Western Canada Duck Season Rules Expanded
The Canadian Resources Department in Ottawa announced longer duck hunting seasons across central and western regions. British Columbia allows a two bird bonus for baldpates or pintails with a 40 bird bag, motorboats permitted with engines detached, and a full lift of motorboat bans in the Northwest Territories and Yukon. Saskatchewan and BC introduce zoning changes as detailed season dates and species limits are outlined for Alberta, BC districts, Manitoba, Saskatchewan north and south, Northwest Territories, and Yukon.
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Belind
Hete
Canada
Resources Department
Ottawa
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
B.C
Northwest Territories
Yukon
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Northern
Edmonton
Southern
Wilson
Moone's Emerald Oil Gains Wide Canadian Fame
A popular clean stainless remedy known across Canada provides relief for itching from eczema scalp and foot conditions. The oil is praised for antiseptic properties and long standing skin troubles show improvement. Sold by druggists nationwide, it’s touted as a real discovery bringing relief to thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Moone
Home Workshop Pattern for Flexible Storage Unit
A publication offers a customizable storage unit pattern for clothing and household items. It describes adjustable features including tie racks, wide trays, sliding trays or shelves, and curved tray sides traced onto wood. A cutting list is provided and plans are mailed for 35 cents with name and address.
Lifetime pass awarded to Dauphin man by CNR
Ross Walker received a rare fifty year lifetime pass from Canadian National railways at the Dauphin roundhouse. G Shipley presented the pass in a ceremony with retirees and younger staff present. The pass, called the golden pass, lets Walker travel free on any Canadian railway. Walker, 65, plans to visit the coast and Whitehorse in the Yukon using the pass.
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Canadian National Railways
Dauphin Roundhouse
Ross Walker
Roundhouse
Walker
Canada
G. Shipley
Sup
Manitoba
CNR
Lunch Box Star Feature A Balanced Work Meal
The lunch box carried to work or school each day can be a very tasty and inviting meal if a little extra care is taken with it. It should never be just a snack it must take the place of a regular meal and is just as important. Proteins minerals and vitamins must be considered so that the meal is well balanced. Meat eggs cheese or fish for proteins and other nutrients wholegrain bread and vegetables such as carrot strips as well as fruit and plenty of milk will help to make the lunch box meal a really nutritious one.
Hamburger Skillet Dish and Variations Recipe
A home style dish combines ground beef uncooked rice onion and seasonings simmered in bouillon until the rice is tender about 43 minutes. Variations include beef hash with cheese slices and olives and chili sauce topped patties and toasted buns with wieners and chili con carne for serving.
Ten year old Charles Jury teaches woodsmen courage and calm
Victoria boy Charles Jury got lost near a YMCA camp on Vancouver Island but stayed put and slept in a hollow log until morning. His calm decision to stop, rest, and think highlights common sense for campers. Experienced woodsmen note a lost person can survive by pacing to conserve energy and following streams downhill toward safety.
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Charles Jury
Victoria
Charlies
Vancouver Island
Funny and Otherwise Funny and Otherwise
A string of lighthearted vignettes and short jokes about writers, lovers, babies, dreams, a new baby name Nanette, a son's medical studies, a portrait request, and a vicar’s sermon. Witty exchanges showcase bemused spouses, clever wordplay, and gentle social observations across domestic scenes.
Largest private railway yards in Manitoba
The largest private railway yards in the world are located in Manitoba, highlighting a major logistics hub. The feature notes Manitoba's yards as a key asset in rail transportation and freight handling, reflecting regional industrial prominence.
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Manitoba
Blame the other guy not always valid in auto deaths
Troop A of the Missouri highway patrol reports 80 motor car fatalities in a 13 county area including Jackson County for 1954. Forty seven deaths were single car accidents, 33 involved two or more cars. In Jackson County 1954 single car deaths stand at 15 and multi car at 11. Main causes: excessive speed, inattention, fatigue. Often a smooth road with little traffic lures drivers to high speed.
