Crops Thrive In Far North With Proper Care And Varieties
Garden findings from Fort Simpson Substation show neglect hurts yields while good cultural practices boost crops in the Arctic region. With short cool seasons irrigation helps and varieties like brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, peas, lettuce, carrots and turnips perform well.
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Akiavik
Arctic Ocean
Mackenzie River
J. A Gilbey
Fort Simpson
N.wt
Gilbey
Aklavik
Dreamy Music From Seven Foot Symphonion Instrument
A seven foot symphonion in a Winnipeg home produces dreamlike music. The instrument, kept by a publicity shy Irishman for 25 years, uses 24 large discs to play tunes like Home Sweet Home and Gilbert and Sullivan pieces. It relies on a mechanized peg system similar to a pianola and travels widely through the owner’s family history from the United States to Ireland.
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Winnipeg
J. W. Corner
Germany
Gilbert and Sullivan
Mendelssohn
Ireland
United States
Man pays $60 for outboard motor amid North Quebec finds
Chuck Bilgood a 38 year old prospector from Haileybury Ont arrived in Val d Or Quebec after a quixotic deal trading Golden Manitou shares for an outboard motor he never used. His tales recount early mining whims losses and a river wreck that doomed the motor while he clings to a hunt for a big find.
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Val D'Or
Que
Chuck Bilgood
Haileybury
Ont
Kirkland Lake
Quebec
Chuck
Golden Manitou
East Sullivan
Halifax carpenters observe transatlantic steamship service origins
Quick Can adi Quiz asks when Halifax builders witnessed regular trans Atlantic steamship service and notes 1938 Canadian manufacturing employed 658 114 people with a 1948 figure sought. It asks tobacco tax paid to Ottawa this year and average wheat production bushels. It also asks which province shows settlement and agriculture moving farthest north and states the deepest Atlantic depth north of Puerto Rico at 30 246 feet.
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Halifax
Ottawa
Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico
Gems of Thought Loyalty and Faith Across Texts
A compact collection of quotes on loyalty, faith, courage, and duty. Notable lines include Roosevelt on faithfulness over fame, Mary Baker Eddy on right thinking and grace, Queen Mary on lifelong loyalty, a Pauline exhortation to steadfast labor, and Seneca’s claim that loyalty is the holiest human good.
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Mary Baker Eddy
God
Queen Mary
Seneca
Helpful Hints for Common Household Care
Foam pillows should be washed in mild lukewarm suds and dried away from sunlight taking about three days. Use little water on linoleum floors and avoid soaking edges. Dust light bulbs monthly and wipe with a damp cloth. A dish mop can dust wicker furniture crevices.
Smile of the Week Ferry Tale Amid Mountain Rapids
A boatman ferries a mountain stream with whirlpools and rapids. A timid passenger asks if anyone is ever lost. the boatman jokes that they always find them again the next day.
Chicken Hawk Doesn’t Exist Says University Expert
Lincoln Neb. University of Nebraska instructor Howard Wiegers debunks the idea of chicken hawks noting hawks eat mainly mice, gophers, rabbits and ground squirrels with grasshoppers also common. Remains of chickens or pheasants are rare in hawk stomachs, and hawks are beneficial to farmers.
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Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Howard Wiegers
Wiegers
Switzerland Holds 80000 Tons Of Merchant Shipping
Despite lacking an ocean port, Switzerland maintains about 80,000 tons of merchant shipping, reflecting its overseas trade and neutrality stance in global maritime affairs.
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Athough Switzerland
Ex-Railway Man Builds Western Canada's Largest Poultry Farm
Okotoks Alberta farmer Peter Gerlitz, a former Calgary railway worker, operates Western Canada's largest poultry farm southwest of Okotoks. He houses 36,000 to 40,000 chickens, producing about 3,000 fryers weekly and receiving 3,000 day-old chicks weekly. After early troubles a fire and labor issues, the operation now thrives with two-storey breeder houses, round-the-clock lighting, climate control, and a shift from White Leghorn to New Hampshire stock.
