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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1947
Page
7
Ellen hosts a broadcast about cooking while Tim proposes marriage. The scene blends romance with fear of being seen as only a good cook. Ellen fakes imperfect cooking yet Tim reassures her, choosing love over perfect meals as their snack becomes a promise of partnership.
Garden basics emphasize a rake hoe and spade as essentials with optional digging forks cultivators and weeders to ease labor. For lawns prepare soil thoroughly seed blends suit Canadian conditions and apply fertilizer to outgrow weeds, spreading seed evenly on fine loam and keeping surfaces clean and oiled.
An old advertisement explains backaches among outdoor workers and suggests Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as a remedy. It claims the pills stimulate the liver and kidneys to purify the blood and relieve pain and tiredness.
More than 20,000 people lined the streets as the funeral cortege carried Police officers G. O. Ledingham 40 and Charles Boyes 39 gunned down by three young gunmen. Madeline Medos wife of Harry Medos one of the accused offered to reveal gang activity if granted protection.
A kitchen recipe mixes hot Grape Nuts with milk to cool then combines with flour baking powder salt sugar egg shortening and prunes for a loaf. The batter rests, bakes at 350F for about an hour, then cools wrapped before slicing. Optional raisins or plain version noted.
Heat molasses or corn syrup with shortening until boiling then cool. Mix sifted flour salt soda and spices into the molasses. Stir in whole wheat flakes and knead into a dough. Shape rolls about 1 4 inches wide wrap and chill. Slice thin and bake 8 to 10 minutes at 350 degrees F yield 24 wafers.
Grant McEwan of the University of Manitoba told 150 dealers at the Cockshutt Plow annual convention in the Royal Alexandra hotel that modernization of farms and equipment is essential to retain young men in farming. He noted Canada as a highly mechanized country, second only to Great Britain, and cited only 7 percent of farmers possessing bath tubs as evidence of outdated farm life. A model of the first Canadian built tractor, begun in 1946, was shown to dealers earlier.
In Fitchburg Massachusetts a three year old confessed to pulling an alarm box handle after piling snow to reach it. Firefighters arrived to find the boy waiting by the box and he identified himself as the culprit.
Advertises Anne Adams sewing pattern 4862 for men and boys with sizes 32 to 42 for men and 8 to 14 for boys. Notes yardage for boxer and French-back versions and price of 20 cents. Orders to Winnipeg Pattern Department, 175 McDermot Ave. E., Winnipeg, Man.
Canada's farm population of cattle sheep and horses fell with Dec 1 1946 counts showing 9 748 000 cattle down from 9 960 000 in 1945 Sheep totaled 2 186 000 well below the 2 822 000 a year earlier Horses declined 7 ½ percent from 2 663 100 to 2 463 300 with the Maritimes and western provinces posting the largest drops Quebec alone saw cattle rise to 1 847 600 from 1 799 800
The Health League of Canada advises a nourishing breakfast to fuel daily activities and repair body wear. It recommends fruit juice or pulp, whole grain cereal, bacon or eggs, whole grain bread, milk and butter, and occasional menu changes like sausages or waffles. Emphasizes calcium and vitamins and the routine of a 24 hour body cycle.
A historic lake named Lake Agassiz covered a vast area that now lies in western Canada and the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota. It was larger than the combined area of the Great Lakes.
Engineers report direct conversion of heat to electricity using thermocouples. A portable generator fueled by gasoline yields 20 watts at 12 volts, weighing 45 pounds, offering a noiseless alternative to boiler and engine systems.
Joe Howard, a Fergus pilot, returns home after 10 days in a wrecked aircraft near the Quebec Labrador border. His fiancée Reta Livingstone says they are rushing to marry, declaring there will be no more of this sort of thing. The grounding comes from the bride to be, not the Transport Department.
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