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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1922
Page
5
The article explains using a pendulum to measure earth gravity at different locations to infer density variations. It notes that stronger pull implies denser surroundings and can signal absence of oil or gas, while weaker pull suggests potential deposits, guiding drilling decisions.
A New Orleans hotel guest tells a S year old neighbor she will cut his steak since his mother isn’t present. The boy replies with a sharp retort implying she would be cut the way she cuts meat. The exchange, cited as an exchange quote, highlights a witty back-and-forth in a hotel setting.
The Bureau of Labor in Regina says it will supply 5 000 to 23 500 workers for Saskatchewan seeding this season. The number is based on the average of recent years and targets aid to farmers facing the field operations.
Bulgarian premier Stambouliaski imposes compulsory labor for women up to 30, requires at least 10 days yearly of community work including garment making and hospital linen. Women under 20 must study domestic science for three months annually to boost productivity and aid Bulgaria’s postwar recovery.
High school boys from across the province will compete in track and field events at the University of Saskatchewan on May 19 as the first provincial high school day. The event follows a McGill style model in Eastern Canada and proceeds will cover traveling expenses for competitors.
Two Irishmen aboard a Channel steamer joke about navigation and foamy streaks as they consider how the captain steers. The passage references a railway bill introduced by A. R. McMaster in parliament concerning return tickets usable on other lines.
A Scotchman found a threepenny bit in the mud and was struck by a car, dying. At the inquest the coroner heard the facts and recorded a verdict of death due to natural causes.
A rare Arctic iceberg was sighted in mid Pacific near Hawaii about a day from Honolulu on the Shinyo Maru. Captain Maki and a New York writer aboard confirm the sighting as scientists seek to explain why such berg reached tropical waters. The iceberg, about two hundred feet long, likely formed in the Arctic and melted as it moved through warmer seas.
The article urges every farm to have a properly equipped fanning mill to keep seed clean and free of weeds. It notes that older mills can be renewed with new sieves and that seed laboratories in Ottawa Winnipeg and Calgary will examine samples to advise on sieve selection and where to obtain replacements.
The Ottawa Journal lists a Wrangel island diet in order of importance including fish cooked fish raw fish seal walrus bear sea gull whale moss frozen fish smoked fish and fish oil reflecting a varied subsistence pattern with emphasis on marine resources and animal proteins.
The article notes Dominion bulletins on farm and gardening topics and details the 1922 transfer of Port Prince of Wales to the National Parks Branch. It recounts the fort’s history as the northernmost American fortress, its original thick walls, the 1782 siege by La Perouse, and its fate as a romantic ruin awaiting preservation as a Dominion park landmark.
The sea otter, increasingly rare across North America, lives in pairs and is fiercely protected by mothers when defending their young. Eskimos use bells linked to sea haunts to detect approaching otters and alert hunters. Otter fur, prized in China, grows harder to obtain as numbers dwindle.
A long foretold union unfolds as Princess Mary marries Viscount Lascelles. The tale links to a 1770 prophecy about a king’s daughter from the Clanricarde line bearing the family jewels. Lascelles inherits wealth and gems from his late uncle, Lord Clanricarde, destined for Princess Mary to wear.
The first consignment of finished product was turned out recently from the Pacific Colour Company's plant at Chilliwack British Columbia. The plant with a three tons capacity is the second in America to use a German method for mineral dyes and colours. Raw material is lead ore from Field and subsidiary ingredients from Bunson Lake district British Columbia.
The Kingston Standard discusses how Canadian winter quiets streets with snow and double windows. It imagines spring ending the silence and reflects on Carlyle’s warning that noise torments people, comparing it to a railway whistle and urging efforts to curb unnecessary sounds.
The X ray is used in aeroplane construction to detect defective materials and weak metal castings that would escape an inspector's eye.
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