Water Purification Through the Ages and Pioneers
The article traces the long quest for clean water from ancient practices to modern systems. It highlights early advisories in copper, sunlight, and charcoal filtration, and credits England Scotland and the United States with major sanitary awakenings and advancements in filtration and chlorination. It notes American rapid filtration and chlorine application as key 19th and 20th century contributions, and mentions global yet uneven progress in purification science.
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Arabia
Persia
England
Scotland
United States
America
Massachusetts
Canadian Statistics A Weekly Review
Foreign trade shows exports to the United Kingdom and United States rising with Canada up 8 percent in February from a year earlier. January up 17 percent, two month total 12.5 percent above last year. Prices ease as consumer index dips to 116.0 in March. Wholesale material prices rise 0.4 percent in March led by linseed oil and copper. Gold output up 25 percent in January against year-ago.
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United Kingdom
United States
Canada
Gems of Thought on Music and Labor
A collection of aphorisms and quotes on music from William Green Martin Luther Mary Baker Eddy Berthold Auerbach Earl Robinson and Igor Stravinsky. The pieces link music to work discipline moral improvement and popular participation.
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William Green
Martin Luther
Mary Baker Eddy
Berthold Auerbach
Earl Robinson
Canada hat and cap industry output in 1953
Canada's hat and cap industry produced 6 088 dozen jams and berets in 1953, nearly three times the 1952 level, reflecting a sharp rise in demand and production within the sector.
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Canada
Prairie moisture report shows widespread above normal levels
The compilation for The Canadian Press by the meteorological division notes moisture above normal across Saskatchewan Alberta Manitoba and Northwest regions with Peace River showing a deficiency. New normals are used for temperature and precipitation averages and largely within 10 percent of the old figures.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Peace River
Peace River District
Meteorological Division
Department of Transport
Prairie
Prairies
Vancouver Faces Multimillion Dollar Expressways Plan
City Engineer John Oliver urges building expressways costing millions over the next two decades to address Vancouver's rising traffic. The proposal highlights a long term strategy to improve mobility and reduce congestion.
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Vancouver
John Oliver
Alberta Pensioners Get Free Dental Care Since 1947
The Pensioners Dental Treatment Service operates in Alberta offering free dental care to more than 35,000 eligible residents including government pensioners the blind widows old age security recipients and those with mothers allowances. Treatment is funded by a monthly per capita grant and dentists charge reduced fees under a government approved schedule. Patients choose a dentist and receive care after monthly authorization. emergencies require no prior approval.
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Alberta
Alberta Dental Association
Funny and Otherwise Funny and Otherwise
A collection of humorous vignettes and quick quips from a variety of scenes. A shipboard captain tests soup claims, a motorist jokes about licensing, a ballgame triumph, a mountain inn overnight, a driver with no license, a mayoral family protection quip, a nightlight boy adapts to darkness, and golfers react to a slow twosome with a mislocated ball hunt.
Douglas fir holds status as most valuable commercial tree
The Douglas fir is regarded as the premier valuable commercial tree. Its lumber and timber products command high market value, reflecting its prominence in forestry and wood industries.
The Heart Holds More Rest Than It Beats
A concise observation notes the human heart rests more than it beats, reflecting on the rhythmic balance of life and stillness in the circulatory system.
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Health League of Canada
Ue Pannon
Ally
Igor Stravinsky
By M. Harrison-Gray
South
Cleal
Eoo
Toronto
James E. Dean
David J. Ongley
Dominion Drama Festival
Britain
Central Press Canadian
Pensioners Dental Treatment Service
Province
Lea
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