Manning’s Britain claim sparks go to the dogs debate
The article critiques Mr Manning’s report that less than 10 percent of Britons attend church, arguing casual visitors misread a country and warning against overgeneralizing from brief tours. It recalls historical instances of grand plans built on flimsy impressions, urging realism and thrift rather than prophetic doom.
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Anc
Edimenton Hag Pre Ee Manning
British Isles
Manning
Charles Dickens
Mr. Micawber
Dickens
Micawber
Britain
Fall Rye Prospects Highlight Prairie Harvest 1953
Seebtimes Harvest notes Linn Elevators Farm Service Winnipeg sponsors several grain companies and forecasts that Western Canada will harvest at least 918000 acres of Fall or Winter rye in 1953, a 35 percent rise from 675000 in 1952. Expert J E Andrews calls rye versatile and hardy, with Dakold and the new Antelope variety offering superior winter survival and yield. Farmers urged to plant between August 15 and September 15 and order Antelope seed through local elevator agents.
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Prairie Provinces
Western Canada
J. E. Andrews
Lethbridge
Prairie
University of Saskatchewan
J. B. Harrington
Saskatoon
Five seek town council seat in 1900s notice
Five candidates vie for a town council seat. J E Devitt plans a new business on Second Avenue. The Four Star theatre was sold to S Karby of the Rex by E L C Musgrove.
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Hailiwick
Britain
Napoleon
Buneparteyard
Drg
Bill Marienzollern
Schnicklegruber
Sea
J.E. Devitt Wa
Second Avenue
Karby
The
Rex
ELC, Musgrove
Ten Years Ago in Rivers War Visit and Local Farming
Field Marshal Sir John Dull visited, Walter Parker, 58, died in Winnipeg hospital after a Rivers stay in 191, and peanuts were being grown on H. J. Chapman farm at Penden nis with the year ten ago context noted.
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Sir John Dull, CB
Cmg
No. 1
CNS
Walter Parker
Winnipeg
Rivers
H. J. Chapman
Pendennis
Thomson Named VP for Canadian Pacific Railway
D. Thomson of Winnipeg has been appointed to the newly created system post of vice-president for the Canadian Pacific Railway at Montreal. He previously served as vice-president of the prairie region since 1950 and headed the eastern region at Toronto for two years before that.
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Thomson
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
Toronto
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