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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 12, 1954
Page
7
Elaine knits through a dull movie, while Jim endures misadventures chasing a dropped ball of wool. After a long night of yarn hunting, they return home to a tense peace as she counts stitches and he contemplates the boss. Indonesia notes a perpetual wet and dry season with no four seasons.
The ad touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a Canada known antiseptic remedy for itching and skin troubles including eczema scalp and feet. It claims easy application and penetrating action that helps long standing cases, sold by druggists nationwide.
The University of Manitoba will conduct virus laboratory work under the National Health Program with a $16,780 General Public Health Grant. Dr. J. C. Wilt directs at Winnipeg General Hospital, in collaboration with Ottawa’s Virus Laboratory and the Provincial Laboratory, to develop tissue culture methods and polio antibody surveys for epidemiological studies.
Postmaster General Alcide Cote announced new stamps bearing the Queen’s portrait will be issued in 1, 4, or 6 cent denominations on June 10. The 6-cent stamp marks the first of that value with the Sovereign’s portrait since 1898 and will see limited sales, mainly for international mail outside the Commonwealth and the Americas.
A $17,500,000 nickel refinery at Fort Saskatchewan near Edmonton is nearing completion and slated to open mid May. The Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd. project has 800 workers on site with 250 to be employed in operation. The article also notes some queen ants can live up to 16 years.
PFRA community pastures near Swift Current support 27 393 cattle and 191 horses on 600 240 acres in 1952 53, with 7 685 sprayed for warble fly and 10 261 for horn fly. Regrassing adds grazing and hay, while the Nashlyn Bull Station develops 175 bulls for pasture service. Water is improving after a dry spell and policy limits grazing to local municipal areas with strict acceptance of outside applications.
Edmonton reports an advance party has arrived at Cold Lake to establish a new RCAF weapons range. The facility will be the largest firing range in Canada and will train fighter pilots with armament exercises.
The first steamboat to ply the Red River in Manitoba was launched in 1859, marking a landmark in regional transportation. The vessel began service amid growing trade and settlement along the river corridor.
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