Treating Wet Basements to Prevent Groundwater Infiltration
The article explains two main routes for basement water entry, through walls from surrounding soil during rains or when the soil water table rises above the cellar floor, and through the floor when soil water sits higher than the floor. It outlines methods: trenching, wall plaster with asphalt pitch, installing tile drains, back filling with porous material, and ensuring outlets for gravity drains. It notes that pumps with electric power may be needed if drainage outlets aren’t possible.
Gems of Thought on Work and Growth
A compact collection of quotes emphasizes work as reward strength and pleasure. It links activity to growth and achievement, urging purposeful effort and positive service to fill time with meaningful tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sand
Jay
Calvin Coolidge
Henry Churchill King
Cockroach Favors Dark Shunning Light Even When Blinded
A noted observation states that a cockroach avoids light and retreats into darkness even when blinded, illustrating its strong photonegative instinct and nocturnal behavior.
Crossword Puzzle From Early Page
A fragment lists crossword clues with horizontal and vertical entries including a few altered spellings and misprints. Clues refer to deities places and common words, indicating a standard puzzle grid layout in a newspaper page segment.
Manitoba Forest Resources and Production in 1945
Manitoba holds over forty percent of its land as forest reserves and most remaining forest land is provincially owned. Key species include white and black spruce, aspen, balsam poplar, jack pine, and tamarack. In 1945 saw mills produced 63,450,000 feet of lumber, pulpwood totaled 87,800 cords, and total forest product value reached $9,627,000 including paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Drug Curtails Whooping Cough
Government scientists report experiments with aueromycin a mouthable antibiotic may shorten whooping cough and lessen its severity in early treated patients Twenty cases treated at home show apparently beneficial results with some recovering in a few days, suggesting potential for standard use.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Lighter Vein Humour About a Scot and a Drowning Misfortune
Two hollow-eyed Scots discuss a wild party. One asks if Mac fell in the river last night and dreads he was drowned. The other clarifies he was not drowned but “sadly diluted,” delivering a grim pun on alcohol.
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Mac
Parents warned on sharp toys and toy pistols risks
Parents should avoid giving small children sharp pointed toys and toy pistols as repeated cautions highlight danger to sight and safety. The reminder stresses supervision and age appropriate play to prevent injuries.
Canadian Fashions To Fly To Paris
Montreal prepares for a historic July fashion show when an all Canadian exhibit departs to Paris for the World Congress. The event, organized by Club France Amerique, aims to present the Canadian Woman Her Way of Life to French and American delegates. Ben Cossman organizes the flight with Betty Hughes Koren as commentator and fashion counsellor.
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Montreal
Canada
Paris
Marquis de Roussy de Sales
Club France- Amerique
Americas
Ben Cossman
Betty Hughes- Koren
Bridesmaids procession tips for aisle order
The guidance suggests arranging bridesmaids in a single file to ease the walk. It notes that three or more attendants can complicate the procession and offers sequencing ideas such as starting with one bridesmaid, then two, and finally the maid of honor, or moving attendants down the aisle in pairs.
Kitchen Meditations A Half Dozen Roses
A neighbor kindness blossoms into a note of encouragement as six roses arrive with well wishes. The speaker finds solace in the bouquet, noting the scent of spring and reflecting on divine handiwork and neighborly care during a time of recovery.
Grasshopper Seeds Hatch in London First Breeding
A shipment to London contained seeds that burst to release 50 baby longhorned grasshoppers, a species never bred in Britain before, discovered in a warm storage area.
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London
Britain
World Happenings Briefs From Around the World
The Canadian Red Cross has shipped over 93 million dollars of goods overseas in nine years. A record 35,631 immigrants entered the Union of South Africa in 1948, including 25,000 from Britain. Neapolitan dancer Guido Damato claims a world record for dancing 43 days four hours sixteen minutes. Britain’s Mounts Bay frigate sails to the Far East with four 4 inch guns and six smaller guns. Over 800 university students will train with the RCAF this summer in its largest peace time program. Prime Minister Chifley says no Royal tour of Australia in 1950. Italian Radio Company orders US television equipment worth 43700000 lire from the United States.
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The
Canadian Red Cross Society
Britain
Union of South Africa
Guido Damato
Bologna
Mounts Bay
Far East
Pacific Naval Forces
R.C.A.F
Chifley
Australia
RAI
United States
Bugler of 1918 Armistice Dies in France
Louis Sellier 58, a former French army bugler who sounded the cease fire on Armistice Day November 11 1918, died at Beau court in eastern France.
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Paris
Louis Sellier
Beaucourt
France
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