September 27, 1958
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KLONDIKE! The strangest gold rush in history
By the winter of 1897-98 one hundred thousand men endured agony and often death to pass the icebound approaches to the Klondike. Gold had never pitched men’s passions so high, and it never will again
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BACKSTAGE WITH CANADA’S AIR DEFENSE
How good is our radar warning? Here are hits and misses
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Is the UNITED APPEAL too bigor big enough?
Next month Canadians will give more than ever before to community chests. Behind the efficient fund-raising machines there’ll be some nagging questions. Has charity grown too efficient and impersonal? How many individuals and firms give through fear and business pressure?
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Mailbag
Mailbag
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Why the Amish want no part of progress
In a fertile corner of Ontario six hundred Amish relatives of the Pennsylvania Dutch tend their tailored farms without machinery and live by rules laid down in 1525. Envy us? Not at all—and here are their reasons
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The streets of Canada: Water Street
The oldest street on this continent was claimed for Elizabeth I in 1583, sacked three times by invaders, and has no monuments left but epic memories. Yet its power over St. John’s and Newfoundland still stands
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Editorials
Requiem for the sack dress
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The man behind CANADIAN TV’s MOST FAMOUS FACE
A million Canadians watch Larry Henderson read the news each night at ll. Here’s a backstage look at the ex-Shakespearean who “looks as though he knows more than he’s telling”
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