Climax Saska celebrates twenty fifth birthday and growth
The Saskatchewan town of Climax, founded in 1923 and named after a Minnesota town, marked its silver anniversary on July 1. A growth upgrade includes a windbreak fruit orchard built by farmer George Kneesch, irrigation-free and hardy through winters and hot summers. The community features a 25-bed hospital, schools, shops, and a weekly newspaper.
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Climax
George Kneesch
Climax Publishing Company
W. A. Lukes
Victoria
B.C
Winnipeg
Union
Searth Street
Regina
Sask
Climax, Sask
Price drop in rat poison cited by health officer
Dr. M. S Lougheed told Winnipeg's civic health committee that rat poison prices have fallen since last year, leaving money unspent from an appropriation for rat extermination. The report notes the lower cost could affect future pest control plans.
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Winnipeg
M. S Lougheed
Civic Health Committee
Regina Pig Breaks Free Heads to Packing Plant
A 300 pound Yorkshire sow escaped from a farm truck on a Regina street, wandering for about 15 minutes before being recaptured. She resumed her journey toward a packing plant as bystanders watched.
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Regina
Yorkton Adds $6800 Three Ton Fire Truck
Yorkton fire department expands its fleet with a new $6,800 three ton fire truck to replace the hose truck in service for 17 years.
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Yorkton
Vancouver renames airbase to Vancouver International Airport
Western Briefs report that Sea Island airbase has been renamed Vancouver International Airport as trans Pacific routes begin. Other briefs note Yellow Grass road work, Keith Woodall joining Edmonton Flyers, Foam Lake hospital raises lay staff pay, and a Woodridge bear encounter with fatal shootings of three more bears.
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Vancouver
Sea Island
Vancouver International Airport
Edmonton
Keith Woodall
Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen
Ontario Hockey Association
Edmonton Flyers
Woodridge
Mike Gerardy
St. Labre
Mike
Pattern 4733 Sewing Pattern With Scalloped Collar
advertisement for pattern 4733 offers a slim fitting design with scalloped collar and cuffs. includes illustrated instructions and fabric yardage for size 36 41 yards 39 inch. price five cents? twenty five cents payment by coin required and orders sent to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Harvest Bee organized to aid injured farmer in Wolseley
Allan Bourne of the Wolseley district fractured his leg leaving ripe crops unharvested. Neighbor Archie Watson organized a harvest bee with five combines, two binders, three stockers, three trucks, two tractors and four women cooking. Nearby farmers pooled resources to harvest Bourne's oats and grain.
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Wolseley, Sask
Allan Bourne
Wolseley
Archie Watson
Mr. Bourne
Not Hindering Folks as Is Some Use in the World
Old Avery, a weathered painter, helps a job seeker from Alabama while guiding a youthful applicant and assisting residents during a rainstorm. He muses that he mends people by helping others, then heads out to fetch help for a two room shack and continues painting around the neighborhood.
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Old Avery
Dr. Smith
Avery
Alabama
Haight
Greenhorn
Smith
Doc
Maple Street
Nellie
Brussels
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
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CPR
Southline Railway
Frontier
U.S
Sitting Bull
Canada
General Custer
Little Big Horn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Briefs
Foam Lake. Sask
Foam Lake Union Hospital
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
By K. B. Wilson
Chase
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