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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 28, 1946
Page
7
On the liner home Beamer dominates the group with boasts of combat valor. The younger men listen as he recounts a fox hole near the German front and a tense encounter with a Nazi, while the narrator notes Beamer’s need to impress and the uneasy mood among the veterans.
A crew member recounts discovering a dying German soldier’s letter in a shellhole. The young man writes of doubt and resolve to die, asking forgiveness and bidding goodbye to his wife. Bill reads the letter aloud in German, revealing he cannot read it, and Beamer seizes the moment with mockery.
The text extols seasonal cooking and hot desserts with recipes for a Jiffy Mincemeat Pudding blending mincemeat brown sugar flour cinnamon and cereal. It notes Becquerel’s 1896 radioactivity discovery and mentions a 2661 code.
An advertisement promotes Buckley’s Mixture as Canada’s largest selling cough and cold remedy. It claims quick action to loosen phlegm and ease coughing without syrup, emphasizing fast relief for throat and bronchial irritation.
Ontario dairies consider switching from round to square milk bottles to gain at least 25 percent more refrigeration and storage space. Square bottles are already used in Buffalo and several Ontario plants report satisfactory results. Local preference favors transparent bottles over opaque ones, though tinted glass could protect vitamin loss from sunlight.
Ambassador Ray Atherton addresses the Ottawa Medical Society banquet urging readers to question information, seek evidence, and resist rushed opinions in medicine, media, and public affairs. He cautions against relying on sensational headlines and praises retiring British High Commissioner Malcolm MacDonald for his wartime service.
A collection of light humorous exchanges from wartime life. Jokes cover studies at age, thrift tips, gardening, driving an old flame home, dental chairs, appetite definitions, medical operations, postwar finances, and a mock employer interview with mild wordplay. The snippets offer a window into home front humor and social chatter of the era.
A giant fig tree in Mullumbimby district New South Wales must not be destroyed as directed by the will of J. T. Gray former owner. The tree sits on a fenced eighth of an acre within a banana patch. current lease holder paid 3384 pounds for six years with renewal option. The lease price is noted as possibly a Commonwealth record.
The assistant Commissioner A N Eames, head of H division, retires after 33 years with the RCMP. He led a 40 day chase of the Rat River mad trapper across the Rockies and Arctic, guiding a patrol that hunted Albert Johnson to his death in Yukon. The accompanying marketing note discusses egg shell breakage as a major Canada wide loss and calls for stronger shells through breeding and feeding.
An antiseptic oil marketed as Moone's Emerald Oil claims to rapidly stop fiery itching of toes and feet and also ease Barber's Itch Salt Rheum and Eczema. The product is sold in original bottles at modern drug stores and is described as safe with rare failures.
Doctors Isadore E. Gerber and Milton Gross at Hudson County tuberculosis hospital Jersey City describe mycocidin a mold derived substance that renders active tuberculosis germs from humans unable to infect guinea pigs They caution no human treatment claims yet and continue isolation and purification work. Dr Eugene Gillespie U S Public Health Service notes mycocidin may resemble streptomycin in action and effectiveness shown in tests.
Sixteenth century sundials removed in 1940 to protect from air raids at Hampton Court Palace are to be restored. The timekeepers once marked Henry VIII era days and shadows. Nearby, a 700 year old grape vine still bears fruit despite nearby bomb damage.
Pattern 4564 described for playtime and parties with a collar puff sleeves lace edging and embroidery transfer. Sizes 2 4 6 8 available with size 6 requiring 2.35 yards of 35 inch fabric plus embroidery transfer. send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man.
Government mobile cinema units will tour colony villages to show a color film on modern farming methods. At each showing specially trained Africans will provide running commentary in the local language.
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