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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 1952
Page
7
Nora, a dating ad clerk, helps Jim Whitman craft letters from an array of older women. He answers the ads, and they marry, only to reveal Nora wrote all the letters using a trick to ensure no one else replied. They laugh at the ruse and share a refund.
In Altona Manitoba rust ruins fields as 55 miles south of Winnipeg sunflowers rot and growers abandon crops. A $1,000,000 plant runs below capacity producing cattle feed and oils while planting dropped from 26,000 to about 5,000 acres. Researchers seek rust resistant varieties and alternatives like rape seed and soybeans to save the sector.
Agricultural guidance from Saskatoon experts stresses gentle handling of sweet clover to minimize seed loss. It covers swathers, combine compatibility, harvesting in damp weather, use of grain binders, and careful threshing to reduce pod drop and improve seed recovery.
A Brandon Manitoba insect lab reports grasshoppers are declining across the prairies for three years. Only two small Red River valley zones Oak Bluff and St Elizabeth may hatch hoppers next spring and could affect crops if they worsen.
British Columbia canned salmon shipments to eastern Canada may resume by trial aboard the Sunvalley with Canadian Fishing Company Nelson Brothers and Saguenay terminals Ltd. planning the move. A giraffe may be more than 18 feet tall.
Ottawa says Canada’s seventh series of savings bonds goes on sale Oct. 14. They mature in 10 years and nine months from issue and carry 3.44 percent interest if held to maturity. Maximum holding per name remains 5 000 dollars.
In Barrhead Alberta remnants of the horse and buggy era fade as the Hoffman livery barn is cleared to make room for new business premises.
The giant seaweed growing along California’s coast is noted as the longest plant, frequently exceeding 900 feet in length. This remarkable kelp bed stretches along the shoreline, drawing interest from scientists and visitors alike.
Prairie plant breeders at Morden Manitoba and supporting stations produce new shrub types. Notable introductions include Almey crabapple, Prairie Almond, Prairie Wren and Prairie Youth hybrids, and lilac varieties Coral Royalty Redwine and Freedom. Breeders foresee many more distinctions in the coming decade.
Premier W A C Bennett announced a general scaling down of British Columbia's 10 000 person civil service with surveys across departments to identify over staffed areas as the new Social Credit government seeks expense reduction.
The Saskatchewan fisheries branch completed stocking 9000 eastern brook trout yearlings in seven areas including Maple Creek Arborfield Nipawin Hudson Bay Big River Lac la Ronge and Norquay. The fish are expected to reach angling size in 1954.
Mrs Lauritz Melchior promotes Brive Bonner Margarine under Blue Bonnet brand claiming flavor nutrition and economy. The ad touts year round vitamins and lower food costs with use on bread and in cooking. It highlights color coded yellow quick bag for easy packaging and a combined offer All 3 Flavor Nutrition.
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