Western boys and girls win big at national farm clubs contest
Manitoba leads with three project wins at the 1947 National Contests for Boy and Girls Farm Clubs in Toronto accompanying the Winter Fair. Saskatchewan takes two titles while British Columbia Alberta and Quebec win one each. Entries feature two person teams from across Canada with top scores by Robert Brack and Elva McBurney among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Alberta
Quebec
Relieve Cold Misery with Thermogene Mephatep Rus
Relieve misery of head and chest colds by rubbing throat chest and back at night with Thermogene Mephatep Rus. Soothing medicinal vapours penetrate upper breathing passages to break congestion soothe irritation and quiet coughing. Comforts aching muscles like a warm sunlamp. Write for a free introductory tin to Dept MB1 296 Richmond St W Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond St. W
Toronto
Grown-Up Peplum Magic Pattern 4580 for Girls
Easy-sew Anne Adams pattern 4580 offers a swingy girls dress with detachable peplum in sizes 6 to 14. Includes illustrated instructions and fit tested guidance. Requires 2% yards at size 10 and 39 inch fabric with 35 inch contrast. send 25 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba with size name address and style number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Brownie Pudding Dessert Recipe Guide
A brownie pudding recipe outlines ingredients including flour baking powder salt sugar cocoa milk shortening vanilla and nuts plus brown sugar and cocoa topping. Mix dry ingredients add wet ingredients fold in nuts bake 30 to 40 minutes at 350 F in greased dish yielding sauce forms at bottom serving 6 to 8.
Doughnuts From Chocolate Mix Surpass Plain Donuts
A recipe yields 4 dozen doughnuts using flour baking powder salt sugar eggs melted chocolate vanilla and milk. The batter is mixed in stages with kneading rolling cutting frying and finishing with sugar or cinnamon sugar coating.
Valuable Vitamin C Loss By Throwing Vegetable Water Away
In Ottawa Dr L B Pett chief of the nutrition division warns Canadians waste more vitamin C in vegetable water than in imported fruit He urges cooking with less water and shorter times and using vegetable water in soups to preserve nutrients and avoid lowering nutritional standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
U.S
L. B. Pett
Health Departments
Turin Once Served as Italy's Capital
A historical note recalls Turin as the capital of Italy at a past period, highlighting its political prominence before Rome became the central seat of power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turin
Italy
Campaign for King Leopold Returns Gains Momentum
Supporters of King Leopold II of Belgium in exile mobilize to launch an active campaign for his return. Public Health Ministry reports smallpox in Egypt amid ongoing cholera outbreaks. Britain expects 50 percent higher export sales to Canada in 1948 per deputy high commissioner Joseph Garner. Salvation Army commissioner David Lamb, who hitch-hiked at 77, marks his 81st birthday. All clear siren confirms a 1940 bomb near Ousden, Suffolk was harmless. London suburban eatery notes staggered service times to share popular dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Canada
Joseph Garner
United Kingdom
David Lamb
Salvation Army
United States
Ousden
Suffolk
Eng
Four Friends Die When Cable Bridge Collapses on Ottawa River
Four men die as a cable bridge over the Ottawa River collapses while being built. One survivor, Mattie Luikko, says he is lucky to be alive after clinging to floating wreckage as swift current swept his companions away. Bridge remnants extend from the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa River
Mattie Luikko
Sky River
Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed in Themed Grid
A garbled list of crossword clues in horizontal and vertical directions covers various topics from animals and chemistry to geography and music. Readers encounter partial words and misspellings that blur intended answers and grid placements.
Prairies Residents Live Longer Says Dominion Survey
Dominion Bureau of Statistics findings from the 1931 1941 census and 1940 42 mortality data show life expectancy rising for both sexes with prairie residents enjoying the longest male and female lifespans. Prairie boys average about 65.43 years, while prairie girls near 68, ahead of Quebec Ontario and B C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairies
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Maritime Provinces
B.C
Maritimes
India
Layer of Air Extends Beyond Hundred Miles from Earth
The article notes the atmosphere around Earth extends far beyond 100 miles, but exact thickness is unknown. It emphasizes that some air is present well above the planet’s surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Globe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Western Boys
Robert Brack
Clark's Crossing
Kathleen Sutherland
Saskatoon
Hendric Devries
Georgetown
David Pelletterio
Milton
New Brunswick
Franklin Johnson
Michael Routledge
Hamp
Stead
Betsey Buchanan
Kisbey
Harold Lees
Jerenny
Katherine
Leonora Wood
Armstrong
Donald Murray
Alex Stow
Graysville
Swine
Denis Forest
Fabien Gaudet
Ste. Marie Salomie
William De’Ath
Elgin Drayson
Mentmore
Harold Forder
Blackstock
Ewart Leask
Taunton
Gaudet
Fabien
Elva McBurney
Margaret Patterson
Souris
Roland
Emilien Bernard
Balmoral
Alan
Ronald Smith
Whonnock
Russel Atkinson
Stonewall
Donald Taplin
Elkhart
Harvey Katterhagen
Howard Roppel
Rockyford
David Craig
Bowmanville
Evelyn Taylor
Enniskillen
Douglas Rose
Surrey Centre
Audrey Kidd
Cloverdale
Harry Harper
Goodwood
Robert Meek
Sandford
Richard Desrochers
Fernand Rondeau
Ste. Elisabeth
Margaret Brown
Iris Kingsmill
Ruth Fulton
Arbuthnot
Ellen Jacques
Kincaid
Mary Keffer
Anna Orr
Maple
Jean Gow
Whitla
Lorraine Shatz
Bow Island
Nova Scotia
Virginia Buck
New Glasgow
Rosetta Reid
Eureka
Doris Kirkpatrick
Agnes Turnbull
Paris
Sassons
Leopold mi
Rhonarch
Public Health Ministry
Egypt
London
River Island
New Guinea
Elairs
William
Ferguson
Berrick
Rambray
Germany
Russia
Margarita
Little Reggie
Reggie
Cai H
Priscilla
Pop
Fale
al Vermeer
Sweethear
Dominion
UAWA
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!