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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 26, 1934
Page
4
Enrico Fermi announced the artificial creation of a new element, No 93, formed by bombarding uranium with neutrons. This synthetic element exceeds natural 92 and represents a modern alchemy of adding a proton to Uranium’s nucleus, yielding a previously unknown substance.
A Commons committee passed a bill preventing sale to the public of medicines labeled as cures for many diseases requiring immediate medical attention. The list includes alcoholism, cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, tuberculosis, smallpox, influenza, venereal diseases and more.
The American Museums Association convention advocates a larger educational role for museums in the new leisure regime. The US now has 1,700 museums with buildings valued at 150 million dollars and new museums opening every fortnight. Museums in national parks interpret outdoors. natural science history and art attract both adults and children.
Estimates indicate a world burden of leprosy reaching about five million cases, with transmission ongoing in several regions. Health agencies warn that underreporting and social stigma hinder accurate totals and control efforts.
The piece notes no same scale protests for women as men over 40 displacement, citing Department of Labor data. A Women's Bureau survey of 20 000 questionnaires shows many women in business are around age 39, with over one fifth 50 or older, many educated up to college, and most salaried. Women physicians earn most, salespeople least.
A 1788 Royal Carp in Austria was caught six times and sold in Belgrade after being first presented to Emperor Joseph II. Other age records cite a 1230 copper ring in Swabia carp, a 250 year old pike near Heilbronn, and St Petersburg carp reputed at 150 years, illustrating remarkable longevity.
In Cameron Bay N W T an engineer reports a rare labor surplus. On arrival he found no available workers to hire as all claims were already staffed elsewhere. May 5 marked his departure from the town.
St Thomas Times Journal reports a meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists endorsing humane traps now used in England. Dr Vernon Bailey demonstrated a trap that holds without causing pain, prompting a recommendation to replace steel traps nationwide and curb animal cruelty in fur production.
A brown leather purse lies on the ground as youths snicker at passersby. A woman retrieves it and laughs at her own prank revealing a hidden roll of bills. She claims she dropped it to test honesty, while the onlookers react with silence.
The article emphasizes oiling and sealing to keep bearings clean and functional, noting that proper lubrication and protection matter for ball, roller, or plain bearings. It frames maintenance as essential to performance, longevity, and reliability of agricultural machinery.
The Barkerville district in the old Cariboo region sees population growth from 100 to about 500 in recent years and overall district population rising to around 1,500. H. B. King, president of the Barkerville district board of trade, spearheads revival as roads improve and settlers arrive by various means. Major H. B. King of Kitsilano School is his father.
Nature Magazine reports Rigel as about 17,000,000 miles across and emitting light equivalent to 18,000 suns. It ranks among the hottest stars with a temperature near 29,000 degrees Fahrenheit, far above Betelgeuze at 9,000 degrees.
The Rowett Institute in Scotland finds oats suitable as pig feed except oatdust. Greece reports recurring pleuropneumonia in goats since 1920, linked to Asia Minor. Canada records April wheat ground at 4,866,537 bushels and mills’ daily capacity at 96,795 bushels. April flour output 1,088,785 barrels. Canadian creamery butter rules tighten salting limits. poultry hatchery rules aim at affordable, profitable chicks. North Africa farms most wheat durum, markets in France and Italy. tomato trials in Alaska thrive under extended daylight. Fermenting cornstalks for hotbeds shows heat benefits. Trinidad banana breeding noted for Canada’s trade ties.
Thousands of birds migrating to England for summer are saved by perches placed on six major lighthouses. Birds tired from crossing hundreds of miles rest on lantern-adjacent perches rather than strike glass and fall. Mediterranean and African swallows travel over 1000 miles to reach the lighthouses where space is quickly filled during the migration season.
A clothier recalls selling an overcoat that pleased a customer whose sons kept wearing it after each rain. The discussion highlights a humorous pattern of hand-me-downs across generations.
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