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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 24, 1924
Page
4
A committee chaired by Mr. W Waldron reports on mixed farms in Saskatchewan. Farms show dairy cows, grain crops, and livestock with income from grain about 26.9 percent and butter and pork sales noted. dairying deemed dependable and profitable with good cows.
Stephen Leacock argues that sustained mental effort is the most valuable asset across life and professions. He says practical study builds mental power best through Latin, mathematics, physics, and chemistry, shaping the students who will lead in business, art, and politics.
The article explains that St Paul’s Cathedral London was to have a dome but authorities pressed for a spire. Sir Christopher Wren created a revised model showing a spire as the main feature, while the final design grew the dome and added the lantern ball and cross atop the structure.
A widow kept her coffin aboard ships for twenty years fearing burial apart from her husband. Sarah Bernhardt also reportedly traveled with a coffin. A Lenadan shop houses many coffins of ivory iron and rare timber waiting for occupants, mostly elderly women.
The House passed a bill funding agriculture at 124 million dollars, 59 million more than last year's appropriation, and sent it to the Senate for approval.
A coastal New Zealand fish known as paleo can only be caught at dawn during a specific yearly window. Fishermen report the event occurs when the sun rises, creating a two hour period in which the species is accessible near the shoreline. The finding highlights a rare, time-limited feeding surge tied to tide and light.
A dental clinic exhibit in New York shows higher good oral condition among poorer city areas where plain foods are eaten. Dentists say excess sugar and low lime intake harm teeth, while the Bronx areas fared better on average. The exhibit, chaired by Dr. A Kuntz, blames sugary diets for poor dental shows across the city.
A parchment expert in London reports a seal bearing a bust of a young man with the name Ricardi Whittington and the date 402 discovered among old deeds by H. R. Moulton. The Public Records Officer calls it likely genuine and possibly unique, suggesting Whittington used it before being knighted and gaining armorial bearings. he served as Lord Mayor first in 1397.
Sir Joseph Cook shares a brisk tale about the Wembley exhibition seen by Australians. At the Canadian building a party viewed large fish when one observer boasted about Sydney Harbor, prompting a swift Canadian retort that those fish are only bait.
The article notes that Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard yields many commonly used phrases. It cites lines such as The rude forefathers of the hamlet and The short and simple annals of the poor as widely quoted.
A new electric plant at Chamba in the Himalayas supplies power to about 250 towns and is operated by native staff. The Raj Sahib of Wanakaner has outlined his palace with hundreds of lights and a powerful roof searchlight to illuminate surrounding hillsides at night.
A new city ordinance bans the wooden ruler for punishment in Paris schools. Officials propose strong verbal reprimand as a gentler alternative to replace the ruler in classrooms and discipline.
A father teaches his son a parable about progress and steady steps, warning that shortcuts to the top negate the value of each rung. The tale emphasizes patience and persistence over instant ascent.
A fragment notes Christmas shopping extends beyond December with purchases and gifts linked to friends. The text hints at persistent gift buying and year round shopping behavior related to Yuletide generosity.
The piece speaks of quiet imperial servants scattered across the empire from Her Schel Island to distant African fever zones and India frontiers. It highlights their dangers and sacrifices in service to His Majesty, beyond medals or battlefield valor, as Lethbridge Herald notes.
Professor Antoine Meillet of the College de France argues that both the northern and southern continents were known to earlier navigators. He cites Coincidences between Polynesian vocabularies and California Indian languages, with Rivet's research suggesting a common origin. He concludes that navigation existed before Columbus.
Western forest reserves aim to improve timber stands in Peminion forests and reduce losses from insects fires and disease. The system removes overmature and dead timber supplying amber for miners and settlers while cleaning the forest and making space for new growth.
A Pressburg man went to a dentist for a back toothache and instead a bullet was removed. He recalled a prior Austrian army injury when a bullet had lodged there, believed to have dropped out after a minor flesh wound.
The excerpt contrasts goodness with charm, arguing that "good" people are often hard to live with due to a superior air. Charmers, by contrast, are easier to live with, friendlier in daily tasks, and tend to attract affection and harmony in ordinary interactions.
The largest Koran, weighing 4 tons with a foot thick wooden cover and semi Thulth script, was auctioned in London for 1900 to an eastern buyer. A vastly smaller Koran, 114 by 24 inches, stood beside it for contrast.
The Dominion Government, in exchange for pickerel eggs, received bass fingerlings from the United States fisheries department. The small mouth black bass fingerlings were obtained from overflow lands near the Mississippi River and released in Lac Pelletier near Swift Current Round Lake near Prince Albert and Mountain Lake near Regina.
Germany paid Great Britain 17 5 million gold marks and France slightly over 1 25 million marks under the Recovery Act in November. The three month total for the Dawes plan operation reaches 66 million marks between Germany and France.
The article notes Sir Gilbert Parker may have had The Right of Way when an automobile struck him in South Carolina but the incident did not affect the man who occupied one of the Seats of the Mighty as discussed by the Toronto Telegram.
A compact note contrasts ancient Chinese mah jengg, played the same way for 2000 years, with contemporary play that shifts 2000 ways in a single year before ending. The quoted reflection hints at cultural rigidity versus experimental modern practice.
The article argues against a dedicated blind baby home in Canada. It notes few blind babies, cites preventable blindness at birth, and describes transferring funds to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind to help prevent blindness or support education. It warns against costly institutions and favors fostering over orphanages.
A negro widow, Annie M Turnbo Malone founder of Poro College in St Louis, is listed among the largest income tax payers in the Eastern Missouri district. She paid 38408 to the federal government for 1923 and, with husband Aaron E Malone, owns about one million dollars derived from hair preparations and toilet articles. The business of hair growers and dressings for negro women has long been productive, lifting several hair culturists from poverty to wealth.
Valuable instruments brought from Germany and France thirty eight years ago funded by Sir William MacDonald when the building opened were destroyed in a fire in the southwest corner of the Montreal McGill University physics building. The blaze started in the optics laboratory.
An Adberta judge set damages for a planted windbreak damage amounting to 1600 dollars. The windbreak was not destroyed, only damaged and repairable.
A short exchange where the father boasts of first kisses and asks if his son will say the same as a married man. The son replies that he cannot tell such a tale with a straight face.
Margaret Bondfield heads a British delegation that studied Canadian farm homes for home children. The report finds most children adapt well, feel part of the family, and wish to stay, with few unhappy cases. It urges faster emigration after schooling and increasing the share of girl emigrants.
The Toronto Star notes that wage costs for a pair of shoes are only 37 cents, with leather, materials, overhead, selling, and logistics adding to the final price. It argues that intermediaries between raw materials and the consumer drive up costs more than labor wages.
A Los Angeles Times summary notes temperance trends in London and Britain. Police records show drunkenness down 62 percent over five years as public houses dwindle and sobriety rises. A London journal cites fewer saloons and stock of drinkables, while bigamy and furious driving show small upticks.
A Siemens study of twins and workers finds left handedness 15 percent among twins vs 7 percent otherwise and links it to stuttering. It notes left handedness is not hereditary with 22.5 percent of leftys stuttering compared with 9 percent of right handed individuals.
A Bwias scientist reports creating ap phires of pure crystallized staminu. The man made phires resemble natural stones but are not as hard as their earthly counterparts.
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