First wheat shipment from West in 1876 marks prairie rise
Records show the first Western Canada wheat shipment occurred October 13, 1876, with 8571.6 bushels of Red Fyfe bought by Eastern Seed House in Toronto. A later 1877 shipment went to Britain via Winnipeg. The 1884 Manitoba No 1 Hard shipment to Glasgow began the all-Canadian export grain route and solidified prairie wheat quality.
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Steele Briggs Company
Toronto
Canada
Steele Briggs
Britain
Red River
Winnipeg
St. Paul
CPR
Manitoba
Prairies
Liverpool Grain Exchange
Liverpool
White Shoe Care Tips Restore Summer Footwear
Instructions explain cleaning leather and fabric shoes. Leather benefits from damp cloth washing mild soap and gradual drying with trees or paper, then polishing and brushing to revive shine. Fabric shoes are brushed, lightly dampened wipe, cleaning fluid for stubborn spots, then dried before wear.
Answers to Quick Quiz 5 The French and Canadian facts
The fragment lists Quick Canadian Facts items including question 5 The French and question 3 covering Canadian provinces Ont Sask Alta Man Que BC NB NS Nan PEL. It notes a value over 7 000 million and an approximate 30 percent. The material is prepared by the editors of Quick Canadian Facts pocket annual.
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Sask
Alta
Man
Que
Nan
Pel
Middle Island
Lake Erie
Quick Canadian Facts
Pocket Annual
Facts About
Canada
Shrine on Mackinac honors pioneer of digestion study
A shrine on Mackinac Island commemorates Dr. William Beaumont, whose 1822 stomach digestion experiments on Alexis St. Martin established digestion as a chemical process. Beaumont treated the wounded fur trader at Fort Michilimackinac, then studied digestion for years, shaping modern physiology.
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Alexis St. Martin
William Beaumont
Old Ft. Michili Mackinac
St. Martin
Dr. Beaumont
St. Martin’s
Mackinac Island
Beaumont
Michigan
Lebanon
Canada
Alexis
Otto O. Beck
Birmingham
Mich
The
State Medical Society
Quebec
St. Thomas de Joliette
Beaumonth
Crown Nest Pass Noted Through Rocky Mountains in 1858
The Mountain Pass article records the first noted existence of Crown Nest Pass traversing the Rocky Mountains in 1858. It highlights the discovery and its geographic significance for route mapping and exploration.
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Crown Nest Pass
Rocky Mountains
Quick Canadia Quiz
A reader quiz lists five questions about Canada 1939 and 1950 tax totals southernmost point railway mileage provincial rankings and territorial area share plus racial origin. It asks for current year total tax take and which population group is largest by race.
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Yukon
Northwest Territories
Canada
Western Canada poised to meet national oil demand
R H C Harrison president of the Canadian Petroleum Association says western Canada will produce enough oil within five years to cover the entire country's needs.
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Calgary
Alta
R. H. C. Harrison
The
Canadian Petroleum Association
Western Canada
Wildhorse and the East Kootenay Bad Men
In 1862 Gold camps in East Kootenay, Wildhorse drew rough men as lawless ore seekers. Mounties and Judge O Reilly tried to curb violence, with revolvers boxed for trial in a log shack. A controversial verdict led to a hanging on a train in Victoria.
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Canada
British Columbia
Whitehorse Creek
Kootenay
Wildhorse
Whitehorse
Douglas
O'Reilly
Big Bend
Helena
Judge O'Reilly
Victoria
Mosquitoes May Spread Polio in Manitoba Study
Manitoba faces polio and mosquito risk as University of Manitoba scientists launch a first continent spanning study on whether biting insects spread polio. The Polio Prevention Association of Greater Winnipeg funds insect collection at eight sites with Lions Club support and University staff. A $25,000 fundraising drive is planned to complete the project.
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Manitoba
University of Manitoba
Lions Club
Winnipeg
University
Killing sheep ticks in Alberta before market
A. J. Charnetski of the Alberta Department of Agriculture urges tick control now to prevent stunted growth and anemia in sheep. He recommends treating both ewes and lambs, separating them for spraying rather than dipping, and following label directions for effective tick elimination.
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A. J. Charnetski
Alberta Department of Ariculture
Mr. Charnetski
Gems of Thought on Music and Emotion
A collection of quoted musings on music and feeling from figures such as Beethoven, Mary Baker Eddy, Sydney Smith, Byron, and L. E. Landon. The notes link music to heart, memory, and emotion, suggesting music awakens deeper human experiences.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Smile of the Week, A Golfer’s Wayward Shot
A humorous note about a novice golfer on a championship course. He slices a drive and a follow up, asks direction to the green, and the caddie wittily replies that it is Due west. The pair jokes about cutting through a hedge to catch a bus.
Oldest bear dies at Toronto zoo
Whitey the polar bear, believed to have lived behind bars longer than any other, died at Riverdale Zoo at age 34. The bear came to Canada in 1922 after a department store parade and was later donated to the zoo.
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Toronto
Whitey
Riverdale Zoo
Zoo
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White Shoe Care
Hampstead Club
London
J. L. Garrad
Hampstead
B. Christian
Mel Rilstone
American Fur Co
Yogi Berra
Bill Skowron
New York
Berra
Defence Research Board
Navy
Halifax
Trebor
Walter K. Marks
New York City
East Kootenay
Joyce Landry
Long Beach
California
Beethoven
Sydney Smith
Byron
L. E. Landon
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