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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 05, 1956
Page
2
Garden notes explain that straight evenly spaced rows save time weeding cultivating and spraying. Uniform spacing aids transplanting and maintenance, with tips on watering shading and stabilizing transplanted trees and shrubs. Handling moves best in calm evenings and roots must stay covered.
MIT language chief William N Locke predicts a machine will translate scientific papers within five years though not perfectly. He cites a 1954 Russian to English computer translation with 250 words and five syntax rules, and notes mass access could save time and money as output improves. He envisions broader literary translations in time.
Saskatchewan officials urge vaccination against infectious bronchitis for all spring Chicks entering flocks. Poultry commissioner H. E. Payne explains timing depends on parental immunity and prior disease exposure, with ages ranging from two days to four or five months. Hatchery inquiries recommended. past vaccination programs reduced disease in 1955.
A United States film based on whaling and a German war refugee may be produced in Newfoundland this summer. The story centers on whaling at South Dildo and Captain Iverson who escaped the Nazis. Sterling Hayden named as lead actor with a July filming window.
The first adhesive postage stamps were five and ten cent issues featuring Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.
In Barton-in-the-Beans England a historic parish, named from Roman Barton-in-Fabis, is excluded from a 19 000 place names index by the General Registry Office. Ernest Garnham a retired cleric and local resident laments the omission noting the village history and agricultural significance. The publishers say it should have been included, though not raised with them.
Vaughn Crist of Cheboygan Michigan landed a 28 pound muskellunge on Black Lake but the whopper was stolen from his parked car before he could display it to friends.
Sewing pattern notice promotes a wrap on for daughters with two to three pieces, easy sew and self dressing. Cotton fabric in pastel colors, sizes 2 4 6 8 10, 35 inch yardage for size 6, 35c price plus mail to Toronto Household Arts Department, pattern 4634.
Plainly write your name address and pattern number to order the Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue. Enjoy knitting crochet embroidery iron ons toys and more. Send 25 cents for the copy and plan to order every design. Located at Anne Adams Pattern Dept Toronto 60 Front Street W.
An illustrated notice describes a 12 nest New England style bird house to attract purple martins and swallows, with cat and squirrel barrier advice. It also presents a bunny table pattern 245 246, wood craft details, and an outdoor play equipment pattern packet with prices and ordering to Home Workshop Pattern Service, 4433 West Fifth Avenue, Vancouver, B C.
NYU professor Jotham Johnson argues Caesar died 1,999 years ago on the Ides of March 44 B C, due to no year zero between BC and AD. Columbia scholars defend the 2,000 year figure used for a dual millennium exhibition at their library.
Excerpt compiles lines from Tennyson Swinburne and Lowell celebrating spring. Images from snow fading, violets blooming, birds singing, the turtle dove, and the earth awakening energize the seasonal renewal. Poetic reflections connect nature’s vigor to human feeling.
Advises giving toothbrushes careful treatment as vital tools for tooth preservation. Recommends two brushes per person one at home and one for school or work. Stresses keeping brushes clean and allowing them to dry after use.
University of Toronto researchers note a groundhog can survive winter with body temperature near five degrees above freezing. They suggest cooling humans further for complex operations and explore a fat-derived hormone tied to cold resistance. Plans include testing pure fat extracts on rats to gauge endurance.
Advert reads that many wearers experience embarrassing slips and offers FASTEETH a non acidic powder to sprinkle on dentures for firmer fit and odor control. It claims the product does not sour and leaves plates feeling more comfortable. Pasteeth is available at drug counters.
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