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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 14, 1926
Page
8
Miniota area notes report Arbor May events in Monday observance. Local updates include a property transfer, church services, seeding weather, a pup stray, and plans to enlarge the Miniota Golf Course with potential tourist facilities. Community letters urge harmony and apologies to maintain neighbors.
W E Iverach left Tuesday for Winnipeg. P Heise of Chris ing a few weeks with tin daughters Mre KR and A Sim. Easter visitors have returned to their vacations. Mre P J Beveridge and son Harry visited Mr. and Mrs. B. Vecker at Decker. Mrs. W Miller entertained W E Iverach with a whist drive and dance. Miss Mildred Warren hosted a supper for her girl friends followed by social time.
The Grain Growers sent a carload of hogs and cattle to Winnipeg on Monday via Canadian National rails. The Young Peoples Society will meet monthly in spring and summer with a July picnic planned at Salt Lake. A dance by the local ladies baseball club at Miniota drew good attendance with Oak Lake Night Hawks providing music. A Pie social in the church basement hosted by the Taxis Boys raised funds for the budget. The Taxis Boys plan another event when Reeve Mitchell returns, featuring a travel talk by the Reeve.
Beulah and district residents are noted for visiting friends across towns. Forster recovers from a mild smallpox attack while Ivan Paynter returns to Winnipeg for college duties. Fred Orr and F Blurne rent the Thompson farm and move in. Miss M Sawyer resumes teaching at Broken Lead after vacation. A concert and dance is planned at Forsters hall Friday night under the High school clubs.
W L Hodnett, a New York physician, coins ergophobia a term for a fear of work. The essay links the term to a psyche panicked by labor while criticizing the hype around naming laziness.
The passage argues that global attitudes toward enthusiasm for labor remain rooted in stereotypes of laziness despite changes. It notes that shifting long held beliefs will be slow and that fear persists, with the old, harsh adage about work still echoing in society.
A reflective note on spring’s arrival and its depiction by poets and naturalists. The piece links John Burroughs and figures like Thoreau Whitman Hudson and Woodsworth to April as the heart of spring, its beauty, and its housecleaning renewal.
A vignette praises a boy nicknamed Dick who dives for a baseball despite a muddy puddle. The narrator compares his grit to real life, urging readers to seize opportunities rather than fear minor obstacles, and to hold on to the ball of life.
Poem recalls reading the hometown newspaper while away from home. The speaker finds comfort in familiar ads and names, as real people and places from the home town appear on the pages. The verse contrasts travel misery with the lift of seeing familiar faces.
Condensed notice lists Mer vis wheat grown from registered seed grade No 3 Nov and cleaned with cash granary price 1.70 per bushel. Also purebred Holstein cow 18 months ready for service, tested under accredited plan. R K Heise 174 Crandall ex.
A subscriber suggests adding a Miniota to Glenlochar school van to relieve crowding at Miniota. Glenlochar has capacity for 42 pupils with 14 enrolled, leaving 28 spots available. The plan would shuttle students to Glenlochar, freeing room for newcomers to start school.
In a Montreal interview E. W. Beatty president and chairman of Canadian Pacific Railway said the National Conference of Education set for April would be of incalculable importance for Canada's future. He chairs the Montreal Committee that organized and financed the event.
A tax sale notice corrects an error in filing NW 61427 to NW 61426 for the Landa in Arreare sale. Taxes amount to 167.38 with 0.50 costs, total 167.88.
Count Thun Hohnstein, among Czecho Slovakia’s wealthiest men, arrived on the Canadian Pacific liner Montcalm and intends to purchase a large tract around Calgary. He owns extensive properties in Czecho Slovakia and seeks to verify reports on farming potential for settlers of the right type.
A party of twenty five school boys arrived at Montreal in March under an arrangement between Macdonald Agricultural College Ste Anne de Bellevue and the Canadian Pacific Railway. At the college they receive training in basic Canadian farm methods and are placed on farms in the spring with an experienced supervisor overseeing their care.
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