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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 26, 1929
Page
6
The article argues for a Pacific school of art in British Columbia linking to Polynesian designs on totem poles, South Seas canoes and carvings, with hints of Easter Island and early Chinese jades. It notes Mongolian influence, Scythian affinities in shale carvings, and that basket weaving developed as the main art without pottery.
Manitoba contemplates celebrating its diamond jubilee on July 15 1930 announced in Winnipeg by Premier John Bracken. The London Daily Sketch reported Premier MacDonald refused Leon Trotzky entry to Britain. Japanese cruisers Abama and Iwate will visit Vancouver August 10–12. Albert Voight sails from Seward Alaska in a 16 foot collapsible walrus skin boat toward New York on a 6700 mile six month voyage. Charlie Colebrooke Patterson eldest son of the late J C Patterson dies in Ottawa born 1868. Flight tests planned for television apparatus by C Francis Jenkins to show from an airplane view on a distant screen. Japan promises cooperation in disarmament talks between MacDonald and Dawes. France readies a broad social insurance scheme. RCMP Inspector A N Eames moves from Vancouver to head Arctic sub-district at Herschel Island. Federal government will summon provincial representatives next autumn to discuss financial problems.
A German ship yard Deschimag introduces a new hull form that presses water downward to cut friction and shorten the water path bow to stern. Three high sea fishing trawlers built on the principle claim 25 percent fuel savings and reduced rolling and pitching in heavy seas. Test trips report improved steering and efficiency.
Describes pattern No. 464 for a feminine blouse with peplum and shirring at shoulders. Details material options, sizes 16 to 42 bust, compatible skirts and jackets, price 25 cents plus 10 cents for Spring Fashion Magazine copy.
Winnipeg union at 175 McDermot Ave lists pattern ordering details. The note promises practical guidance to improve personal and city prosperity through diligent work, reflecting a civic booster tone.
A remarkable hotel sits on the Jungfrau in the Bernese Alps at 11 480 feet above sea level. Built into the rock, it endures blizzards and eternal snows while serving climbers and tourists arriving by funicular from Interlaken.
A recipe from Betty Barclay for Boston steamed brown muffins using graham flour corn meal flour and sorghum or molasses. Mix dry ingredients then wet with sour milk and molasses. Fill buttered molds half full steam three hours unmold bake briefly and serve hot or cold.
A citrus custard blends four oranges with milk and eggs, thickened in a double boiler, then finished with vanilla. The recipe tops the custard with a meringue made from egg whites and sugar for serving.
J H Woods Calgary managing editor sailed for London to confer with the Empire Press Union council about the Canadian contingent for next year’s Imperial Press Conference. Canada will send 20 delegates, the largest Empire representation. Previous conferences were in Australia in 1925 and in Canada in 1920. The conference will be held in London in June next year.
The text explains origins of Europe and Asia names. Europe from Europa carried by Zeus in bull form to Crete. Asia from a Semitic root meaning going forth or rise of the sun.
Trail riding is a preferred pastime in the Canadian Rockies national parks offering views of many points of interest. In Paris visitors can take guided trail trips of ten, twenty five, or fifty miles on well trained horses.
Le Devoir notes the Hudson Bay Railway will be a valuable addition to Canada's transport system serving as a development road and export route. It highlights rich regional resources and anticipates mineral, pulp and paper, and metallurgical industries along the line. It also praises government data on navigability of the Bay and says the route will not rival the St. Lawrence but will grow in usefulness as mariners learn navigation.
Walter W. Lang of Milwaukee returns from the Canoe River country near Mount Robson B C with one grizzly hide and two brown bears. It is his fourth year in the Rockies. Lang was joined by Richard Lace of Milwaukee on the spring hunt.
The Royal Canadian Air Force conducted oblique aerial photography over thirty three thousand eight hundred square miles of Canada during the 1928 season for the Topographical Survey of the Department of the Interior.
A compiled selection of devotional quotes from J Stuart Holden Whittier Carlyle Shakespeare and Alexander Maclaren emphasizing steadfast love devotion mission and humility. The piece urges readiness to answer God’s call and to view inner worth over outward beauty.
The idea largely credited to France, but the first suggestion came from English Dr. Robert Hook in 1664 via Micrographia. The first artificial thread machine appeared in England in 1840 by Louis Schwabe in Manchester, though his venture failed. spinnerette tech later thrived with about £135 million invested in England.
The University of Alberta celebrated its twenty first birthday with participation from the institution's first president Dr H M Tory now head of the National Research Council of Canada and the province’s first premier Hon A C Rutherford at the anniversary ceremonies.
A statistician argues unemployment in Europe stems from longer working lives. He notes the old idea of being “too old at forty” has passed and now many are considered employable at sixty or sixty five.
The bill for a new Canadian National Railway Montreal terminal passed the Senate and awaits parliamentary sanction. At 50 million dollars, the underground-anchored complex will stretch near St. Catherine Street and connect by viaducts, cutting freight routes from 108 to 20 miles and enabling new industrial and residential development. Electric locomotives and surface leasing schemes are planned, with potential joint operation with the Canadian Pacific Railway if the latter joins later.
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