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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 12, 1947
Page
6
The Boy Scout movement began in England in 1907 and spread to Canada by 1908. By 1946 there were 96,477 Scouts in Canada and about 1,500,000 in the British Empire, with millions more worldwide benefiting from Scout training and its civic impact.
Rapid progress is reported in re equipping Nauru and Ocean Island under Allied mandate. New quarrying and loading gear replaces wartime losses, with $3,000,000 in ruined machinery being replaced. Expected shipments reach 200,000 tons this year and 500,000 tons next year as production returns to normal.
A discussion on how a speaker’s words travel faster than nearby listeners as a microphone broadcast reaches a distant listener halfway around the globe before those in the room hear them.
Brazil remains the fourth largest country by area globally. The note lists its vast territory and geographic status within world rankings.
In Chicago a Belvidere IL driver James Rafferty 21 saved 22 Byron II students on a lake trip by standing before a burst water line and guiding kids off the bus as scalding water flooded the aisle. He suffered second degree burns and was hospitalized.
The human voice spans about three and a half octaves, yet the average singer uses less than half that range. The note details discuss vocal capabilities and how most people vocalize within a narrow portion of their potential spectrum.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 1945 population by sex and conjugal status with 6,169,200 males and 5,932,800 females. The gap narrows since 1941 when males outweighed females by 291,653. Married and single counts provided by province for both sexes.
Frank Currie of Montreal is appointed coach of the Edmonton Senior Flyers hockey team. The report lists other sports items including bridge champions Ross and Stewart, and curling and golf results across Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Dr Norbert C Barwasser from Moline Ill told the Illinois State Medical Society in Chicago that penicillin may cure impetigo in one to two days. He cited wartime mass experiments by army and navy physicians as the basis for the new treatment.
Stanley Jones, a renowned American missionary, said I was tickled to death in sermon. The interpreter rendered it as I scratched myself until I died, puzzling the audience until after the meeting.
The article recalls Dr. J. B. Tyrell, long honorary president of the Canadian Geographical Society, and his 1880s to 1900s expeditions across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. It notes his surveys of phosphate deposits, Agassiz beaches, Reed Lake trading post ruins, coal finds near Edmonton, Saskatchewan River gold, and early mapping that earned him the motto as good as Tyrell.
A poem by Helen B. Anderson from Consecon Ontario extols the farmer going forth to sow and toil under sun and season. It frames farming as faith driven work with hope and patience, portraying harvest as a symbol of prosperity beyond dreams.
Practical advice on blotting to prevent tea stains without weakening fabrics and on avoiding chemical bleaches. Also tips to extend leather valise life with dusting and polishing and to keep mashed potatoes hot by using a double boiler for continuous service.
Short stockings can press on the toes and trigger ingrowing toenails. Ensure both stockings and shoes fit properly to avoid pressure on the feet.
Ottawa announces a four cent stamp marking the 80th anniversary of Canadian Confederation and birth of Canadian Citizenship. The vertical blue design features a youth with raised arm, outlines of the Dominion, printed in sheets of 50. First day covers serviced only by Ottawa post office. orders via Receiver General of Canada.
Crochet pattern 7342 features two square designs with charts and photos. It offers garlanded filet squares for dining room tables or buffets, and includes easy directions for needlework. Send twenty five cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg to obtain the pattern with your name address and pattern number.
Botanists state the maximum viable life for a wheat grain is about seven years, countering claims that ancient Egyptian tomb wheat grains sprouted when planted.
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