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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 16, 1937
Page
5
Reports from the prairies show strip farming with trash covers and surface cultivation greatly reduces soil drift during wind storms. A December storm blew snow off fields and piled sand on roads, but protected plots suffered no damage. Dominion Experimental Farms offer guidance on district specific drift control methods.
Liverpool advertises for a capable man to drive a four-in-hand state coach for the Lord Mayor, offering £3 15s a week with house, fuel, and light. The job requires long apprenticeship as few coaching leaders remain and the previous driver Edward Elson retired after 30 years without a mishap. A note on the coach's historical use and a fleeting line about a tiny Australian spider follow.
A bronze and granite memorial by Walter S. Allward to Edward VII remains unfinished in Ottawa after a 25 year delay. High material costs and wartime disruption delayed construction, with the figures completed in 1924 and stored awaiting site selection and favorable conditions.
The London Dispatch reports a survey describing the typical Englishman as thirty years old, married three years with one child, about five feet eight inches tall. He favors blue socks and ties, dislikes Gorgonzola, enjoys roast beef with potatoes and Brussels sprouts, and prefers detective stories over poetry. He reads health books under fifty cents, avoids poetry and philosophy, and declines to answer questions about his private aspirations.
The McGill Daily editor suspects only about 100 students know what is happening in Europe. The Toronto Globe and Mail argues that if only 50 percent know half of it, the university should be proud of its rating.
The piece notes constitutional shifts since 1911 and a new coronation oath for George VI with parallels in Britain and Dominions. Pearl Buck criticizes mass censorship at a national review conference, urging quality writing and films. She argues most theatregoers are not intelligent and calls for reforms.
Under the federal bonus plan farm placements in Saskatchewan have surpassed prior records. By mid January, 22 352 men and women, including some married couples, had been placed and 28 008 applications had been received.
New Brunswick joins other provinces naming the purple violet as the official floral emblem. The provincial government selected the violet to symbolize the province and its heritage.
Canadian Correspondence Chess Association plans a year long tournament with 25 members posting moves on cards. Scattered players will play 30 to 40 moves per game, exchanging that many cards as secretary George Underhill manages about 20 ongoing games by mail.
The Brantford Expositor weighs whether Canada should adopt compulsory voting to boost turnout and reduce election costs. It notes Australia’s 95 percent turnout post compulsory voting and contrasts it with Canada’s scattered rural polling and high costs. The piece suggests parliamentary study to explore ways to increase civic participation.
Canada protects migratory birds through a bilateral treaty with the United States begun nearly 20 years ago. The treaty uses close seasons, bag limits, and bans on unfair hunting methods to safeguard birds that spend part of the year in both countries. The 1916 treaty is noted as a world leading effort in bird protection.
A farmer in West Dyalong Australia noticed a large jaw lump on a cow and avoided using its milk Suspecting tuberculosis he called a veterinary surgeon who revealed the lump was a tennis ball embedded between tooth and cheek not a medical ailment.
A historical claim notes 1,564,643 miles of copper telegraph lines spanning the United States. The figure suggests vast nationwide telecommunication infrastructure linking cities and regions.
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