/ October 3, 1938 So the knock at the door, dear readers, was not that of A. and R. about to serve her both good news and her comeuppance of sorts (for having kept her own secret). No, it is a travelling salesman with samples of the 1939 model radios! J. loves radios. She is swept into the …
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Confidence Day
September 23, 1938 - 3pm and onwards Friday, September 23, 1938 Official Weather Forecast: Fair and Warm She heads downtown to the Vancouver Women’s Building to pick up the bill, and hopefully to meet some interesting women. She will also pop into Woodwards for groceries. So it is that, …
16,000 Possibilities
/ September 10, 1938 J. reads the headlines. 16,000 BC Properites to Go to Tax Sale - 16,000 properties all over British Columbia will go under the hammer within the next as the provincial government holds its first tax sale in six years…. "It is the largest list of tax sale lands in at …
Considering The Move
/ August 18, 1938 [HARDLY A day goes by without your seeing something that you'd like to see again--particularly the days of these summer week ends. A Kodak lets you have your wish. ] She finds this to be true. Almost every hour of this trip she has been longing to have a camera. She starts …
Half-Day Savings
August 3, 1938 Wednesday, Aug. 3rd, 1938 There is a big half-day sale on at the Bay today. She is going to go, but promises herself to only buy if it’s something J. really needs. She has to keep her priorities straight. The camera fund has swelled slightly — her aunt gave her $2 towards the …