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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
4
An article discusses whether egg shell color affects market price and how to pack eggs by shell color. It notes New York City pays more for white shells and Boston favors brown shells, but freshness and cleanliness matter more in smaller markets.
A terse editorial quip underscores uncertainty in opinion and action. The line “You may be sure of one thing that you can’t be too sure of anything” appears as a warning about overconfidence in uncertain times.
Professor L. J. Liesch of Berlin Medical School calculates that a 173 pound man ages 60 pumps about 161 504 000 quarts of blood in a lifetime and that the blood shed in the world war equaled about 21 406 000 quarts, illustrating the heart's strength compared with war's destruction.
King Hussein of Hedjaz signs a treaty with Great Britain recognizing Arab independence and declaring Palestine within the Arab realm. The pact promises perpetual peace, frontier settlement by negotiation, and special travel arrangements for pilgrims. Both governments pledge not to align with third parties opposing their interests.
The Westminster Abbey marriage register shows a mix of signatures from famous figures and humble servants. It notes that abbey ceremonies are available to collegiate members and their staff, explaining why a peer and bride might be joined there while others also sign the book.
The Banff Windermere road completes a motor highway through the Canadian Rockies and ties into the 6,000 mile Grand Circle Tour, hailed as a premier link in modern engineering. After two years of anticipation from motorists in the United States and Canada, the final arc is ready.
In Maidstone England the jail offers large scale study. The county education director started courses in French shorthand and bookkeeping at the prison on request of prison commissioners. Eighteen inmates study French, seventeen shorthand, seven bookkeeping with engineering and Spanish classes forming. Teachers volunteer their services.
The article notes ocean currents like the Gulf Stream and the more powerful Kuro Line, or Black Stream, flowing from Japan toward the American coast. This current greatly modifies regional climates, with a surprising example of summer hummingbirds appearing in Southern Alaska due to its influence.
A deep loamy soil suits lawn sowing and can be enriched with barnyard manure or 26 pounds of bone meal per thousand square feet. Clay soils need sand and humus to improve texture, while rotted manure or compost adds organic matter and enhances moisture retention.
English chemists report a bacterium capable of turning one ton of waste paper into fifty gallons of alcohol for motor fuel. The 4 rod-shaped bacillus also yields about 15,000 cubic feet of gas from a ton of paper, while its growth heat suppresses competing germs.
An American reportedly offered 206000 for Sir Edwin Lutyens designed doll's house built for the Queen to display for hospital benefits. The miniature abode features art reproductions, bound books, historic furniture reproductions, and other marvels, with England favored to keep it as a national art treasure. A historic note mentions a taxi-meter used as early as 1678.
The Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Branch reports rising per capita consumption of cheese butter and milk in Canada. Miss Helen G Campbell shows that dairy products give health and prosperity while also making use of wasted roughage. Her winter lecture tour included schools and welfare workers with city prizes for student essays and posters.
The article notes a superstition that a two-dollar bill is unlucky and that many mutilate such notes to dispel the evil influence. Treasury officials reportedly discuss removing the two-dollar bill not for superstition but as an unnecessary denomination, potentially following the two-cent piece into oblivion.
A Stratford Beacon-Herald note argues new regulations restricting Chinese merchants and students will force Canada to absorb the impact of losing Chinese laundries and dining services, predicting limited access to washing and meals.
A bashful country girl embarks on her first solo rail ride as conductors and train staff prompt her with reminders. She battles nerves while a train boy’s casual request to chew gum exposes her reluctance to surrender small comforts.
An engineer asserts that 50 400 people now perform the new work with the precision of machinery, a scale that previously required 16 000 900 workers to achieve in a generation ago.
Engineer FL W Gray of the British Empire Steel Corp says submarine mining could reach five miles offshore, with Sydney and Nova Scotia sites already producing and Wabana iron mines showing thick seams. Costs and flood risks limit expansion, while accidents in Japan and England highlight dangers.
The article notes mapmaking emerging from early picture writing among savages and cites Tahiti as having functional maps for explorers. It mentions raised-line maps in Peru before the Conquest and references an Ethiopian map of gold mines dating to Sethos I era, long before Aristeas and his bronze tablet depicting the earth’s circuits and seas.
A missionary, bound to a stake by cannibals and stripped naked, escaped and fled through the jungle. Near morning he stumbled into a native village and hid by a hut wall. Inside the hut a voice cried, Damned fool you should have doubled on hearts. He sighs, Praise God, I am again among Christians.
A New York Globe summary notes Egypt’s population stagnation over millennia due to high infant mortality and harsh conditions. It also cites Gettysburg as the Civil War’s greatest battle with 23 000 killed wounded and missing.
A comparative study shows Canada’s maternal mortality is abnormally high, with eighteen nations recording lower rates. Experts cite remote living, uncertified midwives, and need for better obstetrics training. European trends include maternity protection legislation, with draft conventions recommending six weeks postnatal prohibition, medical certificates, and public or insured benefits. Only British Columbia has partial provincial enactment.
Officials of the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture report an expected rise in honey output for 1922. About 100 beekeepers operate in the province with 14 apiarists producing 9632 pounds last year, averaging 688 pounds per apiary, while others averaged about 200 pounds. A single Wynyard beekeeper produced roughly a ton.
The government will soon establish a new direction finding station on the west coast of Vancouver Island to aid shipping. The latest aperiodic aerial system will be installed to improve navigation and safety at sea. Debris from coral used in jewelry is crushed and sold as a scented tooth powder by Italian perfumers at high prices.
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