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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 29, 1956
Page
7
A mid career secretary faces gender bias as she types orders in a male dominated office. Despite seniority and a pension possibility, she contemplates resignation after years of being one step behind male coworkers. The story centers on muted ambition and gendered professional limits.
A busy editor dismisses a deaf poet with a sharp quip. Irma, grieving art buyer now painting glass, loses her wares and meets Herbert Johnson at a cafe. He returns a button, offers help, and a new unlikely friendship begins as he tends her garden.
An advertisement touts Hem Road Tablets to reduce swollen painful piles. It claims internal action eases constipation itching and pain and promises quicker healing with water two or three times daily. The copy offers low cost refunds and urges purchase at drug stores.
Different parts of the same fur pelt show varying wear. The back lasts longer than the sides while the sides outwear the belly and paws.
The Directorate of Inter-Service Development reports magnesium framed snowshoes with aircraft steel cable and nylon lining have undergone tests across 1000 miles of harsh trails. They are lighter than wood, corrosion resistant, warp resistant, and store upright in snow, improving durability over standard wooden snowshoes. Indians and trappers have asked where to obtain them as tests continue.
University of Wisconsin’s Dr Edwin E Heizer and University of Illinois’ Dr Paul H Tracy will headline the Twist Manitoba Dairy Association convention February 21 to 23 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel Winnipeg. Ottawa speaker D B Goodwillie joins panels with Toronto and Calgary experts as industry groups meet and awards totaling over 1000 dollars are presented for butter cheese and ice cream.
The article urges all to exercise especially busy sedentary workers. It notes that muscles unused in daily work need work and presents swimming as an excellent overall method to stay fit. It also highlights winter as a good time to start swimming lessons for beginners.
Regina: Attorney General states no new provincial legislation will be proposed to bypass a federal ruling. The Saskatchewan Moratorium Act is quashed, with Ottawa holding debt-adjustment power under the Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act. The act needs amendments for immediate emergency use and to cover all debts incurred.
Haroun has been awarded the Nuffield Travel Fellowship to study practical agriculture in England for six months. The Manitoba Federation of Agriculture and Co-operation recommended Webber, the third Manitoban to win the award, with two Canadian farmers chosen yearly for community involvement and farming practices. Webber, a U of Manitoba research student and MFAC Winnipeg Youth Local president, will return to his Manitowan farm after the scholarship and plans to sail March aboard the Empress of Scotland.
Winter allows farmers to clean and overhaul tractors and implements, paint farm equipment and home interiors, and catch up on scientific farming literature. With low farm prices protection of investments becomes important as next year may require using old gear. A camel can drink 25 gallons of water in half an hour.
A compact collection of sayings on the Golden Rule and related ethical maxims. Attributed words span Shakespeare Albert Einstein Dickens Schweitzer and Mary Baker Eddy, urging justice kindness reciprocity and spiritual generosity in daily life.
Saskatchewan Red Cross reports show blood donation supports hospital needs. Donors, including Red Cross corps girls, process and ship blood plasma to Regina hospital, with costs around five dollars per bottle. The service financed by volunteers and funds enabled 9,500 RH tests in 1955.
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