Seeding Alfalfa in Southern Manitoba Farming Guide
Ottawa reports describe alfalfa seeding practices in Southern Manitoba using nurse crops like wheat on firm moist soils. It covers seed bed prep, broadcasting methods, depth, inoculation need, seeding rates, scarification benefits, nurse crop adjustments, and herbicide precautions for young alfalfa and sweet clover.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Experimental Farm Canada Department of Agriculture
Morden
Does Man's Job Stephen J Meyers Jr Leads Local Sky Watch
Stephen J Meyers Jr 15 serves as chief of the Five Towns Ground Observer post in Pownal Maine directing 25 adult volunteers in sky scanning duties and process.
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Stephen J. Meyers, Jr
Pownal
Maine
Five Towns
Garden Notes on Planting Intervals and Pathways
Plant vegetables at one to two week intervals and continue into July for steady harvests. Use cultivation, fertilizer, and watering to boost growth in warm weather. Protect crops from frost with light covers, and keep paths tidy with steps and varied materials. Small garden tractors save time, but avoid oversized equipment. choose smaller models with versatile attachments.
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Canada
Funny and Otherwise
A parson preaches rain prayer noting dejected faith for umbrellas. Mary refuses beef tea hot milk and cocoa but agrees to a strong toddy. A regimental dog mascot Jip is buried with a humorous epitaph listing ranks bitten and a land mine.
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Mary
Jip
C.O
Rare spinal osteotomy restores sight to Sydney woman
Miss Edith Mann, 40, of Sydney underwent a rare vertebral osteotomy to straighten her neck. Surgeons fractured and realigned the spine with the head upright at a North Shore private hospital. She had ankylosing spondylitis locking her head forward and limiting vision for two years.
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Edith Helm
Sand Springs
Okla
Wanda Foster
Boston
Mrs Foster
Edith Mar
Sydney
Australia
North Shore
Miss Mann
500 Elephants Stolen Reported in Six Month Mystery
Police search for 500 stolen elephants missing over six months. Mrs. Clifford Harmon of Tracy Washington reported the loss after discovering her miniature carved elephants valued at about $3 each had disappeared.
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Clifford Harmon
Tracy
Washington
Doctor recalls early blood transfusion and its misuse
Dr J Mitchell Dunn who administered the first Columbus blood transfusion in 1917 recalls the struggle to prove its value. He notes blood transfusions are overused in many surgeries today but should be reserved for necessary cases. He recalls the miner Charles Kepler and the breakthrough moment.
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J. Mitchell Dunn
Columbus
Ohio
Dunn
Charles Kepler
The Pattern Shop Quickly Made Weapon For Your Daughter
A brief item notes a pattern shop offering a quick, improvised weapon suitable for a daughter figure. No further context or official attribution provided.
Pattern 7052 Tissue transfers for aprons
Beay Price Brook offers pattern 7052 tissue transfers for an apron. The medium size iron on transfers come in bright blue yellow and green with easy iron on application. Send 25 cents for the pattern and for Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue including knitting crochet embroidery iron ons toys and more.
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Alice Brooks
Innovative Weathervane Themed Teacart Pattern Ad
Pattern shows a double deck teacart with weather vane top designed for heat proof use and movable casters. It lists sizes 6 to 7 feet, pricing 33 cents for the pattern and 1.50 for the Weathervane Packet. Order from Home Workshop Patterns Department PPL Vancouver B C.
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Home Workshop Patterns Department
West 6Th Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Ithaca Kids Guard Flood Waters With High Water Deputies
The city of Ithaca New York issues round badges to children aged Toddler to twelve who pledge to avoid flood waters and help keep others away. Started in 1951 by Paul Kirchgraber and wife the program grew from 985 deputies in its first year to 2280 in 1955 with senior high water deputies overseeing creeks and Cayuga Lake inlet. A yearly party rewards participants sponsored by fourteen firms.
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Ithaca
New York
Paul Kirchgraber
Six Mile Creek
Kirchgrabers
Cayuga Lake
Beautiful wedding but bride missing
In Los Angeles a church wedding drew a large crowd as the groom stood with a minister awaiting his bride. After an hour the bride failed to appear and her mother said she was scared and the ceremony was called off indefinitely.
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Los Angeles
Cigarette smoking machine used in cancer tobacco study
At the University of Toronto chemistry building a smoking machine consumes about 600 pounds of tobacco weekly. Dr George Wright and colleagues extract tar with sulfuric acid, testing its link to cancer while noting no proven connection to lung cancer. Fractions are tested by Dr E L Wynder in New York. paper is ruled out as the cancer source.
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University of Toronto
George Wright
University of Toronto Chemistry Department
Wright
Canadian Cancer Society
George Tomlinson
Joseph Robertson
A Weapon for Your Daughter Sewing Pattern
A 1930s style ad invites mothers to sew pattern 4634 for children's sizes 2 through 10. It promises easy assembly, a two to three piece design, and a flower pastel cotton option. Pattern requires 244 yards of 35 inch fabric for size 6 and includes illustrated instructions. Send 35 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept in Toronto.
Seed Bed Preparation Aims and Methods in Lethbridge Studies
Ottawa report outlines a threefold seedbed objective including tilth weed control and wind resistance. Studies at Lethbridge Experimental Farm over five years show subsurface cultivator with high trash clearance hoe drill provides weed and erosion protection with yields similar to other methods. Disk implements with a packer suit heavy trash. chisel plough 6 to 8 inch depth offers protection and tilth with supplemental tillage as needed.
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Lethbridge Experimental Farm
Canada
Department of Agriculture
D. T. Anderson
Ironing board saves Idaho children after car rollover
Mr and Mrs Jim Gray and Mrs Carroll McCrea nearly left their ironing board in Bellevue Idaho after a Fresno California vacation. Near Wells Nevada their car skidded and rolled over and the ironing board pinned three Gray and McCrea children in the back seat preventing serious injury.
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Jim Gray
Carroll McCrea
Thei
Bellevue
Idaho
Fresno
Calif
Wells
Nev
Gray and
McCrea
Cartoon Bandage Trend Sparks Child Psychology Push
A manufacturer markets cartoon decorated bandages aimed at children, claiming the playful designs ease crying and promote quicker tears recovery in youngsters. The campaign blends child psychology with everyday first aid, drawing attention from parents and health observers.
Man Converts Car to Liquefied Gas in Tonawanda
Richard L D Voigt of Tonawanda N Y says he runs his car on liquefied petroleum gas saving over half on operating costs. He has driven about 50 000 miles with minimal crank case contamination and can switch to regular gasoline. He spent under 300 dollars on conversion and stores 20 gallon tanks in the trunk, hoping for higher efficiency with a higher compression ratio.
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Tonawanda
N.Y
Richard LD. Voigt
Voigt
Smear Campaign Leads to City Court Appearance
Thirteen motorists from Knoxville Tennessee were brought to City Court after police said they conducted a smear campaign on a Knoxville street. Officers stated they crossed freshly painted center stripes, damaging the roadway and tires.
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Kioxville
Tennessee
Knoxville
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