History of fasteners traces from Bronze Age to zipper
Canadian fashion writer Kieda Garmmise surveys closure evolution from bone and horn pins in the Bronze Age to Greece and Rome buckles, medieval lacing, and Shakespearean era methods. She notes 19th century snaps, a 1851 slide fastener on shoes and gloves, 1923 zipper use, plus a newer adhesive closure. She cautions durability but sees ongoing experiments and improvements. She cites no. 3, Congress action, and the Star Spangled Banner becoming national anthem.
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Kieda Patieace
Siins Garnause
Crete
Asia Minor
Greece
England
Garmmise
Giarmaise
Pattern Order for Anne Adams Sewing Pattern
Forty cents in coins for the Anne Adams pattern is requested. Print plainly Mze name address and style number. Send to Pattern Dept Department P.P.L. 60 Front Street W Toronto.
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Anne Adams
Department P.P.L
Front Street
Toronto
Manitoba and Nebraska sign trucking pact across borders
Manitoba minister of public utilities announced a multistate trucking agreement with Nebraska, completing a sixth such pact. The accord lets trucks operate across non agreement states with fee structures similar to passenger vehicles, promoting cross border movement of goods while ensuring license fees up to 2400 annually. Manitoba trucking revenue rose from 500000 in 1954 to 1550000 in 1999 as a result of expanded crossborder trade.
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North Dakota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Manitoba
Sata
Shearing sheep for years in Bashaw area
Jim Little, a west of Bashaw breeder and longtime sheep shearer, completed a sheep-shearing circuit to Kathryn, Keoma, Cathrane and other points. He notes rising demand and may hire help next year to keep up. He favors the merino but has sheared nearly every variety, calling some “lough.”
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STAR
Bashaw
Alta
Jim Little
Jim
Kathryn
Keoma
Lough
Small boats barred from cruising St. Lawrence Seaway
Small pleasure boats under 20 feet are blocked from navigating the St. Lawrence Seaway by Canadian rules. The regulation, cited as prohibitive due to time and cost, affects vacation plans to sail the Seaway's full length. US locks handle the draft, but most locks are Canadian.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Sam
Seaway
Artificial Heart Machines Continue Medical Dream
For generations researchers pursue an artificial heart to rest a patient’s heart after a coronary attack and while awaiting transplant or during delicate surgery. Pioneers include Dr John H Gibbon Jr and Dr Walton Lillehei, with innovations in heart lung machines, artificial lungs, and silicone pumps. Costs, risks to red blood cells, and design challenges persist, but progress endures amid funding and tech advances.
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Charles Lindberg
John H. Gibbon, Jr
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
William Mustard
Hospital For Sick Children
Toronto
Banting Institute
Walton Lillehei
Minnesota
Richard de Wall
Malayan visitors study Canadian co operatives in Altona Winkler
Abu Hanifah and Megat Sham- Suddin from Kuala Lumpur spend two days in Altona Winkler area researching co operative development. They come from Malaysia’s department of co operative development and are on a Canadian tour after a seven month social leadership course at St. Francis Xavier University. They note about 2 000 Malaysian credit unions and many co operatives. rural loan delinquency is a problem, urban payroll deductions help, housing co operatives are common, and they regret not staying longer to study local family co operation solutions.
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Abu Hanifah
Megat Sham- Suddin
Kuala Lumur
Malaya
Altona-Winkler
Department of Co-Operative Development
St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish
Shamsuddin
Haniah
Anglican Church History Collection Gift to Manitoba Library
A broad collection of books manuscripts and documents tracing over a century of Anglican church history in Ontario Quebec British Columbia and the Yukon was released to Manitoba s government library and archives. The archive includes original documents synod journals books and pamphlets and is catalogued by C T Best with nearly 500 letters to follow. The transfer was witnessed in a brief ceremony and founded by Cannon W Bertal Heeney with key figures A E Hoskin Q C Chancellor H W L Bowsfield and Miss Marjorie Morley involved.
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Canada
Manitoba
Hudson's Bay Territory
Treatment for shock after an accident
After an accident, an injured person may suffer shock and should be treated by a trained first aider. Keep the patient warm and quiet. If no internal injury is suspected and the person can swallow, give hot tea or coffee with sugar.
Garage Workshop Pattern Pack by Ruth Wyeth Thurman
In The Home Workshop pattern 393 guides building a garage with workbench space and a side door. Whether you do the work or hire help, it explains details clearly and saves money. Packet No 56 offers five patterns including garage work bench wall tool cabinet and more for 1.75, from 4483 West 5th Avenue Vancouver BC.
Heart-Lung Machine Plan Unites Engineering and Medicine
An appeal describes a cooperative effort to fund and assemble the resources of engineering, industry, and medicine to create a perfect heart-lung machine. The operation on coronary grafting would be possible only with this device, requiring substantial money and collaboration.
First carload of turkeys departs Wynyard for east markets
The first carload of this year’s turkeys left Wynyard for the eastern market on July 24. Shipped from Pickering Farms at Leslie, processed at Crawford Operating Plant, the load is about 30,000 pounds. District supervisor E. V. Smith noted it’s the earliest shipment from any Saskatchewan port.
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Wynyard
Montreal
E. V. Smth
Poultry Division
Federal Department of Agriculure
Saskatchewan
Pickering
Leslie
Crawford
Wenyard
Jerry Crawford
Pickering Farm
Mary
Anle
Japan
Sve
Sheortis
Quebec Tour advances in Western Canada on CN Rail
Nearly 100 French speaking Canadians from Montreal and Quebec City tour the West aboard Canadian National Railways Super Continental. Organized by La Liaison Française, led by Monseigneur P. E. Gosselin, the group visits St Boniface Edmonton Jasper and Vancouver before a Canada Alaska voyage and a Saskatoon stop on return to Montreal.
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Montreal
Quebec City
Canada
Canadian National Railways
la Liaison Française
West
Kight
Prince George
Alaska
Saskatoon
Vancouver
California
United States
Sharing Advice on Personal Hygiene and Sharing Etiquette
The article advises that toilet articles be used only by the owner and not shared among family members. It warns that wash cloths towels powder puffs and lipstick can spread disease germs and skin infections. It also urges teaching children not to share ice cream cones or suckers by letting others lick or bite the treat.
When the West was young in Old Kamoose's turbid tale
A fragment from ROH Baited in History recounts MacLeod Hate at Fort MacLeod and the notorious Harry Taylor known as Old Kamoose. It cites hotel rules from 1882 listing oddities such as spiked powders, weekly towels, insect powder for sale, and double rates for Indians and Niggars, ending with a note about early rising for table use.
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MacLeod
Fort MacLeod
Harry Taylor
Chief Mountain
The Beauty Seen in the Eye of the Beholder
A concise reflection asserts that beauty resides partly in the observer as much as in the object admired, highlighting the viewer's perception as a defining element. The notion emphasizes subjective experience and the interplay between observer and scene.
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M.A. M.D
F.R.C.S
University of Toronto
Toronto General Hospital
Rolls Royce
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Echo
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P.P.L
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Regina
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