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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 17, 1927
Page
4
HM Pew outlines honey bee social structure at a Regina Rotary Club talk. He describes workers guardians drones and a queen bee, pollen gathering honey production and the winter cluster behavior of bees as temperatures fall and honey stores sustain the hive.
A quirky note explains how English terms differ from American car speak. Hood becomes top in the U S while bonnet equals hood, and words like saloon, screen, and accumulator reflect regional usage.
The smallest electric motor ever made, half the height of a ten cent piece and weighing 100 grains, is exhibited by E Kahm a Linclan Nebraska pharmacist. It runs at 4100 revolutions a minute and contains 50 parts of gold silver copper brass and iron.
It is estimated the British Columbia hop crop will reach about 2,900,000 bushels this year, more than double 1926’s record. A major new development in the industry is driving the productivity increase.
A government Topographical Survey note explains map production at Ottawa. It covers paper selection, color separation, photography, zinc plate and lithographic stones, multi color alignment, drying, and weather effects on sheet fit. It lists how to obtain maps and publications from the Department of the Interior.
The Copper Mountain area near Princetown in southwestern British Columbia hosts multiple staked copper deposits led by the Copper Mountain mine. The site sits 2,000 feet above the Similkameen valley, with milling at Princeton and Allenby via a Kettle Valley Railway branch, while preserving forest beauty with spaced buildings and timber protections.
Officials of the Consolidated Whaling Corporation say four whalers from Researbor, British Columbia, have taken 79 maronics in two months. At Naden Harbor 32 whales were killed in one month despite fog hampering operations.
Hon E P D Barrow, Minister of Agriculture, says the northern province will ship large quantities of timothy hay seed abroad this year after returning from the north. The comment about Africa is a non sequitur in the report.
Alberta government funded program includes four members a surgeon dentist district health officer and a public health nurse. It conducts free consultative clinics in rural areas with dental work minor operations and education campaigns via schools churches and town halls. In one month this summer it held 500 consultations 160 operations and referred serious cases to hospitals with a high proportion of child patients.
An automobile starts balanced but becomes unbalanced when heavy baggage is loaded on one side. This causes strain on the springs on that side and places extra pressure on the rear axle and other components of the car.
A judge pressed a motorist about doing enough to avoid striking a pedestrian. The driver admitted he had not slowed or stopped, saying he blew his horn and cursed the pedestrian instead.
Sir Murphy Rolleston told the British Medical Association in Edinburgh that civilization inherited diseases rather than developing them. He cited adenoids, meningitis, rheumatoid arthritis in ancient mummies, and historical cases across Greece, Egypt, and Rome to argue ancient plagues and illnesses predated modern diagnosis.
Berthult from Stockholm completed a 27000 mile around the world bicycle journey reaching New York where he rode to City Hall in a police escort. He left Stockholm on April 15 1925 and works on a history thesis for the University of Stockholm in his spare time.
Seventy five tons of money arrived in Jerusalem under strong military escort. The coin, packed in 1 500 cases, totals 430000 pounds in silver nickel and bronze. It is the first installment of a new currency expected this autumn to replace Egyptian money. The report also notes the human heart pumps about 61320 miles per year.
In London crowds admire the CPR Office building on Trafalgar Square celebrating Canada's Diamond Jubilee. White light strips highlight the facade by day and the message Canadian Pacific spans the world glows at night with a world map and CPR routes. The display draws thousands and spotlights Canadian history.
Berlin Professor Martin Mendelsohn argues the heart is only a secondary organ while cellular activity drives blood flow. He cites healthy individuals with weak hearts living and claims tests beyond heartbeat cessation are needed to prove death.
Premier John Bracken, during a Manitoba tour via Central British Columbia and Prince Rupert, calls the province's mountains and valleys a magnificent asset. He notes slower development than the prairies but foresees a great future for Canada's basic industry along the Canadian National Railway corridors.
The Armstrong Seadrome Development Company of Delaware will test its island of safety at sea this winter. Inventor Edward Armstrong says the seadrome will be placed 550 miles from shore in three miles deep water. Contracts for the first island will be issued soon and testing will begin this fall with navy cooperation expected.
German scientists propose sun engines along the Nile to split water into hydrogen and ship it in quartz bottles for home light and heat. They also foresee tapping Earth’s interior for future energy use.
Admiral Jericor praises Maori valor then recalls a chief who, when commended for a chivalrous act, quips that he has Scottish blood in his veins. The warrior explains his grandfather was a Scotch Presbyterian minister, revealing a humorous ancestral link.
An American actress in London buys an unusual policy with a British insurer. It promises £50 000 if her smile loses its charm within ten years. The article notes Britain’s rising life expectancy compared with earlier generations.
The Natural Resources Service in Ottawa links Lindbergh’s trans Atlantic flight to Canadian forest depletion. A single million copy edition of a major daily can use nearly 100 acres of spruce and balsam growth. Pulpwood use rises with newspaper circulation. fires and disease also threaten Canada’s forests.
The scarlet Foot Guards march nightly along the Thames Embankment to the Bank of England. The guard tradition began in 1780 after the Lord Gordon riots when soldiers relieved a threatened bank. A single officer, two sergeants, two corporals, a drummer, and twenty nine privates guard the Bank each night.
A new departure in official engagements will be announced when the Duke and Duchess of York return to London in October. A special court circular will be issued from 145 Piccadilly recording their movements, replacing the need to include them in Buckingham Palace notices.
A playful exchange unfolds with Burt asking about a man in a woman's nightgown while John defends the stunt as safety first. Jones questions a sales pitch, Smith mentions a book on resisting sales, and a father remarks on a quick young man as a daughter notes hesitation.
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