Farmers To Benefit From Surplus Seed
Regina reports a surplus of registered seed due to European exchange issues. The Canadian Seed Growers Association promotes a campaign to educate farmers on the value of pedigreed seed, from foundation stock to elite seed, and explains how small purchases can improve crop quality and yield premium prices.
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Regina
Europe
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
Dominion Plant Products Division
Plant Products Division
Canada
Low numbered licences for Manitoba motorists
Winnipeg reports that Manitoba will issue 1950s motor licence plates with low numbers. Plates will run 1A1 to 1A999, 2A1 to 2A999, up to 9AN99, then repeat with B, C, and D series until demand is satisfied. Police and owners prefer easy to remember numbers.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Sam the Procrastinator in Kitchen Meditations
A comic vignette features Sam the procrastinator who delays chores to tomorrow. His wife Sarah endures his laziness as he jokes about fixing a pantry latch a rainy day and resting when weather turns cool. The verse repeats similar lines about avoidance and liking rest over labor.
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Sam
Sarah
Beef exports rise after embargo lift in 1948
Exports of dressed beef and veal to the United States from August 16, 1948, to year end totaled 84.7 million pounds, about 169470 carcasses of 500 pounds each, plus 241,380 head of beef cattle for slaughter and feeding. No exports in 1947 due to strict regulations. The Fiji Islands number 200 to 250, with 7083 square miles of area.
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United States
Fiji Islands
South Pacific
Australia
Crossword Puzzle Clue Fragments and Odd Terms
A scrambled crossword style read lists clues and partial words including references to samarium symbol Sm and the phrase Whatgory, with entries like To undermine speed, Restora tion king, and Ancient Scottish tax. The text mixes incorrect spellings and garbled clues across numbers 1 through 52 with scattered definitions.
Saskatchewan Weekly Editors To Meet At Saskatoon Aug 11-12
Annual convention of the Saskatchewan division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers association will be held in Saskatoon August 11 and 12. A judges committee from Manitoba weekly papers will be selected to judge Saskatchewan competitions. President T. E. Scriver and Walter Ashfield were appointed delegates to the CWNA board meeting at Ottawa February 22-25.
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Saskatchewan
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Saskatoon
Regina
Manitoba
T. E. Scriver
Walter Ashfield
Ottawa
S. J. Dornan
Alameda Dispatch
Wolseley News
Gerald Humphrey
Nokomis Times
Grenfell Sun
George Lancaster
Melfort Journal
Alan Bock
Battleford Press
John Pinckney
Rosetown Eagle
Floating Islands With Custard in Sherbet Glasses
Beat 3 egg whites to stiff. fold in 6 tablespoons sugar. Drop into 2 cups scalding milk to make meringues and cook five minutes. Lift carefully and chill. Use milk for stirred custard with 3 yolks replacing 2 eggs. Pour cold custard into sherbet glasses and top with meringues and colored sugar or nutmeg.
Small Family Steamed Pudding Recipe Note
A compact recipe for a small family steamed pudding uses suet sugar egg flour baking powder milk and grated apple with salt. The batter is steamed about one hour then served with lemon sauce. The note adds a historical aside that the first U S oil well was drilled in 1859.
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U.S
Pioneer Days Newspapers Mock and Chronicle Frontier Canada
Saskatoon Sentinel of Aug 9 1884 scolds a complaining reader with blunt cures and jokes about prairie life. The Saskatchewan Herald at Battleford notes 1878 mail routes and dog trains in winter. Reports tell of horse theft robbery a mad traveler and a bison party dragging telegraph wires near Fort MacLeod.
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Saskatoon
Saskatoon Sentinel
Chicago
Montreal
Sentinel
Saskatchewan Herald
Battleford
Pelly
Victoria
Fort Saskatchewan
Edmonton
West
Fort MacLeod
Early English rail use and coal roads through centuries
The article notes wooden rails in 12th century England and lasting use beyond modern railways. It also mentions coal roads and cars appearing in the 16th century per British Railroads.
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England
Stitch King Stewart and scoring feats mark NHL season
Detroit defenseman Jack Stewart endures 230 stitches in his face in a long NHL career. Maurice Richard nears N HL scoring records, hitting 200 goals in 308 games and aiming to surpass Nels Stewart's 323. Doug Bentley Night planned by Chicago fans as he enters his tenth Hawks season. New York Rangers start with seven rookies in a January 20 game versus Montreal, a potential modern-era record.
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Jack Stewart
Detroit Red Wings
NHL
Maurice Richard
N.H.L
Canadien
Nels Stewart
Stewart
Howie Morenz
Aurel Joliat
Yesteryear
Doug Bentley
Chicago Black Hawk
Chicago
The
Hawks
Doug
Sideliners
Tomahawks
Nazcars
New York Rangers
Montreal Canadiens
al Stanley
Fred Shero
Nick Mickoski
Pentti Lund
Dane Fisher
Clint Albright
Jackie Gordon
School Boys Dye Hair To Start New Style, Madison
In Madison Wisconsin high school boys dyed their hair in bold colors to launch a new male hair style. School officials and parents protested while the boys insisted they would not change quickly. A spokesman said the dye is cast.
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Madison
Wisconsin
British Licence Holders Reach Ninety-Two Thousand Six Hundred
World happenings brief notes 1948 year end figures show 92 800 Britons held television receiving licences, up 10 400 from November. Canada reports 68 103 new dwellings completed in first 11 months of 1948. India plans factories for liquid hydrocarbon synthetic ammonia and penicillin.
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Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Fisherman Yeager Visits Vancouver After Eight Years
Art Yeager, a longhaired and bewhiskered fisherman, steps into Vancouver for his first look at the big city in eight years. He remarks on the lights and asks about the celebration as passersby bustle around.
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Vancouver
Art Yeager
Fluffy sweaters get lighter with vinegar rinse
A home care tip advises adding two tablespoons of vinegar to the final rinse to make sweaters light and fluffy as if new.
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