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 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1938
Page
2
The piece explains that legumes such as clovers and vetches fix atmospheric nitrogen, supplying soil and companion crops. It emphasizes using legumes in cropping to enhance nitrogen availability, while noting the need for adequate phosphate and potash to keep the soil’s nitrogen factory functioning.
A philosophical discussion on democracy and unity within the British Empire. It cites Australian Attorney General R G Menzies urging dominion cooperation and shared imperial policy to preserve peace and justice. It warns that sectionalism and parochial nationalism threaten empire integrity and security.
Clarence Boner credits his dog with saving his Jerseyville farm after a blaze destroyed barns and property valued at $5,000. The collie reportedly ran back into the flames to remove two sons and their litters, then herded pigs away from embers toward a pond.
An estimate places the number of buffalo roaming the American plains at about 75,000,000 animals, reflecting a vast prehistoric wildlife population in the region.
A collage of reminiscences and notes on history and craft. It recalls voting rights before the war, the first Channel flight, Mafeking night, and a comic lapse in memory. It contrasts medieval baker’s accounts with modern papermaking and a woolless sheep breed at a South Dakota college.
Ontario dairyman Wm Muir describes a three year battle plan against stubborn mustard weed on his farm. He uses corn in hills and careful hoeing to prevent seed set, then plows wheat stubble into fall crop and follows with oats and clover to minimize remaining mustard and hand-pull any that appears.
The Rev G R Balleine offers tips on social interference. He suggests making others feel inferior decrying their taste criticizing friends and snubbing ideas. He advises controlling others lives and highlighting their failures when they do not take your advice.
Parks superintendent Hill of Galt Ontario traced a green roadster left behind after a weekend picnic in Soper Park. Using a long distance call to Toronto he located the car on a park island and returned it to the owner.
A seven day Hungarian wedding fed 400 guests with four oxen and six hogs, 1 500 eggs, and 3 000 litres of wine. The event reflects grand traditional celebrations while other facts recall Roosevelt’s aviation milestone and odd animal behaviors.
Robert Wilder recalls Cunard Line sentimentality at Mauretania launch veiling of name plates. The plates were sold, one set bought by a man and others sold piece by piece. Cunard and the writer seek the current holders of the plates.
A New York Sun reader proposes earphone outlets on radio sets to let listeners escape loud broadcasts. He likens noisy morning noise to auto horns on Sundays and suggests a be kind to neighbor week to promote private listening with earphones.
A recipe set outlines making a layered cake with unsweetened chocolate, milk, vanilla, cake flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Steps include double boiler chocolate mix, multiple siftings, thickened yolk mixture, folding in whipped whites, assembling in two pans, baking at 350 degrees for 30 minutes, then filling with Bittersweet Filling and finishing with Orange Frosting.
Instructions describe a chocolate filling recipe using Baker's Unsweetened cocoa sugar milk egg yolks and vanilla with multiple steps to thicken and cool. The passage also mentions an oil drilling search in New Zealand with licenses granted and a company importing a $350000 plant from Australia for soon operations.
A woman writer says she buys a new hat when she is down. The remark prompts the reader to wonder if that’s where she finds inspiration or solace.
A Natal man living in Harrismith claims the title of the hottest man in South Africa as doctors fail to find a cause for a daily fever averaging 99.2 to 100 degrees. He underwent appendectomy tonsil removal fistula repairs and multiple specialist exams in Johannesburg and at the South African Institute for Medical Research with continuous negative tests. The case ends with experts labeling him a freak whose persistent fever defies diagnosis.
Harold M. Gulley vice-president of Silverwood's Toronto Dairy Ltd addressed the Rotary Club at a noon meeting. He called advertising a mighty force and said it keeps stock moving, clears cobwebs from displays, and brightens customer awareness, regardless of whether it is seen as a cost or a necessity.
A sergeant questions a new squad as one recruit, Jones, reveals his past as a horse driver. The sergeant commands the squad to halt and urges Jones to stop, continuing the march as tensions rise during training.
Nearly all of Canada’s commercial grape crop is grown in the Niagara Peninsula Ontario. Baseball originally was played with a flat bat.
A Sorel correspondent proposes a clever though morally dubious method for handling counterfeit money. A customer pays with a dollar for a 25 cent item and the seller makes 85 cents in change using a bad 50 cent piece plus 35 cents in good money, then the customer pockets the excess, leaving the seller with a flaw but a clear conscience.
Scotland Yard staged a Germanlooking detective in Tyrolean garb to lure sharepushers selling counterfeit stocks to visitors. The trap worked as the conmen approached the supposed wealthy foreigner and were arrested after attempting the scheme.
During two minute silence in Manchester an airplane flew over with an Eat Blank's Peas advertising trailer. Citizens grew indignant and demand for that brand waned across England. Separately the Mont Peter eruption in Martinique in 1902 killed about 30 000 people in 15 minutes.
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.