Saskatchewan snow removal gear readies 8000 miles of highways
The Saskatchewan Department of Highways has 110 snow removal units valued at 1.4 million dollars to keep about 8000 miles of provincial highways open this winter. The fleet includes 11 rotary blowers and various V-plade and wing-equipped trucks, with 259 to 300 workers under eight district engineers. Daily road reports keep agencies informed.
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Saskatchewan Department of Highways
Saskatchewan
Srategic
Highways Department
Regina
Geoffrey Chaucer Named Poet Laureate in England
Geoffrey Chaucer became the first English poet to hold the title of poet laureate after receiving a royal grant in 1389. The grant included a yearly allowance of wine as part of the honor.
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Geoffrey Chaucer
England
Two Free Patterns From Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book
Our readers can obtain two patterns printed in the ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft book. The ad touts dozens of other designs for home use and personal projects. Readers are invited to send 25 cents to receive a copy of the book.
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Alice Brooks
Warts and the charm of cures across medical views
A Dr Roy Kile speech to the American Medical Association cites suggestion as a wart cure, while critics argue hand crafted folk remedies like horse hair and stump water outperform modern diathermy and gentian violet. The piece contrasts professional methods with barnyard lore and notes skepticism toward psychotherapy as wart treatment.
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Roy Kile
American Medical Association
Stephan Epstein
Epstein
Huckleberry Finn
Insect Display Added to Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History
The Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History adds an insect display featuring a giant three foot grasshopper replica and mounted specimens. It explains metamorphosis respiration and anatomy on large cards while highlighting pest species that damage timber, clothing, wheat, roots, and annoy cattle including bark beetle and warble fly.
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Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History
Imaginative Wrappings for Christmas Gifts
Imaginative gift wrappings glamorize ordinary presents like handkerchiefs stockings or a hammer. A simple method using sasheen ribbons creates a durable magic bow that stores for busy days. The two color version combines colors to form a chrysanthemum effect on parcels.
Christmas Bow Craft and Gift Sentiments
Christmas themed craft instructions describe making decorative bows from satin ribbons, including carnations daisies and poinsettias. The piece weaves in a sentiment about the gift of Jesus, urging quiet reflection on the first Christmas Day while guiding practical bow-tying steps.
Custom of giving old in England at Christmas
A brief note traces a tradition of Christmas gift giving to England. It mentions kissing rings hung in great halls during the knights era, decorated with mistletoe, where knights and ladies exchanged Christmas roses as tokens of affection before evolving to other gifts over time.
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England
Michigan Claims Longest Coastline in United States
Michigan has the longest coastline in the United States, with a 3121 mile shoreline. The expanse rivals the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida in overall length.
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Michigan
U.S
Maine
Florida
Funny and Otherwise Quips in a Pocketful of Jokes
A collection of humorous exchanges and quips from varied settings. A marine sergeant questions how cleaning a rifle relates to the rifle’s number. A bookshop scene reveals a child eavesdropping and delivering sharp lines to customers. Jokes cover sales pitches, teaching rhetoric, and domestic life with a string of witty one liners.
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Asie T
Jones
Christmas Date Determination By Early Church Leaders
The article recounts how Christmas was originally a movable feast and how St. Cyril of Jerusalem, with Pope Junius I's permission in 337 A.D., formed a commission to fix Christ's birth date. Theologians eventually established December 25 as the universal date, celebrated since 354 A.D.
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St. Cyril
Jerusalem
Junius I
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