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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 02, 1927
Page
4
An explorer recounts eerie dreams and encounters with strange sea life. He describes a nine foot long whip fin fish, a 655 pound leviathan with a 13 foot tail, a crab called the shy crab that hides as coral, and other extraordinary specimens observed during rural American fishing and Caribbean ventures.
In Johannesburg the Earl of Athlone presided over a veteran reunion with Baden-Powell and Kruger figures. The ex-Boer leader said Britain had fulfilled its duty and that people of both races remain friends beyond political scheming, noting Britain’s conciliatory gestures.
The Saskatchewan government reports completion of marshland lease negotiations with the Dominican Government. Crown lands in the northern province are now available for fur farming, and federal provincial talks enable individuals to apply for take-up of these lands through Saskatchewan authorities.
Edmonton district reports the biggest year for homesteads since before the war with December records pushing total 1926 entries to 1509 homesteads and 162 soldier grants. This compares with 187 homesteads and 81 soldier grants the prior year, per Dominion Land Office figures.
A Vienna University scientists say future humans could live on fish spinach and cabbage with no use for dentists though the public may still crave hamburgers fudge and visits to odontologists. The Los Angeles Times notes the playful contrast.
Government representative H. S. Oulton reports after inspecting the fox farms of Alberta that the industry is flourishing and rapidly growing. He notes the climate is well adapted to fox raising under conditions nearly resembling their natural habitat.
Ireland creates a stained glass industry as London and German works lose orders to Irish producers. Demand rises for church windows across denominations and for private home installations. The craft attracts bold makers amid a fashion shift in ornament.
Rev Dr Robert Johnston of St Catharines and Frontier College lauded French Canadians for their loyalty to Canada during a Toronto talk on Canadian Unity. He noted Français influence helped shape the Dominion and urged nationwide reconciliation amid the dominance of English-speaking citizens.
A German official bought a woman from a Cabal state market to free two Afghan natives. Abiwttah Chan and his German wife lived in Berlin before returning to Cabal after inflation. The wife seeks heirs rights but clan law backs the brother’s claim to property and wife, while the price paid in Cabal was the highest ever.
Sir Herbert Matthews, secretary of the Central Chamber of British Agriculture, says Britain may rely more on Canada for wheat as Russia India and other nations tighten supply. He notes rising wheat use in India China and Japan and uncertainty in supply. A London dairy show crowned a woman milker as champion among men. The ideal husband apologizes gracefully when at fault. The rich man who dresses like a clerk is eccentric.
Prof Carl Nuberg of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute says motor traffic has introduced a gas-eating microbe that lives on gasoline droplets on highways and in garages. He believes the microbe may be new to science, or just now becoming known, and seeks to locate its historic habitat and subsistence before automobiles existed.
During the past year the Government Seed Extraction Plant at Westminster, B C, handled 6351 pounds of yellow pine seed. Three thousand pounds were sent to New Zealand and other consignments to Pennsylvania. Sixteen hundred pounds of spruce seed went to the British Forestry Commission. The plant also produced 360 pounds of spruce 550 of hemlock and 532 of red cedar.
A Scot and a Yankee met in London and visited a bar. After the Scot drank at the American’s expense he offered another drink. The Yankee opted for draught champagne prompting the Scot to quip that the guess was still off by thrips of a penny.
Alberta’s final 1926 wheat crop estimate totals 113 120 000 bushels with an average provincial yield of 14 41 bushels per acre. Peace River district reports the largest crop with many fields at 24 to 40 bushels per acre. Alaska growers explore climate for large fur farms as one farmer plans to raise m ink annually.
A fragmented reminiscence notes Lord Esifonn and Prime Minister Alan with aged perspectives. It mentions Lord Balfour nearing eighty and jokes about open air sports as younger generations rise, hinting at societal shifts and older players being edged out.
The article notes vast snow removal efforts in New York City requiring thousands of workers and heavy equipment. Snow from Broadway was hauled by trucks to the riverfront as crowds mobilized to clear the streets after a storm.
A north view of the Rock of Gibraltar photographed from the Empress of Scotland shows coastal Spain in the foreground and western-style buildings at the base. The ship sails from New York December 2 on a four month world cruise visiting 29 countries and 26 ports with prominent international passengers aboard.
Dr Arthur Sutherland argues education builds practical knowledge beyond strength and dexterity. He cites a thought experiment of a closed room to show how civilization requires reading, discussion, money, law, and inquiry. Readers are prompted with questions to gauge personal educational progress and curiosity about topics like aviation lumbering automobiles and Lincoln.
Olga Martinoff is appointed head of the St. John Red Cross Seaport Nursery in St. John New Brunswick. A daughter of a czarist colonel and former Red Cross worker in Russia, she came to Canada in 1923 as a penniless refugee and later joined as an interpreter at the seaport nursery.
An airman approaching Ostend at 1000 feet observed two suns in the sky with identical color halos. An Air Ministry meteorological expert at Croydon Aerodrome confirmed the event as a very rare phenomenon known to meteorologists as a mock sun.
Grain shipped from Montreal to seventeen countries in 1926 with Great Britain as the largest buyer. Britain imported 29, £91,762 bushels, 31 percent of total exports, and led in oats purchases. Norway and Holland followed as top rye buyers.
British Columbia cottonwood now serves as raw material for Chinese matches. Chinese factories ordered 5,000 logs for lucifer production. Experts from British Columbia University say the wood is suitable, comparing it to Siberian and Kamchatkan aspen.
Rod complains it is 14 o'clock and you promised 3. Mac apologizes and corrects his earlier claim that he said 9. The dialogue shows a mix up of expected meeting times.
At the Lethbridge Experimental Station oats barley and corn tested as substitutes for imported corn in hen feed. Four hundred fifty pullets split into two groups showed corn fed birds averaged 201 eggs per pullet year versus 174 for barley. Despite lower feed cost per dozen with corn, barley caused higher bird mortality.
Canada enters the new year with stable government and strong economy. Major railways show rising earnings, with the Dominion line up 46 percent, while Canadian Pacific also prospers. Mineral output sets records. bank clearings rise. trade reaches new highs with a large trade balance in Canada’s favor.
Lady Byng of Vimy wife of the former governor general of Canada shows great admiration for the song of the Canadian bull frog. Clyde L. Patch curator at the Canadian National Museum reports that during her visit she grew curious about amphibians and requested frog eggs latchings to adorn her estate before departing for England.
Tests at Lethbridge Alberta experimental station show that color in eggs is hereditary. W H Fairfield reports selecting males from dark brown egg strains yields daughters with uniform egg color, aiding marketing.
Report states the ceremonial flag atop the White House was torn by wind. A patch was sewn on before the flag was rehoisted amid controversy over flag patching and a letter-writing campaign against patriotic groups.
Two large Roman tailestones were unearthed at Bowes in England, indicating a significant late antique site. The discovery, near the town, suggests continued archaeological interest in Roman presence and funerary practices in the region.
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