Rosetown Pioneer Citizen John Wesley Smith Dies at 100
John Wesley Smith, Rosetown’s oldest resident, died on September 26 1953 after a long home stay. Born in Port Hope Ontario, he lived much of his youth near Havelock and moved to Rosetown in 1919. He remembered early oil lamps, cups with handles, and binding wheat, recounting a long life of work, family, and community stories. Survived by three sons Arthur Harry Edwin and daughter Edna, sixteen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. widow Emma Louisa Southworth died 1943. The Rosetown Eagle reports.
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John Wesley Smith
Rosetown
Port Hope
Hamilton County
Ontario
Havelock
West Side
Apsley
Emma Louisa Southworth
Arthur
Oshawa
Ont
Harry
Books
Alta
Edwin
Edna Barton
Castleton
The
Alberta Mustard Crop Claims World Largest Output
Alberta is said to grow the world’s largest mustard crop with 35 000 to 50 000 acres sown annually in southern Alberta. Lethbridge handles more mustard than any other center. Long term net returns resemble wheat. The market is limited and almost all mustard is grown under contract.
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Alberta
Lethbridge
Veteran land official warns against sawfly threat
Edmonton reports W D Brice veteran's land act supervisor foresees higher sawfly infestation in Saskatchewan this year. He urges farmers in affected areas to plant sawfly resistant wheat to protect crops.
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Edmonton
Saskatchewan
W D. Brice
Veterans’ Land Act
Fisherman loses crowbar to giant pike twist
Alta George MacLachlen dropped a six foot crowbar through the ice at Carolside dam. A week later Doc L. E. Smith hauled a huge pike from the same hole and, after hours, found the crowbar inside the fish. Neighbors helped dismember the catch, revealing the swallowed tool now on display at Hanna Herald.
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Hanna, Alta
George MacLachlen
Carolside
George
Doc L. E. Smith
Doc
Jack Smith
MacLachlan
Hanna Herald
Comic Fragments From A City Humour Page
A collage of light jokes and quips about money, marriage, and daily life. A vicar comments on Providence while a gardener recalls when Providence had it all. A wife jokes about widowhood, a client jokes about a slap, and a shipping magnate jokes about taxes and tips.
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Wilks
Providence
Chocolate Crackies from Cocoa Corn Flake Treats
Cocoa butter sugar and corn syrup boiled then mixed with sugar coated corn flakes until coated. Dropped into waxed paper cups or spooned onto waxed paper to harden. Makes sixteen two inch chocolate crackles.
Artificial Breeding Here To Stay Says Dairy Commissioner
Altona man Tom Klinkhammer provincial dairy commissioner tells Stanley and Rhineland Artificial Breeding association at Winkler high school that artificial breeding is here to stay. He cites increased milk production and improved conception rates with cooled semen stored on dry ice, noting banks of semen will let farmers breed many cows alike. The group reports 252 paid-up members with 500 Holstein 36 Shorthorn and 17 Jersey cows and agrees to raise service fee from 5 to 6 dollars per cow to maintain Horned Cattle Fund support.
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Ontario
Klinkhammer
S.R.A.E.A
St. Pierre
Irrigation Could Bring More Farms to Prairies
Winnipeg news notes that about 500000 acres of drought land approved for irrigation in the South Saskatchewan river project may one day attract more than ten times its current population. George Spence, Regina, on the International Joint Commission, says the Red Deer division plan in Alberta is not yet approved and that up to 3000000 acres could be irrigated across the two Prairie provinces.
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Winnipeg
South Saskatchewan
George Spence
Regina
International Joint Commission In Charge of Water Resources
Manitoba Geographical Society
Red Deer
Alberta
Prairie
Spence
Hem-Hold Internal Pile Treatment Advertisement
An advertisement offers Hem-Hold, an internal pile treatment, at drug stores for 1.59 dollars per 60 tablet package. It promises quick relief from itching burning and soreness and guarantees a money back refund if not 100% pleased after use.
Iron on Gardenful of Roses Pattern 7119 Ad
Iron on patterns offer 12 motifs in two red shades and green. No embroidery required, usable on sheets pillowcases cloths and napkins for an inexpensive-looking finish. Pattern 7119 includes sizes 4x4 and 2x3 inches. Send twenty five cents to obtain this pattern.
Settlers Seek New Land In Peace River Country
In Grande Prairie the Lands and Forests office shows maps of expanding settlement in the Peace River country. Since last April 108 settlers filed on land in two townships near Valleyview, with more surveys due and a 1955 lease draw anticipated.
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South Peace
Department of Lands and Forest
Grande Prairie
Peace River Country
Valleyview
Whitecourt
Lands and Forests
T. J. Gorman
Bert Watson
Grande Prairie Office
Gorman
Blueberry Mountain
Spirit River
Cherry Point
Edmonton
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Toronto
Alice Brooks
the Lands and Forests Branch
Grande Prairie Herald Tribune
Nabisco
Ciws Ne
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
Mervin
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