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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 13, 1960
Page
4
An OCR fragment advertises beauty, secretarial, and trade courses in Regina. It mentions Benety operators may work in shops or open their own salons, with phone and address details and offers for free catalogs. Includes other school listings and contact information.
A humorous list defines traits with witty labels. It describes stubborn pessimist and optimistic seer, cynical bargain hunter, self obsessed health talker, and the tactful diplomat who remembers a birthday but not age.
Professor Peter Brian Medawar of London reports that adolescent boys in Britain are growing about three quarters of an inch taller per decade, indicating a recent increase in average height among British teenagers.
W J Sharpe & Co Ltd advertises fresh eggs and grade classifications from Regina. Listing includes grade B and C eggs, price details, and contact at 1235 Broad Street Regina with phone. Change of terms may occur without notice.
Ten children from the James Sopher family of Kansas City underwent tonsillectomies in a single operation at St Joseph Hospital. The 16 year old Cherie had a sore throat prompting the family to proceed. Surgeons completed the marathon in about three hours with roughly 18 minutes per child.
Australia recently shipped 23 629 live lambs to the United States. The average weight loss per lamb was five pounds and death loss was about 2 000 due to claimed poor ventilation aboard several consignments.
A catalog note describes three wall racks for magazines and a door hanging option. The smallest fits bathrooms and all racks use Pattern 206 with actual-size cutting guides. Price 40c. Home Workshop Patterns Department P.P.L. 4433 West 6th Avenue Vancouver BC.
Allis-Chalmers unveiled a fuel cell powered tractor in Milwaukee capable of 3000 pounds drawbar pull. The 1,008 cells in 112 modules drive a 20 horsepower DC motor with a compact 8 by 11 by 21 inch controller, showing potential for homes, factories, and vehicles.
Mrs. Elina Hakala a 55 year old from Na naimo B C and her 15 year old daughter thrive in commercial fishing on the Skeena River. Hakala recalls using a 30 foot boat named Sputnik since her husband died and she moved from housework to fishing.
Dr Nathan Major reports an eight year study across three age groups 18 29 30 50 and over 50 finds men lie most about age especially widowers while women lie less often but tell larger lies. The Staten Island doctor notes females lied less frequently yet were bigger liars.
The ancient Roman toga is described as a semicircular cloth four or five yards long along its straight edge. It explains the fabric’s wrap and drape as a key element of Roman dress.
Read as archival notes, the story recounts Esther Hrandeau, a French-born immigrant who landed in Quebec in 1738 claiming to be a sailor and disguising as male. Authorities doubted her tale, kept her under hospital surveillance, and funded her return to France in 1739 aboard Le Comte de Matignon with royal backing.
In Bristol England Alfred Marcus argued over a cue ball during a billiards match. A sideline voice suggested the blue ball, Marcus struck the interrupter, injuring him. He pleaded guilty to malicious wounding and was fined £5.
Since 1950 the primary steel mills at Hamilton and Sault Ste. Marie Ontario and Sydney Nova Scotia have spent half a billion dollars on expansion efforts.
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