Britain seeks more Canadian cheddar to meet UK demand
William Rodden in Ottawa reports Britain’s long standing demand for cheddar as a staple, with 220 million pounds imported from New Zealand and 50 million from North America last year. UK buyers eye Canada for higher purchases if prices, currently about 26 to 30 cents per pound, are acceptable.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kin
Royal Household
Miner's Cottage
William Rodden
Andrew Jones
Permanent
British Food Mission
Redden
Mr. Rodden
Sir Andrew
Use Waterglass To Eliminate Concrete Dust
Instruction outlines using waterglass mixed with four parts water to soak concrete floors and remove dust. Soak one to two hours, wipe puddles, and reapply after 24 hours if needed. Do not use on floors to be painted. cement hardener may substitute.
Central Press Canadian Winter Leather Notes
The piece discusses ostrich skin value and rarity in leather articles, critiques limited oil flow in wells, notes refrigerator door effects on temperature, and mentions chain use on gas trucks to reduce static. It also cites flea species, New York dress manufacturers, a shrinking Earth, rising global population, and a car dealer’s incentive gift bundle including a turkey toaster and bicycle.
Tomato Battle Crowns Florida Tomato Queen
Flat Peggy Elder wins Florida's most beautiful tomato title at the annual festival amid a climactic tomato battle. Eighteen contestants competed in the event where participants plastered each other with overripe tomatoes.
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Ruskin
Peggy Elder
Florida
High Ceilings and Country Furniture Makeover Advice
A reader asks about overlarge rooms with high ceilings and aging furniture. The guidance praises high ceilings, suggests wall friezes, restoring and repainting a bedroom suite, reupholstering cane panels in pale green, matching drapes and bedspread, and repainting or refurbishing other pieces. Washstands and cane chairs can stay or be modernized, with upcycled color accents and practical uses.
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Francis James
Miss James
Harbor master role shifts to Dorothy Elfert in Prince Rupert
In Prince Rupert British Columbia harbor master duties pass to Mrs. Dorothy Elfert, widow of Capt J R Elfert who held the post since 1927. She will meet deep sea ships, assign docks, enforce safety, and says captains are gentlemen. She once spent six years at sea with her husband.
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Prince Rupert
B.C
Dorothy Elfert
Department of Transport
J. R. Elfert
Prince Rupert's
Amine 2 4 D Controls Most Crops Pests Findings
At the Western Ontario Experimental Farm tests show that the amine mixture of 2 4 D can kill most crop pests but requires careful application. During Farmers Week Experimental Farm Day the Agricultural Institute outlined yearly findings. Professor J J Neilson spoke on sprays used to combat noxious plants.
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Ridgetown
Ont
Western Ontario
The
Agricultural Institute
J. J. Neilson
Corn-rail Bird Description in English Fields
The corn crake is the land rail common in Great Britain fields. It is a reddish brown bird with darker brown markings.
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Great Britain
Eastern college develops robotic professor with absent-minded charm
An eastern college unveils a robotic professor designed for lectures and classroom presence. The device features built in absent mindedness to simulate natural glitches and humorous missteps, aiming to engage students and showcase AI teaching aids.
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Eastern College
Robst
Easy Kitchen Garden Foliage From Scraps Low Cost
Readers can grow green foliage indoors for little effort and expense by reusing kitchen scraps. Seeds from citrus, carrots, parsley, parsnips, and sweet potatoes sprout into decorative plants, with tips on potting, watering, and seasonal outdoor moves.
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Home
Gems of Thought Echoes of Moral Resolve
A collection of concise quotes on vision, rights, conscience, and individual action from Addams Eddy, Watson, Crane, Fielding, and Thoreau. The lines stress personal duty, self-government, moral courage, and marching to one’s own drum as an enduring guide.
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John Watson
Dietician says women use more energy than men
London reports Dr. Arnold Bender notes women at home perform higher energy tasks than men, with stair climbing and ironing costing substantial calories. He lists activities from washing and scrubbing to making a bed as calorific, and explains quick energy sources and basal burn.
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London
Arnold Bender
Bender
U.S. Car License Colors Reflect Postwar Bright Trend
The American Automobile Association reports 1950 license plates feature brighter colors after wartime drab hues. Shades such as orange gold chrome yellow royal blue red bright green lemon yellow silver light blue cream and straw appear on state plates. A second note says Mount Everest would be submerged if placed in the deepest Pacific pit, its summit 51. miles high, over half a mile underwater.
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Washington, D.C
American Automobile Association
Pacific
Stamps Feature King Farouk’s Image Across Decades
The article traces King Farouk of Egypt on stamps from 1929 as a boy to later years, noting key issues including wedding anniversary, military portrait, and charity semi posts. It mentions his father King Fad as the first royal on Egyptian stamps and lists other stamp topics from Austria Bolivia Belgium Vatican. It ends with a note seeking readers’ old stamps for sale or exchange to Advertising director Mr. Pratt Kuhn in Toronto.
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Farouk
Egypt
Farida
Palestine
Fad
Austria
Karl Milbecker
Bolivia
Universal Postal Union
Belgium
Vatican City
Pratt Kuhn
Wellington St. W
Toronto
Ont
Imyperial
Boniface VII
Germany
Bavaria
Switzerland
Niklaus Wengi
Algeria
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Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
Dietician
U.S
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