First Red Cross Flag in Canada Touched by Ryerson Memory
In reminiscences Volume Look ing Backward Dr G Sterling Ryerson recalls his role with the First Field Ambulance under Surgeon Major Casgrain during the 1885 Riel Rebellion. He describes sewing a Geneva Cross flag on a flour sack to identify transport and honor Dr E E King and Webb the transport driver. Ryerson details a storied career from the Fenian Raid to the Great War and credits him as founder and past president of the Canadian Red Cross.
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Canada
Riel
G. Sterling Ryerson
Casgrain
Sth
E. E. King
Grenadiers
Webb
Ryerson
Bosnia
Queen’s Own
Canadian Red Cross
Dominion
Classified Yard Sale Listing Includes Tractors and Gun
Two 65 Massey tractors and a 1931 gun plus a 1952 diesel fully equipped with 15 34 tires for sale. Condition described as less than perfect. Contact Chester Ons in Columbus, N Lak SP 3125 for details.
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Chester Ons
Columbus
N. Lak
Ramsay Company Patent Offer Promises Free Inventions List
Ottawa's Ramsay Company advertises free full information on inventions sent to inventors. The notice invites readers to request a complete list of patents and related details from the firm at 273 Bank Street in Ottawa, Canada.
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Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
Canada
Richard nets three hat tricks in brief span
Maurice Richard, NLH's top scorer, recorded a trio of hat tricks within six weeks. He hit three goals against Chicago on December 30, another against Toronto on January 20, and four goals versus the Rangers on February 6, a season high by any player.
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Maurice Richard
Chicago
Toronto
Rangers
Parker House and Clover Leaf Rolls from Yeast Dough Guide
A recipe passage details Parker House and Clover Leaf rolls with active dry yeast. Instructions cover dough shaping cutting into rounds and crescents, butter brushing, double rising, baking at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes, yielding six to twelve rolls per method.
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Fleischmann
Parker House
Dress pattern for Jr. Miss sizes 11 13 15 17
Advertisement promotes Pattern 4781 for Jr. Miss sizes with a lowered princess waist and whirly mike look. It requires 4% yards of 39 inch fabric in size 13 and includes illustrated instructions. Send 35 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept in Toronto with size name address and style number.
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Lucky Jrs
No danger even with evil intent
D. B. Williams, in charge of purification at the Brantford Filtration Plant, says it would take four tons of sodium fluoride per million gallons to start nausea. He notes the plant never holds four tons and that even a hypothetical poison would be diluted by all feed machines and the water supply, preventing public harm.
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D. B. Williams
Brantford
Kitchen Meditations By Jane Dale
Poem fragment reflects on worry and faith in daily life. It contrasts small troubles with reliance on stillness and gratitude, noting a 1953 change in federal liquor sale restrictions to Indians and hinting at broader social issues.
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Jane Dale
Walrus Tagging Program Aims to Map Arctic Movements
The northern affairs department tracks walrus habits as Eskimos rely on their flesh. Canada’s wildlife service and local communities tag 30 Walrus off Coats Island using steel harpoon head darts. Two tags were returned from Southampton Island, signaling initial success in the program.
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Northern Affairs Department
Canadian Wildlife Service
Coats Island
Hudson Bay
Southampton Island
Keep Nails Clean for Safe Baby Handling
Advice urges cutting a baby's nails short and curved and keeping them clean. When the child crawls or sits in a playpen, lay a clean cover on the floor area to minimize dirt and germ transfer from shoes onto tiny hands.
Leaping Fish Seen During Pacific Salmon Migration
Under ideal water conditions adult Pacific salmon have been observed leaping up to 10 feet in the air during upstream spawning migrations.
New painless injection method using hydrocortisone wheal
Dr Theodore Cornbleet of the University of Illinois College of Medicine reports a technique to create a painless injection site. A tiny skin wheal filled with hydrocortisone allows a needle to cause almost no pain for 10 to 14 months. Four sites on the thighs could let diabetics self administer insulin annually.
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Theodore Cornbleet
Chicago
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Blood donors sustain boy with rare hemophilia in Saskatchewan
Five year old Larry of Regina receives one of 211 blood and plasma transfusions in 1954. The Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service relies on volunteers and funds to provide free blood, with annual Red Cross costs around $1,000 for this patient. Junior Red Cross supports transport and hospital care, and many Saskatchewan cases receive transfusions at no cost. Citizens are urged to aid during the March fundraising campaign.
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Larry
Regina
Sask
Red Cross
Saskatchewan
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