Dutch farmers reclaim British Columbia marsh for farms
Spearheaded by financier and lawyer J Bloom from near The Hague, a Dutch group plans 7000 acres of reclaimed swamp in British Columbia. They will build dikes and a pump system, drain land, test crops, and divide the area into 40 to 100 acre farms for rental with optional purchase.
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J Bloom
Wassernaar
the Hague
British Columbia
Lilloet
Bloom
Canada
Netherlands
Canadian Prairies
Nether
Nicholaas Biezeveld
Haarlem
J. van der Vegte
P. van der Graaf
Dordrecht
van der Vegt
University of British Columbia
Ins
Home Workshop patterns for Lawn and Garden Figures
The Lawn and Garden Figures Packet includes six patterns for 1.50 with tracing on wood for natural color and action poses. Also available 240 patterns separately for 0.50. A rumpus room game set offers a seven foot horse race with horse and jockey figures traced on wood and colored with poster colors protected by shellac.
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Ign Room
Alberta to Build 30 Million Pulp Mill at Edson Area
Premier Manning announced a $30,000,000 pulp mill project in the Edson area. Northwest Pulp and Paper Co will build the plant with initial 300 ton daily capacity, employing about 1,400 after completion. Investments include $5,000,000 from St Regis and North Canadian Oils each, $20,000,000 from other sources. Coal from Bryan Mountain mine will fuel the plant. Northwest holds timber rights across 4,000 square miles under North Canadian Oils subsidiary.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Edson
Here
Manning
Northwest Pulp and Paper Co
North Canadian Oils Ltd
Calgary
North Canadian Oils and
St. Regis Paper Co
New York
St. Regis
Northwest
Bryan Mountain Coal Co
Robb
North Canadian Oils
Albert
Woman Dusts Crops From Plane Over Alberta Fields
Mary Willcox, 27, a partner in Skyspray of Canada, flies a Tiger Moth to dust 3,500 acres of wheat near Lethbridge. She has sprayed Alberta crops in 25,000 acres over three years, after starting flying at 16 and teaching others in Philadelphia, the west coast, and Hawaii. Her career includes ferry flying, a Guatemala incident, skiing, and later becoming a crop sprayer with Frank Young in Airdrie, Alberta.
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Walter Reich
Lethbridge
Mary Willcox
Rm Skyspray of Canada, Ltd
Ofalgary
Miss Willcox
Alberta
Philadelphia
Hawaii
Pennsylvania
Alta
Odor From Nanaimo Pulp Mill Sparks West Vancouver Complaints
Building Inspector John Proud reports strange odors drifting 60 miles from Nanaimo when winds favor the direction. Fumes are believed to originate from a Nanaimo pulp mill, prompting local complaints.
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West Vancouver
John Proud
Nanaimo
Peigan Indian Round-Up Aims for 3200 Cattle Head
About 20 Peigan Indians led by former world champion bronco rider Pete LaGrandeur began a mid-June cattle round-up on the reserve.
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Fort Macleod
Alta
Pete LaGrandeur
First successful trade union organized in Philadelphia 1792
Readable fragment notes that the first successful trade union was organized by shoemakers in Philadelphia in 1792. The record highlights a historic early labor organization and its shoemaker founders.
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Philadelphia
Brand New 1954 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog
Alice Brookes promotes a 1954 needlecraft catalog featuring embroidery crochet sewing and color transfer designs plus four patterns in the book. The ad notes 25 cents for a copy and suggests ideas for gifts bazaars and fashions.
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Alice Brooks Needlecraft
Funny and Otherwise Newspaper Jokes and Quips
A collection of brief humorous exchanges and captions from a newspaper page. It mixes witty dialogues about relationships, work, and daily life with light satire and punchlines. The jokes cover spouses, customers, soldiers, and workplace misadventures, all in a period-voice style.
Saskatchewan farmers plant better and cleaner seed
Federal agricultural official Gus Bell notes Saskatchewan farmers are planting better and cleaner seed than in prior years, reflecting improved crop quality and farming practices.
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Saskatoon
Gus Bell
Federal Agricultural Department
Saskatchewan
White bear sightings unsettle Bezanson district
Residents report a pale bear seen multiple times around Smoky River four miles southeast of Bezanson. Descriptions vary from albino to cinnamon colored, sparking guesses of an albino, a northern visitor, or a Kodiak as thaw drives the mystery animal south.
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Bezanson
Alta
Smoky River
Here
Fred Dewhirst
Gordon Hestler
John Stark
Lawrence Parrish
Stark
Jack Haworth
Stark's
Morden Publisher Named Queen's Printer for Manitoba
Raymond S. Evans of the Morden Times is appointed Queen's Printer for Manitoba by Provincial Secretary Edmond Prefontaine. Evans will replace C. E. Leech who resigned May 5. A veteran printer, Evans started as an apprentice in 1928 and has worked at several Manitoba papers and in Alberta and British Columbia. He is 43, married, with three children and served five years in the RCAF as a Link Trainer operator and instructor.
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Raymond S. Evans
Morden Times
Manitoba
Edmond Prefontaine
Evans
C. E. Leech
Reston Recorder
Hartney Star
Virden Empire Advance
Carberry News Express
Alberta
British Columbia
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Clues
Puzzle list of numbered clues includes 24 25 30 32 34 35 39 to 53 with many short definitions across categories and a vertical set. Entries cover tastes like seasoned and a diplomatic agreement alongside science symbols and geographic references.
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B.C. Marsh
Alice Brookes
Department P.P.L
Household Arts Department
Front Street W
Toronto
Gist
Pedro
Lolita
Tasco
Sarge
Moaner
Groaner
Tizzy
Mel Newman
Morden
Ec Bakin
Vivian
Nat Saas
Mindanao
Sicily
Chuck Thurston
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