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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 13, 1939
Page
2
Advertising unlocks demand and lowers costs by boosting awareness of products. The piece cites the auto industry’s growth as proof of advertising’s power, noting higher employment and broader consumer power. It argues merchants and distributors equally gain from local advertising, reducing overhead and offering better prices or goods.
The Leamington Post and News highlights courtesy as a universal, costless virtue that unlocks doors, dispels prejudice, and builds friendship. It inspires respect and admiration, pleasing to all, and costs nothing to practice.
Dr J J Heagerty notes in Health the Indians possessed a wide knowledge of plant remedies and an unwritten medical system handed down through generations. He argues medicine men reflected superstition rather than curating knowledge and praises the system’s surprising completeness despite flaws.
King George and Queen Elizabeth visited Columbia University on Morningside Heights New York and viewed a gold painted crown atop the flagpole replica of the original King's College crown. President Butler displayed the relic and the 1754 charter creating the college and outlining its mission. The crown watermark appears on official stationery and Columbia University Press colophon.
The Rev J W Whillans of Knox Presbyterian Brantford Ontario says a 1913 photo shows Prince Albert Duke of York then 17 years old with British naval cadets disembarking at Lewiston New York. He asserts this is the first and only such US image of the future king.
Ferdynand Mary and Emil Matys, Polish migrants in Ontario, testified in Kingston naturalization court that eight years of hard work turned 10 cents into a 500 acre farm with animals and $2,000 cash. Matys said he bought the farm for $2,000 and nearly paid off the mortgage. They praised Canadian farming methods and said work makes profits.
Railroad officials say the giant locomotive pulling King George and Queen Elizabeth’s royal train used a carefully selected coal grade to ensure absolute efficiency. The locomotive, 102 feet long, rode with a special tender carrying 32 tons of coal.
Brockville Recorder and Times reports residents of four Western Ontario districts felt heartache over a branch railway closure. The paper argues the line could have stayed open if the communities had provided sufficient patronage and foresight.
A 200 year old annual sale at Ol Poppe Inn in Chard is held in a hidden chamber. The event auctions a valued water cress field and is illuminated by a single tallow candle.
Scott Sask author cites experiments showing cultivated grasses yield about 50 cow days per acre per year versus 16 8 cow days on native prairie. Mixed stands of western rye crested wheat alfalfa and bromes triple the carrying capacity with similar climates. Supplementary summer pasture advised, oats sown in spring for hot periods. Farmers should consider oats and irrigation where needed.
A Kingston stadium crowd of about ten thousand children reacted dramatically to the appearance of King and Queen. The cheers shifted from high pitched to deep grand tones as the royal couple arrived, leaving a lasting memory for the witnesses. Also notes that the south pole experiences its noon on December 22 and a Norwegian crew recently recovered a harpoon fossil inside a whale.
Cake done when a delicate brown forms, edges shrink slightly, and a light press leaves no imprint. For best results use room temperature flour eggs and milk. Cream shortening and sugar thoroughly for a tender moist cake. Beaten egg whites should hold their shape glossy and moist.
In 28 weeks a 11,000 ton 530 foot passenger liner for the New Zealand Line, the Essex, was completed at Clydebank. Construction sped to free naval tonnage and will use special apparatus to draw 13,000 cubic feet of sea air per minute to cool and preserve fruit in holds, trapping and wafting gases to prevent taint.
Officials note anthrax remains rare in the United States with annual case counts under two hundred, keeping it from major public health concern.
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