Salt Industry Advances Under Alberta Salt Company Plant
An Alberta Salt Company official touts scientifically produced salt as essential in medicine and industry. The plant uses vacuum evaporators with 150 tons daily capacity, purifies brine from beds up to 1000 feet thick, and produces iodized table salt and stock salt. A model townsite with nine company homes and four staff houses rises near the plant overlooking the North Saskatchewan River.
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Lot
Sodom
Ab Oficial
Alberta Salt Company
Canada
North Saskatchewan River
Alberta Sait Company
Planit
Waterfalls on stamps spur collector interest worldwide
Stamp corner surveys waterfalls on philatelic images from around the globe. It notes Niagara Falls on U S Canada and Cuba issues, Kaieteur Falls on British Guiana stamps, and others like Iguassu Laja Tequendama and Victoria Falls. It mentions misprints and rare items, plus new issues in Jamaica Transcore Costa Rica Hungary and the Wright Brothers Poe stamps.
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Niagara Falls
U.S
Canada
Cuba
Jose Maria Heredia
Kaieteur Falls
British Guiana
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Africa
Victoria Falls
Zambezi River
Rhodesia
British South Africa Company
Southwest Africa
South Sea Islands
Reunion
Jamaica
Costa Rica
Hungary
Wright Brothers
England
Edgar Allan Poe
Decorating a Long Narrow Dining Room for Brightness
The reader seeks help for a 29 by 11 foot dining room with one narrow north window. Suggestions include bright wallpaper such as clear yellow or mushroom with contrasting patterns, draw drapes, extended curtain poles to create width, focal walls on long sides to shorten the space, and a drop ceiling illusion. Consider placing dining area near the window and a cozy corner at the opposite end with a studio couch chair bookcase and lamp.
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R. O
Western Grain Industry May Be Modified
Canadian agriculturist Dr. E S Archibald told global food experts that western Canada’s grain industry may need a shift to a grain-grass and legume system. He urged periodic grass rest for organic matter, noted current grain farming’s partial success, and emphasized soil resource conservation for world nutrition.
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Lake Success
Western
Canada
E. S. Archibald
Dominion
Experimental Farm Service
Archibald
United Nations Scientific Conference On the Conservation
Caulicab: cauliflower inside cabbage saves meal
Seattle housewife era feature touts caulicab a cabbage with a cauliflower center. It promises quick meals from four dish ideas plus raw salad use and cheese topped cauliflower. The item is described as apartment sized and suited for two, with bulk buying for large families, though availability may be limited.
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Seattle
Nature
Drinking blamed for war disasters at temperance convention
At the Women's Christian Temperance Union seventy fifth national convention in Philadelphia H Cecil Heath of London Al Lance general secretary says alcohol fueled disasters and near disasters in Allied armies during World War II. He cites Pearl Harbor and a U S general's removal after revealing invasion dates at a cocktail party.
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Philadelphia
Women's Christian Temperance Union
W.C.T.U
Europe
Heath
Indefinite shelf life for canned foods if cans remain intact
Food items in commercially canned form can keep indefinitely provided the cans do not leak or corrode. Proper sealing and storage conditions are implied to preserve safety and quality.
Queen Victoria Braved Weather at Balmoral
The Royal family on holiday at Balmoral faced draughty uneconomical heating and etiquette forbidding shawls. Queen Victoria reportedly enjoyed picnics in rain, while maids of honor endured cold and sniffles as they shaded with pity for the damp, chilly staff.
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Balmoral
Queen Victoria
Edward VII
Manchester Guardian
Robert Louis Stevenson
Braemar
W&s
Eggshell Composition Predominantly Carbonate of Lime
Egg shells are chiefly formed of carbonate of lime. The shell provides structure and protection for the developing embryo, with calcium carbonate forming the bulk of its mineral content.
New Army Work Suit Considered for Canadian Forces
Ottawa defense experts design a bush suit for soldiers inspired by Italy and Africa Corps gear. Tested nationwide all summer, reports are favorable and adoption seems possible though no decision has been made.
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Italy
Ottawa
S.N.S
Rain-Makers Reported As Not Altogether Useless
Lake Success N Y Farmers and forest wardens hear a Canadian study on rain making at the UN conference. Three researchers from Ottawa report 24 percent rain yield in 59 cloud seeding tests using dry ice pellets. they say artificial precipitation aids forest fire prevention but cannot alone provide reliable rainfall.
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Lake Success
N.Y
J. L. Orr
D. Fraser
National Research Council
K. G. Pettit
Meteorological Service of Canada
Ottawa
Fashionable figures and first kiss anecdotes collide in talk
A scatter of quotes on women’s measurements and fashion as Paris designers claim. It riffs on husbands knowing little about wives, zodiac musings about marriage, and a British prize for first kisses. It ends with critique of hat fashion and intelligence.
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Paris
British Isles
Bostonian
Hess
Quantts
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