Apples boxed throughout Okanagan for 1990 production
World Happenings Briefs report diverse items including Okanagan apple box totals for 1990 at 4,147,428, Winnipeg's new dried egg plant using 15 million eggs yearly, and other global notes. It mentions Dr. Beaumont resigning White Star line, August grain shipments, Western Canada's industrial output, and US immigration figures for native-born Canadians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okanagan Dis- Inlet
Winnipeg
Beaumont
White Star Line
Atlantic
Radium Ore Shipment Planned From Great Bear Lake
Twenty tons of radium ore from the Great Bear Lake district will be shipped east from Edmonton. Eldorado Mining Company official Shirley R. Cragg says the ore will travel by river steamer from Fort Norman to Waterways and then by northern railway.
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Great Bear Lake District
Edmonton
Shirley R. Cragg
Eldorado Mining Company
Cragg
Discovery Area
Fort Norman
Waterways
Northern Railway Centre
Exhibition Ship Proposed Cruise To West Indies For Canada
The Montreal Star reports plans by the Canadian Manufacturers Association the Canada West Indies League and the Department of Trade and Commerce to send an exhibition ship to cruise the West Indies starting late November to advertise Canadian products. Hon H H Stevens minister of Trade and Commerce has shown strong interest after visiting the Clarke Steamship Company’s Northland which may serve as the maritime shop window. The plan is tentative and cost and financial backing remain the main questions while British commercial interests have used similar trade advertising post the British Empire Exhibition in Argentina.
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West Indies
Montreal Star
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Canada-West Indies League
Department of ‘Trade and Commerce
Canada
H. H. Stevens
Trade and Commerce
New
Northland
Clarke Steamship Company, Limited
South America
England
Dawn of reason debated at University of Oxford
Sir John Arthur Thomson of Aberdeen University reports a Scots take on Pavlovian learning. He cites 40 lessons for Aberdeen mice after 300 for Pavlov mice and notes the second generation needs the same, arguing modern humans rely on inherited experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oxford
John Arthur Thomson
Regius
Aberdeen University
Pavlov
Aberdeen
Butter and cheese consumption in Canada last year
Canadians used about 301.1 million pounds of butter and 36.6 million pounds of cheese in the year. Imports supplied portions while rest came from creamery, factory, and home-made production. Exports of cheese totaled 0.16 million dollars.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Vintage blouse and skirt set design description
Slip on shirt blouse features a center-front slashed opening, underfaced with a rolled convertible collar, set in pocket at right side and short sleeves. Two piece shorts include inset pockets on each side and a left side opening. Flared two piece skirt has a fake top and patch pocket on the right side. Sizes bust.
Dick Whittington Cat Window Illuminates Guildhall Tale
The Guildhall in London features a new stained glass window gifted by Lord Wakefield. It depicts Dick Whittington’s rise from Islington apprentice to London’s trade pioneer, with his cat as mascot and his ships funding the guildhall. The window looks down on the elder Pitt statue as the centerpiece.
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Guildhall
London
Dick Whittington
Islington
Bow Church
Canada
Pitt
Rain Dance Revival Follows Saskatchewan Drought
Indians of the Fire Hills Reserve in northern Saskatchewan revived the sacred rain dance led by Chief Buffalo Bow to end drought. The ceremony centered on a carved tree and lasted 48 hours with six singers, bringing rain on July 14 and 15 across northern and southern Saskatchewan.
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Saskatchewan
Buffalo Bow
Fire Hills
Feed Shortage Forces 450000 Tons of Hay Need in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan faces a severe drought with ranchers and farmers scrambling as 450 thousand tons of hay and fodder are required to feed livestock across drought affected regions. Officials call for quick donations and cooperative relief efforts from farms and grain producers.
Patterns Ordering Amid Drought Feed Demand
Hon W C Buckle estimates at least 250000 tons of hay and fodder needed for drought areas in southern Saskatchewan. Field crops branch surveys 13 municipalities to gauge feed requirements as completion nears. Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Pattern No
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W. C. Buckle
Export Canned Loganberries Momentum Grows in BC
British Columbia plans its first overseas shipment of canned loganberries this year. Government figures indicate at least 15 000 cases will be exported, primarily to England, with a similar amount to Canadian markets. The province’s wineries expect to produce 400 000 gallons of loganberry wine.
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British Columbia
England
Record Grain Shipments From Alberta North Reach New High
Grain shipments from Alberta north country broke records at year end July 31 as northern Alberta railways released figures. For the 12 months just closed the total grain shipments reached 12,564,756 bushels, surpassing the prior record of 11,506,630 bushels set in 1927 28.
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Alberta North Country
Northern Alberta Railways
Alberta Canned Vegetables Appeal Circulated by Calgary Association
The Calgary office of the Retail Merchants Association of Canada circulated an appeal urging Alberta merchants to stock locally canned vegetables. The note urges shopkeepers to favor Alberta made products where possible. Counts of theatres in China are also mentioned in the fragment.
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Alberta
Calgary
Retail Merchants Association of Canada
Canning
Darling, Light a Match From Your Waistcoat Pocket
A fragment from Der Brummer in Berlin mentions the line Darling, give me a light the matches are in your waistcoat pocket. The cryptic quotation reflects a casual street vignette from the era.
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der Brummer
Berlin
One Day Descent From Mount Whitney to Death Valley
Norman Clyde of the Sierra Mountain Club completed a seven hour ascent and descent from Mount Whitney 14501 feet to Death Valley 276 feet below sea level. He was the first to accomplish the feat between dawn and dusk. Friends quote about ministers wives. The minister's wife responds she would rather go with her husband.
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Weignest
United States
Mount Whitney
Death Valley
Norman Clyde
Sierra Mountain Club
Fragmentary Western Scene with Bandits and Thunder
A jagged, partial narrative describes bandits fleeing through a forest as thunder rumbles. Characters named Stone and To take off lead a tense pursuit while weather and terrain complicate the escape amid confusion and improvised actions.
Telephone Line Planned From Paddockwood to Park Boundary
Prince Albert National Park may get a 22 mile telephone line linking Paddockwood with the park boundary to serve residents and visitors. The project hinges on a federal decision to extend a connecting line to Waskesiu and hand it to the province for operation at no cost, says Hon. J F Bryant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paddockwood
Prince Albert National Park
Department of Telephones
J. F. Bryant
Telephones
Waskasieu Camp
Bryant
Hard On the Minister and a Missing Nickel Tale
A student minister on the Algoma Central Railway circuit recounts a comic misfortune after a church service when a five cent nickel from the collection disappears as a mare and child watch. The item sits amid other rural notes on sheep shipments, doctor shortages, and Vermont towns.
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United Church
Algoma Central
Ralph
Important Mineral Discovery in Lac des Isles Saskatchewan
G W Seeley of Flat Valley reports a large gold and silver find at sead outcroppings in the Lac des Isles district near the Alberta boundary. Samples sent to the University of Saskatchewan for assay show promising deep ore seams. Saskatchewan officials and Premier Anderson visited Saskatoon to view the findings as the Department of Natural Resources notes strong potential wealth.
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G.W. Seeley
Flat Valley
Lac Des Isles
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Seeley
University of Saskatchewan
Alberta
Department of Natural Resources
Regina
Anderson
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