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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1950
Page
7
A robber, a woman posing as his wife, and a fugitive with twenty thousand dollars threaten a Resthaven Motel stay. The pair enter the motel as highway patrolmen close in, the girl crying out as her father figure proprietor appears. Police arrest follows when guns are drawn.
An old advertisement claims Moone's Emerald Oil relieves tender inflamed feet after a hot foot bath in minutes. It urges readers to buy at any drug store, promising relief even for discouraged sufferers.
The RCMP patrol vessel St Roch sails from Esquimalt for Halifax via the Panama Canal on a history making trip to circle North America. Third mate Sgt Fred S Farrar will share honors as the first person to sail around the continent.
Winnipeg brief notes a $14 869 000 capital budget—the largest single year total—for extensions through the year ending March 31, 1951. About $11 million will be spent, $9 million borrowed from government, with the rest from replacement funds. A backlog of 16 000 service applications exists, and subscribers rise from 91 000 to an expected 100 000 in Greater Winnipeg by March 31, 1951.
Sandra Haynes aged two played with a live rattlesnake found in the yard. Her parents rushed her to a doctor after she held the snake by the tail and mouth, but the physician found no injury or fangs.
Meadow Lake Saskatchewan resident Leon Sergeant, a district pioneer since 1908, received the gold Bene Merenti medal from Pope Pius XII in recognition of his services to Roman Catholic missionaries.
Advertising copy for Simplicity pattern 4740 describing a dress with deep petal neckline and sleeves, in sizes 12 to 20, with 3 5 yards fabric. It notes easy to sew with illustrated instructions and asks readers to send 25 cents plus size name address and style number to order.
VANCOUVER BC Soap Box Derby scheduled for June 5 announced by J A Gunn Mis sion City BC chairman as preparations for the first all BC derby push ahead SALTCOATS Sask Sailtcoats Curling Club plans building project to add two sheets on the East side for four regular sheets May Day Queen Salmon Arm BC Setsuko Konishi Japanese Canadian student at the consolidated high school will be queen of May 24 Regina Mike Dzengelowski left handed pitcher from Eelstern Sask has signed with Fort Madison Wis to play Class C baseball Dog Gone Dogs Indian Head Sask town seeks a dog catcher to rid the town of a surplus of dogs with registrations and tags required or dogs will be moved to the dog s happy hunting ground
Recipe blends fondant components with sponge cake technique to bake a jelly roll. Includes butter icing, evaporated milk, sugar, flour, eggs, vanilla, and roll chilling steps with optional coating sugar.
Southern Alberta farmers adopt mustard seed as a substitute crop amid wheat surplus forecasts. Contracts for at least 15,000 acres offer $5.50 per hundredweight for No 1 yellow mustard seed. Seeding starts early May. Fred Pease plans record mustard acreage, reducing wheat area to about 1,700 acres.
Western Drive-in Theatre president Mervyn Dutton of Calgary says two more drive-in theatres worth 150000 dollars each are planned for Edmonton. The first already operated last year and construction on the two new sites will begin as ground conditions permit.
A survey estimates industrialist Pierre Dupont拥有 the greatest personal fortune, valued at about 3% billion dollars, highlighting his wealth as the world’s largest in private hands.
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