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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 03, 1922
Page
5
Relief maps show roads railways rivers lakes and terrain by contour lines and shading. They help engineers and teachers explain drainage slopes and land form while guiding road and railway planning and opening up new areas to settlement.
The Paris Times correspondent reports feverish reconstruction in Nord and Pas de Calais among coal mines wrecked by Germany. By year end and into next year many pits will be dry and reconnected. over 600 million cubic feet of water pumped out. nearly 2,000 miles of galleries must be rebuilt with daily progress of forty to twenty inches.
The United States Weather Bureau reports Death Valley California as the hottest region on earth based on ten years of records from a substation. A temperature of 134 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded on July 10 1913 and is believed to be the highest natural air temperature ever measured with a standard tested thermometer in the shade under approved conditions.
Milk production record established by Maple Leaf Jean an Ayrshire owned by Capt. A Henry Higginsoff of South Lincoln Massachusetts. The cow produced 18078 pounds of milk in the record period breaking previous marks and signaling a new world standard for her class.
A fragment compares the strength of a human bone to chest oak, noting that a bone piece of the same thickness can support half again as much load. The finding highlights differences in material properties between biological and timber substances.
The note discusses attempts to quit smoking or drinking and mentions influences on quitting including daily routines and social factors. It analyzes motivation levels and potential barriers to stopping these habits.
The article discusses whether the earth is spherical or pear shaped, noting balance between flat earth myths and a pear-like form suggested by astronomers. It proposes using a wireless time chain among stations to map distances and derive the earth’s true shape, with implications for navigators and geographers.
The Quest under Commander Wild returns to Southampton from scientific work in the South Atlantic. The expedition reports new bird and animal life finds and unknown island data. Plans may include Pacific work seeking lost islands. The ship is leaking from ice collisions and suffers sea sickness among crew.
English Major Hesketh-Prichard died in England. He created the British snipers corps, organized the use of telephoto sights and game-keepers in war, plus led a South American expedition in 1900-01. He wrote novels with his mother. In Costa Rica, vultures are used to clean streets by feeding on refuse.
A London Daily Mail excerpt from a South African farmer portrays a vast drought across the land. Temperatures surge from forty to 107 degrees as rain vanishes and stock wander hundreds of miles seeking water. Six hundred head of stock and the farmer brace for a long dry winter with limited dam water and windmill troughs.
First Radio Telegraph Thomas A Edison notes tens of thousands now own radio receivers to hear speeches music weather reports and time signals. He recalls early interest in wireless telegraphy dating to the 1880s when he tried an electrostatic radio scheme on a train, which worked but drew little early enthusiasm.
The London Morning Post reports evidence of a traffic in honors with a scheduled price list for knighthoods baronetcies and higher orders. It notes strangers being approached with proposals to buy honors and suggests party campaign funds influence nominations. The piece adds Canada is no longer affected by the issue.
The St. Thomas Times Journal reports science advances with Dr. J. S. Plaskett’s 72 inch telescope confirming twin suns named Plaskett, 5,000 years light travel, and immense brightness. Meanwhile Ohio and Ohio plan pesticide airbombs over catalpa groves to wipe caterpillars, with US Department of Agriculture involvement and future tests in New England.
The government proclaims October 9 Fire Prevention Day to curb loss of life and property by fire. Citizens must inspect dwellings and remove fire hazards, with inspections extending to factories public buildings hospitals and other institutions. Schools stores and factories should hold fire drills and teachers officers and scouts should provide instruction. Bush operators and settlers must know fire prevention regulations and publicity for related legislation is advised.
The text argues thrift as constructive spending, praising wealthy patrons who invest in art and country estates. It asserts value hinges on usefulness and societal benefit, distinguishing prudent luxury from miserliness and mere extravagance. It highlights employment creation and beauty as outcomes of true thrift.
A Boston reporter congratulates Louis K. K. Liggett, famed drug magnate, for paying creditors in full after failure. He asserts belief in business honor and quips that some men resemble a golf club rule about not picking up lost balls until they stop rolling, as cited by the Minneapolis Tribune.
The Scandinavian American liner United States arrived from Copenhagen and Captain Oscar Schmidt said he spoke, on June 27, with Frederick VIII officers while the ships were 500 miles apart at sea, setting a new wireless conversation record.
Every dollar spent in town strengthens local shops and services, fueling employment and neighborhood growth, while residents support schools, events, and public projects through commerce and spending patterns.
The piece quotes a Turkish nationalist framing massacres as righteous for national salvation and condemns the Ottoman stance as a five century pattern of conquest and terrorism. It cites a Buffalo Express jab about an Algerian river literally inked by Gallic acid and tron streams.
The famed physicist Lord Kelvin allegedly entered the university at eleven and held a professorship in natural philosophy by age two percent, according to the text.
An elephant possesses a delicate sense of smell enabling it to scent a human from about 1000 yards away.
A historical note compares the hull structure to a herring skeleton, drawing a parallel between the ship’s frame and the fish’s bone arrangement to illustrate design principles and stability.
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