Outlook on Agriculture and Farm Management Foresight
The Farm Outlook by the University of Saskatchewan notes financial ability and foresight outweigh technical skill for farmers. Most Saskatchewan growers favor wheat production despite low prices shrinking incomes. Precipitation is above average in the north and better than last year in the south. no clear signal for higher wheat prices soon, though macro conditions or weather could help align prices with other commodities.
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Department of Farm Management
University of Saskatchewan
William Allen
Saskatchewan
Advertising pays off as British Industries Fair yields massive orders
The St. Thomas Times-Journal notes that aggregate orders from the British Industries Fair remain unpublished but massive. The London textile section alone booked 25 million dollars in orders, with Birmingham expected to exceed that figure. Lancashire mill owners expect six to twelve months of full production from the influx, and one firm plans quadruple capacity. The fair is described as an effective advertising method.
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London
Birmingham
Lancashire
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Montreal Named 1953 Convention City for Physicians
The American College of Physicians selected Montreal as the site for its 1953 convention, announced at the close of the sixteenth annual San Francisco session. Dr. Jonathan C. Mekins of McGill University extended the invitation from Montreal. Also noted, bicycles are a common transport in Tokio with about 500000 users.
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Montreal
American College of Physicians
San Francisco
Jonathan C. Meakins
McGill University
Eskimos Train Bear Cubs for Sled Power in Arctic Report
RCMP reports Arctic distemper ravages among northern sled dogs. In Wager Inlet a family used two bear cubs hitched to a komatik after killing the mother. Bears learned to harness while dogs adapted. the cubs played with three children in the igloo as the bears slept beside the family.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Wager Inlet
Chesterfield
Constable McCormack
Chesterfield Detachment
The Craft and Purpose of Type Design by Goudy
The article explains how type design blends practicality and beauty. Frederick W. Goudy spent 34 years creating 73 typefaces shaping reader visibility and page elegance. He insists letters must be simple, well formed, and proportioned, balancing utility with decorative appeal.
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Frederick W. Goudy
Often Means Success for Young Men Speaking Before Boards
Many men fail to reach their peak because they cannot express ideas clearly before a small board of directors. Schools today teach clear, concise speaking as evidence of modern educational superiority and a path to advancement for both sexes.
Gardening Notes Guide for Early Planting and Shrubbery
The article outlines early spring planting tips for vegetables and flowers, advising row directions and spacing for crops like carrots lettuce spinach tomatoes and corn. It covers fertilizer placement, seed catalog use, sweet peas, self seeding flowers, and careful shrub plantings including soil preparation, spacing from foundations, watering, staking, pruning, and heel in methods.
Germany marks 100th anniversary of Bock beer brewing
Germany will celebrate the centennial of the first brewing of Bock beer this year. The note adds that Jugoslavia has only one motor vehicle per 1,120 people.
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Germany
Jugo-Slavia
Mattress Surprise Sparks Maid to Mistaken Savings
A Birmingham maid hid $2,000 in her old mattress after a surprise gift of a new one. The family head lectures her on banking, the bank closes, and the maid reveals she moved the money back into the new mattress, assuring it remains safe.
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Birmingham
Oriental Methods Seen as Backward by Western View
The article discusses perceived Japanese practices as opposite to Occidental customs. It cites daily living, theatre, No drama, politeness, and even age reckoning, noting differences in ventilation, shoe etiquette, dessert timing, driving manners, and New Year age counting.
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Canada
Japan
New York's Palais de Justice Prison Opens With Fanfare
The Regina Daily Star reports a lavish New York prison opening featuring brass bands, tea, and cocoons of luxury for inmates. It notes bullet proof windows, a revolving chapel altar, wash boardless laundries, radios, heated cells and a $2,000,000 price tag, arguing it resembles a palace more than a prison.
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New York
Palais de Justice
Regina Daily Star
Calgar y golfer nets first single hole in one of season
Bert Greer a young Calgary golfer sank a hole in one on the 145 yard No 4 hole at the Regal golf club with a maskie shot. It was the first in the province this season and his second overall after first coming in 1928 on the same course.
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Bert Greer
Calgary
Regal Go
Greer
Child’s Remarkable Speech Prompts Local Curiosity
In Madrid residents report a five year old boy who speaks with a unique vocabulary. His parents say he uses words no one else around can recall. The unusual speech has sparked local discussion and interest among neighbors.
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Tokio
Lustige Kolmer Zeltung
Cologne
Ww. N. U
Eskimos
Shubbery
D. C. Shurman
Dominion Experimental Farms
Junior
New York’s Prison de Luxe
Madrid
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