The Red-Headed Girl and the Wandering Poet
A solitary poet leaves a cottage to Sophie Wedborne after war, naming Zoroaster the collie as confidant. Sophie keeps his verse and hair as she grows, while the aged poet returns on tour with a legacy of love for the girl who became the Red-Headed Woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoroaster
Richard Granvilles
Sophie Wedborne
Sophie
Granville
Judge Wedborne
Eprites
Eros
Zoroter
Viheeie
Urge Use Of Straw To Fertilize Soil
Saskatoon, Sask. Fifty million tons of straw are produced annually in Canada as a by product of agriculture yet much is abandoned or burned. A Canadian Chamber of Commerce booklet urges returning straw to the soil and increasing research into industrial and agricultural uses. Tests show straw residue from 16 bushels per acre could add about 60 pounds of organic matter per acre, improving fertility and reducing erosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Canada
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Chemurgic Committee
G. A. Ledingham
J. B. Marshall
J. E. Stone
National Research Laboratories
E. S Archibald
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Archibald
Boy Scout Saves Life Of Baby In Saving Rescue
Diane Hickman two, found in a barrel of snow and water in the Hickman home rear kitchen. Jim Hart, a Boy Scout friend, used artificial respiration to revive the child with a doctor stating Hart saved the baby's life after two hours of work. Hazel Smith sixteen alerted rescuers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birtle
Diane Hickman
Hazel Smith
Diane
Hickman
Jim Hart
Young Hart
Western briefs of weather, mining, curling and more
A Vancouver callout finds a woman hymning on a record player after a noisy party complaint. Flin Flon ships 17 more caribou to US hunters, boosting this year’s total to about 75. Melita hosts 66 curling rinks in winter play across men women farmers and students. Regina expects Saskatchewan to host its first uranium mine in Goldfields 450 miles north of Prince Albert, joining Eldorado on Great Bear Lake as a second Canadian producer. Regina hosts the Western Canadian Society of Horticulture three day meeting February 19 to 21 at Hotel Saskatchewan with G R Ure of Morden as secretary. Victoria notes Rev C G Wilson touts inflation cure by urging longer work and more production. Winnipeg reports a federal insect specialist warns farmers to inspect stored grain for mites weevils beetles and related pests amid a large remaining 1950 crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Saskatchewan Resources Department
Goldfields
Prince Albert
Canada
Eldorado
Great Bear Lake
N.W.T
Western Canadian Society of Horticulture
Hotel Saskatchewan
G. R. Ure
Morden
Man
Winnipeg
B. N. Smalliman
Stored Products Insect Laboratory
Bankhead postmaster recalls cash dream and long life
David M Soule, once Bankhead postmaster, remembers the night he slept with a $45,000 payroll and woke to hunt the missing money along railway tracks. He fled England for Canada, joined the Mounted Police in Regina in 1904, helped shape the Royal North West Mounted Police, guarded Doukhobor events, and later built a real estate career becoming Alberta’s oldest notary public outside the legal field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banff
Alta
David M Soule
Louie
Soule
England
Saskatchewan
Mounted Police
Regina
North West Mounted Police
Royal North West Mounted Police
Wascana Creek
Fat People Float Easier in Water Than Thinner Individuals
A study notes that individuals with higher body fat percentage tend to have greater buoyancy, enabling easier flotation in water. Researchers explain fat tissue displaces water and reduces overall density, aiding buoyancy across adult subjects.
Flying fish build nests like birds in weed masses
The article notes sermon flying fish construct nests by binding weed strands with silk and placing their eggs into the mass, describing a unique nesting behavior observed among the species.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lewis Arthur Cunningham
Nolet
Alpir
Ivu
Fleischmann
Is A-Ene
Boy Scout
J Fashions
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Front Street W
Toronto
Western Briefs
Vancouver
Flin Flon
United States
Melita
Sask
Victoria
B.C
C. G. Wilson
Britain
Ministry of Supply
London
Central Press Canadian
Pioneer
Tenearsais
Kamsack
Yorkton
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Loydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Les Carroll
Iachine
Calerie
Rarin
Carter
Pade
Macdonald's
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