Hecla Island birth of a Manitoba fishing community
Icelandic settlers founded Hecla Island in 1876 and built a hardy lake fishing life now carried on by descendants. Residents number about 300, with families tracing to early pioneers who endured smallpox losses. Modern gear and a winter lodge culture have transformed year round life while preserving traditions and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hecla
Herla
Bombardier
Helgi Jones
Johaason
Hecla Island
Kenora
Selkirk
Warren
Warren's Landing
Manitoba Power Commission
Riverton
Gull Harbor
Gulf Harbor Lodge
Helgi
Beggi
Binny
Beggi, Jr
Winnipeg
Manitoba
The Amsterdam Diamond Thief and the Cigar Trick
In Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kade a famed diamond grinder Willem Verhaert plans a bold theft of the Wijzel Diamond. After disguising himself as Emile Verlon and passing London border checks, a watchful policeman near the gasoline dump foils the plan by ordering him to extinguish his Havana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nieuwe Kade
Amsterdam
London
Brinder Willem Verhaert
Vijzel
Verhaert
Wijzel
South Africa
Emile Verlon
Havana
Willem Verhaert
Home Workshop Pattern Projects Include Five Frame Units
Step by step carpentry and upholstery guide shows five frame units padded with batting and covered in fabric. Includes pattern numbers 369 224 204 401 and 301 with plywood desk pieces. Patterns mailed to one address for 150 postpaid from Vancouver pattern service.
Major surgical advance in low blood pressure technique
British surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe reports a major surgical advance using controlled hypotension to reduce bleeding. The method lowers blood pressure by half and elevates the operative area to improve visibility, based on 4500 patients at Queen Victoria Hospital over four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlantic City
Archibald McIndoe
McIndoe
Queen Victoria Hospital
England
Fastest Elevators At Rockefeller Center Reach Milestone
New York's Rockefeller Center elevators surpassed a billion riders since 1932. Eight of the 166 lifts are among the world's fastest, climbing 65 floors in 37 seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rockefeller Center
Immunization urged as Canadian children lag in protection
Dr C S Anglin of the Hospital for Sick Children advocates routine vaccines for diphtheria tetanus pertussis and polio noting that over 9 000 whooping cough cases and about 150 deaths occur annually in Canada with 85 percent of affected children unvaccinated The piece ties to Canada s 13th National Immunization Week and stresses the need to protect children through immunization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
C. S. Anglin
Hospital For
Health Magazine
The
Health League of Canada
Canada
Anglin
Europe
North America
World Health Organization
Pattern Sale Notice with Illustrated Instructions
A vintage pattern sale notice invites readers to send 35 cents in coins for a sewing pattern. It requests plain writing of size name address and style number and provides mailing instructions.
Gems of Thought on Prejudice and Ignorance
A collection of quotations on prejudice and ignorance from Diderot Aubrey de Vere Mary Baker Eddy J Stuart Mill James Boswell and Charlotte Bronte noting how bias blinds judgment and the value of education in loosening fixed views. The fragment ends with a claim about fish in the Great Salt Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denis Diderot
Aubrey de Vere
Mary Baker Eddy
Stuart Mill
James Boswell
Charlotte Bronte
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iceland
Tirie Diamond
Kurt von Fischer
Home Workshop Pattern Service
Department P.P.L
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
pDaTrcon
Liodd
Dodd
G.O.C
William Jemmett Megill
Prairie Command
E. Rodgers
General Staff
Megill
Indo-China
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
P.P.L
Anne Adams Pattern Dept
Front Street W
Toro
Great Salt Lake
Chung
Ingersoll
Ingersoll Cheese CO. Ltd
Ingersoll, Ont
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