Bank of Nova Scotia reviews mixed 1949 outlook for Canada
The Monthly Review notes 1949 saw broad prosperity but uneven gains across sectors. It expects higher capital investment in resource development and public utilities, yet a softer year for manufacturing and exports, with U.S. market competition and dollar gaps likely to restrain Canadian sales. Unemployment remains high but improving. oil, minerals, and housing drive activity.
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Bank of Nova Scotia
Canada
United States
U.S
Side notes on cheques misdirection and curious ethics
A column of assorted anecdotes on cheque scrutiny dining out dangers to beware of scams with misdirected bills. It cites a New Yorker quip about green eyed women and quotes Gilbert White on secrets. It covers payroll hold ups pay method choices and a one man hen Greta in Amsterdam.
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New Yorker
Gilbert White
Amsterdam
Holland
Greta
Greta Garbo
How to Re-Cover Chairs with Slip-Covers
Practical guide by Francis James explains choosing fabrics such as chintz twill rep linen and cretonne for slip-covers. It covers measuring chairs noting tuck-in allowances and seam widths and step by step patterning pinning cutting and sewing to fit chairs Chesterfields and cushions.
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Francis James
Cresterfield
Chesterfield
Floating Fragments and Quips From a Dated Page
A collage of wry anecdotes and odd facts from a mid-century voice. Notes on weather, prices, sports, crime, and tech mix with jokes about shoes, laces, and Martian signals. Local color and snapshots of everyday life emerge in brisk, humorous bursts.
Prizes Not Much Good To Winner
Brandon housewife Mrs. Dennis McNeill won $2,000 in merchandise on a Minneapolis radio quiz show including a TV set and air conditioning system. She cannot use the TV because Brandon is outside the American broadcast range and cannot use the air conditioner. The report notes hard water requires more soap for cleansing lathers.
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Brandon
Man
Dennis McNeill
Minneapolis
Daisy the Filly Wins and Calls Back Real Money
A husband bets on a filly named Daisy and wins big. He slips five dollars to his wife as a share. Later, Daisy herself supposedly calls back on the phone, linking the race fortune to a playful domestic twist.
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Daisy
Artificial Eye Moves Like Natural One
Toronto report on a new artificial eye developed at the Hospital for Sick Children that moves with natural eye motion. The device uses a plastic base embedded in the eye muscle with tantalum mesh, allowing independent or coordinated movement, and a matching outer shell. The project costs aid seek 4 million from Canadians to complete a 12 million building expansion and ongoing research.
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Toronto
Canada
Two White Rhinoceros Captured for Khartoum Zoo
Khartoum Zoo displays Paul and Cloo two rare white rhinoceros once captured by Kenyan hunter Carl Hartley in Bahr El Ghazal Sudan. The one horned pair, valued around 28000 dollars, were lassoed after a five minute fight and brought to Juba.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Paul
Cloo
Khartoum Zoo
Cloe
Carl Hartley
Kenya
Hartley
Shambe
Bahr El-Ghazal
Juba
Montreal Island population rises to 1 650 011 in Lovell directory
Montreal proper houses 1 420 057 residents while the Island of Montreal totals 1 650 011 in Lovell's 107th Montreal Directory. The island population grew by 24 646 last year, per the directory.
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Montreal
Lovell
Master Farm Families Honored in Alberta
Five Alberta farm families selected from a hundred nominations receive the distinction Master Farm Families. The program highlights farm operations, community service, and agricultural contributions in the province.
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Alberta
Religious stamps attract collectors across nations
Stamp Corner surveys religious themes on issues from the Virgin Islands Malta Vatican City and Hungary to Argentina Bolivia Brazil and Spain. New issues include Malta pictorial stamps India Republic of India Finland new high value airmail Russia Saar Korea Albania and Soviet-Albanian friendship. Ed note invites Canadians to contact Mr Pratt Kuhn with stamp offers.
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Virgin Islands
West Indies
St. Ursula
Malta
Mediterranean
St. Paul
Vatican City
Papal
Rome
Christ
Francis
St. Anthony
St. Peter's Church
Hungary
St. Stephen
Belgium
Orval Abbey
Spain
Portugal
Americas
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Cardinal Pacelli
India
Republic of India
Finland
Russia
Saar
Korea
Albania
Enver Hoxha
lIf
Pratt Kuhn
Wellington St. W
Toronto
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