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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1948
Page
5
Medical scientists report a landmark 20 year study linking infant breastfeeding and affectionate care to later mental health. The piece cites Chinese and Japanese examples, critiques early isolation experiments, and highlights Cornelian push to keep babies with mothers as crucial for emotional stability.
Helpful hints cover wallpaper patterns that alter room height and effects of large bold designs. Advice suggests lightly cleaning a straw hat with alcohol and reviving limp veiling with waxed paper and a warm iron. Floor care emphasizes water only on tiled surfaces, drying thoroughly with a Turkish towel and scrub brush to avoid slipperiness and clouding.
In the Comox district on Vancouver Island a cottage lace club has sustained a long running bobbin lace hobby. A Brussels trained woman started the class on Denman Island about thirty years ago, teaching a dozen or so beginners who now mentor others. The club holds monthly meetings sharing equipment and patterns, overcoming wartime supply issues as materials now arrive from England, enabling new members to join.
A leaky tap releasing 60 drops every 4 minutes wastes about 65 gallons of hot water monthly enough for seven baths. Replacing the washer and a few minutes of effort stops gas water heater use and lowers the gas bill.
Sir John Charles Bucknill born at Market Bosworth and known for improving treatment of the insane in hospitals.
The London Olympics face a potential 3.56 million dollar price tag for fans if all sets sell. Organizers could surpass a million dollars in a sellout. The NHL awards the Art Ross Trophy starting 1948 49. Hank Henderson’s Vancouver Leafs may still attend Pan American in Buenos Aires. Cage wrestling with chicken wire is promoted in Calgary. The heavyweight title chase centers on Walcott Lesnevich and Charles after Louis vacated the crown.
Washington report notes a Senate House conference committee urging the Maritime Commission to study development and operation of massive commercial dirigibles. The plan envisions airships capable of crossing oceans with hundreds of passengers and large freight, as Congress considers regulatory steps.
Barbara Ringer recalls two enterprising youths who mowed across lawns to attract customers. They then knocked on doors, asking for mowing jobs and secured them.
The Pacific Ocean, the largest ocean, covers more than 68,600,000 square miles and has an average depth of 14,000 feet.
The 1947 soil moisture study from Dominion Experimental Station Saanichton shows hay mulch eight inches deep on 30 year old Bartlett pears increases soil moisture and terminal growth. Mulched trees yielded 493 pounds per tree versus 299.5 for unmulched, with moisture retention cited as a key factor. Profit depends on low-cost hay.
Two amateur pilots William Brewster and Roy Mangels were found near collapse in a New Brunswick lumber camp after a nine day hike home from a fog bound crash near Fort Fairfield Maine. They survived on ferns and frogs legs with trapper food and sardines, crossing into Canada before turning back toward Maine. Their rescue ended a five day missing flight search by the air force.
An elderly couple called John and Mary celebrate their long marriage with annual train trips to a country inn. On their fiftieth journey they miss the last train and spend the night at the inn. As the wife sings of summer in her heart and winter in her hair, the husband quips that spring in her feet would have saved the trip. The sun’s surface area fact is noted.
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