This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 10, 1956
Page
2
Fort Monmouth researchers simulate tornado formation in a tank to study updraft and ground currents. They plan aluminum chaff mapping from aircraft to trace wind patterns and seek a lightning fingerprint to indicate impending tornadoes, aiding forecasters.
Researchers at Michigan State University find washing machines keep white nylons whiter than hand laundering. Machine washing provides steadier water temperature and thorough rinsing, reducing yellowing, while both methods prevent gray redeposits. Tricot knit slips shrink more than satin woven slips.
Mrs. W. R. Pritchett of Virginia gathered 16 four-leaf clovers, five six-leaf and two five-leaf on her lawn but luck did not hold. While starting housework she fell from a first floor window she was washing, landing in a prize tulip bed. The main damage was to her belief in lucky clovers.
Northern homemakers gain additions to the limited list of reliable trees and shrubs. Griffin poplar, named for Brooks pioneer August Griffin, is fast growing with a pyramidal form. Dunlop poplar features late-falling leaves and gray bark. Sweetberry honeysuckle forms a four foot rounded bush with cream May blossoms and hardy tolerance. Julia Bugnet and Georges Bugnet honeysuckles yield blue berries in late July, ideal for jam or preserves with a tang akin to black currants.
The Book of Knowledge outlines various traditional measurement units across trades. Printers use points, with one point equal to 1/72 inch. tailors measure cloth in bolts around 40 yards. electricians use mils for wire thickness. barleycorns measure shoe sizes in a 13-based cycle. buttons are measured in lines, where 30 lines equal 0.75 inches.
Guidelines emphasize prevention and parental example to keep children safe around machinery. Teach why not to ride or play on equipment, supervise preschool play, keep children out of pens with mothers, and limit tractor access by age and judgment. Secure wells and ladders, guard floors, store sharp tools, and explain hazards to reduce accidents.
Pattern 459 outlines a foldable play pen just under four feet square with adjustable size and side panels featuring duck accents. Describes how to cut and assemble, offered with a $0.35 mailing, and related Children’s Furniture packet for older kids at $1.50 postpaid plus a free catalogue from Home Workshop Patterns in Vancouver.
A collection of brief quips and jokes about travel pretensions Parisian polish misers and a psychiatrist observer. A student watches a patient who imagines pitching and jokes about batting against him. An audience member cites a candle fire death and the cure being all electric.
Mrs Anna Foster of San Diego reports a hen that spent two years trying to hatch eggs finally adopted five newborn kittens. The hen lay an egg daily in an old oil drum beneath the house, and when the family cat Maggie gave birth in the drum the hen began caring for the kittens under her wing.
Anne Adams Pattern Dept offers pattern 4783 for a princess style dress with a cool neck line and three sleeve versions. Includes sizes 14 to 22 with easy instructions and fit testing. Send 35 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Toronto for this pattern.
A London firm introduces glitter finish interlocking beads known as poppets. The plastic beads sparkle with five shades, sold loose or preassembled in lengths for necklaces or bangles. They are cheap, durable, and popular overseas, with imitation mother of pearl finishes added.
Household Arts Department at 60 Front Street W Toronto offers two free patterns printed in new Alice Brooks designs for 1956. Readers can order dozens of other designs to make at home with easy, fascinating hand work. Send 25 cents for a copy of this booklet.
Fabric remains in use on contemporary aircraft with fabric-covered control surfaces. At Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, a large field maintenance squadron repairs fabric on 45 K 97 aerial tankers that refuel fighters and bombers. A fabric wear detector guides replacement, and five coats of clear and two coats of aluminum dope with sanding produce a flyable finish. BE A COURTEOUS DRIVER.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.