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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1945
Page
7
Owen Roberts, a district attorney, vents about local burglaries while home with Martha and their children. He devises a plan using personal notices to trap a thief and plans to buy Martha a hat and a jeweled spider pin, highlighting family life amid crime worries.
Theo Hardeen, 69, Houdini's brother and heir, died after an operation in New York hospital. Houdini had bequeathed his tricks to vanish with the heir, and for 19 years Hardeen guarded the secrets of the legerdemain master.
Premier John Hart announced plans for a provincial railway extension from Prince George to Dawson Creek as filings under the Railway Act move the project forward for the Peace River district.
Before the war Java alone boasted more than 500 rubber industries as the Netherlands East Indies emerged among the world’s first rubber producers. The note highlights the region's large industry base and prewar significance in global rubber supply.
A collage of small town notes from Lymburn Alberta to Tobermory Ontario features Yorkson shipping out at 700 pounds netting $448, honey gifts overseas, a Maple Creek fastball remark, a La Salette accident cost, anniversaries, a grain elevator makeover, a 300 pound bear in Cranberry Lake, veterans rehabilitation talks in Wynyard, free half price property sales in Penticton, a successful farm equipment sale in Killarney, a communal Wheat seeding effort near Herbert, a shrapnel scar from World War I in Kirkland Lake, and reflections on democracy from North Battleford.
The Lethbridge Herald cites a Seville resident who resists a yearly facade painting rule. Neighbors bear the sight of shabby homes, the paper argues, urging paint for rural and urban beautification, not promotion for paint dealers.
Edward Rowe Snow, a New England historian, claims a sunken pirate ship is found in 14 feet of water about 45 miles off Provincetown at Cape Cod tip. Divers Al and Bill George retrieved coins from the sunken vessel, first surfaced in 1879. The discovery occurred while trying to identify the hull of a vessel thought to be the steamship Portland which sank in 1898 with many lives lost.
A simple tea time cookie recipe features dates or raisins with orange flavors, corn flakes, and a two sandwich approach. The dough is chilled rolled and baked at 425 degrees for about 12 minutes yielding 36 cookies.
A range of catches are recorded from Canadian waters. A Lake Huron sturgeon yielded 35 pounds of caviar and $80 at Fred Gallie’s Errol fishery. In B C surface ice trapped lake trout and a 12 pound pike was netted near Sunny Bank Waupool. Port Alberni sockeye gill netted a 20 foot shark and six boxes of liver.
The Egg and Poultry Market Report urges Canadian producers to gather every possible egg from current flocks and preserve quality for consumers. With Europe short of animal proteins and Britain’ s rationing tight, eggs are vital to meet six months of food demand and prevent losses from spoilage or breakage.
The entomological branch of the agricultural department warned that caterpillar infestations are prevalent from the Maritimes to Edmonton and spreading westward and southward. A spokesman says this summer is the peak of a three year cycle when tent caterpillars are most numerous and then die off until the next cycle begins.
A father instills business wisdom to his son emphasizing honesty as keeping one’s word under any circumstance. He defines sagacity as never revealing it. The tale also notes the origin of the word mascot from Provence and Gascony meaning a household bringer of luck.
A massive structure weighing about 4000 tons and rising five stories was relocated successfully. The operation involved careful planning and experienced crews to ensure stability during the move. No injuries were reported and nearby services continued uninterrupted.
Pattern 4546 offers a wrap and tie frock for Junior Miss sizes 11 through 18. The design requires no side seams and uses 3% yards of fabric at size 13 with 35 inch fabric. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg for details and ordering.
A herd of 109 purebred and grade Holstein cattle left Lindsay Ontario aboard the Canadian National Railways on a 4000 mile trip to Mexico City. The herd will be kept at the Guadalajara ranch of Jesus Gonzalez Callo, secretary to the President. Also note that over two thirds of the British Empire population is located in India.
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