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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1956
Page
4
The piece suggests planning before planting and enjoying seed catalogues during a milder interlude between harsh winters. It notes the need to prepare muscles, seek sunlight, and outlines that planning is not absolutely necessary but beneficial for gardeners.
A collection of light sketches and snippets recounts domestic tensions with Uncle Ezra, a miser, and humorous asides about dress and clocks. It also offers gardening guidance urging simple, informal layouts, lawn focus, and phased planting for hardy, semi hardy, and softies in Canada.
Editor notes Miss Goetz, famed explorer, recalls jungle journeys with Quichua guides near the Napa and Pastaza rivers. She describes Auca legends, headhunter fears, and how whispered night howls and stolen camp goods foreshadowed the ambush and deaths of five U.S. missionaries in Ecuador.
The column offers a range of casual guidance from predicting a two year olds adult height to common tipping standards and quaint facts about famous figures. It includes anecdotes on breakfast habits dating to Henry Ford and premature babies allegedly influencing future brilliance, ending with a brief note on astrologers predicting boxing outcomes.
A car fleet supervisor cites studies showing emotional upsets trigger thousands of crashes even among fit, skilled drivers. He urges avoiding domestic quarrels, especially in the morning, and recommends staying out of the car when emotions run low.
Manufacturing output rose with iron and steel records and January gains in pig iron 435 percent and steel ingots 36 percent. Prices mixed with December CPI dip and January wholesale rise. wages hit a new high of 60.78 dollars weekly. Sea fish landings fell, canned stocks rose about 25 percent for fruits and 15 percent for vegetables.
In 1952 and 1953 University of Alberta crews surveyed two and a half million acres in the Valleyview Whitecourt area using pack horses. Last year Bill Odynsky surveyed ten and a half million acres in one season with a helicopter. Dr Ilbb Newton notes this may be the first Canadian soil survey using a helicopter. Corsets were introduced in France around the French Revolution.
Autumn savoring comes early with ready canned and frozen pumpkin available year round. A modern dramatic topping adds spice to pumpkin pie using apple cream and meringue style finishes. The recipe details include whipped cream, apple butter, nuts, marmalade and orange flavors for festive pie toppings.
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