Point Pelee National Park a Rich Ontario Wilderness
Point Pelee in Ontario stands as a notable national park near Windsor and Detroit. The marshes lakes and wildlife habitat support geese ducks herons swans muskrats foxes raccoons and turtles. The park shares a history as a Great Lakes sailing shelter and a 1763 Wyandotte massacre site during Pontiac’s uprising.
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Windsor
Detroit
Point Pelee National Park
Pelee
Great Lakes
Day care alone not enough for deserted Canadian mothers
Margaret Austin in Health magazine argues 15 000 deserted mothers and many widows with children lack secure homes. She urges group housing with on site day care, noting current centers fail during rush hour, illness care, and costs of living in poor lodgings. Preventive housing could reduce hospitalizations and foster care costs.
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Canada
Margaret Austin
Health Magazine
Austin
Toronto
Quick Canadian Quiz From a Provincial Ledger
A brief quiz asks how often legislatures meet, who led Canadian ground forces in World War II, the five leading manufacturing provinces in order, and Ottawa’s weekly interest payment on the public debt.
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Ottawa
Canadian Kent family soars with four pilots and more to come
Vancouver report shows the Kent family with four pilots and three youngsters awaiting licenses. A. M. Kent, a private pilot since 1929, logged over 3,000 hours during World War II air observer service and still flies. The mother does not fly.
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Vancouver
Kent
Air Observer Schools
Mr. Kent
Strawberries Boost Vitamin C Intake Says UC Experts
Berkeley California UC extension scientists advise a half cup daily of bright red strawberries to provide about two thirds of the average adult's daily vitamin C. Choose solid berries with bright appearance. white patches indicate under ripe fruit and are not recommended.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Smile of the Week Ends With Biblical Trial Joke
A late night newsroom call delivers a joke as Rev Dr Thirdly asks the religious editor to transfer Daniel from the fiery furnace to the den of lions. The lighthearted quip riffs on Sunday sermons and biblical imagery for a humorous newspaper moment.
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Daniel
Cleaning and Food Prep Tips From A Past Era
Practical household tips describe cleaning clothes with soap and soaking, leaving stems on beets for cooking, using salt to brighten rug colors while vacuuming, and placing cloves on jelly to prevent mold with a lime bowl in the jelly closet.
Pakistanian agricultural envoy urges global pooled research in Canada
Dr Khan Abdul Rahman of Punjab University urges a world brotherhood in agriculture to bring undeveloped areas under cultivation. He cites Pakistan's success in converting 2,000,000 acres of sand dunes to wheat and other crops and notes rising yields from 820 to 1312 pounds per acre with experimental plots reaching 4653 pounds.
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Winnipeg
World Brotherhood In Agriculture
Khan Abdul Rahman
Punjab University
Pakistan
Faculty of Agriculture
Canada
Colomodo
Nature
Too Nice for Job Attitude Highlighted in Toronto Youth
A Toronto youth employed by an excavating contractor dresses in a white shirt and tie and carries a lunch in a briefcase to seem as if he holds an office job. The piece argues many people overestimate their status relative to their work.
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Toronto
Skunk with Built-In Girdle Found After Shot
In Haddam Connecticut Randy Hayden shot a skunk and found a rubber girdle embedded in the animal’s flesh. The girdle’s middle was stretched taut as the skunk grew, but it failed to burst the skin.
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Haddam
Conn
Randy Hayden
Canadian fashions spark bold vest shirt combo
The corduroy vest paired with a checked shirt reflects Gay Toy's take on the sleeveless sweater look, blending casual texture with a contrasting pattern for a modern outfit.
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Gay Toy
Gems of Thought on Friendship Across Famous Voices
A collection of maxims on friendship from figures such as Proverbs, Mary Baker Eddy, George Washington, Gelett Burgess, Emerson and Robert Hall. It emphasizes friendship as steadfast, tested by adversity, reciprocal virtue, and the mutual trust essential to lasting bonds.
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Earth
Mary Baker Eddy
George Washington
Gelett Burgess
Tests Show Pig Rates Higher In Intelligence Than The Horse
Dr Carl Warden of Columbia University reports a series of intelligence tests on animals. The pig ranked high among mammals, with primates first after man and the elephant rated top among others. The horse scored lower than pig and elephant while dogs and cats showed notable learning in verbal tasks.
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Scientific American
Carl
Warden
Columbia University
Orient
Dr. Warden
Cortisone To Be Made Available For Everyone
New methods announced by Harvard researchers and Merck officials promise large scale production of cortisone from coal tar yeast yams soybeans or cholesterol. Cortisone relieves rheumatoid arthritis and helps with rheumatic fever allergies and eye diseases. While production could vastly increase supply technical and commercial feasibility remains to be shown.
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Alton L. Blakeslef
New York
American Chemical Society
Harvard University
Merck and Company of
Rahway
Syntex, Inc
Harvard
Guests Are Coming I Must Ready The House And Bake
A hurried domestic poem by Margaret Ashmun outlines chores for guests arriving. The speaker plans pies cookies and a lemon ice menu and orders cream soap ginger ale and cantaloupe while tidying the guest room dusting the mantel and dressing the children.
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Margaret Ashmun
Timber marketed as mahogany spans over sixty species
A broad market shift now lists more than 60 timber species as mahogany. The move impacts pricing and consumer perception while prompting calls for standardization in wood labeling across suppliers and retailers.
Welsh Ponies Bred In Alberta Grower Sees Demand
Adam Berreth, a southern Alberta farmer, raises Welsh ponies since the 1930s. He now has 11 registered ponies and aims to breed Palomino colored ponies, hoping to expand beyond hobby keeping as demand grows. He touts the ponies as gentle, trainable family pets and notes a Palomino Welsh stallion in his herd, possibly unique in Canada.
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Edmonton
Adam Berreth
Alberta
Berreth
Wales
Canada
Glasses-Wearing Pigeon Delights New York Report
A New York report describes a unique pigeon that carries a pair of spectacles in its beak and eyes observers as if looking through the lenses. The tale echoes a Scottish anecdote about visiting Americans and skyscrapers, noting New York’s famed Empire State Building alongside a peacock with a wooden leg in Peebles.
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New York
D. B. MacRae
Regina Leader-Post
United States
Niagara Falls
Peebles
Empire State Building
Answers to Quick Quiz Answers
Quick Canadian Facts compiles responses listing gold copper and nickel as metals. It notes Ontario Quebec British Columbia Manitoba and Alberta as provinces and mentions “at least once a year” for frequency. It cites Crerar General H. D. G. Crerar and reports almost nine million in value.
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Que
Man
Alta
H. D. G. Crerar
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Handbook of Facts About
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