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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1952
Page
2
A wartime or early century report notes Canada faces yearly accidental deaths from highway crashes fires and mishaps with firearms. It highlights that a large share of victims are children who often cannot escape burning buildings.
The article warns that many children are fatally hurt on highways and in homes each year. It stresses risks from cars bike accidents medicines and unsafe machinery and appliances, urging precautions to prevent child injuries and deaths.
Officials of the Health League of Canada note about 1,500 Canadian children die yearly from accidents, surpassing deaths from ten acute infectious diseases. Parents immunize against diseases, but must also guard against traffic, drowning, home injuries, and fire to reduce accidental child deaths across Canada.
Garden note advises delaying frost sensitive seeds, plant trees shrubs and lawn work early, and start sweet peas as soon as snow is gone. Emphasizes cultivation watering thinning and fertilizer for rapid growth, with quick flowering annuals and perennials like petunias asters zinnias marigolds alyssum cosmos nasturtium portulaca and fast growers such as dahlias sunflowers cosmos spider plants and scarlet runner beans.
Hem-Reid, an internal treatment, promises relief from itching soreness and burning pain of piles at no cost. Get a package from a local drug store. smear and tablet options available with a refund guarantee if not pleased after 2 or 3 days.
A $50 000 damage suit is filed by William P Scully of New Haven Connecticut after a motorist backs over him three times. In Hillsburgh Ontario three cows give birth to twin calves on the same farm within four days. Dallas grocer N J Shaw suspects shoplifting as a baby is found crying until police remove a frozen rabbit from the blanket. Marcel Marechal of Dijon claims a world buried alive record spending over three hours in a coffin with a rat present the rat dies. A crate of ducks thought dead yields one alive and now a Clydebank Scotland duck is a local pet.
A 1951 purchasing power study from the University of Saskatchewan compares how much food a Canadian industrial worker could buy in 1951 versus 1929 for one hour of labor. The report lists bacon, beef, bread, butter, cheese, eggs, flour, milk, pork and potatoes with 1929 and 1951 quantities.
A collection of light anecdotes and one liners about work, performance, domestic life, and social awkwardness. The humor comes from miscommunications, social expectations, and incongruous punchlines involving bosses, secretaries, performers, neighbors, and couples.
Portage la Prairie reports a new plant by Dutch Building Panels Limited that converts reeds from Delta Marsh into 5 by 8 foot panels mounted on 12 foot steel supports. Baron W C G Rengers and Leon de Haan lead the operation backed by Winnipeg capital. Panels promise exterior and interior use with insulation acoustic and fire resisting properties and potential cost savings.
The Canadian Red Cross Society reports thousands trained as volunteer instructors since 1946, with 28 000 pupils in 70 locations. Free lessons, awards, and materials are provided. The Saskatoon division handled 1 071 enquiries and located 42 persons locally. International convention in Toronto hosts 750 delegates from 72 countries.
In Coral Gables Florida J R Lawson a chainstore supervisor yelled drop it and two women dropped ten steaks two hams two packages of sliced ham and four chickens from their skirts. They were charged with shoplifting.
The annual report from the St. Boniface police department records zero traffic fatalities in 1951. Officials note only one fatality in over three years, a record surpassed by four US cities of similar size under 56 000 population.
Large international liquid fertilizer manufacturer seeks men for direct selling from factory to farmer. No experience required and no investment. Take orders in your district with a proven plan for steady earnings full or part time. Send $1 for a complete sales kit. refunded on first order. Box 84 London Ontario.
The article notes the earth’s surface is about 73.39 percent water. It presents this as a key geographical fact with minimal context and no further details.
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