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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 19, 1937
Page
2
An essay argues that responsibility to others shapes success in work whether in an office, on a farm, or in self employment. It warns independence as an escape leads to failure unless self discipline, training, and mastery of oneself guide daily tasks and dealings with customers, nature, and economic demands.
Hon. W. N. Chant announced 26 Alberta scholarships to promote agricultural education for farm boys and girls. Winners may attend provincial agricultural schools or the University of Alberta faculty, funded from surplus Canada cat board funds.
Germany lowers wheat, rye, and barley tariffs sharply raising questions in Berlin about a surge in imports. Officials note duties drop from 94 to 12 cents per bushel for wheat and from 61 to 10 cents for rye while barley falls from 52 to nine cents.
A Nancy France stonecutter Murys a fourth cousin of the late Mrs Henrietta E Garret widow of Walter Garret of Philadelphia is identified as a potential heir. The Garret estate valued at about 42000000 francs with earnings could pass to him and his family who say they would use most of the money to aid the distressed. Murys will not quit his stonecutter job.
An old advertisement hypes Carter's Little Liver Pills to stimulate bile flow for better digestion. It warns of gas, constipation, and toxin buildup if the liver is sluggish, claiming the product contains no calomel or mercury and should be requested by name.
A typed recipe card describes baking a cake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes. It lists butter sugar eggs milk Royal Household flour baking powder corn starch and a coconut meringue. The cake uses an 8 by 12 inch pan and finishes with a cocoanut meringue topping.
A layered scalloped dish combines 114 cups corn 1 small green pepper and 1 cup celery with crumbled crackers and seasonings. Hot milk enriched with butter is poured over, buttered dots added, and baked at 425 degrees for 25 minutes yields six portions.
The Peterborough Examiner notes Dr. A. P. Coleman professor emeritus at the University of Toronto has received the 1936 Penrose Medal from the Geological Society of America. The award is seen as promoting Canada beyond mounties and hockey players.
The New York Herald Tribune reports Albert Einstein and assistant Dr. N. Rosen claim a new realm of radiation wider than known types. They provide mathematical proof for gravitational waves matching electromagnetic waves in scale yet differing in properties. The pair cannot be reached for further comment. Rosen is in Russia and Einstein is observing a mourning period after his wife’s death on December 20.
Milan engineer Mario Mancini claims an electro optical apparatus emits rays that render a person invisible while under its influence. Reports say the device, which adjusts current intensity and frequency, has been patented and can penetrate most substances. In tests at Mancini’s home, subjects appeared invisible while chairs remained visible, with observers noting a ghost like transition before invisibility.
The Queen Mary, a British liner, is described as two ships in one with a six foot space between the outer and inner hulls. The discovery highlights a rare design feature and potential engineering implications for the vessel.
A newspaper ad touts Aspirin tablets for fast relief from headaches neuralgia and neuritis. It notes rapid dissolution on moisture and claims immediate onset of action. The Bayer trademark is registered to the Bayer Company Limited Windsor Ontario with cross logo on tablets.
William Dow of Ruddel Saskatchewan aged 87 died in a Saskatoon hospital. A dispatch rider in 1885 during the Riel rebellion he was captured by Louis Riel but concealed his dispatches and escaped. He also took part in the Fenian raids in 1867 before moving west to help on Manitoba surveys. He settled Pilot Mound in 1889 and homesteaded near Lilac, Saskatchewan, farming until recently.
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