Canadian Prime Ministers Live Long Record
The piece notes Canadian prime ministers have aged well, with most dying past seventy while a single case ended at fifty. It contrasts with U S presidents and cites Sir John A Macdonald, Sir John Thompson, Sir Charles Tupper, Sir William Osler, and others, suggesting factors like pure air and tranquil politics may boost longevity.
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Mackenzie King
John A Marchemald
Canada
Sir John Thompson
Windsor Castle
William Osler
Sir Charles Tupper
Antwerp
Sir Charles
United States
Dominion of Canada
Gazette
Parliament Hill
Montreal Gazette
Lightweight wool suit prescribes for travel and commute
A lightweight woollen suit in navy with white stripes offers comfort for cool days and long journeys. The tailored outfit features a self tie waist, a slim straight skirt, and a jacket with a bloused back, with both horizontal and vertical stripe patterns for variation.
Ministers swap crowds after church service bid
In Galesburg Kansas the Rev Leonard F Murphy of the Christian Church offered a prize to the person bringing the most neighbors to an evening service. The Rev Robert Alexander a Methodist minister won the prize. He dismissed his church and led his entire congregation to the Christian Church.
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Galesburg
Kans
Leonard F. Murphy
The
Christian Church
Robert Alexander
Pottery Making Among Oldest Human Industries
A brief note on pottery as an ancient craft highlighting its role in early economies and daily life. The fragment references pottery’s long-standing significance in human industry.
Lightning Casualties The Open
Dr G D McCann Westinghouse engineer notes lightning risk is 365000 to 1 with about 400 deaths expected yearly. Household accidents total around 33000 and highway fatalities near 40000 while city shelters reduce risk due to steel framed buildings. Indoor safety is advised as outdoors storms rage.
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G. D. McCann
Westinghouse
Safety Council
McCann
Postmaster Dealt With Circulars For Deceased Clients
A rural delegate at the Canadian Postmasters Association meeting describes how he stopped firms sending circulars to long-dead customers. He returned the letters, then sent the company a list of deceased clients with a note about not delivering to travellers who have gone into the great beyond. A stray line defines a cayman as a type of alligator.
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Toronto
Canadian Postmasters’ Association
Berry Picker Gears Up Cranberry Harvest Speed
A new machine harvests cranberries by vacuum action twice as fast as hand picking. In Washington tests last fall it yielded 250 pounds per hour versus 100 by hand. It uses a suction hose and rubber-lined container with a cleaning attachment to remove weeds. Adaptation needed for eastern bogs where vines are longer and berries cling tighter.
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Washington
Leonardo da Vinci fresco survives Milan bombing wall removal
The Last Supper in Santa Maria Delle Grazie, Milan, remained undamaged after brick walls shielding it from bomb blasts since 1943 were removed, preserving the masterpiece.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Santa Maria Delle Grazie
Milan
Parisian model shaped Oxford and Cambridge traditions
The University of Paris served as a blueprint for the development of Oxford and Cambridge, guiding their early structures and educational approaches. As a reference point, Paris influenced curriculum, governance, and scholarly ideals that informed English medieval universities.
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University of Paris
Oxford
Cambridge
Auto Tourists Vastly Exceed Early Travel Estimates
A surge of automobile tourists fills highways as inquiries for trip data and maps rise beyond earlier forecasts. The 1946 travel wave could surpass the prior peak, with many cars in the average class. Experts urge pre trip car checks and adherence to speed limits to prevent breakdowns and ensure safe, carefree journeys.
Bookmaker Sends Son to Doctor with Odd Bet
A sick bookmaker sent his boy to the family doctor. The boy explains the doctor’s door showed two consultation times. He chose the longer window, thinking it offered better odds, misreading the neighbour’s sign as more favorable.
Philip Noel-Baker Named Labor Party Chair with Canada Ties
Philip Noel-Baker, newly named chair of the Labor party shaping government policy, cites numerous associations with Canada. Born 1889, he notes Tren ton Ontario roots, and his Ontario-born father rose to prominence as an engineer in London. He plans to visit western Canada to climb the Rockies.
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Philip Noel-Baker
Labor Party
Canada
Trenton
Ont
Ontario
London
Western Canada
Rockies
Inherited Skill Shown In Beavers’ Woodwork Talent
A scientific test placed a mature beaver raised apart from its kind into a colony and observed its instant display of expert felling, dam construction, and collaborative behavior. The study concludes beaver engineering aptitude is inherited rather than learned through sight or routine observation.
Phrase Origin Traced to 17th Century Siege
The expression between the devil and the deep blue sea originated in 1637 during a Scottish regiment’s siege when trapped between the ocean and Swedish artillery fire.
Muscle-building device crafted from airplane tubing in Canada
At Ottawa Veterans Centre a new improved Delorme apparatus built by Norman Maclaren and Bud Warren uses aircraft tubing to train major muscle groups with slow, high resistance. It enables quick disassembly and portability, addressing leg and back strength where prior methods focused on endurance. Egyptian astronomers had advanced calendars 6,000 years ago.
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Ottawa
Delorme
Units States Army Medical Corps
Canada
Royal Canadian Engineers
Montreal Military Hospital
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