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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1946
Page
3
Nanaimo reports the longest strike in history as Indian miners in 1853 quit rather than accept low pay. Henry Castillon KC notes miners were lowered into shafts in tubs and received four shillings daily with chiefs’ gifts, but no settlement emerged. The dispute dragged on for years with workers still out.
The 1916 crop bulletin from the Laboratory of the Board of Grain Commissioners reports Western wheat protein at 20.2 percent, matching the 1963 level and 0.2 percent above the past twenty year mean. Manitoba and Saskatchewan show increases of 0.9 and 0.3 percent, while Alberta decreases 0.7 percent.
A grieving widow reflects on a soldier husband declared dead, wrestling with memory and immortality. She writes of seeking his death details, the longing to preserve him through poems, portraits, and future plans, and the children who keep his memory alive in springtime tulips and shared images.
A letter speaks of grief lifting as memories return and joy resumes. The writer imagines a loved one in the sky, recalling sunny afternoons under a birch tree, picturing clouds as ships and a cheerful exchange across the heavens.
The ad promotes pattern 4531 for dolls sized 12 to 22 inches with a complete illustrated guide. It asks readers to send twenty cents for the pattern and to mail details like size name address and style number to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept in Winnipeg Manitoba.
Two commercial hunters equipped with ski aircraft and a shotgun hunt coyotes 50 miles south of Ogema on a prairie. Irving Larson, a 20-year-old U S Army airman, and Walter Colty of Stanley ND, fly the plane while spotting and shooting coyotes and taking pelts reportedly worth 12 dollars each.
The Dominion Government planted 1600 lobsters last spring in a cold lagoon 80 miles north of Burrard Inlet. Federal fish scientists report the experiment prospers with lively, healthy newcomers. Parallel crab fisheries on Queen Charlotte Island expand, shrimp beds along the coast attract attention, signaling a new, profitable industry for British Columbia.
London report describes a bridge game with a cache of perfect hands dealt in order from clubs to spades. Players Tak Akemura Mary M. Fred Kagawa Arthur Ryone react as bidding stalls, while Miss Markari comments on the moment. The piece also cites Culbertson’s encyclopedia noting astronomical odds for a single thirteen card hand and historical notes on Indian summer dating to 1794.
New regulations resume parcel service to Albania Bulgaria and Romania after suspension. Limits set at 11 pounds per shipment and 23 dollars total value, with a maximum of two parcels per sender weekly to different addresses. Some items may face import restrictions. recipients should verify restrictions with postal authorities.
A Chamber of London tale from Sir Philip Joubert highlights moral gains from fighting services. A British convoy sergeant reports a crossroad spat by an old woman and responds with a bar of chocolate, which moves her to tears. Ardell Hagen moves into a 20 foot high barrel near Devil Lake ND, a burger stand fills a two story space.
Australian radio man Gus Crooke unveils an arch shaped aluminum heel with detachable rubber layers and spare heels. The lightweight design weighs about 2% ounces per shoe and is claimed to withstand heavy pressure. World patents applied for, with initial orders from Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
A vintage recipe collection outlines making chocolate cup cakes with shortening and sugar, melting chocolate, beating eggs, and alternating flour with milk until smooth. It describes filling cores with butter Scotch cream and suggests variations, plus a gelatin whipped cream filling and directions for chilling and serving.
A government report shows British Columbia welcomed about 1.645 million American cars in the first ten months of the year, nearly doubling the prior period. The total traffic reflects a 79 percent increase, with October figures contributing to the year’s surge as travel between nations intensifies at Victoria gateway.
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