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Okotoks
Alta
Canada
Peter Gerlitz
Mr. Gerlitz
Gerlitz
Calgary
Summer Coiffure Care Essentials
Advice warns against extended sun exposure on newly wet hair and recommends wearing hats during the day. It also urges brushing hair to improve air circulation and prevent damage.
Braised Ox Joints with Noodles and Vegetables
Selected Recipes describes braising ox joints in a Dutch oven with onions and seasonings. After 3 to 4 hours the meat falls from the bone, then the gravy is thickened and served over buttered noodles with green beans and carrots.
New Process Keeps Milk Fresh A Year
Dr. Roy R. Graves unveils a sterilization based process that seals milk in aseptic cans without air exposure. The method preserves fresh milk for six months to a year, producing 2,000 gallons daily for Alaska, Japan, and the armed forces, with plans to expand to 1,000 gallons per hour.
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Roy R. Graves
Valparaiso
Ind
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
Graves
Dr. Graves
Alaska
Japan
555 Lb. Lady Drops to 154 by Diet Plan
Fort Thomas Kentucky former circus fat lady Dollie Dimples Celesta Geyer weighed 555 pounds a year ago and after a year of dieting to 800 calories daily she shed to 154 pounds. She vows to help other girls reduce and says she is starting a new life at 50.
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Fort Thomas
Dollie Dimples
Dollie
Celesta Geyer
Mrs Geyer
Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf
Amy Lowell, famed American poet, sold her first poem to a national magazine at age six. The editor quoted the accompanying letter, noting she wrote self referentially that she had always been a loving son to my father Augustus Lowell. She explained she called herself son because she could not spell daughter.
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Amy Lowell
Augustus Lowell
Amy
Porker Roots Out Farmer's Lost Watch
RED OAK Ia John Nelson a local farmer found his lost watch after a pig dragged it from a field. The watch was recovered from the pig's mouth and given a new crystal and cleaning to restore it.
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Porker
Farmer's Lost Watch
Red Oak
John Nelson
Nelson
Answers to Quick Quiz Answers
Quick Canadian Facta quiz recap lists Alberta up the Peace River valley and Samuel Cunard in 1840. It cites about 200 million dollars and over 400 million bushels with a figure 1 156 006. Material supplied by editors of Quick Canadian Facta.
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Alberta
Peace River
Samuel Cunard
Quick Canadian Facta
Canada
Oddities In The News From Around The World
A man in Guetta Pakistan sues to reclaim his wife after losing her in a bet against a camel. In Hangieton England a bus driver spins a fairy tale serial to quiet riders. Bertie Bartaby resigns as a rat-catcher for illiteracy on daily bills. Wesley Thomas’s seven children post a sign to slow traffic. Annie Brown of Toronto, 98, says she avoids meat and lives long.
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Guetta
Pakistan
Tom Mennard
Hangieton
Sussex
England
Mennard
Bertie Bartaby
Colkirk
Bertie
Annie Brown
Toronto
Safety on the Farm and Rising Rural Injuries
National Safety Council data show farmers face a high risk of deadly and serious injuries. Horses, cows, and bulls cause many accidents, with children especially at risk around machinery. Carelessness, inadequate safety guards, and improper pesticide handling drive the problem. farmers must organize their own safety programs.
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National Safety Council
C-I-L Agricultural News
Smoothest Men Are Teachers at Pleasantdale Resort
Pleasantdale New Jersey. Irving Green, resort hotel owner, canvasses nearby schools each winter to recruit unattached male school teachers for summer guest seasons. He says teachers fit the bill as they are used to handling children, well mannered, and well educated for vacationing women students seeking partners.
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Pleasantdale
N.J
Irving Green
Green
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Walsh
James Pearson
Pearson
W. J Crawford
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert
New Hampshires
East Stanwood
Wash
Pike
Petersham
Bennett Cerf
Wesley W. Thomas
Lancaster
Mass
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