This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 30, 1940
Page
2
The article argues for early discovery of a child’s latent talents to guide schooling and career choice. It envisions a lifelong chart of progress kept by teachers to steer students toward suitable high school study and, later, university or immediate work, with parental cooperation and a focus on societal benefit.
A housing survey in Canada is to be conducted in connection with the 1941 census, prepared by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and awaiting final government approval. A full grown pygmy hippopotamus weighs about 450 pounds, far lighter than a normal hippo. Sprata, a British water fish, migrates somewhere else outside November to February. Salt is often the mineral most lacking in farm animal feed.
Dr. L. H. Newman credits Canadian plant breeders for major national prosperity as Canada rises among world leaders in spring wheat. The piece notes the significant impact of breeders in meeting nature’s challenges and claims Canada’s success is unmatched elsewhere. An aviator two miles up can see objects 150 miles away on a clear day.
A new institution in Leningrad trains women to drive taxis and join the city’s transport workforce. The program emphasizes safety, navigation, and customer service as part of broader efforts to empower women in urban services.
Graham F. Towers governor of the Bank of Canada urged Canadians at the Montreal Canadian Club to fund the war through higher taxes or war loans and to cut nonessential spending. He called for repatriation of Canadian securities and emphasized self reliance, stating Canada must finance the war from current production and exchange controls.
Recipe describes assembling a fish crust using crumbled crackers milk butter and parsley mixed with cooked fish eggs and lemon salt and pepper. The mixture bakes in a hot oven about 30 minutes and is served with tomato sauce yielding six portions.
Combine condensed milk orange rind and juice with crushed Kellog's Corn Flakes coconut and salt. Drop by teaspoonfuls on a greased sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. Remove promptly. yields about 1 1 2 dozen cookies of about 1 inch diameter.
The Dominion bureau of Statistics reports from 1921 to 1939 that student fees rose from 20.1 to 32.7 percent of university revenue while provincial grants fell from 49.8 to 42.2 percent and endowments slumped from 16.4 to 13.2 percent. The trend risks making financial means the gatekeeper to higher education, with students asked to bear a larger share of costs as other funding sources decline.
Colonel P. T. Etherton, famed Houston Mount Everest flyer and South Africa War veteran, left London for the South of France after a chance discovery. A French baroness hosted him near Perigueux, where a cave opening led to a Napoleonic era chalk mine that tests show is 99 percent pure calcium carbonate. Paris and London engineers assess the find. Etherton aids the work. High-speed steel stays sharp under heat, and Suez costs less than Panama for canal construction.
J W Stafford chief passport officer at Queen Anne's Gate London has become one of England's busiest men since the war began. He slept in a camp bed as exit permit work was added to his duties and the staff grew from 13 to about 250. The busy Westminster building echoes with many languages in its corridors.
Lord Fairhaven links Red Cross work in Britain and owns hundreds of Windsor Castle images including paintings drawings etchings and woodcuts. He also houses a modern tapestry at Anglesey Abbey Cambridgeshire featuring county views and inherits wealth from Urban Broughton with Ashridge gifted to the Conservatives and Runnymede to the nation.
A young woman in khaki uniform and cap salutes as a Scotch Kittie curtsies in a brief London meeting. The quip about teaching children to draw animals suggests an anti cruelty sentiment.
Canadian agricultural research hinges on a broad network including the Dominion Department of Agriculture, the National Research Council, the Ontario Research Foundation, provincial agriculture departments, agricultural colleges, university and commercial laboratories, and individual researchers.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.