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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1957
Page
6
Advertisement notes Quilt pattern 7028 with chart directions and yardages for crib and youth bed quilts. Pricing thirty five cents, send name address pattern number to Household Arts Department in Toronto. Ends with a classroom moral about grades and praise.
By Alice Braves Horse ... easy to make in felt or other material with mane of rug cotton. Send thirty-five cents in coins to 60 Front Street, W Toronto for pattern 7023 and a 1957 needlecraft book offer. Include name and address. two free patterns promised. Patterns cover crochet, knitting, embroidery, buck weaving, toys, dolls and more.
The Manitoba Historical Society appeals for background material for its three yearly Manitoba Pageant. The program aims to educate Manitoba children about heritage and to grow Junior Historical Societies. Community groups and clubs are urged to contribute stories on pioneers, place names, early settlers, and local legends to support the publication. The society is based at Room 255 Legislative Building Winnipeg.
J H Hoffman of Fairfax South Dakota in his 33rd year of goose hunting recalls how Canadian geese outsmart hunters. He notes more hunters per bird now and describes early use of live decoys and later switch to commercial calls. He shares tales of cautious geese and steady patience in field setups. The hobby of raising geese for decoys continues as a personal passion with a small flock.
A brief remarque notes fathers in Ontario slipping on marbles and sustaining injuries as a humorous lens on daily domestic hazards. The piece parades common mishaps—gopher traps, fishing hooks, dropped hammers, missing spools, and missing tools—linking spring's bustle to parental worry before concluding with affectionate irony about grandparenting and parental gratitude.
An editorial from Winnipeg praises public welfare directors for offering able bodied relief recipients real job chances. It notes street cleaning as a pathway to employment, reducing relief lists, and suggests valley towns adopt a similar approach to use labor and cut relief costs.
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