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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 11, 1939
Page
6
A reader describes three years of dizzy spells hot flushes and indigestion. After starting Kruschen Salts she reports relief within three weeks and ongoing health improvement after eighteen months of use. The ad claims the salts stimulate internal organs and maintain cleanliness.
Government in Russia plans to train 100000 girls as tractor drivers for war readiness. Britain halves parade drill movement by reducing column to three. Hitler appoints Raeder to lead Germany’s expanding fleet. Jan Masaryk predicts Czechs be highly indestructible. Shao Ying Shih arrives in Ottawa as Chinese consul-general. Vancouver to host a new 200000 Indian residential school in Port Alberni. Baron Rudolf von Moreau killed in a test flight crash aboard Condor. Canadian radio production and sales fall from 1937. Two armed men rob 20 Chinese lottery players in Winnipeg, stealing about 35 dollars.
The general manager of the Southern Railway rode with a motorist into Rock Hill South Carolina after a breakdown stranded a passenger train. He then commanded another engine to pull the train into town, with G. W. Adams' private car attached ahead.
The hummingbird tongue is a long pipe reaching blossoms to draw nectar. Woodpeckers use tongues with tiny sharp projections to seize insect life and even extract tiny eggs from bark and other surfaces.
The Silver Jubilee is described as the world's fastest long distance train running from King's Cross to Darlington in England. It covers 232 miles in 198 minutes.
A fragmented advice piece suggests women in their forties seek better self care to appeal to men. It mentions changes in finances and confidence, hints at lifestyle boosts like fresh air and sleep, and notes scattered thoughts about nerves and dating dynamics.
Mrs. J. E. Edwards of Darwin Australia oversees three pearling boats with a crew of four each aided by her son. Her background includes learning from her husband who owned a schooner and twenty boats. She once dressed her children in bright red to keep them visible overboard.
A boarding house operator baked a pie for dinner but dropped it. With no time to bake another, she claimed it was a new kind of pie from a recipe book named the spring break up, prompting a wary boarder to question the dish.
A Chinese resident in Lindsay explains beaver tail as a delicacy with potential value up to five dollars in New York markets. He notes edible meat lies beneath the tail’s hard epidermis and reveals that both Chinese and some white Americans find it palatable.
A newspaper correspondent tries calling Prague and hears operators debate charges, with one confirming that Prague is a foreign call, illustrating telecommunication attitudes between Germany and its neighbor.
The guide contrasts sun loving and shade tolerant plants suitable for Canadian conditions. It advises choosing reputable nursery stock, warns against cheap, unhealthy stock, and notes breeders expanding vegetable varieties through new introductions and improvements of longstanding local crops.
Dr. George Crile of Cleveland gland surgeon told the American College of Surgeons that his research shows Eskimos Indians and Orientals with a non worrying attitude to life do not suffer from nervous diseases caused by excessive brain work.
British imports show approximately 225000 eggs sourced from Poland annually. The figure appears in trade data summaries and reflects ongoing cross border food trade between the two nations.
Anne Adams presents a spring dress with cape pattern 4065 for children in sizes 4 to 12. Two dress closures offered a front button or seam option with cherry appliques on the bodice. the pastel wool cape complements the outfit. Pattern requires specific fabric yardage and costs 20 cents postage.
The public works department proposes $200,000 for permanent RCMP buildings in Canada. Ottawa will see $146,900 for barracks an aeroplane hangar and stables. Regina allocations total $53,100 for a gymnasium rifle range and a lecture hall.
The fashion of glove wearing began in Europe during the 11th century after the marriage of Venice's Doge Domenigo Selva to the daughter of the Byzantine emperor. European ladies wore scented gloves in public and the trend quickly spread to France and Spain.
The article notes there are roughly 20,000 distinct uses for gas across varied sectors. It highlights versatility in industry and daily applications, signaling broad reliance on gas for energy, manufacturing, and technology.
A flock of about 2000 exhausted birds rode the Santa Rosa in West Indian waters and entered cabins. Some were later identified as wild canaries, though experts dispute the label. The birds rested aboard until Crooked Island neared, then dispersed.
Neal O'Hara notes in the New York Post that melting 6,000,000 square miles of remaining ice would lift sea levels about 150 feet, threatening major ports and New York City skyscrapers, though the likelihood is remote.
C M Adcock of Roxboro B C discovered a wren nesting inside his coat left on a tree. The bird was sitting on four tiny eggs and Adcock said the coat would stay until the family leaves.
Sir William Herschel accidentally discovered Uranus while star gazing with a telescope in 1781. The find expanded the known solar system and established Herschel as the observer credited with identifying the seventh planet.
A pattern description promotes 10 inch crochet squares in mercerized string for luxury dinner cloths and scarves. Pattern 6307 includes instructions charts and materials. Send 20 cents in coin to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg.
A Sunday school devotion centers on a wise master builder laying a foundation and another building on it. It references Acts 14 and I Corinthians 3 6 11, highlighting foundation, work, and growth in early Christian teaching.
A historical-tract style note describes Paul and Barnabas retracing their steps through Derbe Lystra Iconium and Antioch of Pisidia to organize new churches and strengthen converts. It cites perseverance amid persecution and reports their voyage from Attalia to Antioch of Syria detailing opening faith to the Gentiles.
Sir Edward Beatty addressed University of Toronto graduates praising youth for resisting despair. He contrasted today’s youth with 40 years earlier, noting less courage but similar confidence and urging them to view Canada as blessed with vast natural wealth and a harsh but healthy climate. He called Canada a fit home for virile men.
United States government chemists report methods to turn skim milk into artificial wool fibers to aid the poor. The process involves souring, drying, dissolving in alkaline solution, and forcing through platinum dies to create filament strands. The milk wool is weaker when wet but resists shrinking compared to real wool.
Conte Grande transmitted word of a British subject stranded on an uninhabited Atlantic rock while attempting a global circumnavigation in a small sailboat. Port authorities in Recife recovered the message naming Michelli Formosa. He departed Malta on October 3, 1938 and was wrecked on Sao Pedro Island recently.
New York toy manufacturers have produced a doll priced at $200. The article notes a rising concern that as prices rise, guards against child abduction may become necessary to protect playthings.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Dr Williams Pink Pills to increase red blood cells and oxygen delivery. It markets the pills as world famous and promises renewed energy and strength, urging readers to ask their druggist for the remedy.
The Glimmer racket, a historical quack eye doctor scam, is profiled with examples of past English and American hoaxes. Modern operators used frames, prisms, radium, and other props to promise sight restoration, swindling dozens and ending with dozens jailed and fines collected.
Readers are invited to obtain the complete set of Dr McCullough's cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 103 Bond St Toronto Ont. The notice directs inquiry for full compilation.
Mike Jagoda answered European when asked his nationality by Magistrate C. W. Hawkshaw in London Ontario after a theft conviction. He traced changes from Austria to Czecho Slovakia over his life and was booked as Czech. The report also notes mold making “coffee beans” from four and molasses by unscrupulous merchants.
Golden bee models were found among relics of Childeric's tomb in Belgium in 655 and noted as decoration on Napoleon's coronation mantle. The discovery links ancient artifacts to imperial symbolism.
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