Dinner versus business and the hungry MP
The Ottawa Times asks if Canadians are parochial as MPs skip foreign policy debate. A 25 minute external affairs committee met with a 10 member quorum, with no Opposition attendance. The Vancouver Sun notes the lunch hour excuse and recalls Dettingen where lunch saved the day, wryly suggesting crises fail to unsettle MPs from dinner plates.
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Dettingen
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Vancouver Sun
Motor Fatalities Rise in First Quarter
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports that Canadian motor traffic accidents in March claimed 211 lives, up from 158 a year earlier. For January through March, deaths totaled 573, compared with 456 in the same period last year.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Chester Name Etymology From Roman Camp Word
Chester common ending derives from the Roman caster meaning camp, reflecting origins as Roman camp sites. The element appears in many English town names, signaling fortification or settlement built by Romans.
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Chester
Costly Tulips: Semper Augustus Sells for 1400
A 17th century tale notes a single tulip named Semper Augustus changing hands for 1400 in a market famed for dramatic price swings. The record highlights the era’s speculative bloom trade and the tulip’s famed value among buyers and sellers.
Beverages become modern in the dictionary sense
The piece describes modern beverage trends emphasizing flavor and variety. Milk, tea, fruit and vegetable juices, concentrates, and even canned soup are used creatively as drinks or drink ingredients, with many serving and pairing options for meals and snacks.
Wrong Man Interview Turns Birthday Question Away
An elderly man, celebrated on his 162nd birthday, dismisses a reporter’s question on sex, quipping that he stopped thinking about it almost two years prior. The remark showcases his humor and long life perspective in a brief interview.
Lily pool garden project pattern guide summary
Pattern 474 teaches building garden pools and planting waterlilies to attract aquatic life. It promotes concrete paving stones and other home improvements and offers Pattern Packet No. 29 for 1.75 from Home Workshop Patterns in Vancouver.
Yellow hunting garb tests in Manitoba deer study
Hon. C. H. Witney announced a government sponsored experiment by the game branch to test yellow hunting clothes for Manitoba deer hunters this fall. Workers will compare shades and durability while field observers report visibility and color recognition under different forest conditions.
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Mines and Natural Resources
Manitoba
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Witney
U.S. Army
American Optical Societies
JOU MnO Otila and a Parade of Oddball Jokes
A collection of brief humor bits ranges from a boastful tale of a perfect June night to a Boston boy who suddenly speaks at fourteen. It includes a comic about a musician model, a kerosene lamp delivery mishap, charity versus cam industry, a bath joke, a hairless baby quip, and a boy in court wearing his father’s suit.
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Farmer
Roughriders Open Training Camp With 28 Canadians
The Saskatchewan Roughrider Football club will begin training camp on July 1 with 28 Canadian and 25 American players. Head Coach Steve Owen will run morning and afternoon sessions for two weeks. Several players have signed for the coming season including Enslow, Smith, Don, Ruzycki, Vassos, Miller, Haines, Purdin, Mackenzie, Banda, Curtis, Atcheson, Clarke, Dickey, Butterfield, Ekstran, Kubesh, Whitehouse, and Gray, with multiple vet statuses noted.
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University of Southern California
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Illinois State University
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Winnipeg
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Washington State University
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St. Vital
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Reg. Whitehouse
William Gray
Maryviand State
Timber tree falls on car near Port Arthur
A man trimming brush near his Port Arthur cottage did not hear an approaching vehicle as a tree fell across a station wagon. The impact caused an estimated 400 dollars in damage to the car.
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Port Arthur
Milk outweighs water by a quart in weight test
A quart of milk weighs more than a quart of water, illustrating that density differs between liquids. The finding shows milk’s greater mass per volume compared with pure water under similar conditions.
Surname options for Spanish sons expand to both parents
In Spain a son may adopt the surname of his father or mother as his own, or carry both surnames, expanding traditional naming to include one or both parental lines depending on the choice made. The change reflects flexible naming rules affecting family identity and legal documents.
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Spain
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