Ootachimoo A Northern Missionary Turns Radio Bureau
Reverend R B Horsefield known as Ootachimoo in northern Manitoba and Sas katchewan runs weekly radio sermons and talks to Indigenous communities. Through Teepee Tidings Teepee Chitchat and The Old Old Story he explains world events health and local life, facing disbelief about radio as a speaking box.
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Flin Flon
R .B. HorseGeld
Manitoba
Chayskwa
Mr. Horsefield
Pelican Narrows
Dorion
John Dorion
New Process For Taking High Speed X Ray Photographs
TORONTO doctors unveil the diagnostic X-ray camera at Sick Children’s Hospital. The device captures four X rays a second to trace blood flow in blue babies, revealing heart lung short circuits and aiding early diagnosis after four months of tests.
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Toronto
Sick Children's Hospital
H. W. Bower
First Museum Emerges From Renaissance Collecting Trends
The fragment describes the museum’s origins in Renaissance times when princes and wealthy patrons gathered historical specimens in special buildings to showcase art and history.
Modern Kitchen Looks More Like A Machine Shop
A Christian Science Monitor critique of modern show kitchens argues that sleek white enamel designs and built in motors strip homes of character. The author laments absence of space for family rituals and pets and urges integration of practical touches that honor domestic life.
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Grandpop
Grammie
Grampie
Thoreau
Emerson
Mary Walker
Grants Offered To Cattle Clubs
Saskatchewan grants will aid pure bred cattle clubs and associations in grading and appraisal of bulls and herds. Beginning 1949 only bulls graded under the policy will be eligible for a premium, with clubs required to set grading standards and grade animals into two approved grades on a voluntary basis.
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Regina
Sask
I. C. Nollet
Nollet
Canadian Winter Sports Page Overflow
A collage of quirky items notes Olympic year hype with young athletes in skim attire, a riot survival tale of an Italian, and light tidbits on babies thinking freely, chewing gum bans, a Joy candidate, an angle worm vending machine, and a 100 mile race returning pigeon.
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Cleveland
Ducks Swim Away Forces Penticton Agent to Crate Rescue
Maclean's Magazine recalls a Penticton railway express office rush to handle a crate of baby ducks with no claimants. The agent tried rules and relocated the ducks near a lake, but they swam away, prompting a puzzled reaction. The note adds a historical tidbit that England recorded the earliest marine insurance contract in 1583.
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Maclean's Magazine
Railway Express
Penticton
B.C
England
Practical Ways of Weed Killing in Prairie Crops
Experiments since 1947 at Brandon and Swift Current show 2 4 D offers a practical weed control method for grain crops and flax. Low water volumes and dust applications prove effective on large fields though not all weeds are controllable. Cost estimates for 1948 total about 1 75 per acre, with tillage remaining cheaper overall.
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Dominion
Brandon
Man
Swift Current
Sask
Children Taught Carefulness on Way to School
Advice for parents to teach children to be careful crossing streets. Look both ways before crossing and wait for no car. Cross only at corners and, in rural areas, walk on the left side of the road.
Beavers Signal With Tail Slaps On Water
Beavers use tail slaps to create loud surface signals on the water, warning fellow animals and marking territory. The audible taps travel through wetlands, alerting nearby groups to potential danger or changes in conditions.
Stamp Corner Cadets Mark Calgary Edmonton Saskatoon Cachets
Special cachets will be placed on letters during July in Calgary Edmonton and Saskatoon to celebrate exhibitions and stamp history. Three cadet envelope issues depict a covered wagon, Edmonton skyline with wheat and oil fields, and Saskatoon coat of arms with a triangle and beaver. Postmasters will handle special cachet requests by city deadline.
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Calgary
Calgary Stampede
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Panama postmaster honored with portrait on a stamp
Alejandro Melendez, honored during his lifetime, had his portrait on a 1942 Panama stamp set following 50 years in the post office. A Toronto post office found a creased gutter strip from a King George VI four cent sheet, a rare Canadian mishap. Antigua, Austria, and Italy issued new stamp subjects, with notes on sales and a stamp collector contact for exchanges.
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Alejandro Melendez
Panama
Toronto
Antigua
Nelson
Fort James
Austria
Italy
Percy the Pelican Charms Britain With Touring Feats
The pelican Percy continues a lighthearted nationwide tour through Britain. He began at Whipsnade Zoo as keepers planned to clip his wings and has since been spotted in Wales and Surrey at 2000 feet. Reporters joke about him becoming Phyllis the Pelican as crowds chase the bird amid breezy headlines.
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London
Percy the Pelican
Britain
Percy
Whipsnade Zoo
R.A.F
Phyllis the Pelican
Wales
Andile Valley
Surrey
Inventors Claim Lens Turns Ordinary Film Into Color
Paris reports two Frenchmen announce a lens after 17 years of study that can be used in a standard camera with ordinary negative to produce color film. They claim the lens yields good natural colors.
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Paris
Giraffes Gallop At Speeds Above Thirty Miles Per Hour
A report notes giraffes can reach speeds over 30 miles per hour in short bursts. The observation highlights surprising athletic ability in tall savanna mammals and suggests rapid movement in predators or rivals.
Love poems and city notes in a breezy column
A light assorted column blends poetry chat with social anecdotes. It compares Browning’s love sonnet to Sidney, ponders British prime minister contact at Whitehall 1254, notes Tulsa’s upcoming skyscraper and Seattle’s Smith Building, then shares baby book tales, a San Mateo housekeeper, Fontana’s multitasking mother, and a pekingese that loves Bach.
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sir Philip Sidney
Downing Street
London
Whitehall
Tulsa
Okla
Chicago
Smith Building
Seattle
Wash
Susie
San Mateo
Calif
Fontana
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North Sea
Anson
Superb
John Gould
The
Christian Science Monitor
Snr
Joy
Cross
Johannesburg
Africa
James Montagnes
Russia
Romania
Sweden
United States
Bulgaria
Basil Aprilev
Pratt Kuhn
Wellington St. W
Toronto 1
Ont
Pelican
E. V. Burling
California
Tommy
San Franciscan
Bech
Bach
Springer Spaniel
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