mosquito can produce 159,875,000,000 offspring in one year. Thought of the

March 1, 1951

A little of this and that: Orchid of the week . . . To ourselves from Mrs. Pearl M. Hodgins, of Semans, Sask., who writes:

February 22, 1951

A little of this and that: A Long Turning . . . The Pickanock Road from Shawville to Charteris was so chopped up Tuesday that

February 15, 1951

A little of this and that: The weather . . . Saturday morning John Hitz’s thermometer at Ladysmith registered 52 below, according to Walter Smith.

February 8, 1951

A little of this and that: No place for a man . . . Is a clothes line in an apartment building as we discovered

February 1, 1951

A little of this and that: Mammoth on the job . . . A huge rotary plow, purchased by farmers of Stark’s Corners, which will

April 5, 1951

A little of this and that: Wanted . . . A sure-fire cure for the hives. Ye olde editor would be most grateful for any assistance along this line. Something new . . . Is being added to Reinke’s Hardware

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March 29, 1951

A little of this and that: The egg of the week . . . One of Mrs. H. N. Hodgins’ Gray-rock Hens laid an Easter egg on Easter Sunday that measured 7 x 8 1/2 inches. Thereby hangs a tale

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March 22, 1951

A little of this and that: Isn’t it the truth . . . It happened during a discussion in one of the Shawville High School classes, when the subject of roads arose. Up pipped a youngster with this: “If there’s

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March 15, 1951

A little of this and that: Spring or something . . . Whatever it was, Bill Thomson made a trip out West and arrived home sporting a brand new moustache. Offer of the week . . . To every new

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March 8, 1951

A little of this and that: Speaking of spring . . . A female mosquito can produce 159,875,000,000 offspring in one year. Thought of the week . . . No one has learned the meaning of life until he has

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March 1, 1951

A little of this and that: Orchid of the week . . . To ourselves from Mrs. Pearl M. Hodgins, of Semans, Sask., who writes: “I had thought at one time I would have them discontinue the paper as it

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February 22, 1951

A little of this and that: A Long Turning . . . The Pickanock Road from Shawville to Charteris was so chopped up Tuesday that a visitor to Charteris had to come all the way back to Shawville to get

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February 15, 1951

A little of this and that: The weather . . . Saturday morning John Hitz’s thermometer at Ladysmith registered 52 below, according to Walter Smith. At J. M. Argue’s lumber camp in the Lake Dumont area the low is unknown.

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February 8, 1951

A little of this and that: No place for a man . . . Is a clothes line in an apartment building as we discovered the other day. Bringing in the clothes for the better half we had just finished

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February 1, 1951

A little of this and that: Mammoth on the job . . . A huge rotary plow, purchased by farmers of Stark’s Corners, which will blast snow drifts as high as itself—six feet. There’s a reason . . . If

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