Polynesian Princess Resettles in Cardston with Mormon Husband
Vera Love a 22 year old Polynesian princess now living in Cardston with her husband Galbert Lowry a former Mormon missionary. Born in New Zealand she left Paratonga Island life for Alberta climate and now entertains townsfolk with stories and occasional hula performances noting grass skirts are bark woven and treated rather than grass.
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Cardston
Gilbert Lowry
New Zealand
Vera Love
Lowry
Tiaeetaoa
Alberta
Paratongs Island
Galbert Lowry
Taylorville
Alta
Raratonga
Ott Islet
Two Manitoba Weeklies Amalgamate Into Gazette Reporter
The Rapid City Reporter and The Rivers Gazette merge to form The Gazette Reporter with effect January 14 1954. Editors note decades of collaboration and shared printing toil as both papers retain identity as far as possible. The combined operation aims to ease workload from years of expansion and equipment limits.
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Manitoba
Rapid City Reporter
Rivers Gazette
Gazette Reporter
Cooper Stone
Graham F. Barker
The
Gazette
Thos. W. Offen
Oswald G. Stone
Reporter
Rivers
Rapid City
Ossie
Graham
G.T.P
Clay
Rube Allyn
Rube
Nokomis (Sask
Strange accidents do strange accidents do
A 1953 National Safety Council roundup lists bizarre animal and object mishaps across the United States. Notable incidents include a Memphis man struck by an ear of corn hurled by a squirrel and a Kansas City style kitchen sink mishap injuring a four year old in Texarkana.
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J. C. Lightfoot
Memphis
Tenn
Lightfoot
National Safety Council
Payson
Utah
Shirl Kelsey
Kelsey
Lincoln
Neb
Jewell Norman
Robert Hemnbaugh
Painesville
Ishmael Lynch
Port Gibson
Miss
Joan Williams
Texarkana
Ark
Miss Williams
Daddy
Day Ray
Miami
Fla
Ray
Harris
New Orleans
Joe Fee
Portland
Ore
Holland
Mich
Lake Michigan
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
George
Ben
Richmond
Richard Kleiner
Ottawa Citizen
Three Million Pounds Of Fish Sold From Sask Lakes In '53
Prince Albert reports approximately 3 000 000 pounds of fish, earning about 200 000 dollars, sold through the Saskatchewan Fish Marketing Service for the year Nov 1 1952 to Oct 31 1953. The catch came from 40 lakes with over 700 fishermen using the agency, up to half of Saskatchewan’s commercial fishers. Prices were lower than earlier years, while costs rose, squeezing producers. Communities aim to boost Saskatchewan consumption and domestic markets for local fish.
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Sask
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan Fish Marketing Service
D. F. Corney
Saskatchewan
Corney
Ministers Pick Sermon Topics Across Albert Lea Churches
In Albert Lea Minnesota three nearby church ministers set Sunday topics in sequence Where is He He is here God changes His address None consulted each other Franz Sowinski 52 of Salzgit ter tried four years to cure insomnia by counting letters in a cookbook yielding 1 020 205 letters 183 868 words 15 045 figures and punctuation marks and 2 690 recipes He says he still sleeps two hours a night and will start a new book Snowballs sold fast at a nickel each in Hollywood refrigerated to add Christmas cheer native kids rarely play with the treat
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Franz Sowinski
Salzgitter
Lifespan Facts: Horses Live Longest Among Domesticated Animals
The text states horses live 20 to 35 years, cows rarely pass 25, dogs about 15 to 20, and notes the Atlantic Ocean name first appeared with Hero dotus, a Roman historian.
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Atlantic Ocean
Herodotus
Canadian Farm Loan Board 1953 Annual Report Highlights
The twenty fourth annual report shows loans increased 33 percent with 1 685 first mortgages approved. Total loans reach 5 852 300 dollars up 38 percent, average loan 3470 dollars including second mortgages. Admin assets rise to 31 588 657 dollars. Operating costs up 2.7 percent to 456 137 dollars.
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Canadian Farm Loan Board
Oil Industry Leads In Mineral Riches In Canada
Edmonton report notes 1953 oil became Canada's top mineral product with an estimated value of 215 million dollars, up 50 percent from 1952, while total Canadian mineral value neared 1.3 billion. Refineries expand as pipelines and gas export plans unfold, including Trans Canada and Western pipelines eyeing a 350 million dollar project to Montreal and Toronto.
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Edmonton
Alta
Northwest
Canada
Western
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Wheat
Manitoba
British Columbia
North West Territories
Vancouver
E. C. Manning
Provincial Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board
Manning
Trans-Canada Pipe Line Co
Western Pipe Line Co. Ltd
Montreal
Toronto
Regina
Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Inter-provincial Pipe Line Co
Imperial Oil
McColl-Frontenac Oil Co
Cleaning and cooking tips from a bygone page
A rag dipped in paraffin cleans windows with brightness beyond water. Soft paper polishes without lint. To speed vegetable cooking add a pinch of bicarbonate of soda to boiling water. Wipe fresh fruit with a damp cloth after purchase to deter rot transfer.
Town Archives To Be Preserved In Lacombe Vault
Lacombe Alberta will safeguard its old town records in the basement vault of the former Bank of Montreal building. Dr John McKibbin owns the building and approved the arrangement after G T Jackson urged improved protection from the previous hazardous storage method.
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Lacombe
Alta
Town of
Bank of Montreal
John McKibbin
G. T. Jackson
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Husband
Rara
Central Press
Albert Lea
Minn
Hollywood
Coun I
M. Harrison-Gray
Dealert East
South
West
North
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