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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 19, 1933
Page
2
The article muses on whether jig-saw puzzles as idle pastimes deepen patience or reveal life lessons. It cites a famous authoress who finds a missing key piece transforms confusion into clarity, linking puzzle solving to understanding life’s pattern and the search for the missing piece guiding choices and meaning.
An experiment at Cornell University fed goats a synthetic diet replacing hay. The sixth goat, named low mood, died of degenerated heart muscle in the ventricle. All tested goats on the diet died, creating a 100 percent fatality in this study led by Dr. L A Maynard and Dr. C M McCay to explore diet factors for animals. Researchers note potential human implications as heart disease remains a leading cause of death in the United States.
Allan C Fraser of Calgary named secretary treasurer of the National Dairy Council of Canada succeeding W F Stephen of Ottawa. The two day annual meeting in Toronto also elected W H Forster of Hamilton as president and P C Colquhoun of Maple Creek as vice president. A constitutional amendment grants equal executive representation to producers and manufacturers and reduces voting delegates from 33 to 18. Producers and manufacturers each named their new executive members. Fraser will take effect on Stephen’s 70th birthday, May 28.
Mrs. G C from Levis Quebec shares a home dyeing tip to adjust old short skirts by dropping hems and redyeing the dress with Diamond Dyes. She bleached first, then used Diamond Dyes for a smooth even color that lasts.
Mrs. Alice Mary Herbert Russell Brown announces in the London Gazette her plan to assume her husband Sydney George Brown F R S as her Christian name. She is noted for taking a leading role in developing his notable electrical and gyroscopic inventions. He is described as a prolific modern inventor with a gyroscopic compass and a wireless message system for airships and aeroplanes.
Rev. Frank H. Bushfield, once of Winnipeg, runs churches in Stewart British Columbia and Ryder Alaska. He is part of the United Church in Prince Rupert Presbytery, a Victoria College Toronto graduate who served in Alberta and Vancouver.
A versatile hen in New Rochelle New York laid two eggs one battleship grey and one jet black followed by a white egg with a double yolk. The colored eggs remain unbroken so interior states are unknown.
The University of Alberta and University of Manitoba representatives held a first of its kind local radio debate connected by telephone wires linking Edmonton Winnipeg and Saskatoon. Four 30 second repeater reversals kept sound flowing smoothly while Saskatoon aired music as judges prepared.
Rugs for floor covering gain popularity due to low skin prices. The Pas hosts a growing trade in making bear rugs, mounting heads and paws. White bear rugs from Churchill country sell for about $10, black bears cheaper, polar bear rugs around $75, and black timber wolves reach $20.
Using radio guidance pilots can take off in fog and storms, fly hundreds of miles without ground sight, and land safely at a designated destination, enabling safer long distance air travel.
In The Pas the local motorist mood pushes for a 100 mile wilderness link toward Hudson Bay Junction Saskatchewan. A passable road exists to Clearwater Lake but remains ungraded and open only as a relief project this summer. Traffic includes 80 cars and 35 trucks with limited driving areas causing jams as four routes compete for use.
Dominion botanist Dr. H. T. Cussow outlined the aim to produce the same wheat quantity on half the acreage to cut production costs. At a Winnipeg conference with plant breeders and cereal chemists, he said success is not yet achieved but appears within reach after further years of research. Cussow oversees coast to coast efforts with assistants across Canada and is touring the western provinces to inspect results.
Heavy shipments of potatoes from Prince Edward Island arrive at Halifax under Canadian National Railways liens. A revival in the export business is shown with about 300 carloads booked and steamers chartered to load full cargoes for southern ports.
The Maria, a abundant Lake Winnipeg fish, is sometimes referred to as the fresh water ling. This local nickname highlights its common presence in the lake and its edible qualities.
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