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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 29, 1954
Page
7
On a movie set Carol and a man, tall and broad-shouldered, share a moment as he rushes to the gates with passes from a director. The scene shows nerves, anticipation, and a shift in romantic tension amid bright hotel lights and a watching crew.
A small 32 inch deep seven foot long home workshop unit is offered for garden use. It provides lockable storage for mower and wheelbarrow, a work surface, shelves, and hanging space for tools. Pattern 226 priced at 35c, plus $1.50 for a broader Home stead Improvement Packet, ships from Vancouver BC.
Central Experimental Farm Ottawa reports on a trial with 40 steers in 1953 54 comparing grass silage access from a horizontal surface silo. Self fed cattle used a movable feeder gate fixed to seven to eight inches of fresh silage every two days, reducing labour by about 75 percent while maintaining similar total weight gains compared with hand feeding. Weather accommodations included tarpaulins and jute bags to handle snow frost. The study concludes self feeding surface silos are practical and will be repeated.
An old advertisement claims backache stems from lazy kidney action. It says kidneys in disorder leave acids and wastes, causing tiredness and heavy-headedness, and promotes Dodd's Kidney Pills to stimulate kidneys to normal action for better sleep and work.
The article extols Canadian cheeses as a rich source of protein calcium vitamin A and riboflavin. It notes cheeses suit outdoor meals and various dishes and asserts cooked cheese remains nourishing if not overcooked.
A vintage advertisement promises quick relief from eczema itching toe and feet rashes and other skin troubles. It touts Moone’s Emerald Oil as helping healing of open sores boils and ulcers and claims pimples and eruptions dry up in days with money back satisfaction at any drug store.
Alice Brooks offers embroidery crochet and sewing designs in a 1954 catalog. The pamphlet promises color transfer designs and four patterns printed in the book with gift bazaar and fashion ideas. Send 25 cents for a copy and browse craft suggestions for gifts and events.
Cypress Hills Saskatchewan story traces Rube Gilchrist a Nova Scotian who borrowed $40 in 1900 and built the Bar-X-Bar cattle empire across Cypress Hills Battle Creek Milk River and Pincher Creek with his brothers. The enterprise grew to 20 000 acres of prime grazing and remained a leading Saskatchewan ranching name.
A farm scene in Iffley unfolds as Frank Wielga arrives with a team of horses. Two young children, puzzled by the bridle adornments, learn they are reflectors and urge Wielga to switch on the horses lights.
Two stamps to be issued November 1 commemorate Sir John Sparrow David Thompson who led Canada from 1892 to 1894 and Sir Mackenzie Bowell who served as prime minister from 1894 to 1896. The purple four cent and blue five cent stamps were announced by postmaster general Alcide Cote as part of a series honoring former Canadian prime ministers and their contributions to the country’s development.
A reflective poem about saying goodbye to an elderly loved one. The narrator recalls the relief of a peaceful death yet struggles with ongoing grief and the empty space left by the departed. The verses express daily longing and the difficulty of reconciling words with deep loss.
A prairie traveler ran out of cash in Burnaby British Columbia and paid for a tank of gas by offering four hub caps from his car as security.
The Fraser and Adams river sockeye run yields a combined 10 million salmon caught by Canadian and American boats. Canadian total 4.3 million, U.S. 4.77 million, with Adams river and lake spawning grounds awaiting the main surge. A 10 day Fraser river closure aims to protect the run.
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