Penicillin Dust May Aid Cold Symptoms Say Doctors
Three physicians report in the Journal of the American Medical Association that inhaled penicillin dust given via nose and throat may ease common cold symptoms in 1 to 3 days. In a study of 169 patients, 42 percent were cured and 38 percent showed marked improvement, though researchers caution the mechanism and efficacy require further study.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Pense
Louis Krasno
Department of Clinical Science
University of Illinois Medical School
Paul S. Rhoads
Mary Karp
Northwestern University Medical School
Krasno
Peacock crochet chair-set pattern and order details
An embroidery pattern features a peacock with a pineapple crochet tail. It promises easy needlework with charts and photos. To obtain pattern 7033 send twenty five cents to the Household Arts Department of the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Avenue East, Winnipeg Manitoba, include name and address, and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Income Tax Forms To Be Altered For 1949 Use
Ottawa reports a simplified two page income tax form to replace the T1 T4 postcard and other special farmer forms. Under 3000 dollars earnings will use the short form with less legal wording while those over 3000 will use a T1 general form. both cover 1948 income.
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Ottawa
Canada
Lemons Shift From Italy to United States Growth
About five decades ago three fourths of the lemons used in the United States came from Italy and Sicily. Today most lemons are grown domestically within the United States reflecting a major shift in supply sources.
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United States
Italy
Sicily
The
Tractor Deaths Highlight Manitoba Farm Machinery Dangers
The Winnipeg Citizen urges strict safety for tractor use after a summer rise in fatalities and injuries across Manitoba. It notes manufacturers provide explicit instructions and a safety film, but calls for operators to adopt and follow a personal safety code to extend lives.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg Citizen
Time saved not worth the risk
A famous racing driver in Colorado Springs completed two city runs with police cooperation. The first obeyed all laws in 9 minutes 35.1 seconds. the second violated many rules and finished in 9 minutes 31.2 seconds, saving 3.9 seconds.
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Colorado Springs
Beavers Finish What Engineers Still Planning
Beavers completed a 250 foot dam on the Sacandaga River at Stewart's Bridge in Glens Falls New York flooding about 15 acres. Engineers for the New York Power and Light Corporation were still planning and clearing trees for the proposed dam. A spring storm knocked out a 20 foot section but the beavers continued construction. The piece notes the moose as the largest member of the deer family.
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Glens Falls
N.Y
Sacandaga River
New York Power and Light Corporation
Stewart's Bridge
Adirondack Mountains
Beavers
Power Company
Inspection Checks Quality Of Feeds In Canada
A Dominion government act regulates feed quality through the Feeding Stuffs Act and Plant Products Division. In 1946 mixed feeds totaled over 1.5 million tons with value around 80 million dollars, while total feed volumes could reach about 5 million tons. About 4,480 samples were tested for protein, fat, fibre and minerals, ensuring standards for livestock and poultry feeds nationwide.
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Dominion
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
World wheat crop outlook improves in 1948
Ottawa reports the Dominion Bureau of Statistics sees a rosier 1948 world wheat crop, seven percent above 1947, totaling about 6.25 billion bushels. The rise comes amid expectations of better yields and global supply.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Exotic animals at Jungle Land ranch draw attention near Whitby
In Ontario Donald McDonald moved his Sheridan Aviaries to Jungle Land near Maple Grove. Monkeys and a rare mated sulphur-crested cockatoos draw crowds along Highway 2. Cockatoos talk, birds greet visitors, and many species arrive from South America via Malton. The pair is Canada’s only import since a decade ago ban.
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Whitby
Ont
Canada
Donald McDonald’s
Sheridan Aviaries
Maple Grove
Bowmanville
India
South America
Malton
New Toronto
United States
McDonald
Ronny
Betty
Jimmy
Billy
Tarzan
Toronto
Montreal
Smokers blamed for one third of Canada fires
Smokers account for about a third of all Canadian fires per the Dominion Fire Commissioner. Smokers’ fires totaled 18 202 of 52 931 incidents with $5.2 million in losses, about 9 percent of the national fire costs, while stoves boilers and chimneys caused 5 086 fires costing over $3.7 million and electrical wiring and appliances caused 4 083 fires worth $4,624,127.
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Canada
Dominion Fire Commissioner
Friendship Comfort Quote by Dinah Mulock
A fragmentary quotation celebrates the ease of speaking freely with a trusted companion. It extols safe sharing, the faithful listener, and the gentle trimming away of words that are not worth keeping, leaving truth and kindness.
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Dinah Muloch
Woman, 19, restrained by four police at cafeteria
In Manchester England Martha Kelly aged 19 kicked and struggled like a woman gone mad as four policemen removed her shoes and carried her from a cafeteria.
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Manchester
England
Martha Kelly
Herders For Reindeer Need Expert Workers In Arctic Canada
Ottawa reports 6500 reindeer thrive at MacKenzie delta mouth yet a shortage of qualified young herdsmen. Officials seek help from US authorities in Germany to locate men among immigrants, emphasized by the need for experts who can live under Arctic conditions and manage semi domesticated reindeer without barns or fences.
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Ottawa
Canada
MacKenzie River
United States
Wester Germany
MacKenzie Delta
Alaska
Norway
Resources Department
U.S
Germany
Fall Fashion Tips And Simple Food Combinations
The text suggests wearing gloves with fall costumes and offers quick recipe ideas such as prunes with pecans and brown sugar for baked pears or apples, plus a Waldorf chicken salad as a lunch main dish. It also includes a vase cleaning method using raw potato pieces and vinegar, soaking then washing.
Young Duke of Kent Becomes Eton Freshman
The Duke of Kent, Edward, 12, a king’s nephew, starts at Eton College as a new student and serves as a fag to older pupils. He must fetch, tidy, and obey the masters, with discipline for any misstep.
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Young Duke OF Kent
London
Duke of Kent
Edward
Eton College
Eton
Last Maid Referred For References Quietly
Interjecting chatter reveals a household seeking help references. The speaker notes the maid’s strong appetite and good sleep habits as favorable traits in a brief, tongue in cheek moment.
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Montevideo
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