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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 1947
Page
2
The article notes Canada's fertile lands tempt quick exploitation but warn that without soil conservation methods the country risks losing fertility. It stresses growing importance as rich farming districts could become waste lands if proper practices are not adopted.
At the annual soils group meeting in Lethbridge, led by Dr. J. L. Doughty from Swift Current, experts warned of serious soil decline. They cited up to 18 percent nitrogen and 20 percent organic matter loss in prairie brown soils since cultivation began, caused by fallow, hail, frost, rust, insects, and new grain varieties. The panel said it is impossible to single out any one factor.
Dr P O Ripley and Dr G N Ruhnke warn that water erosion is a serious ongoing problem and fertilizers should be a permanent soil conserving measure. They advocate thorough, climate varied studies and farmer cooperation with agricultural bodies in Dominion and Provincial efforts.
Static reducing powder blew into automobile inner tubes lowers electric shocks when touched and reduces radio interference. The powder adheres to tube walls and alters tire electrical behavior. Scientific Service
A wall poster in a business shows the proverb about starting with eight hours a day and possible advancement to eighteen hours a day with more worries. It humorously cautions that rising to a boss may bring greater stress and longer hours.
A two headed speckled trout raised in a Calgary brewery hatchery lives 15 months. The fish rests and swims on its side with a second head that has eyes and breathes. It feeds on crippled fry, grows fat, and is kept in solitary trough to prevent harming other fish.
An unnamed American tourist in Fort Erie Ontario searched a phone booth purse for a nickel and dropped a diamond bracelet and two rings. She reached Niagara Falls before discovering the loss and offered a $10 reward after a guest named Jack Bell from Toronto turned the gems over to a room clerk.
A string of short jokes and one liners from a newspaper page includes a minister testing a boy’s counting, a cinema find, a doctor patient exchange, and quips about sermons, weather, and mortal plans. It closes noting Mars is lighter than Earth.
Blackfoot Stony and Sarcee leaders call for doubling the prize list for best dressed Indians parade participants and Indian races. Teepee grants would rise from five to fifteen dollars and payment per parade would increase from one to five dollars.
During her rise and peak Mary Garden lavishly funded her father who always asked for more. After the stock market crash he refused aid and later died, revealing he had saved every gift and left it to her. The tale portrays his frugality and her later regret.
In Green Bay Wisconsin a burglar avoided two extra years after weather bureau records showed the break occurred around eight o'clock. Police learned the sun set at 7 47 pm making the offense daytime burglary under state law. The defendant confessed to entering a dwelling at night, but timing reclassified the charge.
A compact collection of quotations praising reading for delight and skill, citing Bacon Osborn Sydney Smith Macdonald and Mary Baker Eddy. It includes a biblical reference from Luke 10 25 26 about inheriting eternal life and reading the law.
Vancouver resident H A Turner is named in the will of the late Viscount Bennett of Toronto as the heir to four thousand dollars. Harris Turner says he is not the beneficiary and laments the misattribution.
Nebraska physicians Dr. Ruth Leverton and Dr. George Clark report in JAMA that six week old infants may benefit from strained meat as a high quality protein supplement. In a Nebraska study twenty three infants, fifteen controls, showed better sleep and physical condition among meat fed babies, with an average ounce of strained meat daily boosting formula protein by twenty five percent.
The article notes Sable Island's dangerous sands and the wild horses descended from shipwreck survivors. It describes how vessels foundering there rarely escape and how the horses have thrived on rough grazing and fresh water, proving survival amid adversity.
The 163‑foot missionary schooner Morning Star VI departed Boston for the Marshall and Caroline Islands where natives have welcomed five prior ships from this port since 1856. The vessel carries a cargo of Bibles and religious materials for distribution.
An article explains that about 160000 bees are needed to produce one pound of honey. Half of them gather nectar while the other half fan wings to evaporate water and perform hive duties.
Three long-range electronic beacons are being built at Point Barrow Alaska Campbell Lake Canada and Victoria Island to open Arctic air routes. Joint US Canada stations may be operational by late October enabling planes with receivers to determine position and fly across the pole to Europe eliminating a vast navigation blackout in northern Canada.
Men and management in Lancashire cotton trade urge Sir Stafford Cripps to act as the threat from inexpensive Japanese cotton, produced by cheap Japanese labor, expands daily.
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