Path to Health Shows Surgeon of Canada 1939 Trend
The text lauds a 25 percent drop in deaths from all diseases and accidents over ten years in Canada, noting record lows in 1938 1939 among policyholders of a large life insurer. It cites declines in tuberculosis pneumonia measles scarlet fever whooping cough diarrhea and accidents and urges continued public health and medical effort to sustain gains into 1949.
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Dominion
Canada
Industrial Department
Public Enemy
Lower Insurance Company
Inter
Amias
Simple Courtesy and Crossroads Rights at World Fair
A concise dispatch notes that courtesy fosters goodwill and peace. It cites Craig Harbor in the Northwest Territories as the Empire’s northernmost post office and mentions pedestrian right of way at intersections as a toss up. It records 20 000 daily visitors to the Canadian Pavilion at New York World Fair in 1939 and notes whooping cough as highly contagious.
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Craig Harbor
Northwest Territories
Canada
British Empire
New York
Rabbit drives aid Red Cross funds in Saskatchewan
Marr Gardner reports rural Saskatchewan residents stage rabbit drives to raise money for the Red Cross. In Auburnton district volunteers corral rabbits, drive them toward a central trap, and dispatch them for butchers or fox farms. Proceeds go to the local Red Cross, while pests are reduced.
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Saskatchewan
Red Cross
Marr Gardner
Manor
Auburnton
Red Cross Society
No Travel Rush British Ski Enthusiasts Not Going
London letter notes British skiers skip Switzerland this year as heavy snow falls temper demand. Thomas Cook clerks maintain polite detachment while a young woman seeks a Swiss itinerary via Paris, highlighting a waning Swiss hotel boom and quieter Channel boat departures.
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Switzerland
Victoria Station
Channel Boats
Thomas Cook
Berkeley Square
Acare
Paris
London
The
New Yorker
Selected Recipes Cardinal Pear Mold and Butter Nut Cookies
Butter mix with sugar and eggs then add syrup milk lemon rind and dry ingredients. Bake 350F 10 15 minutes yields about 36. Cardalmar Cardinal Pear Mold dissolves Jell O in hot water add pear juice and ginger then mold and chill Garnish with pear sections serves four.
Silk Secret Reached Byzantine Rulers via Smuggled Silkworms
Justinian secured silk knowledge from China by bribing two monks to smuggle silkworms in bamboo staffs. The breakthrough expanded silk use though it stayed costly.
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Justinian
China
Smith and Jones Tops in Recent Name Estimates
A recent estimate finds that in England one in every 73 people is named Smith and one in every 76 bears the surname Jones. The numbers reflect surname frequency patterns in contemporary populations.
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England
Smith
Jones
Trans-Canada Air Lines May Double Transcontinental Service
Hungerford, CN Railways and T C A president, said in Vancouver on a cross country tour that the airline may soon run two planes daily between Vancouver and Montreal. He suggested the possibility of two daily east and westbound flights.
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Trans-Canada Air Lines
Vancouver
Mont
Hungerford
Canadian National Railways
T.C.A
1917 Price Echoes in Fuel Per Cubic Foot
In 1917 the cost per cubic foot stood near $2,000, reflecting high energy and material values of the era. This figure appears in a historical pricing context highlighting wartime economic pressures and scarce resources.
Lady Tweedsmuir Enjoys Canadian Visit at Ottawa Tea
Her Excellency The Lady Tweedsmuir praised Canada and its people after the Bronson Memorial annual meeting in Ottawa. She thanked attendees for their warm welcome and expressed a wish that her stay could have been longer.
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Canada
Lady Tweedsmuir
Ottawa
Bronson
Havana’s 425th anniversary recalls early city age
Havana, Cuba marked its 425th anniversary while recalling that the city existed a century before the first houses were built in what would become New York.
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Havana
New York
Missing Key Returns to Cincinnati Hotel After 58 Years
A key with a romantic history is back at the Hotel Gibson in Cincinnati after being missing for 58 years. It was returned by Mrs. H Marette Jr of East Cleveland, whose grandparents took the memento during their 1882 wedding trip guests at the hotel. They died last year and Mrs. Marette inherited the keepsake.
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Gibson
Cincinnati
H. Marette, Jr
East Cleveland
Storks Use Self Made Glue For Nesting On Steep Roofs
Birds bind their nests to sloped roofs using a sticky saliva they produce themselves. The behavior helps secure nests when the roof angle is too sharp for traditional attachment.
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Rae
Gent
Kellogg’s
Act Now
Kellogg's
Kellogg Company of Canada Limited
Para-Sani
A'S
Appleford Paper Products Limited
SAN Paper Ducts Ltd
Calgary
Edmonton
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