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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 13, 1927
Page
8
The article notes residents migrating within the area including George Phillips moving to Saturnas for residence and Joe Evant planning Brandon visits. It reports elections, golf club affairs, school recess plans, a United Church Ladies Aid sale, and schedules for Easter holidays with store closures and municipal activities.
The notice lists Good Friday services in Beulah Acrow River Two Creeks and Miniota with Easter Sunday services at Beulah Blaris and United Church Minsota. Rev John Dunnett joins Beulah and Blaris, preaching Easter Sunday 2 p m Beulah 4 p m Blaris and evening Sacrament service follows.
The article discusses Easter's meaning and naming across languages, notes the date for this year as April 17, and explains the rule for calculating Easter relative to the paschal full moon. It highlights church plans and the anticipation shared by children and adults alike.
A baby was born on Tuesday April 5 at Miniota to Mr and Mrs Hermitage. The newborn is a daughter named Sop with parents grateful for the new arrival and health.
A Manitoba locality faces yearly grain losses to smuts in wheat. Key smuts include two on wheat. ball smut is preventable with formalin treatment. Aimed at improving crop protection, copper treatments are discussed.
Circular No. 85 from the Department of Agriculture in Winnipeg outlines copper carbonate dust and formalin treatments to prevent smut in barley oats wheat and rye. Dust mixing copper carbonate with grain, rotation of the container, soaking barley in formalin, and copper carbonate for oats reduce losses and disease. Rye smut is rare and often requires no seed treatment.
A single disc found last fall on the road near G Reynold's. the finder requests the owner to notify The Herald office so the item can be returned when claimed.
Property rental notice listing best half parcel number 20.1456 for cultivation with 44 commendations. Apply to John Spalding at Mintots for details and terms.
Banner Seed Oats for sale threshed early price per bushel October. Cleaned and ready for seeding. Leave cash with order at the Royal Bank Miniota.
For sale about 150 bushels of Measury six rowed seed barley. Threshed before the rain and is a good plump seed. Won 2 prizes at Brandon seed fair. Cleaned for drill. Price 75 cents per bushel. KE L. Sanley contact by phone Is 3 Crandall ex.
Barley sale notice listing Chinese Ottawa No 60 with good sample heavy yielding early strong long straw six rowed malting. Price 75c per bushel. Machine run fanned Steel Briggs strain. A Hl Russel Two Creeks contact phone 385 2 Virden ex.
The note claims a decade of global improvement starting now. It mentions Supply Dept Pont Knuron and Alich and asks to mention the paper. No clear event or verifiable facts are provided.
Notice under the Manitoba Temperance Act lists R. K. Chalmers as applicant for a Druggist's Retail License at Lot 3 Block 13 Miniota Manitoba. Residents near the proposed warehouse may object within three weeks by written notice filed with the Department of the Attorney General or served at the premises. Dated Winnipeg Sunday April 1927.
Saint John Nelson Christananda a Southern Indian Christian Apostolic Preacher arrived in Canada aboard the Montrose from England. He described himself as a Sadhu a saint and said his two month mission includes preaching across Canada after preaching in Europe in about twenty countries. He asserted his creed unbound by dogmas and welcomed by religious bodies.
A consignment of Canadian manufactured ice cream shipped from Saint John in mid month carried a banquet menu for over 460 British guests. Ordered by Hon. P. C. Larkin the High Commissioner in London, the cream was processed by Purity Ice Cream Co Montreal and moved 3000 miles by Canadian Pacific Express Co. A ton of ice was stowed aboard the liner Minnedosa to ensure proper arrival.
The British Government unveils its World Poultry Congress exhibit for Ottawa from July 27 to August 4. King will display pigeons, Prince of Wales sends chickens from Cornwall, and models feature Lord Dewar and Tom Barron poultry farms. Also attending are Miss Florence Amherst and St Dunstan's Hostel for the Blind. Official delegates include Sir Francis Floud and Percy Francis.
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