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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 17, 1946
Page
8
Outdoor workers and many women suffer backache from cold dampness and vehicle strain. A remedy claims to ease back pain and other symptoms of “posous blood” using Dr Chase liver and kidney pills. The ad emphasizes stimulating liver and kidney action to reduce pain.
Canada emerged relatively unscathed by war and, with the United States and South America, seeks to aid rebuilding overseas. A FAO study warns of a lumber shortage worldwide, with Europe and the Far East depleted, the U.S. at low stocks, and Britain facing severe constraints, while Canadian forests are in fair condition to help.
Sir John Boyd Orr highlights deforestation poor forest management and wartime cuts as causes of shortages. The FAO urges large Canadian forest improvement and land rehabilitation programs to enable orderly management, protect forests, and provide employment during peacetime transition. The lumber industry may grow in importance for Canada and its buyers.
The Hsin Sheng Pao reports a spider about apple size with a white facial feature and black body, found by a priest in a pear tree inside a Buddhist temple near Peiping. It was placed in a jar for study by scientists as hatchlings emerged.
The passenger pigeon became extinct within a century with the last known specimen dying in Cincinnati on September 1, 1914 and now mounted at the Smithsonian Institution. An unrelated line about corn kernels appears in the text.
A selection of aphorisms and quotations on wealth, adversity, and character from Tacitus, Bacon, Timothy, Lew Wallace, Mary Baker Eddy, and a traditional proverb. The excerpts contrast temperance with prosperity, fortitude in hardship, and the perils of material abundance for virtue and usefulness.
Readers ask which coupons expire October 31 and which remain valid after that date. Meat coupons Q1 to Q1 and M31 to M35, plus R18 to R21 and B26 to B28, lose validity after October 31. Hairnets stay under ceiling though imported subsidies end, raising prices. Grade A turkeys gain 243 cents per pound wholesale effective September 3, applying year round. Contact Wartime Prices and Trade Board for pamphlets Consumers' News or Blue Book.
A collection of short, humorous lines and cartoons describing wedding moments, failed attempts at tasks, and light domestic observations. Scenes include a guest at a wedding lamenting a semi final loss, Irish workers moving a rock with an old lady watching, a man debating marriage value, a strong weed pulling remark, a home inspection with closets, a mourning widow with seven children, and comical exchanges about debt and credit. The tone is breezy and folksy with quick punchlines.
Race tracks increasingly rely on cameras to judge finishes as judges lose accuracy. The shift began in 1935 and has saved money for bettors and horsemen who previously earned only losers shares. The camera records every inch of a race aiding stewards in decisions. The article contrasts past years marked by limited dead heats with present precise methods.
Aluminum nails up to four inches long are now produced to ease the nail shortage. They reportedly offer greater shearing strength than steel and are easier to carry, with a keg weighing about four pounds versus a 130 pound steel keg, while costs are similar. A note adds that platinum was among chemicals discovered in the 16th century.
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