Across the Island - 1971
Could Snow Plows Fight Real Winter -- The Old, Really Bad Winters -- Set Pattern For Present Columns -- May Be Really Good Comparisons -- The Two Best Winters Ever -- Whale Column Reaction Good -- Supervises Insane Cage -- Swallow, Or Throat, Is Small
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148 Inches Snow Fell In 1922-23 -- 60-year Average 108.5 Inches -- Many Cattle Perished -- Field Kitchen At Emerald -- Windows Broken, No Heat -- Final Game At Moncton
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Snow Fighting Tales Interesting, Exciting -- Telegraph Poles Were Buried -- No Bed In Three Weeks -- Frank Tinney – H.E. Moore -- No. 39 Got Through -- Two Men Were Killed -- Method Was ‘Also Dangerous’
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Island Storm Stories Colorful, Interesting -- Experience Recalled In 1923 -- Beautiful Sun, Looked Like Spring -- Stuck On Wellington Hill -- Meeting Snow Fighters Recalled -- ‘Passing Places’ On Sides Of Roads -- Tunnel To House, Covers Well
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1925-26 Winter Seen Really Big Snow Year -- An Impressive 154 Inches -- Other Observations Noted -- CMBA Hall Cellar Dug -- Hampshire Man Was Killed -- Railway Contract Let In 1871 -- Sleighing On June 3
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Column On Springs Reverses Seasons -- About Springs He Has Known -- Water For Locomotive -- Mineral Spring In Douglas Area -- Spring At Hazel Grove
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Mail Is Interesting, Ontario Man Writes -- Lived In Middleton -- Stanfield Underwear, Red Label -- People Were Kind And Happy -- Neighbor ‘Magic” Word -- 1,000 Men Shoveling
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Bill Halfpenny’s Feats Recalled -- Feat Attracts Wide Attention -- Vaulters Excel As Athletes -- A ‘Great Natural Athlete’ -- The ‘Most Modest’ Athlete
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Old Car Prices Were ‘Different’ -- Extras Included -- Low Interest Rates -- Only Seven Months? -- Model A Ford Prices -- 1930 Nash Sedan At $175
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Car Prices, Weather Marks, High Wages -- Roadster At $495 -- My First Car Ride -- The Hottest Day Recalled -- Reading Since 1910 -- Experts And High Pay
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