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The Doclopedia #2,240
Small Town Secrets: Wilfred Corners
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Wilford Corners looks like most other small villages in the northeastern United States. The “downtown” consists of a gas station, general store, cafe, town office, sheriff’s office and a bar. Surrounding that are the elementary school, about 30 houses and a small park. Outside of town are mostly farms and the sawmill. The high school and the hospital are both 18 miles away in Dunbary.
The small town secret of Wilford Mills is that the town was founded by a madame and 6 prostitutes back in 1751. It was a good location, being on the crossroads to several towns where such a place might not be tolerated. The ladies of the house started out living in tents during the summer, but many men traded their building skills for services rendered. To explain the new house at the crossroads, the ladies assumed the identities of the widow Wilford and her 6 daughters.
Soon, area women began bringing them food and such. After a couple of years, a few other houses were built. This would have placed a serious cramp on the brothel business, but enterprising gentlemen cut a path through the woods to avoid using the roads. Still, after about another year, the brothel closed down and the ladies opened an inn. It was very popular and all of the ladies eventually married and, in some cases, opened other businesses.
In 1780, on her 70th birthday, after a bit too much wine, the madame confessed to about 30 partygoers exactly how the town got started. This being a good Christian town, it was hushed up and never spoken of again.
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The Doclopedia #2,241
Small Town Secrets: Albert
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Way up in northern Manitoba, you’ll find the very small town of Albert. Just 90 people live there and it is at the end of a 12 mile gravel road. It is so small and peaceful and out of the way that law enforcement only drops in to check on things twice a year. In recent years, they’ve just started calling in on the radio.
The town seems to be self sufficient and the people pay their taxes, so the Canadian government doesn’t think much about them. Fact is, Albert isn’t even on most maps.
And that is just fine with the 90 citizens of Albert, because none of them are from this planet. They are, in fact, a team of scientists who go out and study the natural world of that part of Canada. They’ve been doing it in various locations since 1900. Albert started off in Quebec then and has moved west twice. In 2035, they’ll move over into northwestern Saskatchewan.
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