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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 28, 1949
Page
5
A veteran wildlife photographer Johnny Haberstroh and peers Bob Cooney Ross Madden and Jack Breed share risk filled tales from Canada the U S and the Southwest. They describe long treks near elk bears moose and rattlers the need for patience timing and the right mood and background for dramatic animal portraits.
Helpful hints cover mending carpet edges with adhesive tape ironed on wrong side of a pleated dress hem and skirt. It suggests pinning or basteing to keep pleats in place and using paraffin shavings in sterilized glass to degas jelly as it cooks.
Proper care for dairy heifers between six months and two years affects growth and profitability. Provide ample legume roughage and high quality pasture, supplement with grain as needed, and breed around 18 months to offset feeding costs. Ensure salt access and select well bred heifers for production.
A patient praises a doctor for promising to help him walk again within a month, while noting he had to sell his car due to the medical bill. The line ends with the phrase Pasteurized Milk Is Safe implying a humorous or odd newspaper pairing.
A border mongrel named Blackie crosses the Canada United States line daily between Coutts Alberta and Sweet Grass Montana without visas. The dog, called Bud in Coutts and Blackie in Sweet Grass, greets trains, chaotically collaborating with officials and train crews. He traversed about 40 miles to return to trains after briefly living with a rancher.
A dated warning summarizes that cleaning solvents and kerosene can ignite when heated or contaminated with gasoline. It notes over twenty industrial fires in recent months caused by cleaning agents, and warns users to avoid high temperatures, smoking nearby, and to ensure cleaners and objects remain cool to prevent deadly flash points.
The article explains that throwing shoes at weddings began because footwear signified wealth, with tanned leather once affordable only to the nobility. It also notes that the dolphin is classified as an animal, not a fish, in biological terms.
Lone beekeepers who winter outdoors can feed pollen supplement, candy, or dry sugar in early spring without exposure to cold. Use a top entrance board reduced to one inch, slide the supplement into the hive over the cluster with a pusher, then reseal the entrance. The board is simple to make from 3 by rails, light top material, and a front cleat with two plugs.
Health League of Canada notes noise from industrial devices harms nerve health and productivity. Colgate University medical researchers report sound absorbing ceilings improve verbal communication among foremen and workers and reduce machine bounce backs. A superintendent cites 50 percent lower cleaning costs after acoustical ceilings were installed.
A collection of aphorisms from Walpole Seneca Carlyle Marcus Aurelius Emily Dickinson and Mary Baker Eddy. The sayings explore ambition culture mind restraint and moral growth with emphasis on self improvement and spiritual insight.
George Bernard Shaw told the Clan Chattan Association he is too old to dance a Scottish reel. The invitation for a Scottish dinner dance on November 11 is declined by Shaw in a postcard noting his 94th year. Guadalcazar is noted as a Mexican town famed for its silver mines.
Public relations manager of Provincial Paper Limited of Toronto was elected president of the Association of Canadian Advertisers at its 35th annual convention in Toronto. He also holds roles as president of the Canadian Circulations Audit Board, Canadian vice-president of the Public Relations Society of America, and director of the Canadian Club. He has twice served as president of the Toronto Advertising & Sales Club.
The Canadian Mothercraft Society warns of a nursing shortage in maternal and child care. It notes Canada’s limited postgraduate Mothercraft nurses, contrasts with New Zealand founder Truby King, and invites nurses to apply to its Toronto training school for postgraduate work.
A verse contrasts how different figures view life from preacher to fool and thinker to worker. It declares life is a choice shaped by work, duty, and pursuit, ending with a prompt: What is LIFE to you. A historical note mentions rounded stones used as projectiles in early cannon with a catalog-like number 2853.
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