Oddities of Britain Reflect History and Modern Customs
Readable snippets describe Britain's blend of past and present. Notable details include the Chancellor sending a yearly 210 dollar cheque to a Lincolnshire property concern to maintain a non existent castle, a 14 cent rent for a garden site, six horseshoes and 61 nails paid as quit rent for land in Shropshire, and a brewer paying one quart of ale annually for a Holborn office block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Lincolnshire
Charles II
Privy Purse
Crown
Finsbury
London
Metropolitan Gardens’ Association
City of London Corporation
Law Courts
Shropshire
England
Strand
East End
Holborn
As a Man Thinketh War Cry Reflection
The passage warns individuals they can ruin their own lives by self pity, constant pain, grudges, suspicion, and inflated self-importance. It urges readers to guard thoughts to avoid damaging relationships and personal growth.
Gander Reaches 60, Oldest Canada Goose On Record
A gander aged 60 holds the record as the oldest Canada goose documented. The milestone highlights longevity in the species and offers a rare glimpse into long term avian aging.
Compulsory Pasteurized Milk Area Declared in South Okanagan
December 7, the South Okanagan Health Unit serving about 61 000 people in Kelowna BC was declared a compulsory pasteurized milk area by the Minister of Agriculture. If confirmed, it marks a first rural unit outside Ontario and Saskatchewan to adopt pasteurization amid broad local support from 95 percent of residents over seven years through 31 resolutions from villages, women’s groups, boards of health and other bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Okanagan
Kelowna
British Columbia
Health League of Canada
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Canada
South Okanagan Union Board of Health
Women’s Institutes
Board of Trade
the Boards of Health
Medical Societies
Parent and Teachers Associations
Six Serving Men Names Echo in Kipling Verse
A quotation attributed to Rudyard Kipling names six honest serving men What Why When How Where Who. The line reflects inquiry as a method of learning and understanding.
Canadian milk producer Mary Finderne Triune tops lifetime yield
The new Canadian champion for lifetime milk production on three times daily milking is O.R.G. Mary Finderne Triune, a purebred Holstein owned by the Ontario Reformatory in Guelph. She produced 250,934 pounds of milk and 9,658 pounds of fat over 13 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.R.G. Mary Finderne Triune
Ontario Reformatory
Guelph
Hutterites and their Anabaptist Roots in North America
The article traces Hutterite origins from Switzerland to the Russian borderlands and finally to North America. It notes their communal property and cooperative labor, strict religious code, and history of persecution and migration. It also briefly mentions Lake Ladoga, Europe’s largest lake, and Michigan's Porcupine Mountains State Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Provin
Canada
Switzerland
Ukraine
Alexander II
United States
Ladoga
Europe
Russia
Michigan
Porcupine Mountains State Park
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David Brown
Port Credit
Brown
Grandier
Ohio
U.S
Rudyard Kipling
Praume Publishers
Scarth St
Regina
Sask
Lester B. Pearson
Sussex Dr
Montreal
UPA One Ti
Marathon
Greece
Hutterites
Eer Stips
Northland
Churchill
Saskatoon
Melfort
Pas
Robert W. Hall
F. J. Gray
Hudson
CNR
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