Orchid Gift Reveals City Dilemmas and Truth
In a tense city apartment Melanie faces poverty hospital bills and a moral test after finding Mrs. Marble's purse with twenty dollars. A mistaken theft fear haunts her until a grateful donor explains the purse was lost and the money returned. Kip's orchid gift arrives as a hopeful sign.
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Baelaine Singeret
Kip
Melanie
Mrs. Marble
Melaiie
Charity
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Origin and meaning Manitoba place names history linked
Manitoba names reveal Cree Ojibway and Sioux roots with translations such as Muscuskow Sipi Grass River and Manitou meanings. Many towns honor explorers governors and settlers, including Hayes River after Sir James Hayes and La Verendrye from Pierre de la Verendrye.
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Manitoba
Grand Rapids
Saskatchewan River
Grass—River
Hamiota
Renee
Pacenr
Hayes—River
Radisson
Sir James Hayes
Prince Rupert
Hudson's Bay Co
Hochstadt
Raleida
Keewatin
Kississing
Lac du Bonnet
la Riviere
Alphonse Alfred Clement la Riviere
la Verendrye
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes
Sieur de la Verendrye
P.O. Issa
Miniota
Assiniboine River
Minnedosa
Wardrobe Patterns Offer Child Sizes For Easy Sewing
Advertises Pattern 4643 by Anne Adams for children's clothing in sizes 2 4 6 8 10. Describes blouse jacket jumper skirt and overall with adjustable closures and long shirt tail. Includes illustrated instructions and yardage details. send 35 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. 60 Front Street West Toronto.
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P.P.L
Anne Adams Pattern Dept
Front Street W
University of Saskatchewan Develops Well-Fleshed Turkey Strain
The University of Saskatchewan poultry department reports a ten year inbreeding program on bronze turkeys yielding a well-fleshed moderate turkey. Patrons L H Sanderson of Piapot donated the original birds. The new stock shows uniform type and weight with females 12 to 14 pounds and males 18 to 22 pounds. Breeding stock may be available in fall 1955 after one final test year.
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Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
Profesor W J Rae
University
L. H. Sanderson
Piapot
Rats Cause Major Food Loss in Greater Vancouver
Dr. Stewart Murray, medical health officer, says rats in Greater Vancouver consume or damage about $1,000,000 worth of food annually. He urges residents to help reduce the rodent population.
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Vancouver
Greater Vancouver
Stewart Murray
Canadian livestock and milk outlook for 1955 remains mixed
The forecast predicts little change in 1954-55 prices for most livestock except hogs, with export demand and larger supplies guiding outcomes. Meat consumption should rise modestly as population grows, with pork surging and beef dipping. milk production to rise only slightly in 1955, butter and dry milk steady, and dairy exports steady. Egg and poultry markets show little change, tied to U S prices and demand, with turkeys improving if 1954 production tightens.
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United States
Canada
Saskatoon Records No Traffic Fatalities This Christmas
Saskatoon completed a fall year without a traffic fatality within city limits on Christmas Eve. The last death occurred in 1953 when an elderly pedestrian was struck while crossing. With a population around 50 000 the city is believed to be unique among similarly sized Canadian cities.
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Saskatoon
Rodent Vectors Seen as Livestock Infection Source
Saskatchewan's provincial veterinarian Dr. T. V. Johnston warns that rodents, especially rats, are a major infection source for livestock. He stresses rodent control is as important as controlling the diseases they carry to protect animal health.
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Regina
T. V. Johnston
Saskatchewan
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R. K. Kent
Morden
Alvey Morden
Bruce County
Ontario
Nelsonville
Mountain City
Turkey
Beggs and Poultry
Fleischmann
Fleischman Mes
FaSr
Les Carrell
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