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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 18, 1955
Page
9
A man at a resort recalls past love with Angela as a pale yellow bathing suit girl and a four leaf clover lead him to find her. A child, Angela, offers hope and a dollar prize for the lucky charm while the narrator contemplates reuniting with his former flame.
Saskatchewan farmers report skunks being sucked into combines during threshing. R E McKenzie of the province’s agriculture department says the odor clings to the machine and grain. He suggests washing affected parts with solvent and asks for deodorizing grain solutions.
Robert Louis Stevenson drew crowds with charm and kindness. When Sosimo cooked lunch for him unexpectedly the writer praised the meal but the servant corrected him saying great is my love rather than great is your wisdom.
Brush with fat or sauce and bake skin up at 350 F until tender. Time varies by chicken size from one to fourteen percent hours. Create barbecue sauce from water onion salt and Worcestershire to baste during cooking and serve hot as dunking sauce.
Sugar beets sunflowers and corn survived heat drought with better yields than many non cereal crops in Manitoba. L B Siemens provincial special crops agronomist notes 1955 beet acreage slightly below 1954, sugar content high due to moisture stress. Beets harvested with many machine operations reducing fall labor. Sunflowers 15 000 acres resilient. rust no longer a major issue. some acres seeded to Beacon rust resistant variety. larger sunflowers may yield average to above average. Corn acreage declined from 100 000 in the early 40s to 10 000 in 1955 but looks good for Manitoba conditions. harvest late September to early October. markets exist within province and British Columbia. Dried peas about 20 000 acres seeded. floods hail heat windstorms reduced harvest. current per acre yields 10-12 bushels vs 20 last year. cooking quality reportedly good. Rapeseed planted area near last year’s 9000 acres but Interlake region planted only a few thousand. strong demand and exports to Japan. remaining oil and meal crushed in Western Canada. Buckwheat acreage 30 000 to 335 000 with early yields disappointing at 8 to 10 bushels per acre.
A string of sharp one liners and anecdotal quips from Bennett Cerf and contemporaries. The piece parodies domestic life, public figures, and cultural moments with brisk humor. Notable snippets reference a wife, a secretary, Rogers, a museum guide, and Bob Hope on Bing Crosby taxes.
Alberta maintains daily oil production around 240000 barrels drawn from more than 4000 wells, reflecting its large-scale energy output and extensive extraction network.
Five new bird display cases are nearing completion in the lower gallery of Saskatchewan's Museum of Natural History and are now open to the public. Director Fred Bard says each bird is mounted on a painted board showing its natural habitat and a concise story. The exhibits cover diverse environments, feeding habits, and other facts, offering a more informative, compact display than the upper gallery habitat cases.
Ottawa Army Headquarters announced the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade Group under Brig. Roger Rowley will depart for Germany to replace the 1st Brigade. Nearly 5,000 personnel will sail in stages from late September to mid November aboard ships including the Columbia Samaria Neptune Scythia Franconia Queen Frederica and Empress of Australia. The movement will include dependents and return troops, with six transatlantic crossings estimated to carry about 3,000 wives and children to Europe and about 5,000 dependents back to Canada this fall.
Bright kitchen apron project pattern 7074 offers easy embroidery and applique transfers. Instructions promise a 16 inch long apron perfect for bazaars and gifts. To obtain this pattern send twenty five cents in coins to the listed address.
An ad from Department P.P.L. Household Arts at 60 Front Street W Toronto urges readers to send 25 cents for the 1955 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue It promises pages of knitting crochet embroidery iron ons toys and novel ties and invites注文 readers to write their name address and pattern number to order.
Mr. Walter Smith aged 90 and his wife 85 marked their 60th wedding anniversary in Waterdown. He praised her cooking as the best in the world while she credited tolerance, a right life, and good health for their happiness. Be a courteous driver.
The 1955 waterfowl season framework from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service relies on predictions of duck locations and numbers. A cooperative banding program across the United States and Canada, involving 60 wildlife workers, banded over 17,000 ducks last year to track migration. Hunters’ band returns are crucial to drawing conclusions and shaping regulations.
Ottawa announces more than 100000 in federal health grants for heart disease research in the Montreal metropolitan area for 1955-56. The Institute of Cardiology at Maisonneuve Hospital will receive just over 45000 to advance cardiology work, including heart surgery with increasing operations since 1954. The Institute has drawn patients from Ontario, the Maritimes and the United States, reflecting its rising reputation.
The guide recommends removing stains from ceramic tile by using a solution of three tablespoons of household bleach per quart of water. If stains persist, mix one part hydrochloric acid to ten parts water, add acid to water, apply with a clean cloth, then rinse thoroughly with clean water.
Practical tips cover preserving gloss on rubber overshoes with varnish, air airing garments after wear, checking for spots, choosing wood or covered hangers, and closing fastenings. Instructions advise washing lace tablecloths on curtain stretchers to avoid ironing and using soap and water for perfume stains on washable fabrics, with cold water for non washable stains.
The British Medical Journal reports use of fabric grafts made from synthetic fibers orlon and vinyon to repair arteries and veins. Porous grafts invite surrounding tissue cells to grow in, forming living tubes that endure arterial pressure for weeks until the plastic degrades. Early use limited to life-saving cases.
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