Free Press Declines Liquor Ads Upholding Policy Since Early Times
The Free Press of Acton Ontario states it has refused liquor advertising for over seventy years. The policy, reaffirmed after inquiries from the Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association, rejects ads from brewers or distillers and favors support for groups aiding alcoholics and treatment centers. The editors emphasize duty to public welfare over funds and warn against publishing ads that promote drinking.
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Ontario Weekly Newspapers’ Association
Free Press
Diamonds of Canada Mystery Kept By Ice Age Trails
The Lac Ste. Anne Chronicle notes a rich Canadian diamond deposit with over a million dollars in gemstones. Tiffanys studied them, and after Dr. Alfred Kunz’s death new geology suggests the gems hail from glacial debris carried south by advancing ice from the Great Lakes to New York State region.
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Canada
Gem House of Tiffany and Co
New York City
Alfred Kunz
Tiffany's
Lake Michigan
New York State
Lake Ontario
Immigration as Canada’s Economic and Cultural Asset
The Peterborough Examiner argues immigration should not alarm Canadians. It notes 1951 census shows 2,059,911 foreign-born residents and asserts immigration fuels culture and all sectors of development. It contrasts 1913 intake with projected 1957 figures to support openness and growth.
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Canada
Cuntry
Ontario
Peterborough
Peterborough Examiner
Industry Means Industry From Within A Manitoba Study
The Manitoba Department of Industry and Commerce studied four rural towns Altona Boissevain Morden and Steinbach to see how local industries affect communities. In three towns internal startup industries boosted payrolls and local spending showing internal development benefits. Boissevain Dring Laminated Structures paid $131 601 in wages with nearly 10 percent of residents connected. Altona vegetable oil plant sent $1 350 331 in agricultural purchases in 1955 and paid $119 790 in salaries. Steinbach paid over $200 000 in wages in 1955. The report concludes Killarney can service industries but developing industry from within remains the best approach.
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Manitoba Department of Industry and Commerce
Altona
Boissevain
Morden
Steinbach
Manitoba
Red River
Killarney
The Reed of Curling in Souris 1957 Bonspiel
Through the years curling is defined by good sportsmanship good fellowship and good manners. A good curler balances skill with teamwork and temperance. Souris bonspiel players are wished a truly good time and success.
Haaland Named Hospital Plan Director in Saskatchewan
B H Haaland appointed executive director of the Saskatchewan Hospital Services Plan by Minister J Walter Erb. The Watrous resident succeeds Givn W Myers who resigned to take a federal Ottawa post. Haaland, educated at the University of Saskatchewan, served in World War II and led an RCA SO reserve company later, and has one child.
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Benjamin’ Haaland
Saskatchewan Hospital Services Plain
J. Walter Erb
Haaland
Givn W. Myers
Watrous
Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
Department of Public Health
Plan
Haaland Ia
ROASC
RCA SO
Regina
Fragmented quotes on fashion and tradition from various authors
A collage of quotes on fashion, custom, and truth from Mary Baker Eddy, Churchill, Thoreau, Santayana, and Montaigne. The text critiques fashion as shifting standards and warns against worshipping custom at the expense of truth.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Churchill
Thorean
George Santayana
Dimmernan
Montaigne
Attractive Signs Pattern 3 and Color Etch Frames
Pattern 3 demonstrates tracing exact color spots for decorative prints on wood to create static color effects. It explains how screen printing frames speed up decorating and includes Pattern 400 with frame directions. Both patterns 308 and 400 cost 45 cents each, or $1.50 postage paid in the Lawn and Garden Figures Packet from Home Workshop Patterns in Vancouver BC.
Dodd's Kidney Pills Claim to Restore Kidney Action
An ad touts Dodd's Kidney Pills for tiredness and general run-down feeling caused by excess acids and wastes. It promises improved sleep and work as the kidneys regain normal action and recommends finding the product in blue boxes with a red band at druggists.
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Dodd
One Yard 35 Inch Fabric Jiffy-Cut Apron Pattern
Anne Adams Pattern Dept offers a one piece tissue pattern for Misses' Medium aprons. Each style uses one yard of 35 inch fabric and includes applique transfer. Send 35 cents in coins with name address and desired style to the Pattern Dept Toronto.
ICRC Conventional Return Amid Conflicts
The ICRC remains the traditional returning agency in times of conflict. Founded decades ago, the organization emphasizes relief and neutral aid, operating through wartime deployments and humanitarian networks to assist victims and coordinate medical and logistical support.
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