Grade A beef tops in 1955 at 15 percent
F P. K. Bennett notes 1955 carcass readings show 15 percent Grade A, 17 percent Grade B, and 22 percent Grade C under the 1948 grading system. Canada marked higher Grade A and lower Grade B with more choice and good steers than 1954. The Red Ribbon and Blue Ribbon branding emerged to standardize and promote branded beef.
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Canada
F P. K. Bennett
Federal
Department of Agriculture
S Jacy Growers’ Association
Fort Macleod
Bennett
Newspaper may save your life in the dark
An AAA official urges pedestrians to use a white newspaper to reflect headlights at night. Robert Kretschmar explains wear white when possible and carry a newspaper to increase visibility on highways or country roads during winter evenings.
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American Automobile Association
Robert 8. Kretschmar
AAA
Era of farm lads driving fast Morgan horses ends
A Boston Herald reminiscence recalls a 1910s Saturday ride with Belle the Morgan, as a farm boy hitches to the cutter, feeds the cows, and tones of winter snow, chimes, and the role of horses in small town life.
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Morgan Reader
Belle
Vilage
Boston Herald
Good Will and Eyeglasses From Old News Snippets
A Minneapolis druggist builds goodwill by delivering prescriptions with a pint of ice cream and a get well note. The article notes that in the 14th century eyeglasses were once viewed as a devilish invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Gems of Thought Conversation Reflections
A compact collection of quotes on dialogue and speech from Emerson Hutcheson Adams Maugham and Eddy. It weighs the value of listening thinking before speaking and the pleasures of conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
H. G. Hutcheson
Henry Brooks Adams
William Somerset Maugham
St. John
Heaven
Earth
Mary Baker Eddy
Stock certificates found after woman's death in Texas
A Port Arthur News Chronicle report notes a woman owned considerable dividend paying stock. After her death months of search failed to locate the certificates until they were finally discovered hidden in a convenient place in a coordinated registry.
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Con Mar
Port Arthur
Bargain Backfires in English Shop Dispute
Ernest Boxall of King's Lynn faced a court for obstruction after a sign offering half price pork pies and sausages caused a rush of customers. He received a conditional discharge.
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Ernest Boxall
King’s Lynn
England
Dairy industry foresees stable 1956 milk demand and exports
Canada expects 1956 milk production to mostly absorb into fluid milk if conditions hold. Growth in population sustains fluid consumption while butter remains a large portion of output. Dry skimmed milk and evaporated milk may shift demand, with research on instant dissolving milk and a chocolate milk product possible this year.
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Dairy Farmers of Canada
D. B. Goodwillie
Canada Department of Agriculture
Canada
Alberta
Quebec
Goodwillie
Prairie Provinces
Ontario
Abitibi Beaver Pay Dividends Boost Inuit Trapping Economy
Federal and provincial programs fund conservation and fur development for 700 Cree and Montagnais trappers in northern Quebec. About 20 000 beaver pelts yearly bring in roughly $500 000 to trapper families, with beaver industry valued at 4 million dollars nationally.
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Quebec
Montreal
Montagnais
Big Abitibi
Rupert House
Mistassini
Bersimis
Lethbridge
Alta
Basin Hole
Fish and Game
Federal Indian Affairs Branch
Abitibi Beaver Preserve
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Abitibi Beaver
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