The Easy Way Versus Hard Work In Modern Life
The Watson Witness argues that mass produced devices promise ease but risk eroding satisfaction from a tough job well done. It questions losing craft in home cooking and manual tasks while praising enduring feats by Hillary and Bannister, noting gadgets will stay despite the allure of quick results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Edmund Hillary
Norquay Tenzing
Mr. Everest
Roger Bannister
Hillary
Everest
Bannister
Watson
Sask
Manitoba archers cleared for deer hunt October 10 to 18
The government sets a special archery season for deer from October 10 to 18 in the Turtle Mountain Game Preserve. Manitoba residents may use bow and arrow with a one deer per year bag limit. The International Peace Garden is excluded. Licences cost $5 and may be bought at the Game Branch in Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurney Evans
Mines and Natural Resources
Manitoba
Turtle Mountain
International Peace Garden
Spruce Woods
Evans
Memorial Boulevard
Winnipeg
Lake Titicaca Steamboats Regularly Ply Highest Lake
Lake Titicaca in South America sits at an elevation of 1312 500 feet making it the highest lake in the world where steamboats operate regularly.
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Lake Titicaca
South America
Protecting trees from rabbits in Harrow Ontario
T B Harrison of the Experimental Farm at Harrow Ontario reports on protecting young fruit trees from rabbits between September and spring. Resin alcohol and Arasan Braca mixtures protected peach and apple trees in 1956 57 with no serious damage. mixing directions, costs and application noted. caution on mice and trunk area covered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Harrison
Harrow
Ont
Transfer of Motif Pattern Sale Fragment
Fragment describes a pattern transfer item with motif sizes 6x25 inches and 4x14 inches, color schemes and directions. It mentions a bazaar, hostess gifts and a request for thirty five cents sent by coins, not stamps, with a destination address omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Department P.P.L
Front Street
Turonto
Boy burns from lightning shows progress at Calgary hospital
Eleven year old Howard Sherman, burned on May 11 on his father's farm near Junchess Alberta, is slowly recovering after two months in hospital. He now sits in a wheelchair briefly and can take a few steps, with skin grafts ongoing and a year of treatment expected. His left hand was amputated and will be his permanent handicap. Donations from towns across Alberta and British Columbia have funded the Howard Sherman Benefit Fund, which has reached about $5,000 to date.
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Howard Sherman
Junchess
Alta
Howard
Holy Cross Hospital
Calgary
Sharon Sharp
Elwood Sherman
E.I.D
Red Deer
Drumheller
Lacombe
Leduc
Medicine Hat
Cessford
Okotoks
Creston
Vancouver
Victoria
British Columbia
Sherman’s
Duchess District
Bulletin
Brooks
Alberta
Bears Thick At Kelwood Man
W J Renwick farmer near Kelwood Manitoba reported two bears shot in the past week with no bounty available. He described a small two year old black bear head and a large brown bear ears weighing about 700 pounds. Both killed in an oat field where bears caused damage. locals warn to watch children in the area as bears grow bolder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Renwick
Kelwood
Mr. Renwick
Renwick
Neepawa Press
Neepawa, Man
White crows sighted near East Longview area
The High River Times reports multiple residents have seen two white crows among a flock of black crows in East Longview. Webster's dictionary notes white crows are a rarity. The piece also mentions there are about 10 total solar eclipses every 18 years.
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Longview
Webster's Dictionary
High River Times
High River
Alta
Granny's Night Prayer Cleanse Your Mind Of Leftovers
Granny McGinnis uses a refrigerator metaphor to teach children to discard daily bad thoughts and memories before sleep. She links forgiveness and gratitude to spiritual cleanliness, citing Matthew 6 14 15 and Isaiah 26 3 to explain letting go of anger and keeping a hopeful heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janie
Granny
Pete
Chicago
Room for graduates to build Canada says Campbleton Tribune
The Campbleton Tribune urges Canadian universities to keep graduates from chasing opportunities abroad. It warns that losing young people to greener fields risks a long delay before their return, urging direct and material participation in national reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Campbelton
N.B
Tribune
Flagstone Walks Pattern for Concrete Mold Making
Pattern 229 explains building a wooden mold for flagstones with steps formulas and directions. Packet 29 includes this pattern and four other ful-size home improvement patterns for 1.75. Orders under 1.00 add 0.10 service charge. Home Workshop Patterns Dept F P L 4433 West Lud Avenue Vancouver B C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department F.P.L
West Lud Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
CWNA Convention Marks Century of Canadian Weeklies
The Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association prepares for its 39th annual meeting in Toronto as weeklies celebrate nearly a century of backing the Canadian Press Association. Delegates from across Canada will address rising costs, staffing shortages, and the need to expand plants while remaining focused on serving subscribers and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Toronto
Canadian Press Association
Canada
CWNA
Newfoundland
Vancouver Island
Ties to railroad tracks stir fear of juvenile danger
A near-tragedy in Norwalk California shows two older boys tying seven year old Michael Richard Evans to railroad tracks before a train passed. His father freed him just in time, sparking calls for stronger parental supervision amid rising juvenile delinquency.
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California
Norwalk
Michael Richard Evans
Michael
United States
Canada
America
Real names and state claim in brief notes
The text states that French novelist and dramatist George J and was Lucile Aurore Dupin and claims Kansas is the greatest wheat producing state in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J&and
Lucile Aurore Dupin
Kansas
United States
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Lake Titicauca
Department
P.P.L
the Bulletin
Calgary Herald
Man
By Dorothy Ballard
Granny McGinnis
the Sun
Edmonton
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