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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 14, 1938
Page
3
Dr Norman Russell outlines a tuberculosis control plan aimed at schools as centers of preventive work. He explains infection, disease progression, and the need for year by year surveys using tuberculin tests, with school nurses and medical health officers coordinating testing and parental consent.
The article gives practical tips for preserving cut flowers including clean slant cuts, early morning harvesting, and water care. It notes certain flowers last longer when cut at specific times and advises on removing decaying leaves and reviving wilted blooms. It also covers edge making with string and clothes pins and a Dutch method to sprout seeds by soaking in water.
Parasitic worms threaten Canadian livestock with great losses and Canada may curb the menace using chemical fertilizer after extensive testing at the Institute of Parasitology in Ste. Anne de Bellevue.
Dr A G Huntsman of the University of Toronto challenges the idea that salmon navigate by exact homing to their birthplace. He says salmon stay within fresh water zones near river mouths and rely on floods to cue their upriver return rather than precise sea-to-stream memory.
The all inclusive Canadian National Railways System reports gross revenues for the 9 day period ending June 30, 1938 at 4 394 277 compared with 5 056 188 for the same period in 1987 a decrease of 661 906.
Elizabeth Bedy discusses Nordhoff and Hall s The Dark River a sentimental Tahitian romance about a native woman who raises an English child. The plot centers on a love story amid lush island scenery and quiet emotional conflicts, with the authors’ adventurous style evident in native life and dramatic events.
Dr R G Parson Bishop of Southwark issues provisional regulations allowing only approved silent films, banning talking pictures in church services or spaces under his jurisdiction.
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