Woman editor of 80 prints, publishes and hawks own paper
In Winslow Arkansas Maude Duncan known as Miss Maude runs the Winslow American a four page weekly she is owner editor publisher reporter printer ad salesman and carrier at age 80. She began the paper in 1908 after her husband died and still prints by hand in a one room cabin serving about 400 subscribers and many others nationwide.
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Little Rock
Ark
Winslow
Ozarks
Mins Maude
Maude Duncan
Geiwering
Winslow American
Breezy Hollow
Washington County
Maude
Senator Fulbright
Arkansas
Duncan
Miss Maude
Horse numbers fall across Canada as mechanization grows
Census reports show a 44 percent drop in Canadian horse numbers from 2,788,000 in 1941 to 1,235,300 in 1951 with wide regional differences. Declines were steepest in Alberta and Saskatchewan prairie zones, lighter in Ontario and the Maritimes, and least in eastern Canada and BC. Colts fell from about 15 percent under two years old in 1941 to 3 percent in 1951, while tractor ownership rose across income groups, signaling ongoing mechanization and further horse reductions especially in the prairie provinces and Quebec.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Maritimes
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prairie Provinces
Prairie Province
Maritime Provinces
Bureau of Statistics
Sass
Helpful Hints For Summer Garment Storage And Care
Moth prevention advice suggests placing tar paper between clothes for summer storage. A skincare tip recommends washing the face with warm water and Castile soap several times daily, followed by cold rinse. Bananas that are very brown are easy to digest and budget friendly. Chewing gum on garments can be removed with pure lard and soap, then washed with water and turpentine.
Quick Canadian Facts Quiz Answers Snapshot
Answers list figures: CBA spending 24.8 million dollars last year. rail freight cost 138 cents per ton mile in 1952. farm income down 261 million. Ontario leads in both. Wood Buffalo Park spans Alberta and Northwest Territories at 17 300 square miles and hosts the continent’s largest remaining bison herd.
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CBA
Canada
Ontario
Wood Buffalo Park
Alberta
Northwest Territories
Quick
Atomic fertilizer research uses hot vegetables and oat plots
Scientist workers in Beltsville Maryland and Oak Ridge Tennessee fields study how radioactive phosphorus from Oak Ridge is used by plants. A ground near Clarion Iowa is seeded with oats while researchers observe life processes and plant nutrition using traceable phosphorus.
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Clarion
Iowa
Oak Ridge
Tenn
REAL
Beltsville, Md
Saskatchewan Brings Canadian Booth to U.S. Show in Minneapolis
Saskatchewan representatives Harvey Dryden and Archie Campbell attended the Minneapolis Sports Travel and Boat Show, the province's only Canadian booth. They reported strong Minnesotan interest in fishing and hunting, with about 200000 attendees and 10000 pamphlets distributed. The effort marks Saskatchewan’s second U.S. sport show presence.
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Regina
Minnesota
Saskatchewan
Minneapolis
Harvey Dryden
Archie Campbell
Mr. Dryden
Des Moines
Iowa
Do's and Don'ts for a Safer Summer Vacation
Practical tips for a safer summer include using insect repellent and careful handling of fish hooks. Do not stay in direct sun too long, drink only pasteurized milk, boil stream or lake water, or dive in unfamiliar water with hidden hazards. Avoid excessive ice-cold drinks in heat.
Actor's Wife Delivers First Child On Set
A film actor and his wife welcomed their first child at a hospital. The expectant father in the same ward, wearing two weeks of dark beard, paced nearby and finally asked how long the other man had been waiting.
Northern Service Officers open a frontier career for Canadians
Canada creates the Northern Service Officer role with postings at Aklavik Copper Mine Copper Mine on Coronation Gulf Coral Harbor Port Harrison Frobisher Bay Fort Chimo and other Arctic communities. Leaders will work with Eskimo residents to improve local industries and living conditions while advising Ottawa on improvements. No desk jobs, homes provided, and frontier life emphasized.
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Aklavik
Mackenzie River
Coppermine
Coronation Gulf
Coral Harbor
Southampton Islands
Port Harrison
Hudson Bay
Frobisher Bay
Baffin Island
Fort Chimo
Ungava Bay
Northern Affairs
Lesage
Civil Service Commission
Canada
Ottawa
Arctic
Northern Service
Canadian labor income rise and park size question quiz
The piece asks if farmers net income rose or fell in the year and queries which national park has the largest area. It includes multiple choice comparisons on rail freight cost per mile, fur farming revenue leaders, trapping revenue leaders, and CBC spending in 1939 versus government radio service costs last year.
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Canada
CBC
Bees key to alfalfa seed yields across fields
Pankin of the Beaverlodge Experimental Station explains leaf cutter bees bumblebees and honeybees as pollinators for alfalfa. Leaf cutters trip efficiently in warm weather while bumblebees, less specific to alfalfa, thrive in open ground and cooler times. honeybees need many colonies for adequate yields. The article advising seed producers to plant near wild bee habitats, avoid competing legumes, and apply insecticides when bees are inactive.
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P. Pankin
Beaverlodge
Canada
Beavere Lodge
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Wash
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