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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
7
The narrator recalls a slip naming Fairfax and Veila, then Leila mentions a place three miles from Dundee, Cedar Crest, a tourist town with furnished cottages for month-long stays, as Dicky reacts with childlike enthusiasm.
In a domestic scene from Cedar Hurst, the family contemplates renting a cottage at Cedar Crest for the early spring. Dicky's name mix up fuels jealousy while Midge seethes at her mother in law and nurses a desire for a quiet escape after the tense interview.
The article outlines how wild and cultivated small fruits flourish in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It highlights varieties of strawberries currants raspberries and Gooseberries grown at Edmonton and Strathmore and notes potential for a commercial prairie fruit industry with late season harvests from July to September and even October discoveries such as a box of October strawberries for the Prince of Wales at Lethbridge.
George Robotson of Central Experimental Farm explains quick production of lightweight cockerels for broilers. Keep them separate at six to eight weeks, feed thrice daily with sour milk mix to reach two pounds, then starve briefly, bleed, and dress for sale or ship to a dealer for dressing.
The piece argues Canadian wheat's baking strength wins British buyers as England uses Canada’s strong wheats to improve loaf quality. It warns growers to stay with well tested varieties, noting 80 percent of exportable wheat already meets standards and urging use of the Dominion Experimental Farms pamphlet on best grain varieties.
Weather conditions affect late blight spread in potatoes. Bordeaux mixture sprayed every two weeks protects vines, reducing disease damage. copper sulfate and lime mix yields Bordeaux solution. Adding arsenate of lead helps control potato beetles. proper timing key to preventing rot and storage issues.
The article argues the same feed efficiency used to ease human shortages can be applied to dairy farming. It asserts increasing feed efficiency will feed more people and more cows, warning against culling dairy cows to save feed. It rejects drastic reductions in dairy output as calamitous in facing national dairy needs.
The perishable soy beans can serve as pasture for various stock, especially with hogs, supplementing corn. This method helps when harvesting is troubled by weather or labor shortages and improves soil fertility through residues and vines.
American Woolen Co plans to run its factories on a four day week until current trade conditions improve. The shift reflects belt tightening as manufacturers suspend normal schedules to weather lower demand and preserve resources.
In Springfield Ohio on June 16, Frank W Geiger of the common pleas court warned that women filing for divorce must dress modestly in his courtroom. He told attorneys he does not care about heat but women must wear more clothes when appearing in court.
The forecast warns Mars driven conflict and rash moves but notes potential fortune if business impulses are controlled. Avoid signing papers and litigation. those employed may prosper, and birthday individuals may anticipate good luck.
A paired horoscope note suggests, for a child born on this day, cleverness, enterprise and prosperity if self controlled and discreet. It warns that training in integrity, honesty and self discipline is essential for success and good character.
A 24 hour weather summary notes generally fine and moderately warm conditions with showers in parts of Saskatchewan and northern Alberta. Widespread rain is forecast across Alberta with showers in most localities and lingering unsettled conditions in the region.
The schedule lists Rev J W Morrow preaching at Irvine at 2 pm and Walsh at 7 38 pm next Sunday the 20th, designated U Fy A Sunday. The notices mark both venues as part of the upcoming religious observance.
An article explains home refrigeration for foods, focusing on fish frozen immediately after removal from water. It describes a protective coating, cold storage, and shipping in frozen form, asserting the fish retains 100 percent of its food value and delicious flavor when used later.
Revenue officer J. S. Tobin seized an illicit still in Stratford amid a party of Chae O'Day. Local authorities investigated the incident as part of ongoing enforcement actions.
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