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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1949
Page
3
Eastern Germany’s five state security forces have been merged into a single semi military police service, a move disclosed amid claims of centralized control and security tightening across the region.
Poem extols small acts and moments as foundational to character and happiness. It argues that tiny deeds, words, gestures, and minutes collectively shape a better world and uplift spirits.
Laurence A. Steinhardt, American ambassador to Canada, predicts rapid oil project growth will reduce Canada’s dollar shortage within two years and push Canada toward becoming a vast empire. He notes crude and refined oil made up almost 20 percent of exports in 1947, including gold. The text also states Buenos Aires population as 3,600,000.
J. R. and J. N. Watson are third and fourth generation farmers operating the family farm. Gavin Watson, fourth generation, holds a dipperful of the dried and ground product ready for bagging.
Walter Lunn of Brombury Sask loans a 1608 Breeches Bible to the future Yorkton museum. The edition, bound in leather with brass corners, records Lunn family births since 1721 and includes the book of common prayer and the Apocrypha.
Puzzle fragment lists several word clues and numbered positions including Flatfish, The southwest wind, To eat away, To entangle, To alter, To fasten, Color, Distant, To hesitate, Weblike, Hawaiian dish, Prefix half, Earthy. The readable text offers no complete grid or solutions but signals a vertical oriented crossword snippet with miscellaneous clues.
The principality of Monaco on the Mediterranean covers under eight square miles and has a population of 23 973.
A Vancouver magistrate ruled a husband must pay his wife five dollars a month for what he terms frivolous purchases. The $50 annual allowance is described as for her use without strict accounting, equating to about 16 cents per day and a mink coat after many years.
Ottawa reports marketing of coarse grains via the wheat board from August 1 will not alter how barley premium payments are arranged. The country elevator remains the agent for premiums, with brewing firms continuing to pay premiums directly to the elevator when applicable, bypassing the wheat board.
A brief note reports a forest fire moving swiftly through rugged terrain, outpacing deer as it advances. The fragment hints at a rapid blaze impacting wildlife and the landscape. Further details are unavailable in the provided text.
The 1903 Frank avalanche near Turtle Mountain killed 66 people when rock fell 3 000 feet. In 1931 the town of Frank relocated miles away after area condemnation. Residents recall the disaster with dread as spring roars again and debate over the slide’s causes continues.
Mrs Enoch Williams recalls the 150 foot by 14 foot fissures on Turtle Mountain caused by a slide near Blairmore. Geologists debate the cause while tourists will soon ride to the top to view the scar. Mrs Williams and family survived with injuries. She fears for residents still beneath the cracks. A tongue in cheek note adds a quip on legal fees and young lawyers.
A weekly advice note suggests treating grease stains with a paste of absorbent powders like fuller's earth and carbon tetrachloride. Apply the paste to the stain, let it dry, brush off, and the fabric will not form a ring.
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