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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 02, 1946
Page
7
Jed, mocked for a limp, plans marriage to Molly on his farm after quitting his job. A safe robbery test leads to revelation when he retrieves a hidden key, proving Molly will accept him. He declares he will marry Molly and leave the life that defined him as the village idiot.
Molly visits Jed, a night watchman mocked for his limp, insisting he is not an idiot. She proposes marriage to escape rumors and live on their farm, but Jed resists the insinuations while expressing affection before she leaves for the night.
The Canadian military in London reports 20 scholarships offered by the French Government for Canadian service personnel for one year starting January 6. The award totals 4,500 francs, about $90.20 monthly, with entrance qualifications equal to those of a Canadian university. Successful candidates may study at the University of Paris, any Paris institute, or accredited French language study associations.
Newsweek reports Britain must dispose of about 2 million tons of surplus war explosives including shells mines grenades and powder. The task is touched off in 15000 pound charges and will take at least through 1950. Depots line roadsides across the British Isles.
Compared with animals birds and insects man is slow moving. A spider can walk a hundred times its length in a second. To match this feat a man would need to step at four hundred miles an hour.
Dr C H Best co discoverer of insulin warns of an imminent insulin shortage in Canada within about a dozen years. He urges more Canadian funding for science and salvaging pancreas from slaughterhouses for storage to meet future demand as distribution improves postwar. W R Beek notes promised government support for research at Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph.
G R Burge reports at Toronto meeting that Yellowknife operation hopes to begin production by early 1948. A survey near Snare River 70 miles away will assess hydroelectric prospects. Shareholders approve rightsIssue to raise 2.5 million dollars. A K Muir cites zones with 2 372 000 tons at .28 oz grade after dilution cuts and initial 500 ton mill costing nine dollars per ton, with possible reduction from a larger mill.
The text recounts a dramatic rescue where two boys aged about 10 to 12 and a dog fell near the Niagara River Gorge. The boys, using a rope, descended a hundred feet to save the dog, and all three were eventually pulled to safety. The piece praises loyalty and compares it to adult stunts performed for braver motives.
A St Thomas Times article explains the bath ring mystery from soap chemistry and notes an American firm markets a soap that leaves no ring in the tub. It jokes that a child may pretend to bathe by swishing water, leaving no evidence either way.
Archibald H McIndoe commander of the British Empire and famed plastic surgeon gains praise from senior colleagues and Allied surgeons for his work on burn victims from the war. His humane approach, humor, and openness aid patient recovery and return to work near London where a wartime hospital complex honors Canadian airmen.
John R. Saunders of the American Museum of Natural History told a radio forum that Americans spend at least 125 million dollars yearly on fortune telling and related mystic items. He said additional millions go to mystic charms love potions voodoo bags and similar goods nationwide.
An old article states that the only certain way to decide if a snake is venomous is by the presence of fangs in its mouth. It discusses how fangs are used to deliver venom and differentiate venomous from nonvenomous species.
Teakwood stands as India's most valuable timber, valued for its durability and beauty. Experts note it commands premium prices in domestic and export markets, reflecting its scarce supply and strong demand across construction and luxury wood sectors.
A string of light humorous exchanges and quips about prunes meals payments manners and domestic life. A waiter joke about serving any body contrasts with notes on unsent cheques kindness and parental letters. Tiny vignettes cover family quirks nagging spouses and a magistrate’s clerk questioning a fine.
The July 1944 national wartime employment report shows Western Canada accounting for 20.8 percent of Canada’s total industrial war jobs. Manitoba 5.2 percent (5.7), Saskatchewan 23 (32), Alberta 3.8 (43), British Columbia 5.5 (8.8), Maritimes 7.8 (7.5), Central Canada 71.4 (70.5), the three prairie provinces 11.3 (13.2), and Eastern Canada 79.2 (78).
Hawaii ranches keep livestock on cactus and bluegrass pastures where cactus juice substitutes for drinking water. The animals survive without a water source, relying on succulent plants for hydration.
Anne Adams Pattern 4623 offers a year round wardrobe project turning a man's discarded suit into a coordinated jacket and skirt. Available sizes 12 through 20, size 16 requires 2 yards of 54 inch fabric. Send 20 cents with name address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg Man.
Transformed from a hopeless invalid to a normal happy schoolboy Adrian Seguin eight of Toronto Ont emerged from a rare heart surgery as a pink faced healthy child His mother Mrs George A Seguin born in Romania found hope from a newspaper report of a Johns Hopkins Hospital operation in Baltimore Md The Seguin home remains filled with joy and relief after the recovery
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