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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
8
A historical note argues farming fails to pay due to poor business management. It warns neglect of daily tasks, delayed decisions, and insufficient hiring hurt profits. It urges systematic operations across farming departments or risks the farmer quitting or hiring out.
The piece advocates daily outdoor physical labor for all able men to improve health and well being. It argues work sustains vitality, combats sedentary habits, and recommends clerks and indoor workers join in for a few hours daily to gain strength and purpose.
A newspaper quotes a Saturday anonymous card sender, noting disguised handwriting and a signed alias. The editor declines further comment on the subject and questions the Herald's new editor and prize Bat, stating no new remarks to add to prior statements about the gentlemen involved.
A brief poetic note contrasts metal slugs and ink with Bravid guiding the press to spark thought, hinting at the craft of printing.
A local recap mentions a pending final in a tennis tournament begun two months ago, harvest traffic near Miniota, and a three-site notice about Min Kota school sale. Reports cover a Sunday Methodist service cancellation, a storm with fierce lightning and rain, a new shop opened by Mr Roche, and praise for Glenlochar school district plans.
Readers accuse the school trustees of a secret sale of school belongings and library items for 60 and 3 dollars respectively. The letter questions public awareness and calls for accountability and publicity of trustee meetings.
Thé Mahitoi and Saskatchewan Bible Society propose a Bible house in Winnipeg to establish a distributing centre for scriptures in many languages spoken in the west. The secretary has raised about half the necessary funds, but travel costs hinder visits to all communities.
A handwritten plea to the Bible Society fund on Alexander Ave in Winnipes calls for donations with mock formalities. The letter proposes a one dollar subscription and mentions a subscriber offering twenty five dollars, while noting the writer volunteers and the publication disclaims responsibility for correspondent views.
The Archbishop of Ruperts joined Hix Grave for a Monday visit to Min iota to oversee a Confirmation. An afternoon reception followed on the CPR grounds. A Confirmation service was conducted by BVENIMNEY and was described as somewhat disorderly.
A farmer rants about his crops and dusting, comparing vegetables to fashion. He complains strawberries and potatoes suffer from neglect and pests. The speech grows frantic as he imagines wheat needing a barber and corn seeking private telephone lines.
The page shows prize allocations for cookies bread drawings paintings and photography. Winners include Louisa cief Rath Bliss Violet Vance Annie Beard Beatrice Tyndall Margaret Haney Keith Bliss Isabel Hamilton Mrs Eby Mrs Dicken Mrs Wilson and others across categories such as oil painting on canvas silk glass water color pencil drawing handwriting by children and amateur photography. Collected entries feature 41x pictures and a collection of old portraits credits to Ian Ayres and E W Apres.
Church notes list services for multiple congregations with times. Presbytery notes show weekly Sunday worship at 7 30 am and 2 30 pm, plus additional services on the fourth Sunday and at Brighton Island and Crandell locations with afternoon times.
Evening prayer Evensong at 7 30 PM and a 2 PM service at Two Creeks each Sunday afternoon. The service follows the same form as at Holy Trinity Church and all are welcome.
Methodist services listed for Miniota every Sunday at 11 o clock a.m. Unabellia holds Sunday evenings at 30 o clock. Blaris meets on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month at 3 30 p.m.
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