Model T Ford era remembered as versatile landmark car
The article recalls the 1908 introduction of the Model T by Ford, its mass production reach with 15 million built by 1927, and its role as a durable, simple vehicle. It highlights quirks of cranking, reverse-hill driving, makeshift repairs, and global use from Africa to Egypt, plus Ford’s candid note on roads of 1908.
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United States
Ford Motor Co
Canada
Triumph
Africa
India
Egypt
C. F. Pftrimmer
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Wetaskiwin
Alberta
America
Ford
Model T nicknames and jokes from early car days
The Times Wetaskiwin notes that early sealing wax and joke books reveal playful jeers at the Model T. It cites comic gags about red taillamps and burial requests with the car, explains the origin of the nickname Tin Lizzie, and mentions flivver as a blend of flopper and fizzler.
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Eric Patridge
Flopper
Times
Wetaskiwin
Park birds need grain for winter at Island Park
Portage la Prairie Canada. Island Park hosts a growing winter flock of ducks, geese, guinea hens, bantams and pheasants. Superintendent J C MacInnes appeals to farmers for barley and alfalfa as grain supplies drop. The park uses about 40 bushels of barley daily to feed stock and deer.
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Portage la Prairie
Island Park
Park
J. C. MacInnes
Enterprise
Man
Ontario Tops in Wildlife Furbearer Harvest
Ontario leads in furs taken from wildlife as the province with the largest population and most municipalities securing the highest total fur harvest among Canadian regions.
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Ontario
Granite quarries keep busy as new coast to coast builds rise
Foreman Tom Archer oversees hoisting a 40 ton block as granite quarries supply stone for bridges and buildings. Ernest Patenaude shapes Stanstead Grey granite for a Montreal cornerstone. Large blocks also supply the Massachusetts Turnpike project.
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Ham
Tom Archer
Ernest Patenaude
Stanstead
Montreal
Massachusetts Turnpike
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Robbie) McKay
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Melton Heth
Dave Stuart
National Film Board of Canada
Chris Lund
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