Drowning Safety Measures Urged For Waterways
A historic public notice stresses drowning prevention near pools dams and dugouts. It describes throwing devices using rope and cans as improvised buoys and advises practice with two cans and a long pole to reach and assist victims safely.
Emu Jessie Hatches Unexpected Grenade Surprise
In Melpenuine Australia a young emu named Jessie incubated what staff first believed to be an egg. They found it was a rusted hand grenade with the pin intact and removed it despite Jessie's protests. A rattlesnake remains the most widespread venomous reptile in U S forests.
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Jessie
Melpenuine
Australia
Po- Nee
Japanese Canadians Attend RCASC Summer Camp in Dundurn
Staff Sergeant S. P. Yamauchi and Sergeant Major Yutaka Yamane, both RCASC Militia members, joined the Summer Camp at Camp Dundurn Saskatchewan. Yamauchi served five years in World War Two and taught Japanese at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
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S. P. Yamauchi
Yutaka ‘Doug” Yamane
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Militia
RCASC
Camp Dundurn
Saskatchewan
Yamauchi
Edmonton
Alberta
War Office
London
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
156 Company of
Vancouver
Nikka
Care of Government and Its Caretaking Role
A reflective musing questions who will care for the government as it pledges to care for every life stage from birth to death and marriage to rent. The piece ponders collective dependence on governance and who sustains the state itself.
District Sow Hits Jackpot Farrows 27 in 20 Days
Ken Miller of Sturgeon Valley owns a sow that farrowed 16 piglets on May 20 with one death, then 11 more on June 9 with nine surviving, totaling 27 piglets in 20 days. The sow nursed both litters and attracted University of Saskatchewan officials who called it a freak of nature. Separately, U.S. unions report about 35 million dollars yearly in dues from Canadian members.
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University At
Saskatoon
Miller Farm
Ken
the Times
Canwood Sask
International Labour Unions
Lawn Swing Pattern Ad From Home Workshop
A vintage ad offers Pattern 305 for a lawn swing with full construction steps and a materials list. The Lawn-and-Garden Furniture Packet No. 37 includes five patterns for 175, with address and publisher details in Vancouver British Columbia.
English Lessons at Resolute Bay Informal School Postage
Leah returns to her Arctic community after two years in a tuberculosis sanatorium and begins English lessons for local children. Encouraged by a RCMP member, she uses a small warehouse as a makeshift school for two years with about 13 houses nearby.
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Bleak Resolute Bay
Arctic Circle
Leah
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canada
Northland
Down South
Do clothes still define social roles in modern work culture
A reflection on how attire and class distinctions have blurred as education rises and incomes level, with more professionals in casual wear and laborers in cleaner dress. It notes rising wages, leisure activities, and a shift toward equality, while hoping for continued openness beyond rigid dress codes.
New Canadians in Boundary praised for contributions to community
Citizenship Day reflections highlight Germans Italians Hungarians and British as productive newcomers in the Boundary. New Canadians are described as hard working farmers tradespeople doctors and students who invest in homes furniture and families, spurring local business and growth. They are urged to be welcomed and accepted.
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Boundary
Canada
Nat
Spring malady haunts the land as fisher folk swarm
The Witness notes a spring virus affecting a select group, spreading beyond cities to parks aquariums and sports-store windows. Symptoms are long in gestation and subtle at first with changes in focus and obsession activities. The cure is large doses of fishing season.
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the Gazette
Grand Forks, B.C
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