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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 21, 1954
Page
7
A western city judge known for harsh rulings receives a threatening unsigned note after sentencing an innocent man, prompting a chilling turn in his life. He laughs at danger, contemplates the pistol in his pocket, and faces a mystery that leads to his mental decline amid public shock.
A judge contemplates his dangerous past and fears as he confronts a midnight murder in his study. An intruder enters, an automatic fires, and the figure collapses revealing the victim as his own son Jim. Police arrive as the grim family tragedy unfolds.
A string of light humor scenes spans a pig lesson to a tough memo exchange in Civil Service, a bride and divorce quip, a Sunday School kid’s Teddy Bears song, office manners, a genealogy pun, a film boss’s star forecast, and a geography joke about England’s population density.
In the early fur trade, the area north of the Columbia River in what is now British Columbia was referred to as New Caledonia. The term marked the colonial stage of exploration and trade led by explorers and company agents amid crossing routes and trading posts.
ST JOHN'S Newfoundland dogs once a coast prize are vanishing with only five remaining compared with 30 in 1949. Breeders like Macpherson on Westerland farm and Baird at Glenmire kennels keep a few dogs while discussing tattooing versus nose printing for identification. Renowned for bravery and water work the breed is described with a mix of history and anecdote, including a nurse saved by a Newfoundland at night.
Mosquitoes and other disease carriers are being collected at 20 stations in southern Manitoba to track down the polio virus, signaling a broad public health effort across multiple communities.
Step by step home canning method uses pectin testing with 1 teaspoon juice, boiled fruit juice, and rubbing alcohol to confirm pectin presence. If clot forms, add sugar and proceed to boil, then jar and seal with paraffin yielding about ten glasses.
August in the Prairies brought record rainfall and severe weather across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Saskatoon Regina Red Deer Calgary Edmonton Winnipeg saw rainfall well above normal with hail storms and small tornadoes. Flooding damaged bridges rivers and homes while wheat crops suffered heavy losses and harvests were delayed across the region.
Government geologists report a possible iron deposit near the Saskatchewan boundary in Northwest Territories. The Geological Survey of Canada field party found what may be a magnetic iron body late last month. Ground parties must verify commercial viability. The site lies 300 miles west of Hudson Bay and 200 air miles northeast of Beaverlodge on Lake Athabasca.
The Redhead duck is described as extremely lazy at nest building often laying eggs in another species finished nest. Occasionally a Redhead constructs an exceptionally beautiful nest lavishly decorated with down, a true work of art. World fish catches total about 55 billion pounds annually.
An antiseptic known as Moone’s Emerald Oil claims to penetrate deeply to ease intense itching. Safe to use, directions advise a week of nightly and morning use with satisfaction guaranteed or money back at modern drug stores.
At the C W N A convention in Toronto the Swift Current Sun, North Battleford News Optimist, and Yorkton Enterprise were cited among Canada’s six best weekly newspapers. The top six included Ontario titles and Saskatchewan papers with scores listed for each.
Canadian farms reported 3,400,000 gobblers as of the first of the month, up 650,000 from a year earlier. Increases varied by region with Saskatchewan and Alberta up about two percent and Quebec near twenty one percent. Ontario alone held over 750,000 birds, more than twenty percent of the national total. The Hopi Indians are the only tribe in North America where men weave.
In northern Saskatchewan, 16 smokejumpers face a quiet season as low fire danger reduces busts. Veteran jump-master Denny Kelly recalls last summer when 36 fires opened and swift action kept crews on the move, highlighting the demanding work beyond glamour, including endurance shifts and forest-fire control duties.
Prairie farmers increasingly rely on swathers to beat weather and speed harvest. The machine cuts 10 to 15 foot swaths four inches above the ground, laying grain in tidy rows for later pickup by combines. Swathers work best when grain ripens unevenly, lifting production as sales rose from 2,100 in 1945 to about 10,000 in 1952. Prince Edward Island is noted as the Dominion’s birthplace.
The organization continues the long standing approach of aiding wildfowl through breeding area development in western Canada. Despite improvements in details the core pattern remains a cooperative effort aimed at permanent betterment of a major natural resource.
Little Manitou Lake near Wa trous Saskatchewan is extremely saline making swimmers feel almost unable to sink. Eat Right Live Right Feel Right.
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