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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1948
Page
7
A husband James deserts his wife Laura after a quarrel over selling their cherished home. Laura’s appendix rupture brings him back in time to see how much she means. In a tender hospital reunion he vows to treasure their marriage and the life they built together.
The US Forest Service accepts the bid of the Ketchikan Pulp and Paper Co to buy 1.5 billion cubic feet of pulp timber near Ketchikan. The project plans a $20 to $30 million pulp mill at Ward's Cove, six miles north of Ketchikan, pending final steps.
Saskatchewan Surrogate Court admits probate to a will scratched on a tractor fender by Cecil Harris of McGee while trapped under a tractor for nine hours in June He left his wife the entire estate and died two days later in a grim accident event marking a rare testament etched in distress Topical tone reflects local probate case and rural setting.
Edmonton Mayor Harry Ainlay announced plans to double city swimming pools with three new facilities costing about 20000 each, aiming to relieve summer heat for children next year. The expansion follows the current heat wave and targets youth recreation and safety citywide.
In Calgary and southern districts hay growers report a bumper crop due to late spring, plentiful moisture, and warm weather. Some areas have more hay than labor and equipment can handle. Manitoba imports helped, but reserve stock was depleted by severe cold and late spring.
London report says A Nicholson of Maidstone was cutting a log on a circular saw when the blade struck a hard object. It proved to be a live cannon shell, the detonator cap spared by only one inch.
The term grenade derives from the French word for pomegranate due to its round shape resembling the fruit. This linguistic note explains how historical naming linked explosive devices to fruit imagery.
Pattern 4713 offers squared-off armhole deep cuffs and soft skirt pleats in one fabric or contrast. Includes illustrated instructions and tested fit in sizes 12 to 40 with size 16 using 3% yards of 39 inch fabric. Order by writing size name address and Style Number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
Fielding New Zealand executors found a cash shortage of 4480 dollars. An upholsterer located the missing funds hidden in the upholstery of an arm chair, solving the mystery.
Estevan Saskatchewan 31 760 contract for Estevan collegiate extension approved. Pincher Creek Alberta 100 000 by law for high school supported. Carman Manitoba 175 000 memorial hospital 44 beds awarded to Dring Bros Boissevain. Flin Flon Manitoba 100 000 dominion public building planned. Shellbrook Saskatchewan 45 000 eight room Leoville school contract let. Edmonton Alberta three new bridges planned at Goodwin crossing Grande Prairie Empress Cluny total 500 000. Assiniboia Engineering Calgary awarded 230 999 grading 30 miles Gleichen Bassano. Fred Mannix Lethbridge Turin road grading 167 853.
Three paleontologists from the Royal Ontario Museum near Toronto camp along the Little Frenchman River in Eastend Saskatchewan’s Cypress Hills. They have recovered Titanotheres skulls and jaws estimated at 40 million years old, with similar bones found in North Dakota and Europe. Complete skeletons are unlikely due to erosion and ancient watercourses.
A 10 month old Ayrshire bull named Carnell Sweepstake, imported from Scotland, sold for 4500 dollars at Howick Quebec. Fowler McCormick of Barrington Illinois bought the bull for his farm. Across 46 head, total sales reached 34870 dollars, averaging 758 dollars each and setting a Canadian Ayrshire sale record.
In Swaffham Norfolk an elderly Mrs G Salter found a letter she had posted six years earlier bearing the note written in haste. The delay highlights postal backlogs and aging correspondence in rural England.
Ottawa resources minister MacKinnon said a Dominion provincial conference on the trans-Canada highway may be held this fall but the project will take years and cost millions. He cited labor shortages, high costs, and routing questions as major difficulties and favored an independent commission to study the project.
FLIN FLON a second uranium find within a month in Northern Manitoba was reported. Walter Johnson of Herb Lake said core samples from Ander son Bay yielded one per cent uranium with copper and gold showings across 178 feet. Gold values listed at 70 cents per seven foot section. A second possible uranium find near Fox and St Pert rivers. trapper Charles Dunn photographed a black rock with luminosity suggesting uranium and plans to test with a geiger counter.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders reported that British manufacturers exported 20,000 motor vehicles in June. The figure highlights strong overseas demand for UK built cars.
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