New Method Of Preserving Fruit In 1900s Peaches Waxed In Nitrogen
Thomas F. Mac Gregor demonstrates a preservation method using wax wrapped peaches placed in a nitrogen atmosphere inside a sealed metallic container. After a month the peaches remain perfect, a potential breakthrough supported by the Franklin Institute, offering year round marketability and reduced refrigeration needs.
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New Jersey
Hammonton
Thomas F. MacGregor
Franklin Institute of Philadelphia
MacGregor
Science Reframes Leprosy as Treatable Disease Milestone
Science reports leprosy increasingly seen as curable. Eight patients freed on probation from National Leprosarium Carville Louisiana, returning home no longer a public health threat. Since the service established seven years ago, 37 released and one relapse. about 400 remain under treatment.
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Carville
Lousiana
United States Public Health Service
Potatoes Used As Substitution In Poultry Rations
Experimental Farm at Ottawa tested capons fed with two mash variants. One used cornmeal. the other replaced cornmeal with mashed potatoes. Potatoes lowered feed cost from 2.6 to 2.2 cents per pound, birds dressed attractively, and tasters found potato-fed birds superior in flavor.
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Ottawa
Poultry Division
Department of Agriculture
Work Illustration Stations Raise Seed Distribution Efficiency
Large seed stock from illustration stations under Experimental Farms direction increased sales last year. Local sales totaled 20 942 bushels of grain seed 11 892 bushels of seed potatoes and 22 080 pounds of grass and clover seed. The chief superintendent notes rising efficiency as farmers cooperate and better varieties and cultivation methods spread.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Boy sends balloon voyage from Hvelinge to Germany
A toy balloon released by a boy from Hvelinge near Maimö in Scania crossed the Baltic Sea and landed undamaged in Germany. He attached a letter with his address and was answered days later by a Ruegen schoolteacher confirming a safe, graceful landing.
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Baltic Sea
Germany
Hvellinge
Maimoe
Scania
Ruegan
National speakers to address 120 Canadian clubs coast to coast
One thousand meetings are planned for the coming season with speakers engaging 120 Canadian clubs from coast to coast. Last year over a hundred meetings with western speakers were held in Central and Eastern Canada. Additionally a global telephone wire total of 100 million miles is noted with North America containing about 8 million miles. Germany ranks second with 10 million, followed by Great Britain with 7 million and Canada with 3.5 million.
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Association
Ottawa
Canada
North America
Germany
Great Britain
Vintage Sewing Patterns with Yardage Notes
A list of dress and coat patterns in various bust sizes with required fabric amounts and trims. Patterns include No 876 Important Flare No 857 Paris Inspired No 885 Trim and Slender No 418 Attractive and Practical No 708 Junior Coat No 517 Cunning Bloomer Dress, with fabric widths, yardage, and contrasting trim details plus price and wrap instructions.
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Paris
Science Aids Against Animal Losses in Canada
Science Aids the Former Science now offers a means of eliminating many of the losses of animals which were regarded as inevitable a few years ago. Goitre in sheep hairlessness in pigs and joint ill in colts can be prevented as a result of recent research. These three, which exact a heavy toll in Canada each year, never visit farms where stockmen feed a little iodine, according to Lionel Stevenson Ontario zoologist.
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Canada
Lionel Stevenson
Ontario
Millions Seek 50 Million For Canadian Roads
The Canadian Automobile Association adopts a resolution from A. B. Mackay Calgary urging the federal government to allocate 50 million dollars for highway construction and road improvements. The plan would keep provincial contributions at a 50 50 basis.
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The
Canadian Automobile Association
A. B. Mackay
Calgary
Duchess of York Christens Canadian Pacific Vessel
Photograph depicts the newest 20,000 ton Canadian Pacific ship christened in the Duchess of York's name. Her Royal Highness is shown before launching, as the vessel slides into water on the Clyde with the Duchess of York in attendance.
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Duchess of York
Clyde
Canada Tops U S Trade With $661 Million in First Half 1978
The Foreign Commerce Department of the U S Chamber of Commerce reports Canada led all nations in U S trade during January through June 1978 with total two way business of 661 million dollars. Canada bought 426 199 million in American goods and sold 426 199 million in export sales, boosting per capita purchases to 45 70 dollars. Germany ranked third with 205 769 000 in American goods.
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Canada
United Kingdom
United States
Foreign Commerce Department
Chamber of Commerce of
Chamber
New York
Germany
Longest grain train claims world record from Saskatchewan
The Canadian Pacific Railway hauled a 135 loaded car grain train from Stoughton to Arcola Saskatchewan covering 25 miles in 556 minutes. The overall length exceeded 5,280 feet with a gross weight of 8,725 tons and 202,000 bushels of grain. Rail officials credited the wind-assisted run as a world record for a loaded grain train.
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Stoughton
Arcola
Saskatchewan
Canadian Pacific Railway
Nature
Temperance Union urges clergy to quit public smoking in Toronto
At the Ontario branch meeting in Toronto the Women s Christian Temperance Union passed a resolution asking clergymen to refrain from public smoking to set a good example for youth. Mrs W Pugsley moved the motion and Mrs S G E McKay of North Bay urged electing temperance advocates to municipal and provincial offices.
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Ontario
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Toronto
W. Pugsley
S. G. E. McKay
North Bay
Bouquet hawker jokes on love and luck at market stalls
A hawker offers flowers to a young man while banter about marriage and gifts follows. The man refuses, the hawker quips about buying for a wife, and a joke about a coat ensues. The fragment ends with a historical note that early bridges spanned about forty feet before arch construction.
Air Fleet To Carry Troops In New British Planes
British aeronautical experts design fifty seater troop carriers to replace 25 seaters in Iraq. All metal construction central engine rooms and in flight repairs. Tip up seats for munitions or supplies. Radio-telephone gear and telescopic masts for emergencies. Speed planned near 100 mph enabling quick troops transport and rapid reinforcement. Demonstrated in Arabia and Mesopotamia.
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Iraq
Plang
Air Ministry
Great Britain
London
Arabia
Britain
Mesopotamia
Sherman at West Point and the royal car history mix
The tale recalls General Sherman at West Point finding contraband cigars in a cadet room and not reporting it. The King buys a fifth British car in 20 years, a double six engine vehicle with no number plates but a purple police light.
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West Point
United States
General Sherman
Sherman
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