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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 17, 1946
Page
7
A fragmented passage depicts a speaker addressing Henry Blaine and Valeria Blaine, contrasting marriage ideas with a brown faced group and King Tut, while the speaker resents a birdlike suitor. The man asserts startling polygamy claims and the speaker asserts fidelity to her husband amidst tense humor and insult.
A narrator recounts leaving home to fly solo toward the Pacific, facing Henry's possessive marriage views, a perilous solo flight, and a crash on an uncharted island. She endures isolation among natives, contemplates rescue, and discovers an old newspaper among the ruins.
A collage of wry exchanges and quips about family life and memory. A husband jokes about fixing problems while a cuckoo clock’s reply ponders time. A nurse’s gag about paying in advance. A gallery guide notes Joshua Reynolds. The humor hinges on remembered stories and social foibles.
The Royal Bank of Canada reports for the year ending November 30 1945 total assets at 2 007 546 978 a new Canadian banking record and the first to reach two billion. Deposits rise to 1 588 757 074 with public deposits at 1 595 389 294 and liquid assets at 1 558 477 086 equal to 82.14 of liabilities. Net profit 3 828 142 after tax and allocations with surplus now 5 246 518.
An New York leather goods shop advertised a $2,000 travel case for the luckiest man. It claimed to have made only one unit and quickly took orders for five more. The handmade case used domestic alligator, lined with Scotch pigskin, and featured gold plated hardware, brushes, manicure set, eight day clock, and lotion bottles with gold tops.
Under a French ordinance from the 14th century, butchers were restricted to selling a single type of meat and must do so in daylight. Selling by lamp or artificial light was prohibited, reflecting strict trade rules of the period.
Major J Willox Duncan, army padre, spoke to Regina’s Canadian Women’s Army Corps on England's gardens churches and historic spots including Florence Nightingale and Jane Austen homes. He traveled 10,000 miles by motorbike highlighting wartime estates and war graves in England and Scotland. Miss Finch the first CWAC barber and Lt Col Joan Kennedy retire from CWAC.
A centuries old anecdote resurfaces about a stone mason placing a penny in St Patrick’s Cathedral spire in 1891, with no recorded blessing or payment. The scripture reference to broadcasting upon the waters is cited but offers no guidance on church steeple funds.
Robert J. Moyse of Winnipeg has been chosen for the Rhodes scholarship for Manitoba. Born 1920 and educated at United College and the University of Manitoba, Moyse served in the Royal Navy after enlisting in 1940 and was commissioned months later. He is pursuing a masters in political science at the University of Toronto.
Pattern 4508 offers a time saving front buttoning design with a wide size range from 12 to 46. Size 36 requires 3 1 2 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 20 cents in coins for this pattern with name address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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