Geographic Society explores gardens in North America
The National Geographic Bod on reports an expedition through American gardens turning up diverse plant origins from Africa to the Caucasus and South America. It details explorers like Livingstone, tulip mania, and the global movement of crops, noting that most garden plants in the U S originate abroad.
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National Geographic Bodon
North America
Africa
Caucasus
South America
David Livingstone
Lfe
Captain Bligh
Tahiti
West Indies
Columbus
America
Europe
W. H. Camp
Victor R. Boswell
J. R. Magness
United States Department of Agriculture
Unusual New Year Wedding Fools Crowd in Piney
Norman and Mrs. Tyler of Piney celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary with a New Year’s Day ceremony at the Church of Christ Disciples manse at midnight in 1923. Friends, armed with cow bells and cans, waited for an afternoon ceremony, only to be surprised as the couple left by horse and cutter fourteen miles to relatives.
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Norman Tyler
Piney
Carillon News
Steinbach
Man
March of Dimes Drive Aids Disabled Citizens’ Independence
The March of Dimes organizes an appeal titled Dollars-Dollars to fund programs that advance physical social and financial independence for handicapped citizens with January highlighted as the fundraising month.
Alberta’s busy 1957 political year fuels by election plans
The Times of Wetaskiwin reports a year of political shifts in Alberta and notes a historic dividend program tapping 11 million dollars from oil and gas royalties for about 550 000 residents. It also signals potential liquor law changes, with cocktail bars liquor sales in clubs and restaurants anticipated next year.
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Alberta
the Times
Wetaskiwin, Alta
Unity RCMP town report safe driving over Christmas
The Unity RCMP and Town Police report that drivers in Unity and district largely followed the safe driving appeal during the Christmas holiday. Only three minor accidents were reported.
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Unity Rcmp
Unity and District
The
Herald
Unity, Sask
Winter hood pattern 7389 for sizes small to large
Meee Bares offers an easy knit hood pattern 7389 using 2 ounces worsted for short hood in sizes small to large. Includes directions for long and short hoods mittens and stockinette pattern stitch. Send 35 cents in coins, name address and pattern number to the stated order address.
Raccoon Predation Threatens Ohio Duck Nests
Outdoor editor Lou Klewer reports in Toledo Blade that raccoons in northwestern Ohio have become a nest destroying menace to waterfowl. Magee’s Marsh survey found 22 duck nests destroyed, risking future hatches and potential abandonment of marsh nesting sites. A Magee marsh study counts 72 raccoons on 700 acres, with 216 raccoons expected this fall, highlighting broader marsh threats and limited trapping interests.
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Lou Klewer
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo Blade
Outdoor Writers of America
Ohio
Magee's Marsh
Karl Bednarik
Magee’s Marsh
Magee Marsh
Manly F. Miner
Jack Miner
Town saves $6,060 through snow lack
For the skiers this winter has been a flop but on the bright side is the roughly $6,000 the town saved on the snow removal bill. The Advance, Renfrew, Ont.
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Renfrew
Chart of the skies maps the 1957 NatGeo star chart
The December 1957 National Geographic Magazine presents a large color wall map of the heavens showing 1,971 naked eye stars and 88 constellations on two hemispheres viewed from the poles. It includes zodiac signs, ecliptic inset, and planets sized relative to their real appearance with charts for monthly northern and southern skies designed by Dr. Donald H. Menzel.
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Milky Way
National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic Societies Cartographic
Jupiter
Saturn
Earth
Moon
Donald H. Menzel
Harvard College Observatory
Hydro plant damaged in flash flood near Grand Falls
Generating units of Bathurst Power and Paper Company Limited shut down for five days after unseasonable weather caused a river ice jam. Ice and debris surged into the powerhouse damaging equipment. operators Harold Montgomery and Harry Dingee shut off the generators to avert wider disruption. Northern Light Bathurst NB.
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Bathhurst Power and Paper Company Limited
Nepisiguit
Grand Falls
Harold Aontgomery
Harry Dingee
Bathurst
N.B
Dr Allan Dafoe physician of the Dionne quintuplets
Dr Allan Dafoe, attending physician at the 1934 birth of the Dionne quintuplets in Callander Ontario, was appointed their welfare guardian by provincial act and created OBE in 1935. Born in Madoc Ontario, he practiced in Callander and died in North Bay in 1943.
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Allan Dafoe
Dafoe
Dionne
Callander
Ont
Madoc
North Bay
Edward Cartwright Invented the Power Loom in 1785
English clergyman Edward Cartwright, noted for inventing the power loom, developed the device in 1785, reshaping textile manufacture and industrial progress.
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Edward Cartwright
Unemployment Crisis in Yorkton Shrinks Seasonal Jobs
Yorkton faces major unemployment as seasonal industries close. 2,482 people were registered unemployed on December 6, 1957, up 100 percent from last year, with over 200 laid off in a week and about 2 percent of the labor force out of work. Construction, transportation, retail, and other sectors feel the impact while some workers lack insurance. Some unemployed prefer not to work, others seek scarce stenographers nurses or teachers, highlighting persistent scarcity in a field of plenty.
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Canada
Earl Stauffer
National Employment Service
Yorkton
Valedictory Letter From Star and Times Editor
The Star and Times Swan River Manitoba bids farewell from its editor after 27 years at the helm. Editor H. B. Munro expresses gratitude to merchants country correspondents and friends and pledges cooperation with new owners to continue serving the community and town development.
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Star and Times
H. B. Munro
Sunset Lodge Showcases Senior Home as Civic Beacon
A Sunset Lodge visit in Kindersley last Monday details a spacious, well furnished senior residence housing about thirty residents. The article praises its warm rooms, large dining area, kitchen, walk in fridge, and staff Led atmosphere of Christian charity, calling the home a benchmark of civilization and humanity in the twentieth century.
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Sunset Lodge
Kindersley
Eatonia
Lodge
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March OF Dimes
Virden
Scotland
Mervin Watt
By Meee Bares
Household Arts
P.P.L
Frost Street
Torcate
Ovata Isascay
Niagara Falls
England
Bermuda
All Canada
the Enterprise
Yorkton, Sask
the Star and Times
Swan River, Man
Saskatchewan
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