Grasshopper Threat Tops Manitoba Agricultural Meeting
Grasshopper outbreaks are forecast to affect over four million acres in southern Manitoba next summer, with about 50 of 126 municipalities at risk. The Grasshopper Control Committee, chaired by H BK Wood, adopted a 50 percent chemical rebate and planned a regional map-poster to aid control efforts, citing 11 year prairie cycles and potential weather impacts.
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Manitoba
Hbk Wood
Federal
Brandon
Wood
Mr. Wood
R. D. Bird
W. Romanow
Brandon Entomological Lab
A. J. Thorsteinson
University of Manitoba
H. A. Craig
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Stockton Woman Wins Frazer 4-H Trophy
Mrs. R. O. Brown founder of the Stockton 4-H club for seven years receives the W. S. Frazer trophy as outstanding 4-H club leader in the provinces for 1956. Tennessee is an Indian name meaning river of the great bend.
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Stockton
Frazer
R. O. Brown
W. S. Frazer
Tennessee
Great Bend
When I Grow Up I Will Do as I Please
A child voices defiance against rules and grown ups. The speaker vows to ignore do’s and don’ts, choose freely, and resist adult authority, while promising to remain outspoken and self directed as an adult. The tone is rebellious and confident about future independence.
Leading British physicist curbs atom optimism
Sir George Thomson of Cambridge University cautions that atomic powered cars and aircraft face shielding and efficiency hurdles. He predicts fusion may yield direct electricity in time but denies practical large scale atomic power is near. The BAAS address credits atomic energy as Britain's industrial lifesaver amid coal imports.
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George Thomson
Cambridge University
Sir George
United States
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Britain
Royal
Printed Pattern 4654 Half Size Jumper Blouse
Behold a PRINTED PATTERN for half sizes 14 14, 16 24, 18 % 20 14 22 44 24% with easy directions on each tissue part. The jumper requires 3 yards 39 inch fabric and blouse 1% yards. Send 35 cents in coins for pattern 4654 to order.
Crochet patterns for three doilies with varied shapes
Pattern 7123 offers crochet directions for three doilies. round 8 inch square 12 inch and oval 14 inch sizes using No 50 cotton in 83 weight options. Requires twenty five cents in coins to obtain pattern.
Patterns from Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book Offer
Household Arts Department at 60 Front Street W Toronto invites readers to obtain patterns printed in the Alice Brooks Needlecraft book. The offer promises stunning designs for personal use and home decor plus many other easy hand-work patterns available to order. Send 25 cents for a copy of the book.
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Household Arts Department
Department P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Fragmented Text on Open Mindedness and Hogs
The passage discusses open mindedness tied to two sided questions and shifts to groundhog habitat sandhog workers and road hogs. It ends with a misfired anecdote about a hunter and a tuba player in a duck hunting scene before an untimely death.
Drunk man jailed after sleeping on railway tracks
A Lexington man, drunk and briefly asleep between railway lines, was charged by police for sleeping in the tracks. He argued his defense but the charge was dismissed. his only injury was a bruised hip from the fall.
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Lexington
Coffee Native to Colombia Sparks Trade Talk
A brief note quotes the Christian Science Monitor questioning immediate buying as coffee origin is traced to Colombia, underscoring long standing trade expectations and supply chain context.
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Colombia
Gems of Thought on Popularity and Praise
A collection of quotations on popularity. Notable voices challenge fame as mendicant praise and urge virtue without seeking public acclaim.
Food faddists and wedding quips from a nostalgic clipping
A humorous slice notes food faddists recommending Swiss cheese and limburger daily and questions about ventilation for holes. A bride asks about seafood portions for a husband with a 161 collar size, and Don Ameche is cited jokingly about burnt offerings offered to a husband thrice daily.
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Don Ameche
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United Nations
Baluza
Sinai Peninsula
Suez
Hugh L. Dixon
Diamond Ranch
Dixon
Dr. Dixon
Maple Creek
Saskatchewan
Ontario Veterinary College
Dominion Health of Animals Division
Frenchman's Creek
Germany
Hugh Dixon
Montana Cattlemen's Association
Diamond T
Val Marie
Hugh
Robert C. Cowen
Gt Canada
Anne Adams
Strictly Fresh
Duck
Christian Science Monitor
R. L. Stevenson
Mary Baker Eddy
Lord Mansfield
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
George Henry Tilton
George Savile
Instant Chase & Sanborn Coffes
van TG
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