The black iron monster that was the Great Eastern steamed with dread and disaster across the North Atlantic nearly a century ago, wrecking lives, high hopes and fat fortunesBy Peter Davidson17 min
THE COUNTRY lay under a thick white coverlet of snow, and it was lovely stuff, fresh as eggs right from the hen. On one corner of the cleared intersection was a general store, old as the hills, built here when both the roads were dirt. On the other, cater-cornered across, was the gas station of Joe Foster.By PAUL ERNST16 min
Christmas has a smell to it, the perfume of pine making the whole world bright and shiny. That was why you couldn’t make a Christmas tree out of a poplar or Miss Thomas’s old rubber plantBy JEAN HOWARTH16 min
WHEN young Antoine Rivard went to his father, the late Mr. Justice Adjutor Rivard, and told him that he had decided to handle a murder case, the elder Rivard was shocked. The 104-year-old law firm of Rivard, Blais and Gobeil had never handled a criminal case before.By FRANK HAMILTON14 min
With his “invisible divisions” of 370 millions Eugenio Pacelli, Pius XII, 262nd Pope of the Church of Rome, has launched an all-out fight against the forces of materialismBy NERIN E. GUN13 min
Going to shows every day can be risky. In Vancouver critic Gilmour got a hotfoot. He cooled off enough to toss the year’s bouquets and brickbatsBy CLYDE GILMOUR12 min
Got a turnip? Some axle grease? A gift problem? Let Largo show how you too can whip that Christmas crisis. But you follow his system at your own risk!By JOHN LARGO10 min
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