Model ships mark important events in Canadian history
Montreal hosts a marine exhibition in the Chateau de Ramezay attic celebrating the building’s 250th anniversary. The display features historic ship models from Trafalgar era vessels to modern Canadian warships, dugout canoes, and birchbark canoes along with a five foot sailor carving. A second exhibit later this summer will spotlight land transportation models and railway history.
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Montreal
Chateau de Ramezay
Jacques Cartier
T. E. McLagan
Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal
Louis Carrier
Trafalgar
Pierre Ste. Marie
Longueuil
Chateau
Joe Beef
Ste. Marie
Virginie
St George Macrae
Royal Navy
Seven-Foot Tropical Turtle Spars With Fisherman at Halifax
In Halifax a fisherman barely won a nip and tuck hour long fight harpooning a seven foot tropical turtle weighing 676 pounds off Halifax. Howard Smith of Sambro landed the sea creature as fisheries officials recalled a larger 1,400 pound tropical turtle caught in nearby Cape Breton waters recently. Speculation rises that warmer Atlantic waters are drawing tropical turtles northward.
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Halifax
Howard Smith
Sambro
Cape Breton
Atlantic
Signature count for Shakespeare's handwriting revealed
Researchers confirm only six confirmed signatures of William Shakespeare exist, with two additional words proven to be in his handwriting and about 250 more possibly attributed to the bard. The finding highlights the frail footprint of the literary icon's autograph.
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Shakespeare
Bulb planting time urged by Beaverlodge experts
Beaverlodge Experimental Farm horticulturists urge planting bulbs from August to early October to ensure spring and summer beauty. Early blooms include squills, fritillaries, and tulips, followed by lilies. They recommend a friable well drained soil and describe a trench method to replace subsoil in Peace River conditions. A circular titled Recommended Herbaceous Perennials, from the Beaverlodge Farm, lists bulbs and perennials suited to the region.
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Beaverlodge
Peace River
Peace River Country
History and mystery behind the common dahlia bloom
The history of dahlias traces to a Mexican origin with only two sources. A single seed packet to Madrid’s Royal Gardens and a single tuber found by a Dutch nurseryman in 1872 sparked all cactus types and hybrids. Today dahlias thrive in most gardens with deep soil, ample water, and regular cultivation.
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Mexico
Royal Gardens
Madrid
Cheesebread Yeast Mixture and Rising Batter Instructions
Recipe fragment outlines mixing lukewarm water sugar and yeast, then combining with cooled milk and flour to form a batter. Add lightly packed shredded cheese and more ingredients, cover and rise until doubled, then proceed with shaping and baking steps.
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Freischmann
Dinosaurs and deserts in Alberta's Red Deer valley
In outcrops along the Red Deer river between Steveville and Big Valley researchers find fossils of about 45 dinosaur species from a subtropical-era delta. Chasmosaurus Brontosaurus Tyrannosaurus and Gorgosaurus roamed the lush habitat as rivers dried and climates shifted leaving fossil bones in museums worldwide.
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Red Deer River
Steveville
Big Valley
Institutes of Science
Alberta
British Museum
Berlin
University of Toronto
Victoria Memorial Museum
Ottawa
Smithsonian Institute
American Museum of Natural History of
New York
Red Deer
Funny and Otherwise A collection of old time jokes
A recap of light humorous quips about family, work, and life. Jokes poke fun at parents teachers nurses and professors. Punchlines include mistaken cleanliness comments and a student tired of atmospheric weight.
Remains of rare ice age horse found in Saskatchewan pit
REGINA. Remains of a rare ice age horse that roamed North America about 10 000 years ago were unearthed in a gravel pit by Bernard De Vries of Fort DuAnnelle Saskatchewan. Only two other instances of such finds are known.
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Fort Qu’Appelle
Regina
North American
Bernard de Vries
Fort Du'Annelle
Sask
Saskatoon
Bruce McCorquodale
Museum of Natural History
North America
Asia
Siberia
Alaska
United States
Northwest Territories
Saskatchewan
Easter chicks linked to Salmonella outbreak in Minnesota
Twelve cases across 11 households in Hennepin County traced to Easter chick shipments in 1954 from two food stores. Children under two were most at risk. symptoms included fever, diarrhea, blood in stools, and vomiting. The report warns of hazards in distributing small poultry as pets and notes age-related severity.
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American Medical Association
Health League of Canada
Hennepin County
Minn
U.S.A
Saskatchewan licenses 3 more frozen food locker plants
Regina reports the Saskatchewan department of Agriculture approved three additional locker plants at Mankota Hodgeville and Harris bringing total licenses to 220 since 1946. About 75 000 locker renters are served and 21 000 000 pounds of food were stored in 1954.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Mankota
Hodgeville
Harris
Department of Agriculture
S. Swainson
Minister of Agriculture
Locker Plant Licensing Board
Grain areas sown in England and France in 1955
England and Wales on June 1 1955 official estimates show area sown with wheat 1 908 000 acres oats 1 498 000 barley 2 103 000 rye 18 000 total corn 5 986 000, brackets compare with 1954. France 1955 wheat crop estimated at 367 million bushels, above earlier forecasts but below last year’s 386 million. The 1955 crop is higher quality with lower moisture than 1954.
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England
Wales
France
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Fleischmann
Pamela Mountbatten
Britain
Earl Mountbatten
Burma
Countess Mountbatten
First Corps
Girls’ Nautical Training Corps
Foudroyant
Portsmouth
Great Central Plains
Desert
Drumheller Valley
Alice Braves
Department P.P.L
Household Arts Department
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Navy
Jim
Johnny
Mrs. Jones
Mr. Jones
of the
Golden West
Ingersoll Cheese CO. Ltd
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