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Sources:
The Masked Jury segment comes from the Winnipeg Daily Tribune in 1942.
Elizabeth Thompson’s Winnipeg Free Press Columns
See more of Thompson’s Personal Problem columns here: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/diversions/ageoldadvice
Leighann C. Neilson, Erin Barkel. “‘The Gift that Starts the Home’: Marketing of the Hope Chest in North America” Vol. 19 (2019): Exploring Identity Building: Marketing History as an Instrument of Transformation
Neil Collishaw, “History of Tobacco Control in Canada” No Smoking Canada (2009).
The Canadian Encylopedia, History of Marriage and Divorce.
Kristen Douglas, “Divorce Law in Canada”, Government of Canada Law and Government Division (2001)
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