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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 14, 1948
Page
7
Silas the pawnbroker recognizes Agnes Trumbull in a locket bought from her, revealing her late husband Henry’s betrayal. He lends a large sum to keep her from learning the truth, preserving her memory of Henry and his own enduring love for her.
Lethbridge resident Walter Gurney turned a travel idea into a public collection open for 43 000 visitors in two years. The display includes 350 mounted animals and birds, 640 eggs, a baby pig with an elephant body, an albino mouse and kitten, war badges, ships carved from wood, indigenous artifacts, world seashells, and ancient coins dating from 146 A D. He notes a four hour tour and calls the museum time well spent.
Moorhead Minnesota restaurant owner Bill Wherzog found a folded note in a can of tomato soup. The note referenced a Payroll Savings Plan from the National Bank and Trust Co of New Jersey and concealed inside were four five dollar bills and one one dollar bill.
Pattern 4991 offers a slip designed not to ride or twist and fits sizes 34 to 48. It includes illustrated instructions and lists fabric needs, with 2 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 36. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg with name address and size. Camels can drink 10 to 12 gallons of water at once.
The statement notes that about 75 percent of the planet’s area is ocean. It highlights the vast marine expanse shaping climate, biodiversity, and human activities, with implications for navigation, ecosystems, and global weather patterns.
November cattle numbers reach 60 253 head with 5 135 truck loads and 601 railcar shipments excluding direct plant deliveries. Other items note Manitoba elevator loss, Saskatchewan mineral plans, Manitoba power line expansion, a fatal house fire in Morris, and rare Whooping Crane sightings near Cochrane and Vermilion.
Allied officials report the congested condition of the Japanese islands peaked during occupation and the latest population figure stands at 78,220,840, an increase of 5,851,698 since V J Day.
William Gilbert in 1600 proposed the earth as a giant magnet with magnetic poles and a surrounding field of force, laying groundwork for later ideas that influenced the concept of radio and electromagnetic theory.
A. I. Leversen, retiring president of the Geological Society of America, says the western Canadian plains and Mexican basins likely hold hundreds of undiscovered oil fields. He warns that only thousands more test wells will reveal the full extent, while noting demand pressures and potential fuel substitutions.
Ottawa reports Canada has opened a legation in Belgrade with Emile Vaillancourt named minister to Yugoslavia. Vaillancourt, 48, of Montreal, presented credentials to Cuba on May 8, 1945, before taking up duties in Belgrade. The move follows wartime exchanges that began with General Georges P. Vanier and Dr Izidor Cankar. Mato Jaksic is slated to become Yugoslav minister in Ottawa.
The moon sometimes drifts about 20 miles from its predicted position causing small errors in eclipse timing and schedule.
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