Brome grass varieties prove superior in central Alberta
Northern type brome grass varieties show clear advantages over southern types in central Alberta. At Lacombe Experimental Farm since 1950, eleven varieties were compared. Manchar Martin Western Iowa Parkland Commercial among northern types yielded more forage and seed, grew taller, and resisted weeds better, while southern varieties lagged and were weedier. Commercial and Western Iowa especially stood out for seed and forage. The study supports continued use of improved brome varieties to boost hay and pasture production in the park belt region of Western Canada.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Park Belt
Doran
Lacombe Experimental Farm
Canada Department of Agriculture
Manchar, Martin
Iowa
Siberia
Canada
Northern
Great Plains
Europe
Central
Manchar
Martin
Parkland
Commercial
Elsberry
Lincoln
Lyon
Lancaster
Nebraska
Lacombe
Pullman
Washington
University of Minnesota
Western Iowa
Mancher, Martin and
Fresh items fade as novelty ends in postholiday jabber
A satirical roundup notes exotic goods makers pause after holidays while a Montreal firm installs TV sets in night watchmen shacks to keep them alert. It mentions a Des Moines dealer trading hogs for new cars and a Camden bus line offering coffee and doughnuts to lure morning riders.
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Montreal
Canada
Des Moines
Iowa
Camden
Great Season for Rangers' Bill Gedaby Shines on Ice
Bill Gedaby of the New York Rangers stars with three goals and 20 assists in 32 games this season. He ranks behind Doug Harvey in overall defenseman points but leads Harvey in goals, while teaming with captain Harry Howell to lift the club during tough stretches. Bolivia’s seaport note appears as an unrelated fragment.
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Bill Gedaby
New York Rangers
Husky
Rangers
Canadiens
Doug Harvey
Harvey
Gadsby
Marvey
Rearguart
Abseen
Leadet
Harry Howell
Ten minute rest advised for women workers
Prof Etby RK Grady of the University of Rhode Island urges homemakers and female workers to take a ten minute rest each hour. He argues brief breaks improve overall productivity and reduce guilt, noting rest can boost efficiency more than continuous labor. St Peters in Rome is cited as the largest cathedral.
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Etby RK Grady
University of Rhode Island
College of Home
Peepee
Profeame Grady
St. Peters
Rome
Heaven Express aids homeless in Copenhagen with charity train
Europe's most unusual social service project sits near Copenhagen station. A stationary seven car train houses penniless and drink prone men, funded by semi annual theater benefits and staffed by 100 volunteers under Pastor Niels Stampe to help men get back on their feet.
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Europe
Copenhagen
Niels Stampe
The
Apostle Church
Salvation Army
United States
Heaven Express
Electrically lit igloo built by Eskimo patients in Manitoba
A 10 foot high igloo on the Clearwater Lake Sanatorium grounds near The Pas Manitoba is said to be the only electrically lighted igloo. Eskimo patients built the structure from snow and fitted it with colored lights and a large bulb inside. Six male Eskimo patients who assisted are now fully recovered.
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Clearwater Lake Sanatorium
Pas
Manitoba
On The Side Notes Signals and Dream Truths
A collage of short items on handwriting analysis in hiring, infant speech training, dream interpretation, and fashioning insults for drivers. It references signatures and mental state, baby talk guidance, Kipling’s lines, Havana cigars, and Henry Ford’s life lessons about self investment and wealth.
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Strictly Fresh
Bolivia
Alaska
Gregory Peck
Paris
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
Havana
Henry Ford
Vincent Massey
Senate
W. J. Franklin
House of Commons
Confederation Hall
Senate Chamber
C. R. Lamoreux
Supreme Court
Ann Shipley
Kirk
Land Lake
Ont
Temiskaming
Shipley
Commons
National Film Board
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