Early West railroads spurred frontier stage shows in Edmonton
Senator Griesbach recalls rail links delivering dramatic acts across Alberta and British Columbia towns. The La Cigale tour played Calgary to Vancouver and New Whatcom, while Edmonton hosts included Robertson's hall after 1906 fires. A 1898 film debut showed Victoria Jubilee with shaky motion.
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Edmonton
Billy
Gillip
Calgary
Kootenays
la Cigale Comedy Company
Edmonton Bulletin
Vancouver
New Whatcom
Senator Griesbach
Robertson
Edmonton Mechanics’ and Literary Institute
Robertson's Hall
Fluorine Experiments May Hold Answer To Dental Decay
The Canadian Dental Association promotes fluorine as a potential defense against tooth decay. Water fluoridation could reduce decay by about 60 percent where natural fluorine occurs, with trials in Canada and the United States planned for five to seven years. The statement notes fluorine’s toxicity in large doses and advises reducing simple carbohydrates, ensuring mineral-rich foods, regular brushing, and early dental visits starting at age three.
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Canadian Dental Association
National Health Week
Dental Association
Canada
United States
Teaching Canadian Mining Terms To D P s
Canadian miners aid European displaced persons with Basic English and mining terms. A booklet by the Canadian Metal Mining Association with government cooperation teaches safe practices and translated terms before arrival. One mine has a 3500 foot level used as a school with six instructors and six interpreters. Immigrants will take a six week full pay course before starting work. First groups of over 2500 men have arrived in Canada after European screening.
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Toronto
Mike
Canadian Metal Mining Association
Europe
Canada
One-Armed Pianist Realizes Ambition
London report on Dorothy Maynard, 36, who lost her right arm and paralysis of the left after a 1944 bombing attack. She pursued piano, earned a Blackheath Conservatoire scholarship renewed for 12 months, and won the Conservatoire Bronze Medal for best left hand piano performance.
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London
Dorothy Maynard
Blackheath Conservatoire of Music
Moszkowski
Nail art of Chinese women of old painted with names and designs
Century old practice shows Chinese women applying nail rouge and paint featuring names such as constellations or animals. The practice highlights beauty customs, social status, and symbolic motifs reflected in historic fashion.
Canada Nominates Gen McNaughton to UN Security Council
General A G L McNaughton, head of Canada’s Atomic Energy Commission, is named to represent Canada on the United Nations Security Council. Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the appointment as Canada seeks a permanent delegation head. McNaughton vowed to prevent another war and pursue a realistic, firm defense policy with allies.
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A. G. L. McNaughton
Atomic Energy Commission
Canada
Security Council
United Nations
Mackenzie King
McNaughton
United Nations Security Council
British United Press
National Defence
Beacon oats new rust resistant variety from Ottawa farm
A new oats variety named Beacon, developed by the Central Experimental Farm Ottawa, shows strong crown rust and stem rust resistance and better lodging resistance. However seed or soil borne root rot disease Helminthosporium victoriae threatens Beacon, with seed treatments offering partial protection and caution urged for 1948 crop.
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Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Ontario
R. A. Derrick
Canada
Mid- Western States
Beacon
Garry
Vieland
The Soft Shell Crab Metamorphosis Explained
A soft-shell crab is the molted stage between old and new shells. The crab sheds its shell when growing, leaving a tender crustacean that soon hardens its new outer covering.
Hypnotist Trances 20 In Studio Broadcast
In Sydney psycho analyst W. J. Ousby staged a mass hypnosis experiment and 20 to 30 people in the studio audience were found in trance. Listeners flooded the station with complaints including a wife whose husband remained unresponsive after the broadcast. A mother recounted her four year old son dropping a toy engine on his head while listening.
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W. J. Ousby
Sydney
Ousby
Should Children Work A Practical Path To Growth
A.P. argues that while not endorsing child labor, children should learn to be useful through supervised work and vocational activity. He cites 4H style clubs, farming tasks, and community duties as education, insisting on age appropriate tasks, registration and follow up to prevent idleness and guide youths toward productive futures.
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A.P
Farmers Urged to Buy Seed Early for 1948
The Farmers Advocate notes 1947 seed crops were good but demand will be intense in 1948. It cites price incentives and poor regional crops driving farmers to secure seed early, including cross-border demand for northern seed stocks. Export potential exists if Canadian farmers do not purchase, so producers should act now.
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Toronto
Versatile Camel Sounds and Stealthy Walkfulness
The camel can emit many noises including grunt gurgle whine chirp chuckle sigh bark and yelp. It can walk so quietly that it may remain undetected until about twenty feet away.
Sally of Ubly sustains a one woman newspaper legacy
In Ubly Michigan 70 year old widow Mrs Sally A MacNeil Mixter edits, prints, and delivers the Ubly Courier a weekly of 488 copies since 1911. She acts as editor reporter printer bookkeeper and more with only her cat Stranger in the office. Her career began after work on other papers and includes civic roles as librarian and local tax assessor.
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Ubly
Mich
Kendrick Kimball
Detroit News
Michigan
Sally
Sarah A. MacNeil-Mixter
Bad Axe
Courier
Lapeer Citator
Rochester
Louis
Book- Cadillac
Detroit
Sleeper
Port Huron
Thomas A. Edison
Lincoln
Ocean Temperature Range From Polar to Tropical
Ocean temperatures vary widely from 28 degrees Fahrenheit in polar regions to 85 degrees in tropical waters, illustrating the global thermal gradient. The range reflects latitude and ocean currents that shape marine climates and ecosystems.
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Polar
Tropics
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