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Troop A
The
Missouri Highway Patrol
Jackson County
Children and Fire Safety Habits
The piece argues that children often play with matches and lighters with tragic outcomes. It suggests supervised safe handling of flames, like lighting an oil lamp, to foster responsibility, and urges keeping matches and lighter fuel out of reach for younger children.
Camel birth in Edmonton sparks citizenship question
A circus camel delivered a 125 pound male calf in Edmonton. Workers named the newborn Ed monton, raising questions about its Canadian citizenship as the circus plans to return to the United States. The report notes insects on earth more than 250 million years ago.
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Edmonton
United States
Earth
Scrap quilt pattern and craft catalog notice
An aged catalog ad advertising pattern 7042 for easy scrap quilt blocks with directions and color scheme. Readers are asked to send twenty five cents in coins to the Department PPL in Toronto to receive pattern pieces and instructions, writing name and address clearly. Also promotes the 1954 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog offering embroidery crochet sewing and color transfer designs with four additional patterns. requests 25 cents for copy.
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Department P.P.L
Home Workshop
West Fifth Avenues
Vancouver
B.C
Alice Brooks
Average Canadian Heights and Weights
The average Canadian man stands five feet seven inches and weighs 161 pounds. The average Canadian woman is five feet one and three quarter inches tall and weighs 135 pounds.
Mounties 80 Years Onward Opened Western March History
A historical account recalls the 1874 Mounties journey from Camp Dufferin to Cypress Hills and Fort Macleod. It follows the rugged trek by road and rail via Chicago and Fort Benton, the hardships of cold, scarce water and feed, the whisky fort era at Fort Whoop-Up, and the later evolution of the force into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police by 1920.
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Camp Dufferin
Emerson
Man
Toronto
United States
Fargo
N.C
Chicago
G. A. French
Civilization
Fort Benton
Mont
Cypress Hills
la Roche Percee
Estevan, Sask
W. D. Jarvis
Edmonton
French
Alberta
J. F. Macleod
Belly
St. Mary’s
Fort Macleod
Fort Walsh
Sitting Bull
Canada
G. A. Custer
Tth
U.S. Cavalry
Little Big Horn River
Fort Qu'Appelle
Fort Pelly
Winnipeg
Macleod
NWMP
Royal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Nor Loch Colanths Kay Tops 175000-Lb 305-Day Milk Record
Holstein Friesian Association notes Nor Loch Colanths Kay of Nor Loch Farm Beachville Ontario as the first cow to exceed 175 000 pounds in 305 days and 177 949 pounds lifetime milk with 6631 pounds fat. Her 365 day totals reach 181 663 pounds milk and 6777 pounds fat with an average 3.73 percent. Kay earns Gold Seal for longtime production and is classified Excellent. she is the maternal grandmother of Sovereign Masterpiece, sire at Olds School of Agriculture Alberta.
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Holstein Friesian Association
Norloch Colanths
Kay
Norloch Farm
Beachville
Ont
Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada
Alberta
Sovereign Masterpiece
School of Agriculture
Olds
Weekly Tip on Salt Sprinkles for Moth Control
A home tip advises sprinkling a small amount of salt on carpet before sweeping to help destroy moths and reduce infestations. The guidance emphasizes a simple, pesticide free approach for tackling fabric moths in living spaces.
Oddities in the News: Purse found on sign after highway loss
Mrs. Aaron J. Pearlman of Battle Creek Mich left a purse at a Linton Indiana station hanging on an ad sign. A seven year old girl found it later with jewelry worth about 5000 dollars intact. Two Buffalo transit workers received five dollar rewards after a dog boarded their bus in the rain and later returned to the corner where it hopped aboard.
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Aaron J. Pearlman
Battle Creek
Mich
Linton
Ind
Buffalo
N.Y
Mathias M. Becker
Daniel Shannon
Shannon
Becker
Boxer
Erie County Society Against
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Heaven
Nanette
Mary
John
Fred Tonelli
London
Tonelli
By Ace Brookes
P.P.L
Household Arts
Front Street W
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Sweet Grass Hills
Ry Chuck Thurston
Peggy
Marilyn
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