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Challenge of the Yukon: Parson Shorty Meadows

Challenge of the Yukon · October 8, 1948 · 29 min · 5,180 words

The transcript of “Parson Shorty Meadows”, an episode of Challenge of the Yukon first broadcast October 8, 1948. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Thanksgiving Radio plays Challenge of the Yukon free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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And now as gun shots echo across the wind, swept snow-covered reaches of the wild northwest, Quaker Pupweep and Quaker Pupweep, the breakfast cereals shot from guns, present the challenge of the Yukon. It's Yukon King, swiftness and strongest lead dog of the northwest, placing the trail for Sergeant Preston of the northwest, mounted police,

in his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers. Gold, Gold discovered in the Yukon, a stampede in the Klondike in the wild race for riches, back to the days of the Gold Rush, with Quaker Pop Wheat and Quaker Pop Rice bringing you the adventures of Sergeant Preston and his Wonder Dog Yukon King as they meet the challenge of the Yukon.

Say, did you hear the news? It's terrific. Listen, Quaker Pop Wheat and Rice, the swell tasting Quaker Pup, Weed and Rice, the swell tasting ready to serve breakfast cereal shot from guns are offering you the chance of a lifetime.

You've an opportunity to win a bike! Not an ordinary bike, but a Schwinn-built deluxe auto-cycle. It's the world's finest bike. It's fully equipped to and worth over $79. There are models for boys, models for girls.

Right now, I'll get pencil and paper ready. Get set to hear full details in just a few minutes. Sarah Miller was a determined woman, as her husband, Jed, who ran the trading post well knew, and the people of Selkirk were fast finding out.

When Sarah decided that Selkirk needed spiritual guidance to overcome the influence of the Nugget Cafe, she formed a committee and set about to raise funds for a small meeting house. One day, Sarah triumphantly faced the members of the Church Company who had been called to meet at the trading post.

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