Novel scrapbook documents 1895 Northwest Territories exhibition
The scrapbook prepared in the governor C H Mackintosh’s office details the 1895 exhibition run July 29 to August 7 with prizes totaling about $19,000. It lists exhibits from Alberta Assiniboia and Saskatchewan, features venues such as a 1200 seat grandstand and the fastest half mile track, and notes over 900 head of stock on display amid mixed press reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
North West Territories
C H Mackintosh
Caledonian Sports
Caledonian
Alberta
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Canada
Regina
Calgary
Lord Aberdeen
North-West
Home Workshop Cart and Shutter Pattern Offerings
A homestead feature promotes a two wheel cart as a superior alternative to a wheelbarrow for yard chores with a deep hopper and removable nuts for wall storage. It also advertises shutter pattern designs with open-work and overlay cutting guides and a gardeners packet with five patterns for $1.50 postpaid. The Console Alaska boundary is noted as 1 539 miles.
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Gardeners’ Helpers
Auto liability limits doubled in Manitoba under new act
Manitoba increases single person auto liability from 5000 to 10000 and multi person from 10000 to 20000. The higher limits take effect July 1 1956, with no premium increase for drivers, and credit given to the province’s highway safety program. Hon. Chas. Shuttleworth notes Manitoba leads Canada in doubling limits.
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Manitoba
Chas. L. Shuttleworth
Board Insurance Companies
Mr. Shuttleworth
Shuttleworth
Stains on Wood Floors and Quick Removal Tips
Eileen M. Crowther of the Alberta Department of Agriculture offers stain removal tips for wood and linoleum floors. For grease use ammonia in hot soapy water, iodine with wood alcohol, mercurochrome with vinegar, paint stains with turpentine or cleaners, linoleum heel marks with kerosene, and rub ice on fresh grease to harden it.
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Eileen M. Crowther
Albertan Department of Agriculture
Broken glass safety and fathometer use noted
The text warns against discarding broken glass in wastebaskets and urges wrapping and labeling as Broken glass to prevent injuries. It then explains that a fathometer is a device ships use to measure water depth.
Cutworm Menace Grows Across Saskatchewan Cropland
Regina reports army cutworms, first seen in southwestern Saskatchewan, now infest over 20 000 acres across Val Marie Climax Eastend Shaunavon areas. Dieldrin sprays show quick or delayed kills, with 4 000 acres already treated and early recovery in sprayed fields. Recovery depends on moisture and worms entering cocoons as they mature.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
R. E. McKenzie
Agriculture Department Plant Industry Branch
Val Marie
Climax
Eastend
Shaunavon
McKenzie
Department
Jiffy Knit Chair Set Pattern for Crochet Edging
Ace Brooks presents a knitting pattern for a fan shaped chair set with crocheted edging. Pattern 7131 covers chair back 14 by 19 inches and arm rest 6 by 12 inches in heavy 4 ply cotton. Send twenty five cents in coins to obtain this pattern. stamps cannot be accepted.
Trans ocean telephone cable project links two shores
Workmen begin the first phase of a 40 million dollar project to lay 2000 miles of undersea cable from Newfoundland to Scotland. The Monarch, a British cable ship with 130 crew, will start the journey to Clarence, N J, for the underwater laying work on June 22. The system will provide 36 circuits primarily for Anglo American and Canada England calls, reducing radio-telephone disturbances.
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Ocean Newington
N.H
North America
Britain
Associated Press
Newfoundland
Scotland
Atlantic Ocean
Canada
England
Monarch
Simplex /Wire and Cable Co
Clarenville
Nild
Bed Without Supper as a Parent Penalty
A historical note explains that sending a child to bed without supper was once used to correct misdeeds. It warns that food deprivation can affect growth and health and suggests compensating with richer meals later to cover lost nutrients.
Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue Offer
A Toronto advertisement urges readers to send 25 cents for the 1955 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue from Department P. P. L. and the Household Arts Department. It promises many new knitting crochet embroidery iron ons toys and novel ties designs.
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Alice Brooks
Canada oil output tops 200 thousand barrels daily
Canada currently produces over 200000 barrels of crude oil each day. The country hosts about 4400 mammal species across its diverse ecosystems.
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Canada
FINE FURS Sable, Russia's Rival to Canadian Marten
The sable, a prized fur bearing member of the weasel family, is described as Russia's counterpart to the Canadian marten.
Banks constructed to thwart crime
In The Financial Post Vincent Egan argues modern banks with glass façades and open interiors deter crime. Yet their openness masks reinforced security, making them harder targets for robbers while preserving staff safety and minimizing opportunities for in-house theft.
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Vincent Egan
Financial Post
Canadians Lead World in Telephone Conversations
Canadians averaged 411 conversations per person in 1953 based on the latest available figures, highlighting their status as top participants in telephone communication.
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N.W.T
Mir
Vancouver
B.C
Cansole
Alaska
Adie Rere Aulos
C. H. Goulden
Experimental Farms Service
Department of Agriculture
E. S. Hopkins
J. C. Woodward
Centre
D. G. Hamilton
Dr. Goulden
By Ace Brooks
P.P.L
Household Arts Department
Front Street W
Toronto
Macdonalds
Fuel Petroleum Products
Government OF Saskatchewan
Taxation Branch
D. Drummond
Peggy
Peg
Chuck Thurston
Tran Depot
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