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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 25, 1948
Page
6
The British union of Post Office Workers seeks a reduction in bag weight now capped at 35 pounds. Otto Praeger aged 77, famed as the father of air mail, dies at his Washington home.
In Victoria the typical 640 acre farm allocates about 200 acres to bare fallow 200 acres to wheat 100 acres to oats for hay and grain and the remainder to natural grass Sheep thrive with wheat and mixed wheat and sheep farming is common The sheep consume roughage keep the fallow clean and contribute to farm income.
R. A. Head, owner and editor of The Fertile Valley Enterprise at Conquest Sask, has disposed of his plant and the paper, published since 1912. He started in printing in Manitoba, moved to Harris and Conquest, built a plant, published the Ardath Advance, served in the 128th Battalion and 46th Battalion in WWI, was wounded at Passchendaele, and returned to run the paper. He expanded circulation to include Bounty Ardath Milden, married Dora Sibbald, and raised four children. Head contributed to many community roles and will remain as postmaster. plant sale followed health concerns and a 1945 fire caused heavy losses.
Fifteen year old Eskimo girl Rebecca, who arrived in England with Mrs. John Turner, plans to return to the Canadian north in June with a missionary group. Since arrival she aided Mrs. Turner with two older children and a newborn, and Mrs. Turner mourns Canon John Turner's fatal Arctic shooting accident and death in Winnipeg.
Colliers notes chauffeur as the French term for stoker, first applied to coal burning car operators. Meanwhile in England eleven hundred Methodist ministers ban the word obey in marriage ceremonies.
The sulfa drugs are widely known and easy to take but require medical guidance. They target specific infections and can be dangerous if misused. A doctor can provide do's and don'ts and perform tests to determine if treatment should be stopped.
Victoria report records a rare heart operation at St Josephs hospital where Dr J W Stenstorm wrapped the heart in cellophane to urge new wall growth and prevent rupture after repairing the aorta. The hospital superintendent Dr D B Roxburgh called it possibly the first in Canada. The piece also notes Maori and Hawaiian ancestries tracing to Tahiti.
A mixed set of crossword clues across horizontal and vertical sections with entries ranging from simple nouns to proper names and abbreviations. The readable items include various language, geography and measurement hints, some partial words, and a few obscure references. The list places emphasis on cross references and letter counts, with scattered numerical placeholders and potential grid positions.
In Cranbrook area, about a dozen coyotes have been shot by hunters. Reported by Johnny Bay ley, a coyote runs down a deer on Movie Lake ice and is joined by others that kill and feast on the carcass. Several more deer fall to predators in nearby woods. Hunters wait near shore to target the gorged coyotes as they return to their lairs.
A 32 ton snowplow crossed a bridge then faced a narrower span. The driver reversed and, reading a 5 ton gross limit sign, inched the 22 ton vehicle back over the first bridge safely with his heart in his mouth.
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