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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 05, 1958
Page
3
A vintage recipe feature suggests festive Halloween treats and decorations. Recommends jack o lantern sallets, fruit dressings, corn sticks, cookies, and a punch bowl carved from a pumpkin. Also proposes milk drinks, frosty shakes, and magically decorated doughnuts with colorful frostings.
Advertises folding stands in high medium and low sizes with a removable tray for TV or serving bar plus directions for a folding coffee table, fold away mending stand and drying rack all for 40c. Packet 26 adds four more tables for $1.75. Mail order from P P L Vancouver B C. Final doughnut trimming uses peppermint extract and green coloring with chopped nuts and shredded coconut.
American railways test an atom lamp claimed to run ten years without power or maintenance. Krypton gas inside a sealed lamp powers automatic phosphor lenses, readable newspaper distance three feet, driver visibility 500 yards, with potential marine buoy use. Also notes the origins of basketball invented by James Naismith at McGill University.
Five largest cities by population are Montreal Toronto Vancouver Winnipeg and Hamilton. The Hudsons Bay Company charter was granted in 1670. Saskatchewan derives from the Indian name Kisiskatchewan meaning swiftly flowing water. About 250 per person was the 1958 federal tax average. Approximately 1 million union members belong to international unions.
Alice Brees Doll offers a thrift wardrobe plan using remnants. Includes directions for a 9 inch doll and multiple outfits plus accessories. Send name, address, pattern number to Household Arts Apartment Department P.P.L. 60 Front Street Porunto.
The Leader-Post discusses the thirteenth Canada Savings bond drive as a tool against inflation. It explains how government deficits and bond sales affect currency supply, urges public cooperation, and notes bonds offer liquid value and competitive returns. It calls for prudent fiscal policy from the Diefenbaker government.
A reflective piece from Portage la Prairie praising granny for practical self sufficiency. It notes her reliance on kerosene lamps and wood stove during blackouts, root cellars for shelter, and canned foods for long sustenance, arguing her old fashioned resilience offers lessons for emergency preparedness.
From 1948 to 1957 the average cost of plant and equipment to create one new job rose from 6433 to 11446 dollars in Canada. Canadians will pay about 1.69 million dollars in personal income taxes this year to the federal government and about 1.249 million in sales and excise taxes.
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