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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 23, 1946
Page
7
In a rural scene Aunt Martha frets as Uncle Joe Quinn climbs a barn roof despite warnings. A creaking creepie, falling shingles, and a sudden plunge lead to a doctor’s cautionary visit and a strict diet advised for his lingering ailments.
Uncle Joe pretends to be hurt after a roof fall, but Aunt Martha exposes his lies. She scolds him then kisses his bald spot, sparking sudden laughter as the group leaves the scene.
Pattern 4952 features a keyhole neck and twin shoulder yokes with gathers. It is designed for sizes 12 to 20 and requires 3 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 16. Send 20 cents with name address and size to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Union.
A string of humorous exchanges featuring a joking father daughter banter about pies and short crusts, a chaplain and prisoner quip, a boss nagging about a grin, and a magistrate fining a man. The snippets parody daily life with sharp lines and playful mischief across households and towns.
Dominion Fire Commissioner W. L. Clairmont reports 52,173 fires across Canada in 1945 causing 41,903,020 in losses. Carelessness of smokers led to 17,582 fires and 2,286,430 in losses, while defective wiring and appliances caused 3,813,153.
Records show striped bass surviving twenty years and large mouth bass eleven, whitefish fifteen, a London Zoo lungfish nineteen, and unverified reports of European trout fifty three years in captivity. Eels in aquariums reach fifty five years. salmon growth and age can be inferred from scales.
A reader writes of relief from rheumatic pain after using Kruschen Salts, claiming knee ankle and shoulder pain improved and night discomfort vanished. The ad explains rheumatic pain comes from uric acid deposits and promotes Kruschen as a daily remedy, pricing 25c and 75c at local drug stores.
Englishwoman Miss E M Richardson in Australia crafts pictures from colored wools and silks, including portraits of John Masefield, Edward Grieg, Jean Sibelius, and Thomas Edison. Her landscapes resemble oils from a distance as she pursues a bold textile art form. The Buffalo Courier Express cites General Eisenhower urging outlawing war and the atom bomb, calling for UN action to ban war for keeps. The piece notes public optimism yet sense of limits in achieving such goals.
The article describes autumn as a period of raid returns and trade with allies for Mohawk warriors and traders, while women harvest maize and store it. A Mohawk family in the Royal Ontario Museum Ontario gallery shows men crafting bows and sap troughs, women pounding maize flour and weaving baskets, all awaiting fall tasks ending to dedicate time to hunting fishing and festivities.
The first for rent advertisement in two years triggered a near riot in front of Mrs. Benedeto Cimini's home as a car line blocked traffic. Over 200 calls were received in one day, with some apartment seekers crying when the listing was rented. Diamond cutters also noted for their craft are mentioned in a separate line about practicing diamon cutting on potatoes.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes a legend of a single gazelle boy who could run 50 miles per hour, but now six youths exceed the preceding in speed. The paper jokes about awaiting a gazelle boy who can run as fast as a rumor.
In Stuart days the custom included placing a toast in the wine cup for flavor, giving rise to the phrase drink a toast. The practice linked drinking to ceremonial savor and social ritual.
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