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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 17, 1929
Page
4
A Providence Journal editorial laments a trend toward effortless living driven by devices and services that replace thinking. It warns of a future where success and fulfillment come entirely without effort, leaving humanity with nothing to occupy itself.
A shoe shine stand manager advises shining new shoes on the first day to maximize wear. He notes shelves keep oils dried out and recommends a daily or twice weekly shine with saddle soap to condition leather and resist water damage.
An aged patriarch of six raised a family, ran a business, and earned community respect. He rejected phones, gramophones, aerial navies, and Darwin, while clinging to a six day creation view and a glass when occasions arose. The piece laments changing times and praises enduring values.
C M Learmonth, secretary of the Western Canada Livestock Union, states that Western Canadian hog producers contributed 20 million dollars or 40 percent of Dominion marketing value in the just closed year. He notes 70 percent of total hogs sold were within the 170 25 pounds weight range.
A Bration report notes sweet clover to fit prairie rotations, improve soils, and provide cheap seed. Brandon Experimental Farm trials compare sweet clover silage with corn silage for milking cows, finding corn silage yields about 13 pounds more milk daily while clover silage yields slightly higher weight gain.
W. A. Downs of Romee Michigan, son of a poultry man, begins a 1929 hatch exceeding 250 000 chicks. He showcases a novel 16 800 capacity scientific brooder with ventilation chambers and heating, designed to raise chicks for three to four weeks under optimal conditions before further growth.
Three men argued over the world’s greatest inventors. One praised Morse while the others favored Edison and Marconi. An old gentleman remarked that the fellow who invented interest was no fool.
Punch Dickens flies his monoplane to Edmonton landing field after a 1660 mile flight from Fort Good Hope on the Arctic rim. The mission carried a dependable fur consignment from northern posts.
Islanders shift from spears to cars with nearly 1,300 vehicles reported by the Commerce Department. Auto registrations grew from 100 in 1918 to 1,074 by 1928 end, signaling rapid modernization in Fiji.
In Parliament the Scotsmen emerge as a leading bloc. Eleven members are from Scotland, ten claim England as home, all stating Ireland as birthplace, plus one Welsh MP.
The Canadian schooner I'm Alone was sunk by U.S. coastguards off the Louisiana coast amid a dispute over jurisdiction. Captain Randall, a Nova Scotian, says the vessel was sunk outside the 12 mile limit in international waters. the ship is reported to be Canadian registry.
An agreement between Canadian National Railways and L A Richards Deputy Minister of Mines and Fisheries allows gratis shipment of fish fry from Quebec Provincial Hatcheries to CN routes within Quebec. Four hatcheries at St Alexis des Monts Lac Tremblant Gaspe and Bakwins Hills currently supply speckled trout and salmon trout with plans to stock more species and expand campaigns along CN lines.
A joke narrates an absent-minded professor who cannot recall where he parked his car. His son asks, and the professor finally admits he drove into town and, after getting out, thanked a passerby who gave him a lift, then forgot where he left the vehicle.
Stanley Davis, former Dominion Government petroleum engineer, notes Bri tish Empire dominance of Turner Valley wells. Royalite No 4 yields over 1,006,000 annually for four years, while Home No 1 began with higher initial production.
J P Babcock of the International Fisheries Commission explains halibut age is read from ear stones called otoliths, not from external ears. Growth varies by sex with females reaching up to 400 pounds and males about 100 pounds. halibut mature at eleven and can live to forty.
A pile of yellow hand bills dropped by a plane over Harrisburg provokes Chief of Police Thompson to enforce an old ordinance requiring hand bills be slipped under doors rather than scattered on streets. The ruling aims to keep pavement clear and reduce unplanned distribution.
A father objects to his twenty one year old son marrying his twenty seven year old daughter. He suggests waiting six years as the age gap narrows. The suitor protests but the father remains firm about delaying the match.
A historical note states tolls for ships passing the Panama Canal run near one thousand dollars per hour of transit. The figure highlights the canal’s cost impact on maritime traffic and scheduling.
The Yukon story centers on Jack Elliott an engineer on the Whitehorse to Dawson route who digs ancient mastodon ivory becomes a Bead maker in summer he travels by river and in winter tames a lathe to craft beads from fossil tusks tourists reaching Skagway hear of this new Klondike romance as it captivates visitors on the White Pass route.
Manitoba bees industry grows as regulations shift to permit mailing packages of honey bees fed on sugar syrup. Manitoba produced 5,774,398 pounds of Canada’s 19,989,909 total honey in 1928, ranking second after Ontario. Quebec follows with 3,800,000 pounds. Thousands of bee packages arrive from Alabama and other southern states each spring.
The Edison memorial museum at Menlo Park will house the world’s first practical commercial light and power system. Sunbury dynamos and engine, once used to light homes there, remain in New York and will be moved to Ford’s museum per curator F A Wardlaw of the Edison historical collection.
Curtis asks the judge about cases tried yesterday. The judge recalls one long afternoon with a woman arrested for speeding who explained her side of the story.
A brief exchange in a historical column features a woman claiming women are as good as men and a widow countering with a harsher comparison. The dialogue reflects gender and social views of the era in a witty, concise moment.
The Natural Resources Intelligence Service issued a 500 page pamphlet titled The Hudson Bay Region. It covers general description natural resources mining development transportation and aims to inform on Churchill Harbor Judson Bay route and ice conditions with maps and views. Copies are free from the Director in Ottawa.
Captain Johannes J. Schuttevaer and two officers arrived in New York aboard the San Lorenzo after a voyage from Rotterdam to Lisbon then across the Atlantic in a 20 foot lifeboat. They set sail from Lisbon in February and were rescued March 18 by the Marques de Comillias amid near-starvation and thirst.
During a discussion at a meeting of the Association of Assistant Mistresses in London a member told a story of two boys who made friends after a quarrel. One boy said the other was a liar and a coward as a statement of fact not an insult. The second boy replied that it did not matter.
A cargo of ninety dozen hand-picked electrically examined Leghorn eggs is loaded in the hold of the SS Empress of France bound for China. The shipment is handled by the Canadian Pacific Express Company as part of a special breeding program.
A quote from Faun in Vienna points to a residence on Redmayne Street, noting the target house lacks a wireless pole. The speaker emphasizes the house is identifiable by this distinctive feature, guiding the search.
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