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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 04, 1923
Page
5
Readers learn how Canada’s wheat yield tops 266 billion bushels and equates to vast bread quantities. Comparisons show 313 million bushels minimum yields equal millions of pounds of flour and billions of loaves, with trains and ships illustrating the crop's scale.
The Pas residents can now reach the outside world by car with a 250 mile motor trip to Star City Sask. Dr. Orok and J A McDonald completed the journey marking a northern Manitoba milestone. The Pas Lumber Company built 130 miles of highway into camps linking to Sask Government road to Star City and Tisdale. The McDonald Trail aims to boost a northern cash market and asks Saskatchewan leaders to fund summer and winter upkeep.
A twofold interest surrounds the upcoming Sahara crossing by motor cars from Tuggart in South Algeria to Timbuctoo. The journey spans 1,800 miles through a trackless desert under day heat and night cold, with contrasting risks noted from historical air attempts by General Laperrine and Major Vuillemin.
A judge muses on Christmas gifts for a little girl and boy, describing a stocking of toys an engine candy nuts cake and a dose of castor oil. The remark frames a seasonal, humorous reflection on childhood wishes.
Regina Leader notes a clash between Dr Adolph Lorenz and other doctors over whether science can extend life. Proponents cite modern cures and infection resistance, while Lorenz argues nature’s laws remain unbroken. The piece traces historic quests for longevity and concludes longer life is about living naturally rather than defying fate.
Fishermen at Lurin near Lima reported a huge cetacean foundering in shallow bay waters after Chilean tidal waves. Officials from the Natural History Museum of San Marcos studied the creature, noting a whale body with turtle like head and limbs, classifying it as Balaenidae. The creature will be mounted for Lima’s university museum.
The Post Office Department said in Washington that Chicago will host the world’s largest mail terminal in a few weeks. The six story two block long building adjoins Union Station and will streamline mail by sending it down chutes into railway cars as tracks are arranged for efficient departures.
Canada’s railways report honey becomes a growing industry in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with 182 beekeepers and 956 tons produced this year. Manitoba leads, while Saskatchewan and Alberta develop under L. T. Floyd and Miss J Basford guiding efforts at the university.
The article cites J A Douglas describing the Turk as culturally separate from Christians and Armenians. He notes distinct age groups recreations and calendars, separate quarters in Stamboul, trade-based contact, minimal language use, and a social mix that includes cinema and cosmopolitan venues. The Turk is portrayed as loyal yet capable of cruelty when provoked.
A reminiscence recalls how the future president once argued that long syllables aid success. He abandoned the name Thomas after a Wesleyan College discussion, choosing Woodrow Wilson, a change credited with shaping his later fame.
A reflective note explores a man who discovers he has married the other kind. The piece contrasts celestial imagery with human relationships to reveal unexpected union and identity.
Bald Prairie lecture by Angus Graham Cooch notes trees can grow on the prairie. He cites aspen poplars spreading to bluffs west of Brandon and Regina areas, with trees advancing from the north and east despite drought. He argues moisture is adequate if conserved through close planting and dense canopies.
A man confident in teaching a mute parrot to say Hello discovers the bird ignores him for minutes and finally retorts Line's busy. The anecdote ends with a witty exchange showing the bird outsmarting the trainer.
Brigadier General George Periers, formerly of the Grenadier Guards, has arrived in Lhassa the capital of Tibet after a journey from Peking. He walked about 3,500 miles of the 6,000 mile route between the Chinese and Tibetan capitals.
A 1922 overview of the Canadian Post Office Department highlights its vast network with 12 000 offices and 8 000 street boxes. It notes 36 000 miles of rail, 12 000 mail routes, and over a billion items moved yearly. The piece cites $295 million in money orders and postal notes, 10 000 employees, and a $30 million annual operating cost supported by stamp sales and a savings bank program with deposits over $23 million.
Coleman of the Canadian Pacific Railway told a Kiwanis luncheon in Winnipeg that the city is the world’s top wheat market by receipts. He cited three month inspections Chicago and Minneapolis totals and Winnipeg’s 108 million bushels, plus rail facilities and cooperative grain distribution as highly economical. He noted an average of 1,016 loaded cars daily from September 1, a train leaving Winnipeg for the lake every 45 minutes in 91 days.
Announcement in Jasper Wro states the Hiinois Pipe Line Company will build a ten mile pipeline from Sunburst Montana to Coutts Alberta to connect with Imperial Oil tank farm enabling Montana crude to be refined in Canada. Dillings Montana reports Senator Hogan interests plan a thousand barrel refinery in Southern Alberta.
Sir Keith Smith, brother of the late Sir Ross Smith who perished before a world flight, travels aboard the Empress of Canada arriving in Victoria from the Orient. He will essay a world flight starting from London on April 3.
A dinner party exchange shows Mr Jones attempting to praise his hostess. The hostess notes a small appetite and he retorts that sitting beside her would spoil any man's appetite. He ponders why he is not invited to future events. The quip closes with a line on temptation as a character balance.
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