Butter Prices Rise After Autumn Slump in Canada
Saskatchewan butter producers reversed the autumn overproduction, curtailing Western output and boosting exports. Montreal wholesale prices dipped to 16 to 17 cents per pound while local fat prices fell to about 12 cents delivered to creameries. By year end, shortages and higher prices followed as production declined and exports neared four million pounds.
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Saskatchewan
Montreal
Canada
Ottawa
Fruit Cup Medley in Lettuce Cups
Recipe combines diced oranges grapefruit apples and bananas with broken nut meats. Toss fruit to even sizes then mix with dressing or mayo and top lettuce cups. Add nuts last and serve as a light fruit cup snack.
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Chocolate Bread Pudding with Unsweetened Chocolate
A recipe for a chocolate bread pudding using stale bread, 1 percent milk, eggs, sugar, salt, vanilla, and unsweetened chocolate. The mix bakes in a water bath at 350 degrees for about 60 minutes and serves six with optional hard sauce or cream.
House of Rubber display in England features rubber walls
A building styled as the House Of Rubber is shown in England with rubber floors roof and wall panels. Window and door frames are rubber and ebonite fittings equip the bathroom and kitchen in the exhibit.
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England
Kipling Toast For Overseas League Appeal
Rudyard Kipling offered a simple toast in response to the Overseas League request for a brief line celebrating the empire. The toast emphasizes peace, power, and security as enduring aims.
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Rudyard Kipling
Overseas League
League
Editor Says Free Publicity Comes With Costs and Rules
The Sackville Tribune editor explains that free publicity is costly and not limitless. Editors juggle public relations pushes and local requests, noting many seek gratis space to boost events while papers must balance revenue and fairness. A Western Ontario publisher echoes: publicity should be bought at regular rates, with civic support where possible.
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Sackville
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P. T. Barnum Circus
United States
Canada
Solomon
Ontario
St. Catharines Standard
Why Sailors Wear Blue
The blue hue in marine uniforms traces back to ancient Veneti seafarers near Biscay. Vegetius notes Veneti sailors painted ships and masts blue while wearing blue uniforms. The Romans later adopted the practice from the Veneti, linking the color name Venetus to both people and dye.
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Biscay
Venutus
Chinese Gods Fashioned From Manitoba Quartz
Ken Miller, a Winnipeg prospector, profits from mining rose quartz in Bird River 80 miles northeast of Point Du Bois Manitoba. The stones, quarried in Canada’s only quality deposit, are shipped to Oberstein and Idar Germany then to Asia where Pekin and Canton auctions turn rose quartz into small gods sold at about 60 cents per pound.
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Winnipeg
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Point du Bois
Manitoba
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Oberstein
Idar
Germany
Orient
Pekin
Canton
Seasick Passenger On Yacht Declares Waves All the Same
A lighthearted diary-style line reports a seasick passenger aboard a friend's yacht asking why they should return after enduring repeated waves. The remark captures maritime humor amid a rough voyage.
How Bees Spend Winter Do Not Hibernate But Are Contin ually Taking Food
Bees do not hibernate. They cluster to keep a steady 57 degrees in cold months, with inner bees generating heat while outer bees insulate. Feeding before clustering and strong, healthy colonies are essential to survive winter and reach spring.
Barber shop tale about a Republican DOJ official
Paul Mallon recounts a Detroit News anecdote about a Justice Department Republican who jokes Democrats cannot fire all Republicans. The next day he is fired, while the adjacent barber, with a towel on his face, is the Attorney General.
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Paul Mallon
Detroit News
Justice Department
Plate and Cutlery For Cumberland Hotel Furnishings
The Cumberland at Marble Arch, London, opened with 95,000 pieces of tableware from Sheffield. The 45 tons include 30,000 yellow ware items, 47,000 flatware pieces, and 18,000 cutlery items, crafted over six months employing 700 workers.
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Alberta Fruit Industry Sees Growth In Apple, Plum Production
Alberta reports rising fruit output with strong crops of apples and crab apples and plums across many regions. In southern irrigated areas, apples crab apples plums and cantaloupe have been grown commercially on 42 farms for several years.
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