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Newspaper

Macgregor Herald

Location

Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Dec 07, 1944

Page

3

The Chinchilla Fur Coat Worth Its Weight in Hair

The piece notes chinchillas native to the Andes produce luxurious fur valued up to $100,000 per animal. It explains abundance of hairs per square inch, and that around one hundred pelts are needed for a full coat while chinchillas are clean vegetarian pets with quirky habits.

Andes United States

A Bird’s Appetite Says Zoo Birds Eat Proportionally Much

A phrase about delicate appetites is contrasted with zoological observation. Zoo keepers note that birds eat more in proportion to their weight than most of the 200 animals housed, highlighting their surprisingly high feeding needs.

The Siamese Rickshaw Plot at Shepherd's Marsh

In wartime Washington chief Jim Saylor assigns Tom Jordan to search Tai Lin's stone house near a frozen marsh for a potent explosive blueprint. After hours of digging, Pickering finds a rickshaw blueprint but agents ambush, seize the print, and kidnap Tai Lin’s translator Yan Po, leaving the team to race to recover the formula and save their jobs.

Saylor Jordan Tal-Lin Shepherd's Marsh Pickering Tai-Lin Siam Ban Kok Tom Yan-Po Philippines Sam T Olf Fckshaw Stone House

This Week's Pattern 4703 By Anne Adams

Anne Adams presents pattern 4703 a D-piece dress or jumper with blouse with flower applique. Available sizes 2 4 6 8 and 10. Size 6 jumper and jacket requires 1 5 yards of fabric with blouse 7 5 yards at 85 inches. Send 20 cents in coins to pattern dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 78 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg Manitoba.

Anne Adams Charmey Winnipeg Newspaper Union McDermot Ave Winnipeg Ian

Woman’s vast collection of pottery dogs shocks locals

Huffman of Atuncie touts a large collection exceeding 1000 items including pottery, teakwood, jade, and china dogs. She claims the set is among the nation’s largest and features one of six Staffordshire china dogs once in George IV’s royal palace.

Huffman Atuncie George IV England

Inflation in Poland War Inflation and Hunger

Inflation in Poland shows cloth valued at two thousand dollars per yard, paid with 315000 pounds of potatoes, or two thousand one dollar bills. Nazis requisition potato crops and cloth, pushing many to hunger as rationing fails and black markets flourish under German occupation. Germany leverages inflation as a war weapon, intensifying hardship across occupied Poland.

Poland Germany

Calories and nutrients in Canadian diets urge balanced choices

The Nutrition Division of Ottawa advises Canadians to consider more than calories when choosing foods. A calorie measures energy, daily needs vary by age and activity, and overconsumption can cause weight gain. Foods like potatoes cheese milk eggs fruit vegetables and whole grains provide iron calcium vitamin C and protein alongside energy.

Nutrition Division Ottawa

Back In Service Liberty Ship Repaired After Arctic Split

A Liberty ship, torn in two by a fierce Arctic storm, was towed by a US destroyer and two naval tugs to North Vancouver after rescue craft joined the effort. Canadian workers rebuilt the bow and stern, restoring the vessel to war service for supply runs to Russia.

Russia United States North Vancouver

Whitesmith Apprentice Placed At Forge 2597

A fragment notes a whitesmith, a man who works iron, with reference to a forge numbered 2597. The readable portion hints at an occupational listing or a historic notice involving a craftsman.

Color mood drives diners appetite in restaurants

Color experts say appetite loss may stem from visual cues more than stomach issues. Warm yellow derivatives in dining rooms encouraged by color schemes can boost eating, while blue and green hues may blunt appetite, influencing restaurant success.

Rolled Oats Pastry Recipe For Pie Shells

Recipe lists ingredients including flour salt fat rolled oats and water. Instructions describe cutting in shortening adding oats mixing and chilling dough before rolling. Bake shells in a hot oven at 400 degrees F until light brown about ten minutes.

Apple Custard Pie with Oat Pastry and Cheese Topping

A compact recipe for Erseapple PLE Pepe apples baked in a oats crust with brown sugar cinnamon nutmeg and cornstarch coating. Apples fill a pie shell dotted with butter lemon juice and rind then baked at 425F for 25 30 minutes topped with cheese melted briefly. An aside notes fuel efficiency at 30 mph versus 60 mph.

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