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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1950
Page
5
New York reports bold forecasts by nine leaders on life in 2000. Treatments may conquer cancer and polio, homes feature wrist radio and pocket TV, and energy blends solar and atomic. Communication could be instant worldwide via dialed calls and telefilms.
Hartford report highlights 1949 screwball crimes with a list of strangest thefts. Notable cases include $600 from a New Orleans theater safe during Strike it Rich, a Kansas City flower shop theft of grass seed and a lawn mower, and a 6 100,000 aspirin theft from a Dallas warehouse. The Travelers Insurance study names other feats such as burglar alarms, alligators, manhole covers, a granite tombstone, two locomotives, and 120 sermons.
Basil Walters executive editor of Knight Newspapers predicts growth in community papers with a twice weekly schedule on Thursday and Sunday and warns against overestimating demand with daily editions. He foresees intensified competition between small community papers and metropolitan outlets amid rising production costs. Above all other animals the rabbit is the hunters favorite quarry.
Ottawa reports a surge in tourist purchases by Canadians in the United States with 12.6 million dollars of goods declared over three months, about half clothing, as imports for the 10 months since lifting the tourist ban average 2.5 million monthly totaling 24.9 million.
In France a folklore belief held that a girl who touched calendula petals with her bare foot could understand birds. The notion reflects historical rural mysticism about animal language and nature.
Poultry advisor Mr. J. E Borgey of Ontario Agricultural College outlines key factors for raising healthy chicks. Emphasizes good parent stock, clean incubation, draft-free brooding pens, proper heating, dry litter, and consistent feeding with starter and grain as chicks grow.
The term Cossack derives from a Turkish word meaning robber and from a Tartar word describing a lightly armed warrior.
Winnipeg 16 year old Alan Hull turned a hobby into a home based company named Canadian Dresdencraft that now grosses about 6000 dollars yearly. He learned plaster figurine making in Rochester Minnesota and runs a basement factory after school and on Saturdays. His plant produces 160 items daily and employs extra help to meet demand from Eastern Canada including a large department store.
Practical guidance on detecting odors in plastic bowl covers and methods to remove them. Pillow thickness for optimal neck support and the impact of individual differences. Copper finishing tips include polishing bright and dull finishes and cautions against applying methods to cooking utensils.
A note states that ancient Egyptians used posters or posters like signs dating back about 3000 years before Christ. The reference links early advertising and public display practices to antiquity.
Britain has long been famed for wool fabrics from ancient spinning to modern textiles. The piece traces wool’s role from Roman times through Norman organization, Flemish and Huguenot influences, plus global wool sources and the wool sack in Parliament.
In a brief exchange Smaggs tells Craggs that many dogs have more sense than their masters. Craggs agrees noting he has a dog like that, prompting amused laughter from the group.
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