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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 13, 1937
Page
4
A New York Herald Tribune critique notes seven major airliner accidents since mid December, including the Pittsburgh crash. It cites 50 deaths and rising passenger miles, arguing safety margins are narrow yet many fly regularly without fear.
In Cairo a Mahmal procession with dyed camels and musicians carried the $30,000 Kiswa to Mecca for the Kaaba. Wahabi opposition halted annual Holy Carpet shipments since 1926, but in 1930 discussions reportedly settled the dispute and the practice resumes.
A Science Monitor passage notes evolving questions on whether a trailer is a house or an automotive accessory. The piece hints at possible future shifts from single dwelling use to room rentals and even hotels, warning against unchecked hitching of multiple trailers as public interest grows.
Despite millions of carloads burned, only about one percent of U S coal deposits have been mined to date.
The statement credits Andrew Jackson as the only U.S. president whose administration left the government entirely free from debt. It highlights a record of fiscal balance during his tenure.
A £52,000 1639 bill paid by Louis XIII for vinegar to cool His Majesty's cannon is highlighted among historical documents. The piece notes cheap brewers scraps, labor strikes over vinegar beer, and the rise of diverse vinegars in the 18th century. It credits Louis Pasteur with modern acetification methods used today.
The Carnegie Institution of Washington announced the discovery of the largest jade piece ever found in the Americas. Weighing nearly 200 pounds, the stone was found by Dr. A V Kidder while excavating a Mayan pyramid mound near Guatemala City. Austria reports 509 miles of railways domestically.
E R Bewell of the Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology in Saanichton BC outlines three methods to gauge potato cooking quality. He notes high dry matter, often from Interior BC silt soils rich in calcium and potash, correlates with better cooking quality and introduces a specific gravity test to speed grading.
At a Seattle meeting of the American College of Surgeons Dr Perry G Goldsmith of Toronto dismissed old cold cures and urged bed rest as best. He noted Grandma hot beef tea was unpleasant but sound medicine and warned against unproven nostrums. A NYU scientist reportedly froze and thawed goldfish 552 times in ten days.
Dean C. J. MacKenzie of the University of Saskatchewan notes that western Canada now raises bright ambitious youths on its farms who attract opportunity abroad. United States firms seek prairie graduates, Britain offers six jobs to one applicant, and eastern firms also favor westerners for construction work.
George toll-in-Mud said the motion picture Silent Barriers made him sick to see himself drown while alive after watching his frail birchbark canoe smash on rocks in river rapids. His washed up body was later found on a sandbar.
A list identifies the ten elements necessary for plant growth: calcium carbon hydrogen iron magnesium nitrogen oxygen phosphorus potassium and sulfur.
A historical note describes toasted hay as hay dried by toasting to preserve nutrients lost in field drying. At Oxford an agricultural conference, Capt. A. T. Price cited 1880 English hay-driers and 1936 as the first big year for the revival. Artificial drying can retain nutrition and milk production.
Dr. Hans Himmelheber recounts Nunivak Eskimos seeking mythical dancing singers promised to be perpetual sewing machines for women. Shamans’ law drives women to mountain tops to find thimbles worn by the magic fingers, which would stitch skins rapidly. The text also notes a 2000-year-old tomb near Luxemberg containing human tears, analyzed as a romantic farewell.
Observation notes how a cat's pupil narrows near noon and widens later in the day, indicating a strong daily light response. The entry quantifies the change with a 219 percent reference, reflecting precise eye measurements linked to sun position.
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