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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 01, 1947
Page
5
A guide urging parents to prevent contagious diseases in children through inoculations and hygiene. It covers skin infections, chickenpox, mumps, measles, and gastrointestinal illnesses, stressing physician guidance, immunization schedules, and water and food safety to minimize hospitalizations and deaths.
The Hemlocks The Algonquins named hemlock Oh neh ta Green on the stick. Tsuga canadensis is the humble evergreen cousin valued for its two rank leaves and spicy fragrance. The tree offers steady unpretentious beauty through seasons and pleases with new light green growth in early summer reflecting bronze and orange hues.
The article notes that authentic bagpipes rely on a Scottish maker. It lists foreign components like Australian sheepskin bags, Spanish canes, African ivory mounts, cocuswood West Indies wood for blow pipes and drones, and stresses the craftsman’s Scottish lineage as essential. It observes more pipes exist abroad than in Scotland, yet remain Scottish made.
Nutrition experts recommend occasional snacks beyond three meals to support rapid development. Snacks may include fresh or dried fruit raw vegetables crackers milk or bread with butter or peanut butter. In-between meals should be small to preserve appetite for regular wholesome meals.
Stan Leonard of Marine Drive Vancouver captured the Columbia open golf championship at Capilano with 11 under par 277. Across Canada, Saskatoon Ramblers win Western Canada senior women's fastball 2-1 in Winnipeg, Martha Caudie delivering the deciding 13th inning hit for Louise Vawter. New York hosts a planned heavyweight title defense as Joe Louis agrees to meet Jersey Joe Walcott at Madison Square Garden on December 5. Esquimalt takes western men's softball 3-2 over Saskatoon Merchants. Ken Gunter hot on mound. Olympic hopefuls rise as London bids for multiple records with 4,000 athletes anticipated for 1948. Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League confirms six teams for the season.
Vancouver man Louis Thiout aged 116 claims to be Canada’s oldest man with proof of at least 110. He jokes that smoking and drinking aided his years while others credit temperance and hard work. The Ottawa Journal notes varied theories on longevity and notes unpredictability of reaching 110. The article also oddly cites the human tooth as a transformed fish scale.
George Clark from Leighton Buzzard condemned food waste in Canadian restaurants as criminal after witnessing a patron discard a bun. He called bread served with every meal even when not desired wicked and asked for punishment for the act.
Nobel laureate Dr H J Muller warns that widespread atomic energy misuse could erase the human gene system over generations. He notes an atomic blast killing 100000 could seed mutations in survivors, spreading genetic deaths across thousands of years if radiation exposure repeats.
In Nanaimo Public Works Superintendent Jack Shepherd tried to rescue twenty five oil affected sparrows. The birds bathed in tarry street oil mistaking it for water and died despite attempts to clean their feathers with paint remover liquids.
In Sacramento Judy the 12 year old pomeranian guides a stranger to her mistress Marye Lyons who had remarried after her husband Sydney Lyons was reported dead in 1943. The pair, separated by war and time, are reunited and plan remarriage after Reno ceremony.
Sir Alexander Fleming recalled in London that during penicillin work a girl named Moldy Mary was sent to market daily to bring back moldy items. She returned with a decayed cantaloupe yielding 100 times more penicillin than Fleming had achieved.
A waitress offers fig pudding to a regular patron who dislikes the seeds. The patron declines citing seeds hurting him, and the waitress fires back with a witty line about what doesn’t get under his plate hurting her.
Silk thread is best for basting and silk pulls out easily. Use heavy crochet cotton to sew on buttons for maximum resistance. Whites whip better at room temperature, so warm eggs to about half an hour before beating. A room without a fireplace can still have a focal point with a long shallow table or chest placed against the wall beneath a large mirror, flanked by matching chairs.
Knitting pattern promotes a male cable stitch garment in small to large sizes. Instructions emphasize easy, inexpensive construction and quick work with a request for twenty five cents to a Winnipeg address. mentions English celery growth in marshy areas as a separate note.
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