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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 14, 1939
Page
7
A girl and a greyhound run the hills in dusk above Santa Clara valley before the Danavale house. At a pioneer residence, Great-grandmother Dana and relatives react as Sarah Lynn slips from dinner. The scene blends family history with a sense of place and longing.
In this scene Sarah Lynn resists Duncan who declares he will have her. Her mother fusses over lateness and a new dress while the two discuss status and control. Across generations Sally Ann Dana greets her traveller descendant, noting family origins and get-up-and-get spirit as the tale moves toward continuation.
An advertisement touts a penetrating antiseptic remedy for eczema itching and skin eruptions. It claims fast relief for boils sores rashes and barber’s itch and offers Moone’s Emerald 601 at drugstores.
A Nova Scotia Lower Truro Poultry Farm features a colony house on skids for easy transport. It serves as a closed brooding shelter in spring and becomes an open air shelter in hot weather as sides are removed. Mr. Roddick, formerly a garage man, designed a wheel and tongue system to move the house with horse or tractor.
Dr. A R M Lower of Dalhousie argues in St John that Canada faces negligible air raid danger and need not rely on Britain or the U S for protection. He endorses anti submarine patrols and strong air fleets with land batteries to defend harbours and coastlines.
A newly ordered state car will be delivered to Buckingham Palace soon with a glass panelled roof in the rear. It will be the first state vehicle with such an feature to maximize light and allow The King and Queen to be seen clearly during drives in bad weather when the landaulette hood cannot be lowered. Folding seats will include raised cushions for the two Princesses.
The University of Western Ontario Medical School received historic dental and medical instruments once used by dentists in earlier eras. Dr J G Kirk of Jistowel donated a turnkey with a wooden handle and metal hook used to extract teeth, sometimes taking part of the jaw with it. He also sent a wooden maural stethoscope lacking a hole, unlike the modern binaural stethoscope common since early 1900s.
Indians of the Six Nations hold a mid winter festival in a 11011-year-old Cayuga loghouse near Ohiweken Ontario marking the winter turning point. The rite begins five sleeps after the January new moon and features Thanksgiving chants dances and feasting over five days while the white dog sacrifice name is no longer used.
W. A. Landreth of Winnipeg, president of the association, told delegates in Montreal that failures to clear markets of surplus butter, eggs, and poultry have caused millions in losses. He said Canada produced far more than domestic needs, with butter output rising from 168 million pounds in 1928 to 264 million in 1937. Ontario Quebec and the western provinces showed large gains.
J C MacGregory, director of the BBC Empire Service, said he received a letter from an Indian Army colonel alleging Sunday-morning dance music broadcasts disturbed him. In fact the music was meant for a Western Canada program on Saturday evening. Astronomers split on Mercury's atmosphere. An electric heater for outdoor commercial clocks is developed. Fat tailed mice store winter fat in tails.
A note states fish continue to grow throughout life with no fixed maximum size. The observation highlights ongoing physiological development, potentially affecting biology and aquaculture discussions.
The Society for the Preservation of Old Sheffield Tools warned that in under 30 years few craftsmen will forge Sheffield hand scissors and pocket knives. Only about 20 capable old men remain, with 60 or so pocket knife forgers total and none of them young, despite continued demand for hand forged edges.
A Montreal depositor named Armour left ten dollars with the Bank of Montreal in Ottawa on September 26, 1819. The amount sits unclaimed in annual financial reports presented in Parliament. By year end 1938 total unclaimed balances across Canadian banks reached 2,925,436 dollars and 50 cents.
In Ireland strawberries grow on trees, though the fruit is not part of true strawberries and not delectable. A new site is proposed in Westminster Abbey, London, for the Unknown Warrior's Grave.
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