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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 09, 1956
Page
2
As heat rises in midsummer, cut lawns less and raise the mower, mulch clippings to protect roots, and apply weed killers when evenings are cooler. Repeat spraying after three weeks to catch new weeds. Use dedicated sprayer, clean before reuse, and monitor flowers and shrubs to avoid damage. Also stagger planting and sow vegetables in multiple batches for continuous harvest.
Fort Worth tattoo artist Yogi Ray Davia, 62, harnesses decades in vaudeville and body art to run a thriving shop. He shares two rules 18 plus and sober and notes many clients opt for hearts, skulls, or names on notes and gains, while a few customers regret and need a surgeon, not his aid.
Dr. William Parson of the University of Virginia told the third Ohio Conference on Human Nutrition at Ohio State University that overweight individuals have higher death risks from degenerative diseases. He cited figures: 60 percent more heart disease, 275 percent more diabetes, 50 percent more cirrhosis, and 145 percent more gallstones.
The Cologne city parliament accepted an offer from Axel Wenner Gren’s Alweg Mono-rail Co to build a two mile test section free of charge at Flittard. Officials hope the test wins funding for a Cologne to Opladen mono rail of about 11 miles with 24 cars for 100 passengers.
Eight Australian skin divers battled three 10 foot sharks to recover five 70 year old whisky bottles from the 19th century Scottish Prince wreck off the coast. Customs seized the bottles at surface, but the drink proved bitter with 80,000 more gallons of the brew still hidden at 40 feet.
A collection of light vignettes and quips with couplets and social scenes. Jokes touch on dress buying temptations, a boss’s bigotry, a moonlit veranda scene, and a lodge meeting thwarted by a powerful wife. Minor punchlines rely on wordplay and social observation.
Detailed instructions for building a glass faced lantern cupola atop a garage storage unit. Includes pattern 241 for chanticleer weathervane and American Indian tracing design, pricing 5 cents per pattern, plus a five-pattern Homestead Improvement Packet for 1.50 postpaid. Patterns 299 and 300 priced 3.60 each from Home Workshop Patterns Dept P.P.L. Vancouver B C.
Sewing pattern 7186 for children sizes 2 4 6 8 features a convertible pinafore and removable collar. Includes embroidery transfer and directions. Send 35 cents in coins for pattern 7186 with name address size and style number to the listed order address.
A Toronto notice from the Household Arts Department advertises the ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft Catalogue. It promotes knitting, crochet, embroidery, iron-ons, toys and novelties and invites readers to send 25 cents for a copy.
Two Minneapolis women fought off a bedroom intruder using stomach punches a bathroom scale and a plumbing plunger. Elsie Arista 27 struck the man with a plunger while her mother Pearl Arista 71 hurled the scale and knocked him on the head. The assailant fled as the women kept him from escaping up from the stairs to the back door.
Plain speaking notice instructs individuals to clearly provide their name address and pattern number for a registration or submission. It outlines where to send or present the details and notes requirements for identification and record-keeping.
Research and planning emphasized by provincial foresters at the Technical Foresters Conference in Prince Albert. A long term code would guide action with rules procedures and policies, predicting schedules forecasts graphs and maps. Recommendations urged partial cut harvesting, repeated cuts, closer utilization in woods and mills, and prompt salvage of damaged timber.
Petty Officer Kenneth Albert Jackson of St Thomas Ontario and Vancouver leads Canadians in the senior gunnery instructor course at HMS Excellent in Portsmouth England. He won the Commander Herbert Llewelyn Prize of £5 and an inscribed sheepskin document for leading the most recent class on Whale Island where the famous gunnery school is located.
The Department announces two stamps for June 7 1956 highlighting the chemical and pulp and paper industries. A 25 cent red stamp sized about 1.5 by 1 inch features chemistry. a 20 cent green stamp of similar size represents pulp and paper. First day covers must reach the Ottawa Postmaster by June 5 1956, with no cover service fee due to the high denomination.
Broadcloth was originally a silk shirting named for its wider weave, produced in greater widths than the standard 39 inches.
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