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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 14, 1955
Page
11
The Health League of Canada reports 1938 investigations by Sir Frederick Banting show many apparent drownings are due to suffocation from larynx closure, not water in the lungs. Immediate, continuous artificial respiration can save lives, and readers are urged to share true drowning experiences.
Shorthorn dispersal sale owned by J D Bell to be held at his Swift Current farm eight miles southeast of town at 12 noon MST on a Saturday in July. The 180 head herd includes bred cows with calves bred heifers open heifers and 10 yearling bulls all Bangs tested accredited. Recent sires Killearn Conquest 35th and Killearn Norseman 46th. Catalogues available from Box 607 Regina or Auctioneer J R Blacklock Saskatoon.
A 1937 Carleton Place event reports a girl who fell from a raft and was submerged about 20 minutes. Two electrical workers trained in artificial respiration began immediate resuscitation. The girl breathed again within 35 minutes and survived, illustrating the life saving value of prompt, continuous artificial respiration.
Motivational exhortation urging perseverance and courage in the face of adversity. The speaker, M. D. Babcock, emphasizes facing struggles with faith, avoiding blame, and continuing the fight until victory.
Pattern 306 offers a combined sand box and wading pool with a raised top to deter birds and dogs, using solid wood or marine plywood. Includes color chart and tracing outlines, with 3D assembly sketches and complete directions. Also promotes a children's furniture packet and notes wild horses in Europe during the Old Stone Age.
Manitoba Agriculture official H Wood, presenting to the Agricultural Pesticide Technical Society in Edmonton, states western Canadian weed losses total about 255 million dollars annually, averaging 1 028 per farm, with Canada-wide losses near 0.3 billion. He cites tillage, dockage, and increased costs, noting prairies face the worst impact but urges optimism in control advances.
Guidance on fair play and good sportsmanship covers effort, generosity, grace in defeat or victory, promptness, rule adherence, self accountability, and respectful teamwork. It also notes that the United States and Canada consume over 40 million pounds of dried licorice root annually.
Guidelines from S B Slew of the Lethbridge Experimental Station on boosting wool and lamb yields. Emphasis on improving fleece weight as a proxy for clean wool, culling low producers at shear, and proper post clip handling to preserve fleece value.
Four Canadian representatives including Dr. Charles Best attend the International Diabetes Congress in Cambridge from July 4 to 8. Other attendees include Professor R. E. Haist of Toronto and Mrs. E. Muttart of Edmonton, along with Dr E Gray a Canadian in Hong Kong. The event marks the first such congress in the United Kingdom.
Twenty five British air cadets are due in Canada next month for a three month program under the Anglo Canadian Exchange Scheme. They will visit Montreal Quebec Toronto and Ottawa and see Niagara Falls and Algonquin Park and camp with Canadian air cadets. San Marino as Europe’s oldest state covers 23 square miles and was founded in the fourth century by Saint Marinus.
The article discusses natural enemies as a basis for biological control, with examples from Canada and Australia. It mentions the pine sawfly control by a virus, rust fungi and a bacterial antagonist, and notes field viability remains to be proven. It cites Dr. T. Johnson on Winnipeg lab studies and Australia’s rabbit eradication.
The sun eclipses occur when the moon's shadow reaches Earth. Normally at least two per year, with the phenomenon possibly appearing up to five times in a year.
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