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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 07, 1957
Page
5
The narrator recalls hosting phone calls from relatives and rejects modern tech during a Maine visit. He discovers a bare, wind and rain–proof cabin by a quiet lake, with a dock, stove, water, and simple furnishings. The scene prompts reflections on modern life versus Shangri La.
In northwest Australia the donkey population has surged as a major pest in the Lyndham district. Fulltime donkey shooters are employed yet a single hunter killed 1,200 animals in under six months on one property. Farmers say about 50 donkeys consume enough grass to feed 50 head of stock, while costs of ammunition and guns limit professional control.
Foreign trade totals for November show exports 12 percent higher than 1955 while imports rose about 23 percent. The excess of imports over exports reached 854.7 million dollars, up from 356.1 million in 1955. Transportation and wholesale sectors posted large gains with rail loadings up 83 percent and wholesale sales rising over 13 percent. Employment and earnings hit new peaks in October with wage levels at 66.02 dollars weekly.
The article traces rickets in children and the role of fish oils supplying vitamin D for normal growth. It notes crude fish oil led to early vitamin D manufacture and that children need vitamin D from birth through development. It contrasts hair color comments with marriage.
The Nobel Prize committee awarded its 1956 citation to three American physicists who developed the transistor, a small plastic encapsulated germanium device. The achievement boosted radio and telephone tech, enabling hand sized radios and compact long line switches. The piece notes Soviet chemist laureate and calls for improved science education in the United States.
The report records Canada producing 7,727,000 pounds of paste floor wax and 3,643,000 gallons of liquid floor wax and polish in 1934, about five percent higher than 1933. It also notes Ben Nevis in Scotland as Britain’s highest mountain.
Tom Lamb of The Pas attracts official Manitoba interest as his marshland farming stirs attention among large muskrat marsh lands and meadowland potential, signaling a push for commercial empire building in the region.
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