Building a Farm Ice House for Milk Cooling
The article outlines practical farm ice house plans emphasizing drainage, insulation, and air circulation. It covers porous under-pile drainage with coarse cinders, dry sawdust insulation, waterproof paper coverings, ventilation by leaving gable ends open, and shaded site selection. It notes ice needs: about three tons for a household fridge, 500 lbs per cow for cream, two tons per cow for milk, with 30 percent extra loss allowance. An ice pile of 10 by 10 by 9 feet holds about 20 tons, requiring a 14 foot square building.
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IICE
Playtime Fun Sock Dolls Pattern 7378
A doll pattern uses size-12 socks scraps and straw yarn to create snow suit dolls. Includes pattern 7378 with charts photos and directions. send twenty five cents to Household Arts Department Wings News Union Toronto with your name address and pattern number.
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Wings News Union
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Toronto
Produce merchant in Los Angeles learns of $19,000 loss
John G. Maulhard reports a $19,000 cash theft believed to have occurred about three months ago. Police say Charles W. Swigert, 21, surrendered $17,000 to St. Louis police and confessed he stole the money from Maulhard’s safe. Maulhard last opened the vault on August 18.
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Los Angeles
John G. Maulhard
Charles W. Swigert
St. Louis
Maulhard
First watch created late in the tenth century
A historical note states the earliest watch was developed late in the 10th century, marking an early clockmaking milestone. The brief mentions no specific inventor or location and focuses on a general timeline rather than technical details.
Pot Bulbs Now Get Spring Blooms
Advice on potting Dutch bulbs such as hyacinth, tulip, daffodil, and narcissus for indoor flowering. Use sandy soil, avoid barnyard manure, water well after potting, and store in a cool dark basement for six to eight weeks. Move to light when growth reaches about one inch, then shift to a cooler room to force blooms, avoiding direct sun for longer-lasting flowers.
Boys From Peru See First Rain in Vancouver
Patrick and Robin Landes, two Peruvian desert boys visiting Vancouver with their parents, experience rain for the first time in the city. The Landes family, including geologist father and Alberta-born mother, arrived from Talara Peru where dryness prevails.
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Peru
Vancouver
Patrick
Robin Landes
Talara
Smile of the Week Salesman Quips on Shirts
A salesman touts shirts as laughably strong while a customer jokes about shirts returning from laundering with torn seams. The exchange captures a light consumer moment highlighting product durability and laundry mishaps.
Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf
A gay party with author and journalist guests features a Masquerade. An editor attends dressed as a motorcycle cop and pursues a Rolls Royce, receiving a fifty dollar tip from a chauffeur and later a fifty dollar anonymous donation to the Red Cross.
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Bennett Cerf
The
Red Cross
Selected Recipes for a Creamy Chicken Casserole
A six serving chicken dish uses a five to six pound roasting bird simmered in water with onion carrot and celery then cooled in broth. Vegetables mushrooms and chicken are layered in a casserole before a nutmeg seasoned cream sauce is poured over. A biscuit dough crust bakes at 400 degrees for twenty minutes to golden brown.
Inventor Elmer Sperry Pioneered the Gyro-Compass
Elmer Ambrose Sperry born 1860 developed the gyro compass that removed magnetism errors and was adapted for ocean navigation.
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Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Beans Make a Hearty Diet Staple Across Regions
Home economists advise quick bean recipes from the Dominion Department of Agriculture. The guide offers tomato onion bean bake and a layered navy bean casserole with cheese, bread crumbs, and vegetables, yielding six servings per dish.
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Home Economists
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Classic Chili Beans Recipe Punches Up Ground Beef
A one pound portion of ground raw beef browns with chopped onion in a dry pan, then mixed with two cups navy beans and one cup chili sauce. Chili powder, bay leaf, cloves and pepper add flavor. simmer covered 15 to 20 minutes. Adjust with veggie water or tomato juice as needed. yields six to eight servings.
Gems of Thought Across Classic Sayings
A collection of quotes on inner struggle growth effort and knowledge from Browning Coolidge Eddy Locke Maeterlinck and Seneca. Each line highlights discipline action and the drive to apply truth in life and learning.
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Calvin Coolidge
Mary Baker Eddy
Locke
Maeterlinck
Goose Recatch at Miner Sanctuary Bands Long-Travel Goose
At the Jack Miner Sanctuary in Kingsville Ontario the sons of the late Jack Miner recaught a Canada goose previously banded in fall 1932. The bird carried the band 19 years and completed 38 migrations across the continent. Such long-recaptured birds are rare, with 6 to 10 years common and 19 years exceptional.
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Miner Bird Sanctuary
Kingsville
Ontario
Jack Miner
Preventing Tuberculosis Campaign Message by Manitoba Official
Dr E L Ross medical director of the Sanatorium Board of Manitoba urges mass chest X ray surveys funded by Christmas Seals. He notes 750000 Manitobans have been X rayed in three years and calls for continued effort to find unknown infections, reduce deaths from TB and keep families safe through early detection and free treatment.
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E. L. Ross
Sanatorium Board of Manitoba
Manitoba
Christ
Inventive Minds Still Active in Canada
Ottawa reports Canada's inventors stay busy with rising electricity and chemistry patents. During the year ending March 31, 12 751 applications were filed, down 23 percent from the prior year, while patents granted rose 16 percent to 9 348. Noted innovations include button sewing machines, ash trays, wind shield wipers, suction cleaners, fishing dressing machines, razor blade packs, and advances in pulse code modulation color television and telemetric systems.
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Ottawa
Canada
Secretary of State Department
Patent Office
Apiarist Claims Bees Are Lazy and Inefficient
W. R. Agar of Brooklin Ontario an apiarist with 35 years in the trade says the busy bee is lazy and not very bright. Speaking at the Royal Winter Fair he notes bees make three or four nectar trips daily then rest and that some swarms fly off leaving 100 pounds of honey behind missing a chance to build winter reserves.
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Toronto
W. R. Agar
Brooklin
Ont
Agar
Helpful Hints for Linens Lamps and Tea Biscuits
The article gives practical tips for home care. It advises damp drying linens for smooth texture and easier ironing. For bronze lamps it recommends washing the base, drying, then sealing with denatured alcohol and a coat of water white lacquer. It also suggests adding brown sugar cinnamon and ginger to flour for tea biscuits.
Christmas Seal 1949 Promotes TB Campaign
The message urges readers to buy Christmas Seals to support tuberculosis prevention. The central dove with holly symbolizes peace and goodwill, highlighting the campaign to bring health and happiness to many despite widespread suffering.
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