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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 11, 1921
Page
5
Canada shows strong wide spread yields in crops with high quality. comparative data through 1918 to 1920 show Canada often matches or exceeds US averages in wheat barley oats and potatoes while hay and other crops vary. The report notes vast undeveloped land poised for settlement and ploughing to raise future production.
The Canadian Pacific steamer Empress of Scotland, slated for the Montreal Liverpool run, is chartered to F C Clark for his seventeenth Mediterranean cruise. The ship will depart New York, visit major Mediterranean ports, spend eighteen days in Egypt, and return via Liverpool after refit in Finland.
During April and May 29 1950 or unspecified year immigrants entered Canada. Of them 15 559 were from the British Isles 8 745 from the United States and 4 891 from other countries.
A mother questions her son about right and wrong, and Tommy evasively answers that he does not believe everything he hears. The dialogue highlights a child’s pragmatic stance and a cautious moral lesson.
Ed win Fairfax Naulty of New York announces a September Arctic expedition to test a route from Point Barrow Alaska to Spitsbergen and the North Cape Norway. The voyage will use staged hops from Seattle to Alaska with four men aboard the main plane, including Naulty, and cargo fuel for 56 hours to cover potential 1500 mile hops if no landings are possible.
Immigration to the western region from Port Arthur to the Coast shows a 33 percent drop in the first six months of 1921 versus 1920. Total new arrivals by end of June reached 9,031, down 3,474 from the prior year, with over half from the United States, followed by Scandinavian countries and British possessions.
The U S Navy releases a photo of the old battleship Iowa sailing off Virginia without crew. Army and navy airmen display dummy bombs on the ship while it is controlled from nearby battleship Ohio, five miles away.
The idea of firing a nightly cannon to signal curfew was studied by Calgary authorities but rejected as too costly. Using 18 pound guns would run about 25 dollars per day, roughly 7,500 dollars annually, so the city seeks cheaper options to remind residents to sleep.
A book titled American Business Methods recommends placing any special article in the left window beside the main door because customers hesitate and look left when entering with the right hand. It also advises a facing placard at the exit to catch departing customers.
The movement of paper from British Columbia mills to New Zealand and Australia shows improvement and transport firms expect more activity. All ships departing Vancouver now carry from five hundred to fifteen hundred tons of paper.
Henry Ford recalls missing the first horseless carriage race of 1895 held by Kohlsaat's Times Herald in Chicago. The 33½ mile course took 40 hours 25 minutes with pushes up inclines. only three finished. Ford, in Detroit, lacked funds to attend. He now leads in wealth, rivaling Rockefeller.
Prince the famous Irish terrier followed his master Private Brown to the war zone in France. Brown, of the Staffordshire Regiment, left for service in 1914 and Prince journeyed to Armentieres to find him. After months at the front Brown was wounded and sent back, while Prince returned home. London coal use causes about 165000 tons of soot to settle on the city yearly.
The piece argues that brain size limits intelligence and affection in reptiles and certain animals, explaining their apparent fortitude as insensibility to pain. It notes tortoises living after brain removal and compares this to human examples where composure stems from low sensibility rather than virtue, then adds a fact about the British mint producing seven million coins weekly and describes a vast coin carpet when laid out.
A moving-picture star sparked friction by calling live theater “the speak ies.” The comment drew laughs and protests, highlighting tension between screen stars and traditional stage acting.
In ancient Babylon the failing healer faced severe punishment, often the public executor cut off the doctor or surgeon's hands as a penalty for failure to provide a cure.
A provincial agriculture survey shows over half of BC potatoes and the majority of greenhouse crops in Victoria and Vancouver produced by Chinese growers. In Ashcroft and Lillooet districts Chinese holdings reach thousands of acres. Officials probe land acquisition by Japanese interests as Western Saskatchewan and Southern Alberta prepare a related investigation with regional leaders supporting broader study.
An extension course in town planning will be offered at the University of Toronto during January 9 to 21, 1922. Topics include housing health roads pavements and modern city planning.
A thought experiment notes that if all the blood pumped by a single human heart in one year were collected in a reservoir, the volume would approach 1,700,000 gallons. This underscores the heart’s continuous, life sustaining output.
Two thousand immigrants arrived at Quebec’s port in one day after disembarking from three Canadian Pacific liners. Officials inspected and docketed them and distribution trains prepared to take families and individuals to Winnipeg Toronto and beyond. Women travelers are guided by conductorettes as nervous and excited passengers begin a long new journey into Canada.
Howard Colley reports extensive oil natural gas and coal across the Canadian north from Fort Norman through the Mackenzie basin. He notes natural wells coal seams and abundant gas used by Eskimos for cooking and heating via oil piped from wells. He describes oil resembling kerosene after strain and filtration.
The Cleveland Plaindealer reports Canadians aim to replicate the Alaska reindeer success on a larger scale. The plan envisions reindeer as a new source of meat supply and as a means to open up distant regions, usable in harness in all seasons.
An official return shows Britain's external debt at £1,161,563,000, down £117,151,000 for the year ended March 31. The United States holds £972,704,000 and Canada £55,339,009 as the chief creditors.
The library of the General Theological Seminary in New York holds more than 1,200 different editions of the Bible.
A call to patronize the focal merchant to strengthen the town and support community development and local commerce.
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