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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 02, 1947
Page
7
Mike Devlin, a truck driver, stops to help a crippled hitchhiker on a rainy night. The man pulls a gun, forces a chase, and they crash into a brick wall after a police blockade. Mike survives with a broken arm and a life sentence headline awaits the killer.
Indiana man H L Ratchford of Muncie claims a electric mouse trap with a metal floor and side plates a bait holder and a cord for home use. When a mouse touches the plates it is electrocuted and ejected from the trap ready for the next catch. Patent 2420723 has been granted.
Champions and sale toppers at the Lacombe 38th annual auction of registered bulls include Andrew Johnson selling the top Hereford at 1370 dollars, a reserve Hereford at 885, a reserve Angus by D C Bradshaw and Sons at 600, a reserve Shorthorn by J A Morison at 525, and the champion Hereford by Geo Calder at 675 dollars.
Anne Adams promotes pattern 4751 a one piece girls dress requiring minimal sewing. Size range 6 to 14 with size 10 needing 2 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric. Instructions are fully illustrated and fit tested. Send 25 cents in coins to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba.
The increase in vitamins and minerals since 1935 to 1939 stems from higher intake of leafy greens and yellow vegetables citrus fruit and whole milk plus enrichment of grain products.
Market gardening expands across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with Winnipeg as a hub Manitoba markets drive a large share of western exports while new canning plants in Winnipeg and Winkler spur growth Moose Jaw Regina Saskatoon serve as Saskatchewan bases Alberta’s irrigated south around Lethbridge Taber Brooks fuels a rising industry from 150000 in 1937 to 1500000 today Potatoes remain the leading crop accounting for a major portion of last year’s 5898000 dollar Manitoba market garden business and a significant share of 2708000 in 1936
A traditional cookie recipe uses sour cream and vanilla with flour, baking powder, soda, salt and nutmeg. The dough is chilled, rolled 44 inch thick, cut with a 3 inch cutter, decorated with raisins or sugar, baked 12 to 15 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes about five dozen cookies.
Eleven year old Daisy Sue Flinn submerged to rescue her three year old brother Larry after he fell into an open cistern. She held his head above water for two hours until help arrived with neighbor Judy Moore calling repairmen Fred Reece and Herman Cody to pull them out. Daisy Sue said she cried at first but kept going. Mommy left her to watch Larry and she did what she could.
In French Lick Indiana Charles F. Kettering retired GM executive unveiled a new Oldsmobile engine claiming 30 to 40 percent gasoline savings due to a higher compression ratio. He noted engines with higher compression are possible and practical and called for continued collaboration between engineers and petroleum technologists to improve fuel economy.
Simple home cleaning recipe uses washing soda vinegar and brown sugar mixed in warm water to wash painted surfaces. No soap needed. A cloth wrenched and reused to scrub then rinse. Half a pail suffices for one ceiling.
A machine has been developed that forecasts sea tide behavior in the Indian Ocean with precision up to the year 1250, indicating long term predictive capability and ancient astronomical alignment.
A compact anthology of quotes on rest through purpose and effort. It cites Cowper Robertson Lavater Longfellow and others, linking true rest with duty, wisdom, and aligning will with divine purpose. The collection ends with a biblical saying offering rest to the burdened.
Moscow radio reported that Russian scientists have mapped a vast mountain chain in the Tian-Shan range between Turkestan and China. The feature, long known to geographers, lies in one of the world’s most inaccessible regions.
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