Hard to be patriotic on an empty stomach in western Canada
A Western traveler laments uniformly poor restaurant fare across western provinces and in Winnipeg and Montreal. He recalls tasteless meats vegetables cardboard pastries and indifferent coffee while noting diners long for Montreal staples such as onion soup smoked meat sandwiches and table side salads. Greenland icecap note follows.
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Montreal
Winnipeg
Canada
Canadian effort probes rheumatic diseases for causes and cures
Medical researchers across Canada conduct a joint investigation into rheumatic diseases, aiming to identify causes and find cures. The effort, funded by CARS and the Department of National Health and Welfare, studies arthritis, nonjoint rheumatic conditions, and rheumatic fever, exploring viruses, connective tissue, antibodies, and the role of steroids in treatment.
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Canadian
CARS
Department of National Health and Welfare
The Bloodhound Role in Law and Rescue
The Bloodhound was kept by English churchmen in past centuries and later developed for current use in North America. It helped capture criminals and locate missing persons and lost children, per The Canadian Kennel Club.
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England
North America
Canadian Kennel Club
From trapline to typewriter in Cumberland House tale
Free typing lessons spark a local project in Cumberland House Saskatchewan started by Alvina Wylie. Teens including Elsie Dorian and Joan Dussion master keying with Mrs Wylie guiding without formal training. The effort aims to boost future prospects in this fur trade era community.
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Ellif Dorian
Joan Dussion
Sask
Alvina
Alvina Wylie
Tom Write
Provincial Natural Resources Department
Louis Dorian
Leonard Mackenzie
Elsie Dorian
Freda Shayse
Virginia Mackenzie
Hudson's Bay Company
Shirley McAuley
Northern Co-operative Trading Services
Halstead resigns as liquor chairman in Manitoba
Barnard Halstead chairman of the Liquor Control Commission since 1956 resigns to take an executive post with an eastern distillery. Maj Gen Elliot Rodger will be acting chairman until a permanent appointment is made. The Bracken Commission licensed system was established during his tenure.
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Barnard Halstead
Liquor Control Commission
Sterling Lyon
Halstead
Elliot Rodger
Lyon
Manitoba
Bracken Commission
Births and Twin and Triplet Occurrence Rates
The text states that twins occur about once in every 92 births and triplets about once in every 9,800 births. It presents a simple statistical comparison of multiple births probabilities.
Saskatchewan Egg Quality Shows Half Below Standard
Poultry Commissioner FE Campbell and Prof Rae report a survey using the Haugh Unit indicating about 50 percent of Saskatchewan eggs are below standard. Regina and Saskatoon readings vary. a quality egg program may certify producers and seal cartons for high quality eggs.
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Saskatchewan
FE. M. Campbell
Department of Agriculture
W. J. Rae
Saskatoon
W. T. E. Lotherington
Federal Poultry Inspection Service
Regina
Campbell
Tracking Dogs Serve One Officer Over Nine Years On Force
The RCMP's tracking dogs average nine years on the force and are trained cared for exercised fed and taken out on assignments by only one man on the force.
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R.C.M.P
Wordplay and Woes in a Humble Day
A teacher asks for an essay about a hat provoking a student question. A suburban housewife balks at a five dollar book on reducing. A flashy haberdasher’s old model stalls in the country as an amused farmer watches.
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Harry
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