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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1928
Page
4
Completing decades of work by Oxford and Greenwich Observatories, the star mapping project photographs about 15 million years of sky, yielding 20 000 charts. Ninety hundred exposures will finalize, revealing that many faint stars lie relatively near Earth and enabling future comparison with new data.
A East St. Louis man is jailed for assaulting his own car with a heavy wrench. The magistrate frees him noting the act harms a lifeless machine, while a broader critique links it to historical abuse of draft animals and broader heedlessness toward vehicle welfare.
A twelve year old blind woman from Pressburg Austria regained her sight after being struck by a motor omnibus. She was dragged along under the wheels but escaped serious injury and, upon recovery, discovered her vision had returned. A second note recalls a woman preferring flattery over truth from a man who is a known fabricator.
Arthur Keith of the US Geological Survey told the Geological Society of America convention that the idea of North America floating away from Europe is false. He cited stable position of North America supported by studies of the Appalachian and Rocky Mountain ranges, arguing lighter rocks do not rise and drift.
The Canadian Record of Performance reaches its majority after 21 years. Report No 19 shows growth of testing with about 3 000 cows from 1 000 herds across Ayrshire Brown Swiss French-Canadian Guernsey Holstein Jersey Red Polled and Shorthorn breeds qualifying under the ROP. An additional 125 bulls appear qualified with at least four daughters from different dams, yielding a production directory for dairymen. few take advantage yet.
The quote argues that early talent is overrated and true potential emerges later, noting a person may not mature until 35 or 40 and can then achieve much from 40 to 60, often improving beyond 70. It emphasizes delayed development and extended usefulness.
Canadian exhibitors won major awards at the Chicago International Show amid rising interest in sheep breeding. Dominion Bureau data show flocks increasing from 3,142,000 to 3,262,000 with gains across provinces led by Ontario and British Columbia. Ontario totals 956,000 sheep. BC rises to about 129,000. Quebec and Alberta also post gains. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta show growth. 65 percent of Chicago ribbons go to Canada, spreading prize money among more breeders.
A Parisian group aims to preserve essential Parisian culture amid modernization. They oppose measures that would suppress Seine quays book stalls and question the visibility of real commerce. A new police regulation restricts displaying uncov ered foods on sidewalk grocer counters except in temporary markets, but enforcement remains weak.
Clarence Darrow told the Rotary Club in New York that ninety percent of world crime could be eliminated in a generation if society cared to learn how. He said destiny is shaped by environment and circumstance and that teaching children a way to make a living would do more than terrorizing communities into virtue.
An amusing tale recalls how a newspaper blunder after a speech by Sir Austen Chamberlain, the foreign secretary, coincided with a gas explosion. The next morning the paper headlined Mr. Austen Chamberlain's Speech. Re- Escape of Gas.
Charlie asks if a visitor is tall or short and Ed replies the man was both tall and wanted to borrow a dollar, prompting Charlie to seek clarification about the stranger.
Banff plans a vibrant Carnival Week February 4 to 11 featuring fireworks over the Ice Palace Indian tepees along the main street and kaleidoscopic pageantry. Highlights include ski competitions dog derby curling bonspiel and swimming in open air sulfur baths amid snow and ice.
Washington marked milestones as two papers celebrated anniversaries within a week. The Post issued a 200+ page special edition with pictures and lengthy recounting, while The Evening Star noted its own 75 year origin in a one-column box. The piece contrasts youthful boastfulness with steady, long standing achievement.
R. W. Mould retires as Southwark librarian after 35 years noting libraries shelter the down and outs as well as students. He recalls poet W. H. Davies writing poems on library scraps and speaks of later fame. He mentions Francis Thompson once barred by the Guildhall librarian for disreputable dress.
The article lists vegetables and fruits with claimed healing effects. Spinach supports kidneys and ions, garlic leeks and shallots aid circulation, raw onions help insomnia, onion soup settles weak digestion, lettuce and cucumber cool the body, beets and turnips stimulate appetite, celery aids nerves and may cure neuralgia, tomatoes benefit the liver, and figs currants cherries and strawberries cool and purify. An orange eaten first thing in the morning is said to cure dyspepsia.
At Kapuskasing Experimental Station Ontario four season test compared silage options for growing calves. Grain ration of bran oats and oilcake plus hay and silage showed sunflower silage delivering higher gains at lower cost per pound. Average feed cost per 100 pounds of gain was 14.08 dollars with sunflowers versus 17.24 dollars with oats peas and vetch.
Will occupy a new home for Geo Young the long distance swimmer and his mother soon after the Catalina Channel victory. The house was purchased and furnished from a fund over $5 000 raised when he conquered the Catalina Channel a year ago. Canada’s 1927 achievements include joining the League of Nations paying 55 million in cash and a big trade rise and mining milestones.
Dr. Harold R. Crossland of Lic University of Oregon reports a new guilt detection device that uses a rubber cuff on the upper arm and a mercury drum to record systolic pressure changes. Tests in three months of lab work suggest less pain and more accurate results than current methods, though effectiveness hinges on physiological responses to crime related words.
Spanish novelist Vicente Blasco Ibanez predicted a kingless world within a century in an interview with the Paris Herald. He argued Europe has few monarchs left and Republican sentiment grows, influenced by the United States. He spoke during Cen tenary ceremonies for Victor Hugo while exiled from Spain.
A movement led by Hon. W. R. Clubb to electrify a dozen Manitoba farm homes for demonstration aims to show benefits of farm electricity. Work is scheduled to start early in 1923.
University of Pennsylvania museum expeditions to Beisan uncover a 3200 year old site with a cylindrical drain, stall grist mill, and a well built brick circular silo, indicating an early drainage system. The finding emphasizes cautious effort and sustained diligence in archaeological work.
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