Large Stone Home Echoes Old England at Moosomin Sask
Kenneth Price 82 year old squire of Maples born in London and raised near Oxford led a varied life. A former army officer’s son he farmed at Cannington Manor and later served as Moosomin postmaster for 30 years. He hunted foxes played polo and steeplechased across the prairies and aims to celebrate his hundredth birthday at Maples.
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Sask
Maples
Kenneth Price
Dover
Cannington Manor
Cannington
Birtle
Man
Manitoba
Price
9Th Canadian Mounted Rifles
France
Moosomiun
Mr. Price
England
Prairie West
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Martin
Dominion Postmasters’ Association
Squire Price
Merrie England
Isnt She Darling Needle Pattern 7189 Preview
In this 1952 needlecraft item Alice Brooks book offers pattern 7189 for Isnt She Darling in a pastel pinafore. The ad lists transfer cutting charts and sizes 2 4 6 and instructs sending twenty five cents to House hold Arts Department Toronto for pattern and book details.
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Toronto
Alice Brooks
Quick Canadian Quiz Answers and Historical Questions
Questions cover locations of Canada’s basic steel mills, CBC funding changes from 1950 to 1951, Ottawa’s current-year revenue estimate, immigrant arrivals from 1913 to 1951, and the forestry industry’s consumption split between lumber and pulp and paper.
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Canada
CBC
Ottawa
Smile Of The Week Indifference Jokes From World War I
The piece notes wartime language evolution with 30 000 new words entering English during World War I and questions whether these terms will endure. The exchange between Brown and Smith highlights linguistic shifts sparked by the conflict.
Speed Limits Linked to Highway Fatalities in Study
The Pennsylvania Bureau of Highway Safety issued a booklet by director T E Transeau showing fixed speed limits relate to death rates. States with lower maxima often have lower fatalities. higher maxima relate to higher tolls, though other factors also influence outcomes.
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Bureau of Highway Safety
State of
Pennsylvania
T. E. Transeau
Mr. Transeau
Massachusetts
Transeau
The
New York Times
City Hall Attic Finds Historic Hoard in Spring Clean
Philadelphia workers cleaning the city hall attic uncover a cache of items from the era. The haul includes two 1930 model fur coats, more than 100 adding machines, many broken typewriters, telephones, radios, burglar tools, slot machines, and other curios.
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Philadelphia
City Hall
Lincoln's childhood head injury shaped his rise to presidency
A New York psychiatrist asserts Abraham Lincoln's skull fracture at age ten after a kick from a horse caused permanent brain damage. The injury weakened the left eye, produced double vision, headaches, and mood changes, possibly influencing his temperament and persistence in public service.
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New York
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Edward J. Kempf
American Medical Association Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry
Kempf
Baby Believed Stillborn in North Philadelphia Package
A Philadelphia police officer investigated a north Philadelphia home and found a newborn girl alive inside a newspaper wrapped package after confusion over a stillborn claim. Thomas Hughes 22 admitted the baby was delivered at six months and died, but the officer confirmed the infant was scratching the package indicating life.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Hughes
Hughes
George Mayne
Mayne
Appetizing Strawberry Sponge Cake Recipe
A strawberry sponge cake recipe uses cake flour yolks and whites, sugar, lemon rind and juice, water, salt, and cream of tartar. Beat yolks and whites separately, fold, bake in a round tube pan for about 30 minutes, invert to cool, then fill with sliced berries and serve with whipped cream.
Sask. Scientists Strive Insect Research Advances
Saskatchewan researchers led by Dr. A. P. Arnason explore radio tagging of underground insects to observe behavior under normal conditions. Wireworms tolerate tagging at their tail. worms show random movement and low food detection, moisture and temperature affect depth and survival, with larger cutworms more tolerant. Dispersal studies on black flies and mosquitoes require tagging millions for detectable patterns.
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Sity
Saskatchewan
A. P. Arnason
Arnason
Oddities in the News From Worcester And Beyond
Two women who shared no relation and never met gave birth to sons at the same Worcester hospital six minutes apart. A high school junior Lecy Fay bit a Medford Lakes man in a court testimony after he tried to seize her dog. A New York cabbie helped police by delivering a pair of liquor-store suspects, then pointing them to a station. George Cheeseman studies two tone tulips with unusual petals. Milton barber Troy Musser recalls a hat carried by wind to catch a 10 inch trout. A Summerland Miss rooster hatched chicks and harvested worms for its brood.
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Shirley Weagle
Worcester
Mass
Ellie C. Glover
Medford Lakes
Lecy Fay
Bennie Chietero
Ne York
Chietero
Bronx
Troy Musser
Milton
Musser
Northumberland County
Busy Housewives See Ready to Serve Lobster at Trade Fair
The Canadian International Trade Fair in Toronto features ready cooked lobster packed by a Pictou Nova Scotia firm in transparent envelopes for salad use or steam heated in five to six minutes. Also on display are canned lobster frozen scallops and canned kipper snacks along with Australian fast frozen rabbit. John Murray born in Hamilton now in Melbourne showcases two way trade selling Canadian steel and Australian rabbit meat with plans to move 280000 rabbits this year at 39 cents a pound. An Italian exporter offers a cutter gadget for legs and wings avoiding hacking with a carving knife and grease smeared hands.
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Toronto
Pictou
N.S
John Murray
Hamilton
Ontario
Melbourne
Australia
Canadian Steel Company
Canada
Turnpike Gates Name for Toll Roads Origin
The term turnpike comes from gates made of pikes used on early toll roads, where tolls were collected to pass.
Helpful Hints for Sewing and Cleaning Rugs and Stains
Practical tips for wiring threads with a wet brush and 50ap bar aid. Use cardboard L shapes at rug corners to prevent curling. For egg stains, scrape off excess and sponge with cold water. Do not use hot water as it sets stains.
Answers to Quick Quiz Answers
Answers to Quick Canadian Facts quick quiz reveal figures for lumber share total cut about 39 percent. Figures include Sydney Nova Scotia Hamilton and Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. The 194 000 highest total since 1913 and 8 318 000 dollars in material.
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Hamilton
Sault Ste. Marie
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