Master of Canadian mint began coinage career at 17
The article tracks the career of a long-serving Mint official, Williams, who began as a 17-year-old junior clerk in 1908 and rose to senior roles including chief administrative officer. It notes Canada’s control of the Ottawa mint in 1931, planned equipment upgrades, and changes to coin composition, with references to his WWI service, rifle team participation, and musical pursuits.
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Mint
Williams
Canada
Ottawa
Sussex Street
J. H Campbell
Henry Ewart
W Cc. Ronson
Wing Ridge
Old Britannia Auditorium
Capital
Ghost Town Echoes of Reco Camp in Sandon’s Decline
Mrs. J. M. Harris recalls the 1900 Reco mine boom in Sandon as mining prices fluctuated and the town shrank from 2300 residents to about 30. Her husband settled the camp in 1892, built the Reco mine, and expanded to hotels before Sandon burned, leaving only a few activities now. The town lies in a forested gulch near Nelson, with limited winter sun and tall fire hydrants.
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J. M. Harris
Sandon
Landon
Harris
Reco
Nelson
Fastest Growing Area in Lapland Amid Climate Flow
Finnish Lapland, spanning 38 000 square miles and warmed by the Norwegian current of the Gulf Stream, is Finland's fastest growing area. About 34 000 Lapps live there across four countries Norway Sweden Finland and Russia. The Lapp population trend is expected to rise further.
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Lapland
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Russia
Educator Dr Hilda Neatby Urges Canadians to Speak Up
University of Saskatchewan historian Dr Hilda Neatby says ordinary citizens should comment on public issues without claiming expertise. Her book So Little for the Mind sparked controversy by criticizing Canadian schools, and she plans a follow up, A Temperate Discussion, from lectures across Canada.
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Hilda Neatby
University of of Saskatchewan
Canada
Neatby
England
Whirling glass disc may revolutionize type-setting
The Quincy Patriot Ledger showcases Photon a new photo typesetting system by French engineers Higonnet Moyraud. It uses a glass disk strobe light and memory to set 16 type families onto film 24 times faster than conventional methods enabling robotic justified lines and variable sizing with easy corrections.
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Quincy
Mass
Quincy Patriot Ledger
Photon
Rene A. Higonnet
Louis Moyraud
Patriot Ledger
Dow Chemical Co
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Dow
U.S
Cambridge, Mass
Graphic Arts Research Foundation Inc
Cambridge
Photon, Inc
Tory
Bridge bidding notes and responses from a hand discussion
A bridge problem discusses no trump and suit bids. It covers how responder should judge a hand when one note is taken into two of a suit and considers North South bidding sequences including Two Hearts Three Hearts and a Four Spades contract based on opening heart or no trump. The passage analyzes overcalls and outcomes depending on card layout and position.
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South
West
Big Vegetable Crop In Lethbridge Expected This Year
Southwestern Alberta vegetable processing plants project packing over 1,000,000 cases of canned and quick frozen vegetables in the current year with a market value exceeding 3.5 million dollars. The article notes the average lion’s weight around 500 pounds.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Big bear spotted near Grande Prairie yard after child’s warning
Diana Kozioski, age three, described a big black dog in the garden prompting a neighbor to report a bear drinking from a pond about 75 yards from the Kozioski home near Grande Prairie. Mr Kozioski shot and killed the bear at about 4 30 p m after borrowing a gun and confirming the sighting.
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Diana Kozioski
Ted Kozioski
Kozioski
Grande Prairie
Koaloski
Diana
Shirley Nadon
Mr. Kozleski
Are women better drivers or are men at fault here
A historical column argues women are careful drivers and face fewer accidents while men are described by six archetypes the Me Firster the Big I the Know It All the Swashbuckler the Sorehead and the Show Off. The piece critiques male attitudes and notes insurance rates equal for genders with under twenty five favoring women in lower rates.
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Vancouver
National Safety Council
Winter dairy feeding tips from Manitoba agriculture dairy branch
Dairy farmers can cut winter feeding costs without reducing nutrition by using high quality hay or silage to limit maintenance rations, avoiding grain for low yielders, feeding grain by milk output, improving milking technique, and adjusting grain-to-milk ratios by milker quality. The note suggests targets of about 350 pounds of butterfat per cow to reduce fixed costs per unit of milk.
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Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Heavy cattle shorthorn brought to Canada from England
The shorthorn, a heavy beef breed, was imported to Canada from England around 1830, marking a significant cattle breed introduction.
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Canada
England
Bluejay Predation on Eggs and Nestlings Noted
The bluejay often eats eggs and young from the nests of smaller or weaker birds. This behavior highlights its role as a predator in avian communities.
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HMS
Dryad
Portsmouth
Mary Tesdevine
Southwick
Grahame Gooch
Leonard Ellis
M. Harrison-Gray
Rhs
Smd Pathe
OS Clancy
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