William's Philosophy Shines After Fire At Crawfordsville Picnic
In Crawfordsville William faces tragedy with calm theory as his house burns to ashes after the town picnic. Neighbors rally to help as William and Sue plan a new home on the back lot and share a hopeful moonlit walk.
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Crawfordville
Jim Hawkins
William
O'd Jim
Old Jim
Crawfordsville
Thomas
Sue
Harry
Jim
Thom
Mom
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Interesting swather offers farming time saving idea
A swathing attachment described from the Dominion Experimental Station Fredericton shows potential time and labor savings by moving cut hay into a neat row. The device uses long metal fingers and a steel bar system to guide cut material toward the cutter bar heel, duplicable by a skilled blacksmith though no longer sold commercially.
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Dominion Experimental Station
Fredericton
N.B
S. A. Hilton
Hilton
Canadian Red Cross Reports 1948 National Appeal Total
Final returns show Canada subscribed 3,637,445 dollars toward the 3,000,000 target in the Red Cross national campaign. The result reflects broad public support across provinces and communities for relief and emergency aid programs.
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Toronto
Red Cross
People of Canada
Python, 30 Feet Long, Holds About 600 MBs
A Python measures 30 feet in length and contains storage capacity around 600 megabytes. The figure suggests an unusually compact data medium with substantial potential for small-scale data storage.
Uranium Strike in Saskatchewan Reported as Largest Yet
Prince Albert reports a major uranium discovery in the Lac la Ronge area. Co discoverers William Richardson and Len McArthur describe seventeen radioactive outcropings over a seven mile front claiming it is the largest strike on record. Access via a new provincial highway and river transport eases reach to the site.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Lac la Ronge
Here
Great Bear Lake
William Richardson
Mr. Richardson
Len McArthur
Toronto
Eldorado
Lac Ronge
Montreal
Gum Arabic Used to Suspend Soluble Compounds
Gum arabic serves to suspend soluble compounds in liquids, acting as a thickening and stabilizing agent that helps distribute substances evenly in solution. The additive aids consistency and prevents separation of mixtures.
Alberta Gas Reserves Estimated at Ninety Years
A Dominion Geological Survey report on Prairie Provinces gas reserves places Alberta’s total at 3 618 billion cubic feet with 1 433 billion proved and 2 185 billion probable. Current Alberta consumption runs about 40 billion cubic feet per year.
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Alberta
Prairie Provinces
George S. Hume
Dominion Geological Survey
Dominion Bureau of Mines
Fund at $16 019 Winnipeg
The memorial fund to aid the widow of Canon John Turner, an Anglican missionary who died after a shooting accident near his Arctic mission last year, has reached 16019 dollars. Dr H M Speechly of Winnipeg, a trustee, reports the total.
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Winnipeg
John Turner
Arctic
H. M. Speechly
Experimental dry ice rain reported in Rosetown Saskatchewan
Charlie Dowie carried out a secret experiment using dry ice to disperse a cloud and create a light shower in the Harris Sovereign area near Rosetown Saskatchewan. He noted the cloud bank was high and ground temperatures were warm, limiting rainfall. This may be among the first such tests in the province.
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Rosetown
Sask
Charlie
Dusty) Dowie
Harris Sovereign
Saskatchewan
No Hog Cholera Outbreaks in Canada Reported
Agriculture Minister Gardiner told the Commons there were no hog cholera outbreaks in Canada in the past year while discussing agriculture estimates.
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Ottawa
Gardiner
Commons
Canada
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Dr . Hase
Dr. Chase
Leveni
Prospector
Minard’s Liniment
Ostrodor
General Foods
Serto
Pegcy
Las
Arrabel
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Susan Requies
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