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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 07, 1950
Page
7
A concise, introspective narrative traces a narrator’s silence and memory. Through sparse scenes the protagonist confronts a private truth, revealing how restraint shapes identity and relationships. The voice shifts between reflection and restrained candor.
Ken Miller, travel agent for Nomad Travel Tours, falls for Wanda Rave after an imagined globe trotting fantasy at the Stamboul. They share dreams of far flung places from Nice to Shanghai and Killarney, but she reveals she works at World Tours. She is transferred from the Boston office to the Nomad desk, leaving him hopeful for a future meeting.
Dennis Hall of the Davis district, 15 miles southeast of Prince Albert, is combining wheat over snow. He has 500 bushels harvested and 250 acres unharvested to leave until spring. Damp grain will fetch 16 cents a bushel less, but he prefers saving part of the crop.
Ricky Sharpe, 13, of Munson Alberta, arrives at Union Station to fanfare as the world wheat champion at the Royal Agricultural and Winter Fair. He won with Marquis wheat after a three-year run, sharing junior title and offering advice on hard work and daily farm duties. Ontario Minister Tom Kennedy greets him along with his parents Roderick and Ellen Sharpe.
A series of short notes reports a $30,000 locker plant opening in ANEROID Saskatchewan with 2,000 square feet, the Waskeda Farmers' Protective Association forming a district branch in Waskeda Manitoba, a temporary airport use certificate for Flin Flon Manitoba, an elk and deer collision injuring a Pennant club member near Saskatoon and a car wreck, jet transport aircraft expected in Trans-Pacific service from Vancouver within 18 months, and Orville Burke resigning as coach of the University of British Columbia football team after two seasons with one win in 15 games.
Winnipeg based agronomist P. H. Ford reports germination tests on frozen Manitoba grain. Wheat generally germinates well unless frozen at very immature stages. Damage depends on freezing stage. Oats near maturity fare poorly, while greens that frost and later mature germinate satisfactorily.
A bound volume said to be the first map of Hudson Bay sold in London for £420. Published in Amsterdam in 1612, it includes Latin writings by Henry Hudson and is believed to contain the first printed accounts of the explorer’s North American discoveries.
Ottawa reports Western farmers faced losses up to 200 million dollars as frost reduced this year’s wheat crop from an August forecast of 544 million bushels to 465 million. Quality deteriorated with most grain unsuited for milling, leaving much of the crop for feed. Export revenue is projected at 420 to 440 million dollars under the international wheat agreement, far below last year’s 600 million.
A gold and silver necklace weighing over two pounds, likely worn by a British chieftain 2,000 years ago, was dug up in a field near a Norfolk village. It may be part of a hoard found about 50 yards away two years ago.
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