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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1946
Page
7
Janitors from 13 states at Columbia University learned a scientific wash method for painted walls. They advise starting at the bottom to avoid streaks, and swishing upward to ease future cleaning while using a starch solution that dries clear and comes off with dirt.
The King's Champion title has been hereditary in the Dymoke family since 1377. The latest holder died in the United Kingdom, ending a medieval duty of riding to Westminster Hall with armor and Gauntlet to challenge any who question the new king’s right.
A Calcutta University post graduate course in architecture aims to train industrial designers sculptors town planning technicians artificers craftsmen and painters. The program seeks to strengthen understanding of design and production within India. It reflects growing emphasis on applied arts and urban design in education.
A rural family subplot centers on Mary and Bill Taylor debating Oliva Carson and Clay Mahon as Oliva dates. Bill defends Clay while Mary pushes for Jack Carson. After a playful quarrel about a fence and lying to keep cows safe, Oliva and Jack clash, but by month’s end Oliva and Jack marry, strangers to the fence they once argued over.
A milk round horse bolted with its cart and crashed through a house on York road. The cart broke in two but only two milk bottles were spilled, not on the vehicle, remaining in front of the house as workers diverted the frightened animal back to the road.
The United States consumes about 14.5 billion gallons of gasoline in automobiles annually, reflecting the scale of motor fuel use. The figure illustrates the national energy demand and transportation pattern impacting policy and industry.
In Montreal Canadian Industries Limited warns that a serious brass and copper strip shortage compels curtailed operations. The firm notes earlier hopes for meeting major wartime demands by year end 1946, with July shipments covering about a year's supply. The shortage also necessitates layoffs as production slows across plants.
A playful 19th century advice piece compares choosing a spouse to pickling. It urges selecting a well raised partner, avoiding harsh temper, and caring with patience and domestic devotion to keep a marriage tender and lasting. It likens nourishment with smiles and charity to serving harmony with peaches and cream.
An article notes slenderizing aids and open panels with scalloped edges aiding the process. It lists sizes 34 through 48 and claims a synthetic meter, claimed to remain even in winter and summer, has been perfected for year round use.
A scanned page includes a spice cake recipe with butter brown sugar eggs dates flour spices and baking steps plus a cheese puffs recipe using bread cubes and grated American cheese. a Bristol anecdote describes an old lady with a chopping bag calmly handling a dead pigeon on Richman Hall road and a historical note about Roman engineers resisting an invention to move heavy stone due to unemployment concerns.
The Bailey Bridge from the alley rage used by Allied troops is being sold for peacetime use in Britain. Farmers contractors and municipalities buy bridging from the Ministry of Supply which has 15 000 tons of bridge equipment for sale. Spans range from 10 feet to 200 feet and the bridge helped British and American forces rapidly build supply lines in wartime positions.
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