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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 13, 1959
Page
2
Classified line item showing nurse job ads with mixed price terms such as cwt and daily rate. Includes numerous odd monetary notations like 3.00 cw 3.50 cwt and $66.50 cwt, interspersed with uncertain fragments and stray words.
A nostalgic poem from W. L. Owen of Tillsonburg Ontario recalling a faded democrat wagon that sparked youth in a village setting. The speaker blends childhood rides with family, church, fairs, and farm days, noting how the old wagon faded as progress arrived while memory endures.
Saskatchewan poultry commissioner Ted Campbell says ordering chicks now for February or March delivery helps farmers profit from higher egg prices in late summer and fall. Early brooding yields 25 to 30 percent price gains in initial production, despite a narrowing differential as more producers enter the market.
In Manitou Saskatchewan the Leslie family suffered a heavy loss when nine head of cattle drowned after crowding into an ice dugout to drink. The cattle accident occurred while part of a large herd was relocated and water access opened. Mr and Mrs Leslie were at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Also noted is 1958 Canadian labour income totaling $7,622 million versus $7,417 million a year prior.
A compact Canada quiz reveals sunshine in the southern Alberta Saskatchewan region, the Northwest Mounted Police origins in 1873, 1958 manufacturing earnings at 73.02 weekly, and BC leading in fisheries value with Atlantic totals usually double Pacific. Provincial and federal spending figures are cited as over 5.5 billion and over 2.2 billion respectively.
CNIB promotes a documentary with Motion Picture Centre to warn Canadian parents that strabismus in children risks lifelong blindness if untreated. The film follows one family and shows how early doctor-led treatment aligns both eyes, with 60 English and 24 French copies planned for early 1959 distribution coast to coast.
Madeleine Levason discusses Canada's textile industry moving toward man-made fibres. The piece notes a 27 percent market share for synthetic fibres in 25 years, from silk weaving to viscose and acetate, with Nylon and later fibres expanding production. Canadian mills now employ 15,000 producing 160 million dollars yearly, driving a decades-long textile revolution and hinting at further changes ahead.
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