Swift Current Agro expert on life in Iceland
Mr Campbell described Iceland as a vast desert with blowing sand and high mountains, where fishing and industry shape occupations. He noted abundant cod, herring, and haddock, growing erosion, and efforts to convert desert land into pasture. He contrasted Icelandic climate with Saskatchewan, spoke of young workers in parks and fields, small jails and rehabilitation, and praised Iceland’s oldest, representative government and Norse settlement heritage.
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Mr. Campbell
Iceland
Campbell
Saskatchewan
Europe
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Quick Itch Relief
An ad claims MOONE'S EMERALD OIL provides swift relief for severe skin itch and distress. It promotes night and morning use for a week, asserts safety and rare failure, and offers money back if unsatisfied. The product is sold in the original bottle at modern drug stores nationwide.
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Canada
Moone
Humorous Vignettes and Runaway Innuendos Liven Evening
A string of light hearted anecdotes unfolds across a hotel, a maid informs a mistress of a locked master, a Hollywood trip reveals an overblown dinner display, and a RAF navigator prompts a parental quip about uniforms. The pieces mix witty lines with social foibles and playful misreads.
Kitchen Meditations By Jane Dale
A reflective meditation on daily minutes, blunders, and the wish to fill each moment with brightness. The author hopes future days bring shining minutes that stand out like stars in a lonely night.
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Jane Dale
Motel Boom Canada Motel Network Expands Amid Growth
Canada houses more than 3500 motels averaging 15 to 20 rooms each, signaling a rapid expansion in the lodging sector. The study notes a typical room rate around 114 dollars, indicating a modest price point across the network.
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Canada
Canada’s beef cattle industry shows vigor amid heavy deliveries
Canada’s beef cattle industry remains healthy despite unusually high market deliveries and slaughterings in 1954. Inspected plant slaughter totals through September imply a potentially second-biggest year on record, with exports to the United States insignificant and frozen beef stocks down sharply from 1953.
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Canada
United States
Council
Corres
Three Key Rules for Vegetable Storage at Home Basement
Three main factors govern keeping quality of vegetables: ripeness at harvest, surface moisture control, and a cool steady storage temperature. The guide notes how to judge readiness in onions pumpkins squash and cabbage and suggests dry storage after harvest plus a two stage cooling method for pumpkins and squash. It also mentions hot air treatment for onions at 90 degrees for 10 days and advises consulting local experimental stations for seed varieties suited to storage.
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Chas. Walker
Morden
Man
Ontario plants turn out 98 percent of Canada’s motor vehicles
Ontario plants account for about 98 percent of all motor vehicles produced in Canada, highlighting the province’s dominance in vehicle manufacturing and the concentration of the industry there.
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Ontario
Canada
Lifetime Appointment for Roman Senator Expulsion Rule
A Roman senator held a life tenure unless expelled for dishonorable conduct. The mechanism ensured sustained leadership unless removal for misconduct occurred.
Jiffy Iron On Strawberry Pattern For Household Linens
Vintage ad describes iron on transfers Pattern 7118 featuring strawberry motifs in green leaves yellow blossoms and red fruit. Includes sizes two borders 4144x3 inches and ten designs. Offers pattern by mail for 25 cents through Department P L Household Arts Toronto with Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog reference.
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Alice Brooks Needlecraft
Canada’s 1954 apple crop drops 11 percent
A hurricane in Annapolis Valley orchards during mid September trimmed Canada's 1954 apple harvest by about 11 percent, yet overall fruit yields are expected to top 1953 levels. Grapes, plums, and prunes also rise, while peaches pears apricots and cherries fall. Manitoba and Alberta cut vegetable plantings. dairy and meat stocks rise. consumer prices ease in most cities.
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Annapolis Valley
Canada
Manitoba
Alberta
Hold parcels for returning Far East forces
The Canadian Army Postal Corps urges units returning to Canada from the Far East before Christmas to inform families to stop sending letters two weeks before departure and to halt parcel shipments immediately. Parcels arriving after the soldier leaves will be redirected to the addressee or returned to sender, with return postal charges equal to the original postage.
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Canadian Army
Canada
Far East
Canadian Army Postal Corps
Manitoba selects Swan River student for Eaton Scholarship
Swan River student David H. MacLen nan is Manitoba’s candidate for the Eaton Agricultural scholarship announced by Agriculture Minister H D Robertson. He will compete against other provinces’ reps at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto in November.
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Winnipeg
David H. MacLennan
Swan River
Manitoba
Eaton
H D. Robertson
Toronto
Canada to Build 14 New Sub Chasers at $210 Million
Canada plans to deliver 14 St Laurent class destroyer escorts by late 1957 at an estimated total cost of 210 million dollars. Construction started at Canadian Vickers in Montreal with six launched and twelve others in various yards including Saint John Halifax and Vancouver. Lead ship St Laurent under construction. earlier 1955 completion estimates revised to 1956 for six vessels and 1957 for the remaining eight.
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Canada
Defence Production Department
St. Laurent
Navy
Canadian Vickers
Montreal
Vickers
Saguenay
Halifax
Skeena
Burrard Drydocks
Vancouver
Ottawa
Fraser, Yarrow's Ltd
Kootenay
Burrard
Margaree
Assiniboine
Marine Industries
Sorel
Que
Chaudiere
Gatineau
Davie Shipyards
Lauzon
St. Croix
Restigouche
Terra Nova
Victoria Machinery Depot
Victoria
Columbia
Parcels for HMCS Huron and Iroquois Seamen Permitted
Ottawa announces Christmas parcels and letters for HMCS Huron and Iroquois in the Far East must reach Vancouver by November 15 for parcels and December 7 for letters. Address as Rank name official number Mess number HMCS Huron or Iroquois CAPO 5001 c/o Postmaster Vancouver BC. 10 pound limit. postage prepaid 15 cents a pound. 91B customs slip required.
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Ottawa
Far East
Vancouver
Naval Headquarters
Huron
B.C
Navy
Hockey News season poll predicts final standings
The Hockey News asks writers and broadcasters in six league cities to project the NHL teams finish. Detroit leads with 100 points, followed by Montreal 85, Toronto 57, Boston 45, New York 40, and Chicago 24, mirroring the exact 1953-54 finish.
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Hockey News
Detroit
Montreal
Toronto
Boston
New York
Chicago
Treaty of Nanking Ends War in 1842
Liberia spans about 43,000 square miles. The note contrasts historic treaty ending the Anglo-Chinese conflict with African geography.
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Nanking
Liberia
Dutch pattern designs for Home Workshop projects
The pattern set includes twelve Dutch designs with hearts flowers fruits and hex symbols sized for cupboards walls and chair backs. It explains tracing painting steps requires no special skill and lists materials and dimensions for crib and nursery decorations. Order patterns 262 or 357 for 35c each or in a packet of five for $1.50 postpaid from Department P.P.L. Vancouver BC.
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Pennsylvania
Department P.P.L
Home Workshop
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
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Swift Current Agro
Edoren
Pickwood Pharmacal Coq., Ltd
Milton
Fr Adap
Jane
Hollywood
Bill
Greyhound
Maran
Left
Zabuda
Ramblers
Seattle
Wash
Motor Province
P.L
Household Arts Department
Front Street W
CY Canadas
Canadian Statistics Report
U.S
Y Les Carroll
HMCS
Iroquois
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