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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1950
Page
5
The Department of Agriculture restarts peacetime efforts to familiarize Canadians with home produced foods. Over two months dairy products will be highlighted as essential in health and diet. Dairy supports soil conservation, stabilizes farming communities, and provides cheaper calories and protein through butter and milk.
A Tennessee resident is awakened by a bear at his door while amateur science quips about earthworms longevity and planetary chatter amuse readers. Birds, pets, and a boa constrictor birth headline a column of light anecdotes and curious notes.
Sunday patrons at the Black Horse in Hambrook, Somerset, order their regular pints and get a haircut too. Barber Frank Adams uses the tavern’s parlor since he has no shop of his own, with the pub keeper allowing the setup.
Your family doctor is best qualified to tell you whether you are in good physical condition. If he can check you over thoroughly at least once a year, he can help keep you in trim more easily. Regular medical checkups often detect serious illnesses.
Dear Mrs. T. C presents a decor plan favoring warm ivory woodwork peach pink and ivory striped wallpaper for the living room a muraled built in niche with pink burgundy tones and shaded lighting. For the dining recess a sea blue wall paper and ivory ceiling paper tie the spaces together while small pictures grouped over a Chesterfield create an effective display.
Budapest born Thomas Kunstler and his wife Veran arrived in December 1948 with little more than a nickel. After 2000 miles hitch hiking through eastern Canada they chose Winnipeg for their bathing suit and lingerie business citing friendly locals and a desire to stay rather than continue to Vancouver. They previously worked in Toronto Montreal and Ottawa saving to start their venture.
Lincolnshire highway surveyor R. Dalton suggests motorists should treat pedestrians and cyclists as fools while pedestrians and cyclists should regard drivers as homicidal maniacs. The remark prompts discussion on road safety and mutual caution.
Detroit report says world figure skating champion Dick Button, age 20, turned down over $100,000 a year to turn pro and defend the 1952 Olympic title. He cited Harvard studies and love of skating as reasons, noting bigger offers follow after each championship. He values the Harvard block H more than medals and plans to finish college before any pro career.
The strongest post of the Hudson Bay Company was Prince of Wales Fort, built in 1732 at the Churchill River mouth. Today marks a fresh start.
HealthHints covers toenail care with straight cuts and chiropodist cautions, warns against using baking soda to preserve vegetables, notes canning liquid is nutritionally useful, and stresses dental hygiene and Vitamin A sources. It also mentions fatigue from poor lighting affecting workers.
Ottawa report says 24 year old steeplejack Robert Swartman, who plunged about 200 feet from the East Block tower into a snowbank, is back at work supervising a mint job. He expects his legs in plaster for a month.
Ontario legend says 500000 dollars in refined gold lies 65 feet deep in muskeg near Schumacher. Four tunneling attempts under the 3 mile road to South Porcupine failed, ending with fear of collapse. A dying blacksmith's tale links a 1915 raid by high graders and a smuggled gold stash buried when pursuers closed in.
The feature surveys Netherlands stamps favored by Canadian collectors. It covers syncopated perforations for vending machines, low value semi postal issues for health and culture, and notable issues from 1852 onward including Wilhelmina and Juliana eras, wartime releases, and the spread of airmail stamps since 1921. It notes Belgium interests and invites readers to sell or exchange stamps.
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