Yorkton Post Office Hits New High in Receipts
Yorkton's post office posted record annual receipts with 1955 figures showing $108,653.68 in business, surpassing North Battleford and Swift Current. The growth marks progress from the 1954 milestone of over $100,000 under former postmaster Tom Colbeck, with the old building repurposed into city offices.
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Yorkton
Neil Cowan Reveal
Tom Colbeck
North Battleford
Swift Current
Enterprise
Yorkton, Sask
4605 O-18 by the Lelong pattern request
A pattern offer from Anne Adams Pattern Dept. asks customers to send forty cents in coins for the O-18 design by Lelong. Include size name address and style number and mail to Department P.P.L. 60 Front Street West Toronto.
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Anne Adams
Department P.P.L
Front Street
Toronto
Printed Pattern 4580 Dress and Jacket Ensemble
An ad for Printed Pattern 4580 offering a loveliest princess silhouette dress and jacket in multiple half sizes. Includes printed directions, yardage for 35 inch fabric, and a mail order request with name address and pattern number.
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Asne Adams Pattern Dept
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Taranta
International co operation in agricultural research
Dr W E Sackston of the Winnipeg Plant Pathology Laboratory Canada recently returned from Uruguay after a year under an inter government loan program researching diseases of oil seed crops with emphasis on sunflower rust He worked with Uruguayan and Argentine investigators near La Estanzaula on the La Plata River across from Buenos Aires Yields in Uruguay have fallen from 1000 to 300 pounds per acre due to rust and related diseases Sackston found Canadian sunflower rust resistance valuable for Uruguay but warned against direct varieties He noted climatic differences require Uruguay specific breeding Heids by South American researchers can speed up rust resistant variety development He also identified several sunflower diseases not previously reported in Uruguay and clarified that Black Pest is caused by a fungus not a virus.
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W. E. Sackston
Winnipeg Plant Pathology Laboratory
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Uruguay
Ministry of Livestock and Agriculture
la Estanzeula
la Plata River
Buenos Aires
Sackston
Argentina
South America
Chile
Peru
Safe rug options reduce slipping and wear
A sponge rubber pad under a throw rug prevents slipping and adds a luxurious feel while extending wear. Another safety method is sewing rubber jar rings to rug corners on the back to keep scatter rugs in place.
Don t Jar the Strainer In Milk Handling
The article argues against jarring milk strainers to speed flow, noting it releases fine dirt into milk and undermines cleanliness. It emphasizes that straining cannot replace clean milking practices and warns that worn or dirty filters let through debris, recommending proper disc replacement and careful handling.
Advertising slump and local buy-in at The Clarion
The Clarion editors warn weekly papers face a tough period as national advertising wanes while TV grows. To survive, Kindersley’s paper must boost local ads and reader feedback, urging residents to notice and support Ad investment to fund news and the editor’s mortgage.
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SWNA
Clarion
Kindersley and District
The
Periodic civic checkup welcomed for public accountability
Citizens probe public officials and welcome periodic checks to civic affairs. Leaders endure scrutiny as a duty of democracy. honest conduct strengthens trust, while zeal for transparency guards freedoms and the country’s welfare.
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John
Man of vision linked to The Pas town founding
The Pas owes its development to Herman Finger who established a saw mill in The Pas after leaving Port Arthur in 1909. He helped attract investors, securing timber limits, and led efforts with Premier Roblin to make The Pas a town with sewer water electric light and telephones. Finger retired in 1919 leaving a lasting legacy.
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The
Pas
Herman Finger
Port Arthur
Northwest
United States
Northwest Territories
Saskatchewan
Herman Walport
Finger
Saskatchewan River
Board of Trade
Roblin
Mr. Finger
Education Adventure Opens In Virden Schools 1957-58
Tomorrow in Virden and earlier this week the district begins a new school year. Education is adventure with satisfactions responsibilities and dangers. The piece urges responsibility, parental guidance, and full focus on the main job of learning as teachers welcome new staff and returning educators.
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Virden
Number(s) please from the party line woes
A Gazette reader recalls the old party line era with amused frustration. Privacy vanished as callers argued who answered, names were misheard, and phones stayed off the hook. The writer jokes about learning Sanskrit to restore discreet conversations and hopes for better local telephone manners.
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Mr. Jhone
Mr. J
Hospital enlargement urged for Manitoba plan
Manitoba is expected to join federal funding on a provincial hospital scheme. Public support appears likely as Saskatchewan’s model proves popular and expands beds. The plan would require more beds locally, reducing out of pocket costs and treating minor illnesses in hospital rather than at home.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
C.C.F
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