Holiday blues in a Canadian summer
The Melville Advance reflects on summer holidays as a necessary evil. It humorously contrasts car trips to the coast with near realities of hard tax season money, family squabbles, sunburns, and poison ivy. It highlights restless homebound days and visits from relatives as common holiday trials.
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California
Johnny
Joe
Minnie
Hotterwell
Florida
Canada
Siberia
Seeing Eye 4 Travel Teaches Tolerance and Open Mind
The Selkirk Enterprise notes travel broadens the mind when the traveler keeps an open mind and avoids sneering at other customs. Different methods and ideas from ethnic groups in Canada may offer merit and benefit our own life, proving no land has a monopoly on value.
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Canada
Cadillac Toothpick Verse on Primitive Dental Tricks
A humorous sketch traces primitive methods of cleaning teeth before the toothpick. It jokes that early people used tree resin, prayed to the Moon God Mo-Lar, or endured a punch in the mouth, then notes civilization advancing.
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Mo-Lar
Farmer Thresher Sparks Teeth Saving Birch Industry
In 1863 a Virginia farmer struck a birch tree with a wheat thresher and unexpectedly produced over 200,000 tooth picks. The accident birthed a new industry, widely saving teeth from cavities and supplying handles for cocktail franks.
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New World
Virginia
Genghis Khan Pioneer of Gunpowder Warfare
The article notes Genghis Khan as an early user of gunpowder in warfare. It mentions the historical context of his conquests and how early gunpowder technology influenced Mongol military strategies and campaigns.
Two Year Old Climbs Tower in Elkhart Rescue
In Elkhart Indiana a two year old Harriet Skom daughter of Dr and Mrs Joseph Skom of Chicago climbed a 60 foot tower while family visited A policeman scaled the tower and rescued the child before firefighters arrived with an aerial ladder An arrow marks the spot where Harriet was removed.
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Harriet Skom
Joseph Skom
Chicago
Elkhart
Ind
Harriet
Saskatchewan Telephones men train for Mid-Canada Line work
In Regina and Montreal, 250 technicians average 25 years old study in a Bell system electronic school to prepare for positions on the Mid-Canada Line. The six collaborating companies build and maintain the 3000 mile radar fence, with graduates advancing to oversee installation, operation and upkeep of Arctic communications and receiving enhanced pay for isolated postings.
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Marguerite Bourgeoys
ABC
New France
Montreal
Mid-Canada
Trans-Canada
Gerrie Brent
Gil Neall
Bob Herber
John Radcliffe
Dick Atkinson
Saskatchewan
Regina
Canada
Defence Communications
Bell Telephone Company of Canada
Trans-Canada Telephone System
Arctic
Bell Company
Trans- Canada Telephone System
Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company
New Brunswick Telephone Company
Manitoba Telephone System
Saskatchewan Government Telephones
Alberta Government Telephones
British Columbia Telephone Company
St. Lawrence Street
Mid-Canada Line
Sideswipes cause road mishaps
Sideswipes cause many motor vehicle accidents each year, ranging from scratched fenders to fatalities. They occur when passing, being passed, hitting stationary objects, turning, or meeting oncoming traffic. Prevention includes checking behind and ahead before passing, slowing when being passed, judging clearances, reducing speed at turns, and staying on one’s side, especially at night, in poor weather, or near bridges and curves.
Measuring success in hard work and personal goals
The Huntingdon Quier Gleaner notes that success varies by perspective, and what matters is the significance to the individual. It emphasizes that effort, consistency, and following a plan often drive achievement, regardless of income or outward metrics.
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Huntingdon
Marked improvement in Canadian beef quality in past five years
The Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture in Ottawa reports a rising share of top grade cattle in Canada since 1946. From 1950 to 1955 top grades grew from 16.7 to 35.4 percent, with 21.8 percent choice and 20.3 percent good in the first five months of 1956, while exports fell only slightly and home demand rose.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Women urged to gain broader training for modern world
Miss Ruth Tomlinson, president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, urged wider education and practical skills for girls. She argued girls should have the same opportunities as boys in schools, including carpentry and engineering, to meet rapid global progress and to strengthen moral values amid growing distractions.
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Ruth Tomlinson
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs of
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Canadian Federation
Mount Royal Hotel
Miss Tomlinson
B and P
Polio Inoculation in Canada Hits Record Low
Polio cases this year in Canada are at a record low despite only about half of the planned doses being delivered. A pre holiday program shipped 2,329,000 Salk vaccine doses from Connaught labs in Toronto to provinces, roughly half the amount needed to cover 2,000,000 children for first and second shots plus third shots for 880,000 who were immunized last year.
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Canada
Toronto
Connaught Laboratories
George Washington Died From Acute Laryngitis
A historical report states that George Washington died from a form of acute laryngitis. The account notes his illness worsened after he contracted a throat infection and declined in the weeks before his death.
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George Washington
Philosophical Jokes Across Cynics and Stoics
A collage of witty exchanges on cynicism optimism and philosophy. Jokes feature a professor student traveler native and family banter highlighting contrasts between cynics stoics optimists and pessimists with wordplay on bewitches and druggists.
Three hospital grants approved in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan department of public health announced three construction grants totaling 53800. St Peter's Hospital Melville will expand beds from 44 to 70 with a 260500 extension. Brock Union Hospital Arcola gets a 17508 grant for a 90000 extension raising beds from 13 to 20. Carlyle health centre receives 3300 for a doctor’s office and facilities.
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Saskatchewan Department of Public Health
St. Peter's Hospital
Melville
Brock Union Hospital Board
Arcola
Carlyle
Octopi Change Color via Skin Pigment Expansion
Octopi can alter their color by expanding and contracting pigment spots in the skin, enabling rapid camouflage and signaling. This color-changing ability aids in blending with surroundings and communicating with other cephalopods.
O Keefes Saskatchewan Brewery Takeover Plans
I W Borger president of O Keefe s Brewing Company Saskatchewan Limited announces the takeover of the Saskatoon brewery formerly run by Drewrys Saskatchewan Division of Western Canada Breweries Limited. W B Knapp remains manager as Bert Bayley and Joe Zeiner coordinate quality and production to ensure a uniform high standard Old Vienna Lager for Saskatchewan and Canada.
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I. W. Borger
Bert Bayley
O’keefe
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