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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 21, 1951
Page
5
A U S Marines account describes attempting to surrender a Chinese POW during the Korean War. The narrator details guiding the prisoner through checkpoints to a rear-area stockade and S-2 tent, only to end with the prisoner still grinning and inconclusive success.
Alice Brooks offers hairpin lace and crochet doily patterns in pattern 7063. Two colors or one, directions included, with a twenty five cent pattern order and request for name and address. A 1951 needlework catalog advertisement promises illustrations and a free pattern in the book.
A cypress near Oaxaca Mexico is at least 4000 years old and may be the oldest living thing on earth. It rises about 140 feet and would require 24 men to span its girth with their arms.
A collection of comic vignettes includes a Budapest secret police agent who proves Attila by confession, a New Hampshire farm boy avoiding a bridge, and a furious wife demanding surveillance on her husband and his mistress with a full report.
Toronto report shows 300 children in a Red Cross survey received nutritionally balanced school lunches. After two years their families spent $1.09 more per person weekly on food, versus a 74 cent rise for nonparticipants. lunch children grew one tenth of an inch taller and gained seven tenths of a pound.
A column offers quick tips for polishing leather upholstery with beeswax and turpentine, peeling new potatoes with a metal pot cleaner, and cleaning dirty linoleum using kerosene in water. It also suggests preventing silverware tarnish by dusting with dry flour for summer storage.
Regina report quotes Gertrude Hall of the Canadian Nurses Association stating there is no real nurse shortage in Canada. She notes rising enrollment to 14,811 across 174 nursing schools and urges efficiency, with routine tasks suitable for machines or elimination. Hall travels Canada on a field tour promoting analysis of nursing functions and care needs.
In Syracuse a market advertised steaks on an instalment plan as a stunt to spotlight high beef prices. Manager Edward F. Butler offered 1 dollar down and 1 dollar weekly with a credit check, calling it a test of customers who can pass his rating. The note also mentions Metropolitan Square in New York.
A collage of quotations on patience, virtue, and inner growth. Figures include George DeBuffon Mary Baker Eddy Fenelon Cornelius Matthews and Ecclesiastes stressing perseverance, meekness, love, and silent reflection as paths to grace.
The Financial Post reports Manitoba dawns a points system for drivers involved in moving accidents or moving convictions. Six points trigger tests at the Highway Safety Office and probation on return. Points vary by offense from one to ten, with penalties for alcohol, hit and run, or speeding. Drivers receive letters warning of consequences and potential license renewal hurdles.
A report on the Canadian Forestry Association tree planting car tours from May 21 to June 2 details meetings in Yorkton Saltcoats Bredenburg Langenburg Marchwell Harrowby and other towns. Attendance ranged from several dozen to about 100 with farmers teachers and local officials seeking information on planting evergreen trees field shelters and home beautification. Local cooperation from CPR agents and school staff aided outreach and enthusiasm grew as residents learned about soil protection and civic landscaping.
A widow seeks contact with her departed husband through a medium asking if he is happy. The spirit answers candidly that he is not in Heaven. The exchange ends with a blunt note on afterlife happiness.
A brief note compares the human body to a machine and urges proper balance of work rest and relaxation to keep both body and mind functioning well. It emphasizes occasional rest to prevent overstrain and maintain overall health.
The nonstop rail journey covers 394 miles between London and Edinburgh in Scotland. Trains operate daily, linking the capital to Scotland with a continuous cross-country run.
The article notes that Sabbath is not only Sunday for Christians but each day has a sacred designation for different peoples: Monday for Greeks, Tuesday for Persians, Wednesday for Assyrians, Thursday for Egyptians, Friday for Turks, Saturday for Jews, and Sunday for Christians. It urges readers to remember that every day can be a holy day for others.
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