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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 12, 1960
Page
5
Pattern 217 offers six coarse-size cutting board designs from odd wood pieces. Packet 15 includes full-size cutting guides for fourteen kitchen projects. Sold by Home Waurkelig fatterne, Department OP. Vaseoiser G.
Step by step directions show how to rejuvenate rooms with fresh slip covers for chairs and sofas. Includes pattern number instructions and address for sending for details, with note about stamps not accepted and printing requirements for names and addresses.
A vintage pattern notice advertises Printed Pattern 4874 for Misses sizes 10 12 16 24. It details a cotton casual shirt waist with a curved collar and pleated skirt, requiring 35 inch fabric. The ad requests 50 cents for the pattern and asks for name address style number and reference.
A 25th anniversary event in Regina marked the world’s first co operative refinery Consumers' Co operative Refinery. About 40,000 people from Saskatchewan and beyond attended June 18 with tours, games, pony rides, and a cairn unveiling honoring early co op pioneers. Speakers included Premier T C Douglas and Howard Cowden.
The Alberta Research Council initiates a fourth year study on hail, surveying over 20,000 farm homes from Wetaskiwin to High River and west to the foothills. Modified radar will capture storm recordings while 200 collection stations gather hailstones and rain samples for nuclei analysis. Forty five barographs monitor pressure shifts as farmers report hail timing and location.
A custom among the Todas of India requires a woman to greet a man by touching his feet with her forehead. The practice underscores social etiquette and gender roles within the community.
Practical guidance on staying safe during thunderstorms. Avoid chimneys stoves and fireplaces. Minimize handling of electrical equipment. Close doors and windows. Seek shelter in a building with lightning rods and avoid tall exposed structures. Stay off outdoor areas during storms.
A historic 1827 account recounts the first vessel forced over Niagara Falls carrying a bear a fox a buffalo a dog and geese. The dog fox and buffalo did not survive the plunge with the others surviving or not recorded.
A brief report from Brooks Alberta notes a life and death health matter under urgent police or local medical attention. Details are scarce but the situation prompts readers to stay informed about evolving local safety conditions.
A Calgary Herald editorial about a televised discussion between U S Supreme Court Judge Douglas and Canadian Liberal leader Mike Pearson. Douglas said he would rather be dead. Pearson chose to live. The piece muses on freedom, tyranny, and the sacrifices of Canadians in war, urging reflection on life and liberty.
A 16th annual tour brings 30 weekly U.S. editors to Ontario for 11 days and about 1600 miles of travel. They visit Fort Frances and cities including Goderich, meet the Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association, and publish articles that lure readers to spend summers in Ontario, praising travel publicity efforts.
The longest living cats, descendents of two World War II pets, occupy a deserted Cornwall castle. They adapt to modern times, welcoming visitors to feed them as English castles fade from aristocratic life. The note contrasts noblemen’s taxes with the cats’ growing subsistence.
Snow and ice cover Iceland's landscape at about 13 percent of its area while Greenland, despite its name, is ice capped over roughly 85 percent of its surface, illustrating dramatic contrasts in Arctic ice coverage.
The owl gains a wide field of view by rotating its head rather than moving its eyes. It can turn about 273 degrees in a large arc, compensating for limited eye mobility.
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