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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 16, 1922
Page
5
The article extols Canada as a land of homes offering vacant spaces for permanent ownership. It stresses that landless individuals can secure virgin lands with minimal capital, providing a durable residence and tax friendly living. It highlights the appeal to city dwellers seeking independence, low rents, and a lasting ancestral home.
Instructions from Pamphlet No. 2 New Series Department of Agriculture Ottawa explain building a 10 by 10 by 5 foot ice storage shed with rough boards lined with lumber sawdust and proper drainage to preserve ice up to 130 days. The pamphlet suggests free drainage and a one foot sawdust floor space plus an inner gap for ventilation and rain protection. It also describes an ice well and plans for ice houses.
The piece notes a quarrel in a newly married couple ending with the husband planning to skip dinner after a petty dispute. It also reports a German government luxury tax list including bathtubs and coffins as taxable items.
The Division of Botany at Ottawa offers nitroculture bottles to inoculate legume seeds including clover alfalfa pea bean and vetch. Farmers gain higher seed vitality and soil nitrogen through inoculated crops with reports of doubled hay yields in alfalfa and stronger performances in dry seasons.
The article details Holland s two century old dairy marketing system where cheese and dairy goods are piled on market squares and bargained with hand signals. It describes modern Dutch auctions using an electric price dial, individual buyer buttons, and a clerk’s record of each sale ensuring buyer identities remain concealed temporarily.
The Shah of Persia plans a six months visit to Europe for health reasons. He will leave Hussein Ali Mirza as regent while the heir presumptive Mohammed Hassan Mirza remains in Persia. Roses symbolize silence and mean confiden tiality.
Two German expert skiers Professor Schork and a companion ascended Mount Sulzkogel in Tyrol. An avalanche swept them. the professor was engulfed while his friend rode the avalanche and escaped, though carried over a 1000 foot drop. After three days of search with guides they returned. The Swiss Alpine Club warns that Alpine snow bridges are now treacherous amid drought and heavy melt.
Commentary in the Providence Journal argues the amended Washington Conference plan to forbid improper use of submarines is a greater achievement than the original proposal to limit their numbers. It suggests the shift in focus strengthens naval restraint regardless of fleet size.
Ludwig Dittmar, recently sentenced by the Leipsic supreme court to four years for the sinking of the hospital ship Liandover Castle, has escaped from the Nuremburg prison. A 50,000 mark reward is offered for his recapture.
The Inter Allied Commission reports most demolition work on Heligoland is finished and control withdrawn from October. The island will return to Germany though fortification is banned by the Peace Treaty. The commission may urge safeguards so the treaty’s naval restrictions are enforced and no harbor for warships is built on the site.
The infant Willie is urged by his mother to greet Uncle John and then wash his face, triggered by the sudden arrival of a wealthy relative. The moment captures a domestic tense charm as kinship meets etiquette.
J A Yahivee of White Deer Lodge Val des Bois Quebec recalls a remarkable white deer hunted last fall on the remote mountain above Green Lake. After an arduous stalk spanning hours and cliffed approaches he finally shot the 14 point velvet deer 201 pounds dressed and towed it to his shed by electric torch light.
Canadian 1921 grain data show Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta wheat at 308,925,000 bushels up 32 percent from 1920. Total prairie yields reach 363,185,000 bushels, barley rises to 46,619,000 and rye up dramatically to 23,115,000. Despite wet fall and low prices, the western planters expanded acreage and support the title Granary of the Empire.
Experiments by M. Louis Destouches show insects, especially caterpillars and moths, living five to six times longer when their temperatures are alternated daily between warm blood heat and just above freezing. Butterflies persist about 35 days and lay more eggs under this regime. The article asks if humans could gain similar lifespans.
War era chemist Kenneth M. Chance found a way to make potash from blast furnace dust once waste. A chlorine process then raised permanganate of potash output by fifty percent, reducing reliance on foreign sources for this chemical.
Calgary youths David Pasternack and Allen Winspear in their first year at Queen’s University Kingston earned high marks in Christmas exams. Winspear led in Latin Greek and chemistry while Pasternack topped English and other subjects. Pasternack, once a Calgary newsboy who lost a leg as a child, saved funds from selling papers to complete high school and attend university.
A man aboard an aeroplane bound from Amsterdam to Brussels was killed when a gust of wind hurled the craft 69 feet into the air and it collapsed onto a road trapping him beneath. The incident ended in instant death. A mouse will ignore a sufficient food supply for a meal and take great risks to nibble at a larger source.
Saskatchewan defeats Manitoba and Alberta to win the three prairie provinces inter university debating championship. In Saskatoon the University of Manitoba team led by Graham Spry and Henry Grant faced the University of Saskatchewan's C. W. McCool and Marion Massey who spoke for the affirmative on appointing a Canadian ambassador to the United States as representative on Canadian affairs.
The Provincial Government announces two new parks in British Columbia. Mount Assiniboine Park near Banff and Kewanee Park at the head of the Kootenay and Slocan Lakes will be established. Minister T. D. Pattuilo of lands conveyed the news.
A brief exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal captures a playful pledge of chivalry and a sharp response about expectations at home. The rimed vow to bring violets contrasts with a request to avoid morning grouchiness.
A call to patronize area shops to boost the town’s economy and strengthen community ties. The message emphasizes the mutual benefits of frequenting local businesses and sustaining local livelihoods.
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