Massey Harris centennial tribute and Canadian history reflections
A 1947 commemorative address marks Massey Harris Co. Ltd reaching its hundredth year and places the enterprise within Canada's early national milestones. The speaker recalls 1847 events, laments the lack of a social history of Canada, and urges future generations to document ordinary people and progress on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massey Harris Co., Ltd
Maxney
Weste
Brockington
Berfore
Massey and Harris
Canada
United Automobile Workers’ Union
United States of America
Mexico
Mexico City
Republic
Oregon
Britain
John A. MacDonald
Brantford
London
Toronto
Montreal
Quebec
John Franklin
Daniel O'Connel
Ameng
Bronte
England
Greece
Don Pacifico
Athens
Stendelssohn
Germany
Ottawa
Examiner
Toronto Canada West
Medicine Hat Moose Jaw
Russia
Europe
Far West
Downing Street
Main Street
Excellent Advice To Municipalities
Municipalities in stable finances should choose between a sane pay-as-you-go policy with possible tax increases or costly expansion financed by borrowing. Capital expenditures may be necessary but can be delayed to reduce costs. Major spending plans require careful public analysis to maintain the current strong position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Free Preas
Antelopes Rely on Speed and Horns for Defense
Antelopes depend on rapid flight as their primary safety mechanism with horns offering limited defense, highlighting their survival strategy in predator-rich habitats.
Britain to Transfer Industries to Australia
Prime Minister Chif ley says Britain plans a long range shift of industries to Australia. The move could take effect in about twenty years with many British manufacturers setting up shadow factories and subsidiaries in Australia. The text also notes that the watermelon has been cultivated since ancient times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Chifley
Austrae
Australia
Remembering British Resolve In World War II
The Lakeland Ledger reminds Americans that Britain bore the brunt of Hitler's new strength, enduring months of raids while preparing to fight. It notes how English civilians and fighters resisted, keeping the edge of the Nazi threat at bay.
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Lakeland
Florida
England
Hitler
Henry Ford
Ford
Henry II
Northern Manitoba titles and hockey trades featured in sports roundup
The piece notes the Flin Flon Miners winning the northern Manitoba senior men's basketball title with Churchill Army in a double header, 62-50 and 49-43, plus a hockey player swap sending a Melville, Sask. alum to Philadelphia Rockets for Vic Lofvendahl. It mentions 6,300 fans and over $8 in gate receipts, coaching moves for Moon Mullan with the Hamilton Tigers, and other national sports notes including Dempsey Gibbons in Los Angeles and AP poll predictions for 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon Elkis
Flin Flon Miners
Manitoba
Churchill Army
Moose Jaw Dan
Springfield Indians
Melville, Sask
Philadelphia Rockets
American Hockey League
Vic Lofvendahl
Winnipeg
Quiz on Cancer from The Rotarian AMA collaboration
A Q and A on cancer heredity contagion diagnosis and prevention. It covers heredity in direct lines, contagious transmission doubts, germ theory, age range from infancy to old age, multiple cancer types, five signs to watch, cure prospects, surgery radiology and early detection, and how to recognize fake cures. The piece cites sources including the American Medical Association and National Cancer Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Society
Academy of Medicine
United States
American Medical Association
State Department of Health
National Cancer Institute
Washington, D.C
American Cancer Society
7214 Le Sin Souca Pattern for Linen Embroidery
Advertisement notes a treasure design for trous seaus with 10 motifs to brighten linens. It promotes easy needlework including embroidery and cut work with a transfer of motifs and charts, offering pattern 7214 for twenty five cents, plus mail instructions to Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trousseaus
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot
Winnipeg
Man
England's River of Woe Reappears After Nine Years
London reports the Caterham River of Woe returning for the first time since 1938 amid superstitious fear. Also known as Croydon Bourne, the stream last flowed near Caterham Valley before a typhoid outbreak claimed 43 lives, with earlier revivals linked to the 1665 plague and World War I reverses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Caterham
Croydon Bourne
Caterham Valley
Barbados's Eastmost West Indies Island Statement
Barbados is described as the most easterly of the West Indies islands. The fragment notes its geographic position and shares a concise historical or cartographic remark mentioning its location.
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Barbados
West Indies Islands
Also Mentioned on This Page
David James
Paul Shillington
Lake Erie
Andy (Moon) Mullan
Hamilton Tigers
Toronto Argonauts
Victoria Crystal Gardens
Jim McCague
Victoria Swimming Club
Canora, Sask
Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps
Jack Dempsey
Tommy Gibbons
Los Angeles
Shelby, Mont
Dempsey
Gibbons
St. Paul, Minn
New York
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Red Sox
Associated Press
Eddie Dyer
Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago
The
Trousseau
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