Strange Bullhead Fish May Be Rare Saskatchewan Find
A five inch bullhead like fish was caught in the Souris River near Midaie Dar and may be the Brown or Black Bullhead Ameli us Nebulosus. It was found by J K Frederickson of Weyburn and is being studied at the Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History before preservation.
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Souris Rver
Midaie Dar
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History
J K. Frederickson
Weyburn
Robert W Nero
Manitoba
United States
White Sand River
Canora
Emil Quinn
Yorkton
Nero
University of Saskatchewan
D. S. Rawson
Canadian Department Store Sales Rise Across Provinces
Department store sales climbed 8.2 percent in the week ending July 14 year over year with gains in all provinces except Manitoba which fell 45.5 percent. Atlantic Provinces 10.3 percent, Quebec 18.1 percent, Ontario 13.2 percent, Saskatchewan 7.9 percent, Alberta 15.6 percent, and British Columbia 9.9 percent.
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Manitoba
Atlantic Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Dream Leads to Bet on Five Wins Fifth Race
One night before visiting Santa Anita, B S Pulley dreamed about the number five and bet $500 on entry number five in the fifth race. The horse finished fifth, meeting the omen with a top five placing.
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B.S. Pulley
Santa Anita
Driver program lowers Winnipeg deaths while rural Manitoba rise
Manitoba statistics show Winnipeg fatal crashes this year only three since January, while rural areas report 21 fatal accidents and 537 injury incidents by end of June 1956. Provincial registrar R B Baillie credits driver improvement efforts in Winnipeg and notes plans to start similar program in Brandon once space is available.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
R. B. Baillie
Provincial Registrar of Motor Vehicles
St. Boniface
St. James
Baillie
Brandon
Creamery butter stocks dip in nine Canadian cities
Creamery butter stocks in nine Canadian cities declined slightly to 66,101,000 pounds as of July 18, down from 67,322,000 on the same date last year. Readouts show Quebec 5,086, Montreal 35,206, Toronto 6,449, Winnipeg 15,148, Regina 803, Saskatoon 790, Edmonton 992, Calgary 530, Vancouver 1,007 thousand pounds.
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Canada
Quebec
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Pattern page offers dresses and embroidery guides
A sales blurb details patterns 4649 7921 and Lawn and Garden Packet No 1. It describes a girls dress with bolero in Empire style and separate embroidery and crochet guides, plus prices and mail orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Toronto and Be re actial size guides.
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Anne Adams
Department P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Roasts at the Office and a Goof in Courtship
An obnoxious office rival boasts of a two week vacation while the Western Sunbathing Assn. crowns Miss Goosepimple 1956. Mrs. Bright confronts her husband over a letter mailed four weeks late as he admits delay after patching a coat button.
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Western Sunbathing Assn
Mrs. Bright
Harry Bright
Mr. Bright
New Patterns in Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book 1956
Household Arts Department announces free patterns from the Alice Brooks Needlecraft book for 1956. Stunning designs for home and personal use plus dozens of other easy hand-work designs available to order. Send 25 cents for the copy today.
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Alice Brooks
Bird feeding stations for winter use patterns
Birds that stay for winter can enjoy these simple feeding stations. Cut from traced irregular shapes using a coping saw. Pattern 208 provides detailed directions. Price 35c. Free catalogue on request from Home Workshop Patterns, 41433 West 5th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department P.P.L
West 5Th Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Mauretania Schedules Sunshine Cruises to Caribbean and South America
Cunard’s Mauretania will offer four winter cruises from New York during 1956 57 ranging 14 to 18 days with calls at Nassau St Thomas Martinique Barbados Trinidad La Guaira Curacao Cristobal Kingston Havana Port au Prince Nevis Grenada and St Lucia. Rates start at 390 to 515 dollars with a Rio de Janeiro leg on a 29 day voyage and a 14 day Christmas New Year cruise aboard the Corinthia.
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West Indies
South America
Cunard
T. G. Miller
Canada
Cunard Line
New York
Caribbean
Nevis
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
Nassau
St. Thomas
Martinique
Barbados
Trinidad
la Guaira
Curacao
Cristobal
Kingston
Havana
Port au-Prince
Grenada
St. Lucia
Rio de Janeiro
Mauretania
Rio
Canadian hard board output and shipments rise in June
Production by Canadian manufacturers climbs 22 percent in June to 21,523,009 square feet from 17,614,514 a year earlier. Domestic shipments gain 17 percent to 12,844,630 square feet, while six month totals rise 33 percent to 75,036,295 square feet. Exports drop less than 1 percent in June but rise 29 percent for the half-year to 46,034,409 square feet. The Mauretania begins her LOSE A MINUTE-SAVE A LIFE.
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Stockholm
New York Harbor
Queen of Italy
Nantucket Island
Ella Donnelly
Nursing Services
Canadian Red Cross Society
Canadian Red Cross
Red Cross
Jfashions
Young Ensemble
Isa
Bonne Halos
By Ace Brooks
Strictly Fresh
Household Arts Department
the Times
Wetaskiwin
Trans-Canada
Eliason Brothers
Eliason’s Limited
Norman Miller
Norm Miller
Bernie Skiba
M-M
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