Rural electrification expands farm power in Canada
A wartime survey shows Manitoba 73 percent, Saskatchewan 47 percent, Alberta 54 percent, British Columbia 55 2 percent, Ontario 37 percent, Quebec 23 3 percent of farms served by electricity in 1941. The Royal Bank of Canada notes farm electrification varies with farm size and density. self contained and wind fuel plants exist in sparse districts. Rural power raises farm productivity, reduces labor, and new uses for electricity are continually found.
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Canada
Mrctk
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Royal Bank of Canada
Britain
United States Rural Electrification Administration
Checkerboard origins traced back four millennia
Historical note places the game of checkers around 4000 years ago with early forms in ancient civilizations. A referenced title, Cheat, is noted as about 2000 years older than checkers, while a fragment mentions Windows and a sparkle concept, indicating a transitional era of playful tech folklore.
Price Control And Rationing In Wartime Canada Questions
Citizens ask about sugar price rises ration books and delivery rules. The Wartime Prices and Trade Board clarifies no sugar price increase, how to obtain a ration book, keeping addresses current, and that store delivery limits are discretionary. Readers are urged to request the pamphlet Consumers News or the Blue Book by sending a cent to the local board.
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Canada
England
Prices and Trade Board
Consumers’ News
Souvenir Envelope to Roosevelt Sells at Auction
A set of eight envelopes addressed to Franklin D. Roosevelt mailed from the royal train during a South American royal visit sold for 100 dollars at a public auction of the President’s stamp collection’s first part. One envelope was mailed in Canada, with all items posted from the royal train. Another Canada item was a 1919 Vancouver to Seattle first flight, selling for 30 dollars.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Canada
Vancouver
Seattle
Wash
Manitoba launches land settlement for veterans at Birch River
The Manitoba government announced a 40 000 acre land settlement project for veterans to open farming land in Birch River territory. Mines and Natural Resources Minister JS McDiarmid said initial 1948 expenditure will be 100 000 dollars, with survey parties in Birch River 235 miles northwest of Winnipeg. Plans aim to prepare 10 000 acres for soldier settlers this year and provide about 200 new quarter and half sections.
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Aniata
Manitoba
Birch River
Fand Natural Remances Minter JS McDiarmid
Winnipeg
Oil Well Drilled at Lloydminster in 1946 Plan
Community Services Ltd reports successful oil strike at 1 863 feet in Lloydminster Sask with the eighth area well. The firm plans nine more wells in 1946 while three wells are producing and two gas wells await pipeline completion. Bata Petroleum Ltd to start 40 new wells in Unity gas district on April 1 after ten wells last year.
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Lloydminster
Atea
Ni Resources
J. L. Phelps
Community Services, Ltd
Phelps
Unity Gas District
Bata Petroleums, Ltd
Young Robert Louis Stevenson Starts Writing Early
A nurse scolds a young Robert Louis Stevenson for mischief and sends him to a corner. The infant author promises to reform and resumes storytelling, declaring he is already crafting a tale in his own mind.
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Robert Loui Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert
Stevenson
Dige
Gems of Thought Meditations on Mind and Faith
A collection of quotes on meditation and thought from C Simmons, Bp George Horne, Philip Henry, Bp Joseph Hal, Mary Baker Eddy, and Paul Hamilton Hayre. The passages praise meditation as nourishment for the mind, the pursuit of divine truth, and the strengthening of faith, ending with images of heavenly peace and ascending thoughts.
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C. Simmons
George Horne
Philip Henry
Joseph Hal
Mary Baker
Paul Hamilton
Hayre
Zeolites soften water and reclaim nicotine in curing
Brisa scientists describe a method using zeolites to remove lime and magnesium from water and swap them with harmless sodium compounds. A second process recovers nicotine wasted in tobacco curing and extracts pectin from citrus fruit waste. Also notes that snowflakes are six sided and honey bee cells are hexagonal.
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Brisa
Los Angeles approves grazing contract to curb erosion
The Los Angeles board of public works approves a grazing contract for a herd in Baldwin Hills to keep grass at least two inches tall to prevent erosion while noting sheep must not nibble below that height. Early printing used only black ink and color was hand lettered for initials and ornamentation.
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Board of Public Works At
Los Angeles
Baldwin Hills
How You Can Get Quick Relief From Piles
Practical tips and remedies for sore painful piles. Explains simple self care steps, lifestyle tweaks, and over the counter options to ease itching swelling and discomfort quickly. Provides guidance on when to seek medical advice and potential treatment paths.
Crossword puzzle puzzle clues mixed in a single grid
A scrambled crossword puzzle listing many clues and garbled entries across horizontal and vertical sections. The text includes numerous apparent misspellings and nonstandard words, making it difficult to extract coherent clues, numbers, or grid positions for solution.
Cauliflower With Egg Sauce Recipe Steps
A Victorian style recipe for cauliflower baked with egg and cheese like sauce. The method includes boiling the cauliflower, making a milk-based white sauce with butter flour salt pepper and Worcestershire, folding in chopped hard boiled eggs, and topping with buttered cornflake crumbs before baking until browned. The snippet also notes tea prices in England into the late eighteenth century.
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Provincial Natural Resources Branch
New York
Jas and
Bhen, Soe
Rior
Canara
Saskatchewan Oil
Vicks VA
Toader
Chaldea
Beamears
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