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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1926
Page
4
A Brandon Sun opinion asserts Canada gains security, trade advantages, and intellectual heritage from Britain. It argues sovereign status talk is unwise and stresses continued cooperation with the motherland over full independence.
Saskatchewan producers set two records as 79 creameries yielded 3,965,681 pounds of butter in June, surpassing last year’s peak month. The year-to-date butter total up to June shows a 27.6 percent rise from 1925, with regional gains—south 20.3 percent, central 25.7 percent, and north 21.5 percent.
Ramsay MacDonald urged self discipline at the Christian Endeavor World Convention in London. He stressed character creation through deeds not words and warned that mere beautiful language without solid actions weakens moral resolve.
A Northern Transvaal farmer walking nearby surprised a sunbathing lion that joined a lioness 20 yards away. Their cub charged the farmer, who struck it with his stick. The lions stampeded a herd of cattle and killed several, continuing to trouble the district.
An 1812 promissory note pledges 8 bushels of corn and 9 bushels of rye in three years. Found on the old Clark estate in Bel fast Missouri by E. J. Hillis. The note is signed by William Swett dated December 8, 1812.
Dr Black reports on western Canada colonization by Canadian National Railways as new settlers break large tracts of land in Alberta’s north. He notes a surge in land cleared beside rail lines, with over double growth in people handled and many immigrants settling on nearby land. He plans expanded settling facilities and foresees heavier movement next year.
A Toronto Star commentary argues the horse has thrived with electric and gasoline power, noting Canada and the United States hold far more horses than decades ago. It asserts the animal’s life lengthened, with fewer urban strain deaths, and praises horses as a painted beauty while machines tackle heavy work.
The government plans to dispose of 2000 buffalo sold by tender and slaughtered for meat and hides to reduce numbers in Buffalo Park Wainwright Asia. Last summer 1634 buffalo were moved to the Northwest Territories, but herd growth continued.
The 567 acre Training Farm at Goudhurst Kent was extended at a cost of £31000 and opened by Sir George McLaren Brown European General Manager of Canadian Pacific Railway. The facility will train 150 destitute boys over 14 for emigration to Canada or farm work at home, continuing a program that has settled about 3500 boys since 1884.
Quinting, a New York state immigrant four years in North Battleford, writes to the Syracuse Canadian Government agent praising Canada. He notes good crops and favorable handling of crops by the Canadian Wheat Pool at fair costs. He cautions that success requires capital and prudent management, but the outlook is positive for those who plant carefully.
The New York World notes a novel construction where two ply waterproof felt sheets line each story to guide rainwater away from brick joints. The fabric is used not for people but to keep facades dry, preventing seepage into plaster.
Prospector movement rises as Hudson reports a new find near Nar row Lake about two miles north of Y. N. Funkin’s recent discovery. The vein runs roughly 28 feet wide and high assays boost interest, triggering a rush of would-be prospectors toward the lake.
A bill collector promises another call to secure payment, and a cheerful reply notes the visit is a pleasure for an optimist. The exchange conveys cordial intent amid debt collection.
A Cap Rouge Quebec study ran five 150 day periods with 27 cows in three groups. Group I fed one lb meal per eight lb milk, Group II one lb per four, Group III all meal the cows would eat at 2.18 lb milk per lb meal. Profit per period ranged from 14 to 15 dollars, strongest result when meal fed at rates near one lb per four pounds milk as milk prices rose.
A six story hotel weighing 2,500 tons was raised from its foundation moved on rollers a block away with two teams of horses hitched to winches. The mechanics say horses remain indispensable for such work as the structure is dragged swiftly to its new site.
Professor George Robertson president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh declares in London that single men aged 25 to 25 die about four years earlier than married men and face triple risk of insanity.
On August 10 1519 Ferdinand Magellan left Seville with five ships and about 275 men seeking to circumnavigate the globe. Only 35 returned home as the expedition crossed Cape Horn entered the Pacific and later Magellan was killed in the Philippines on April 27 1521. His voyage achieved the dream by reaching a longitude beyond his starting point.
The youthful Princess Juliana of Holland says she studies law to be ready as a potential future queen and to plead in courts. She notes she was partly educated by an English governess and discusses day to day affairs with an interviewer.
Fifty thousand posters warning against blasphemy and profanity will be posted in Rome railway stations and trains. The plan is led by the minister of communications with the national anti blasphemy league. Canada ranks second globally in exports per capita. I don’t suppose you’d let me have S102. I don’t suppose so, either.
The article recalls that Australia fired the first shot of the Great War and secured the German secret admiralty code. It details the Pfalz voyage from Port Melbourne, the signaling error, and the Boorara transfer after internment, noting discoveries of naval bases and coded messages that proved crucial in early wartime intelligence.
The British Museum protects priceless volumes with locked cases and strict access. Readers must show tickets and sign forms, with rare books escorted to a secure inner room. Plainclothes guards monitor all movement, and any attempted theft would trigger immediate action.
A Glasgow Herald view argues thrift alone fails to enrich life and that prudent spending supports activity and economic growth for both individual and state. It warns against both hoarding and reckless spending and promotes balanced consumption as profitable.
The average American wage is $5.60 a day compared with $2.28 in England $1.25 in Germany $1.24 in France $1.14 in Belgium and 966 in Italy. A domestic quip about a wife and husband adds a light tone to the report.
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