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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 25, 1950
Page
2
A discussion outlines how much land remains in agriculture in Canada and how war and postwar prosperity pulled farmers to towns. It notes rising abandoned farms and owner absenteeism, sparking concern among agricultural interests about the sector’s future.
Interest has grown in farm living conditions with better rural schools and transport. Provinces have built large, well-equipped schools serving farm communities and introduced school buses. Planning farm homes aims for better fit to farmer needs, while rural electrification expands benefiting farm work and home life through modern lighting.
The article notes a trend of people returning to farm life amid urban housing shortages and rising living costs. It cites advantages of secure homes and self-sufficiency in food, acknowledging farm life has its problems but remains appealing for welfare reasons nationwide.
A strip of humorous exchanges covers marriage banter, car repairs, classroom jests, estate-eloquence, and social quips. The collaged bits include a wife boasting about marrying, a mechanic and motorist exchange, a teacher and child joke, an estate clerk gag, a vicar and curate moment, and party antics dated by a prewar pearl note from 1904.
A vintage ad touts D D D Prescription as fast relief for itching from eczema pimples rashes athlete's foot and other skin irritations. It offers a trial bottle for 35 cents with money back guarantee and urges asking a druggist for regular or extra strength.
Agriculture Minister David Ure announced Alberta will enforce a 1949 law requiring all coarse grains such as oats barley and rye to be marketed through the Canadian Wheat Board. He cited rising illegal dealings and unfair competition from mill operators.
Reports describe trains halted by grasshopper swarms thick enough to prevent wheel grip. One engineer cites two swarms covering four square miles. A further odd note recounts a city clerk receiving an unsigned puppy census plea and a faulty $2 donation.
Famed playwright George Bernard Shaw 94 was seen in an ambulance leaving a London hospital bound for his Ayot St Lawrence home after a fall that fractured his left femur. He spent just over three weeks in the hospital recovering.
A stockpiled blood transfusion solution is being tested in Winnipeg under Dr. C Harris of the Canadian Red Cross with local doctors. The method, already used in Sweden and Britain, shows promise for first aid and shock cases and could be manufactured in Canada for disaster use alongside whole blood and dried plasma.
In Flin Flon Manitoba Shetland ponies are replacing dogs in hauling fish to toboggan packing depots. The shift ends the dogs’ long monopoly on northern lake work.
Ottawa reports the eight month flow from Britain to Canada totals 9 000, down from 17 120 in the same period last year migrants from all sources reach 49 220 versus 71 975 a year ago The decline began after the pound devaluation and capital limits Britain may ease restrictions later and a Canadian immigration official studies steps to boost intake from the U K and Europe
The United States population was estimated at 152 271 000 as of September 1 by the Census Bureau. Regulation curling stones are 44 pounds in weight.
John A. Marsh of the Canadian Exporters Association warns that rising living costs and wages threaten Canada’s competitiveness. He cites an all time high cost of living index and notes exports from wheat to pulpwood could suffer as prices rise and world demand fades.
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