Advertising and transport topics mix in a dense 1940s digest
A discussion on mandatory vehicle turn signals contrasts with shipbuilding plans for Cunard and lighter fare theories for luxury liners. It also notes how advertising can inform or irritate and follows Jeno F Paulucci rising from a teenage grocery job to beansprout king of North America with Chun King in Duluth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New France
North Atlantic
Jeno F. Paulucci
Duluth
Paulucci
North America
Chun King Cition
75th Annual Fair Looked Back at Sidney History
A long recap of Sidney's early 1900s events and people, from Strathcona Horse arrivals and threshing machine shipments to local schools, churches, and leisure. Highlights include veterans’ welcomes, the brick yard, parks, and community institutions, leading to modern Sidney with shops, services, and ongoing farming activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Strathcona Horse Regiment
Saskatchewan
Hamilton Davis
Science at Work explores asteroid orbits and ocean beacon
A space scientist proposes placing a small asteroid into permanent Earth orbit to mark human achievement, noting near Earth asteroids could be nudged by rockets. Navy deep sea beacons would use radium power to send signals, aiding precise ocean mapping. Army ant males vanish early, with Dr. T C Cehneirla suggesting dispersal after cocoons drives rare male arrivals at colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Su-Shu-Huang
Godlard Space Flight Centre
Steenbelt
Solar System
Earth
Navy
T. C. Cehneirla
American Museum of Natural History
Barro Colorado
Canal Zone
Dr. Shneirla
Two Homemaking Topics on Bread and Stains
Homemakers Corner discusses bread quality from milk water or potato water and ideal yeast soaking temperatures. It covers kneading, rising heat, and freezing to keep bread good, plus methods to treat summer stains including fruit and grass marks with step by step tips.
Tax Time Advice Urges Expert Help and Caution
The column urges readers to file with an expert accountant yearly or biennially to save money and avoid overpaying taxes. It notes the tax system is complex, government spending is rising, and informed choices require consulting specialists, then ends with a playful aside about veering from the topic.
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Ray
Mid-Ocean
London
Cunard
Pacific
P. & O Orient Lines
Italy
Minnesota
Mesabi Range
The
Macgregor Herald
United States
T. Tyson
F. McElrea
MacGregor
Austin
Sam O’brien
Wickware
Victoria
Radcliffe
Victoria Lake
Tubs
Dalgleish
Wickware’s Lake
Dennis Davis
E. K. Marshall
Billy Hood
Mr. James
Sidney and District
Little Dolly Pearn
Thomas Babb
F.C. Pecover
Hi. J. Hassard
Bryans
Hartney
Dr. Bryans
Grant
Etta
Laura Crewson
Joe Sexton
George Hunt
John Lauder
William McElrea
Sidney House
W. Hall
Stan Baker
Orville Wright
Arizona
Winnipeg
Portage
George Goulding
Forst Women’s Institute
George Douglas
Sidney School
Austin Hunter
Orville Grantham
William Younié
Cyril Bickford
McBreas
McElrea’s
John McIntyre
Calvary ‘Tabernacle
Miss Petrey
Lamina Laggo
Charles Bredin
Lloyd Dickinson
Peoples Church
B. Smitland
O. Reimer
Methodist Church
Wesley Harland
Save the Soil” Club
Science At Work
Opis
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