Homemaker tips and recipes from northern Ontario
A community column shares New Year resolutions for homemakers and presents tested recipes from trusted readers. Featured are fudge cake, bran muffins, princess cake, and more, with a note on improving meal planning and presenting attractive tables. William Manson is appointed president of a Canadian Pacific Trailway panel with HQ in Montreal, after long service in western provinces.
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Canadian Pacific Trailway
Montreal
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CPI
Vancouver
Hultah Columbia
Canadian Pacific
Labour shortage to hit Canadian farms this spring says government letter
A forecast by Vigilant government authorities predicts a tighter labour market this spring with shortages in Canadian agriculture. Ministers Howe and Mitchell urged employers to plan for 275000 workers, expand shifts, and use available skilled labor to fill vacancies. German prisoners may serve on farms through winter and possibly into summer, easing farm labor needs nationwide.
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Ottawa
Mitchell
Howe
Tony Fe
Mhow
Thwan
Arthur MacNamara
Dominion
Germany
Hest
Canada
Defence
Abbott
Alberta
Ontario
Manitoba
Argentina Regulates Harvest Labor With Four Meal Rule
Argentina's new harvest labor code sets work from sunrise to sunset and requires four meals daily. Breakfast includes cheese and meat, lunch has soup and stew with vegetables, a 4 PM tea break features mate, and a copper receives a cup and meat stew. Wages range from 2 to 3 dollars per day depending on role.
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Buenos Aires
Acton Notes Twenty Years Ago Reminiscence
A collection of Acton memories recalls past winters and local pastors. Vancouver born Swan dies in Acton after serving Ontario and western parishes. The Wayne county gathering in Michigan discusses Acton life and housing. Skating party by United Church Young People and Knox Church marks a social night. Birth notices list Kentner girl in Cissorgetown and Charles H. Scott in Esquesing Township.
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Vancouver
Ontario
Old Methodist
Church Street
Acton
Artl
Michigan
George Wer Soon
Grand Teapids
Mich
Cooks
Young Peoples League of the United Church
Knox Church
Australia Plans Major Food Shipments to Britain
Canberra reports Australia will boost wartime food aid to Britain with 1,000,000 cases of canned fruit next year and 900,000 pounds of egg powder. Canneries start apricot, peach, and pear harvests by December, while existing offers of pulp and shell eggs remain in place.
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Canberra
Britain
Australia
Beltish
Wager
Whirkeind
Sydney
Ministry of Food
Commerce
Scully
Commonwealth Food — Control
Tomatoes and Peas Favored Vegetables in War Era Widespread Use
A study by the American Can Company finds tomatoes leading canned vegetable consumption in 1910-11 with Americans eating 6.5 pounds per capita. Green peas follow at 5.8 pounds and corn at 3.0. The report notes total per capita canned vegetable intake rose from 25.43 pounds in 1910-11 to 20.94 pounds in 1920-21.
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San Francisco
American Can Company
Beer ruin at Truro damages freight cars
A freight car carrying 18 000 quarts of New Brunswick beer bound for Nova Scotia liquor stores was damaged when struck by another train at Truro. Beer and broken bottles spilled on a railway siding, but most of the 1500 cartons were salvaged.
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Saint. John
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CPY
New Brunswick
Nova
Stotlaquor
Truro
N. S
Jeweler Reports Whopper Lemon From Florida Tree
Thompsonville jeweler Wallace Marek recalls finding a lemon growing on a tree he brought from Florida last year. He says it grew indoors during frost and now reaches three and a half feet tall with a nearly five inch diameter fruit.
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Thompsonville
Mass
Wallace Marek
Jean
Florida
Speedy seeders plant grass on 160 acres in 35 minutes
In Greendale Speedy seeders cut planting time dramatically as former service pilots use a pilrine to sow mixed grass seed across 160 acres in 35 minutes. Merlin Johnson reports the method would have taken hours with an old fashioned drill.
Canada’s Pett Sees Pill to End Meals But Warns of Dangers
Dr Pett, head of nutrition in Canada’s health department, says a hunger-relief pill could theoretically replace meals but would be too bulky to swallow and impractical. He notes diet costs and incomes affect access to adequate food, especially for those earning under $1,000 yearly, and praises pressure cooking for nutrient retention.
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Main Street
Hob
Ginger Farm
Bob
Ottawa
Canada
Drobp. Pett
Direcor
Dro Pett
Pert Sant
Pett
Winnipeg Dogs Honor Soldiers as Canine Sergeants
In Winnipeg the 12th Manitoba Dragoons mascot Cavaat is joined by Sgt Caesar and Kaput as official troops’ dogs. Caesar wears three chevrons and medals. Kaput reflects wartime service and corroded dogs. The piece celebrates canine companions shared by Canadian forces in wartime.
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Winnipeg
Ccp
Sgt
Caesar
Cavaat
12Th Manitoba Dragoons
Hoaka
France
Geremany
Hale Land
Revolutionary Phonograph Pact Brings Home Concert Clarity
A London record company announces a new recording system and a revolutionary Reamaphone. The duo, under a new autom ated standard, claims to reproduce concert hall clarity and definition for home listening, enabling symphonies to be heard as if in a live venue.
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London
Fing
England
Atated
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Cisorgetown
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Esqaresing Township
Chas. H. Scott
Speedy Seeders
Saya Canadians
United Kingdom
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