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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
4
The 1920 hail insurance business grew for frail insurers in Saskatchewan with premiums totaling $4,563.38 versus $2,314,987 in 1919, an almost 100 percent rise. Loss payments were $1,960,038 in 1920 and $1,820,800 in 1919, showing similar payout levels despite premium growth.
The Montreal Standard reports executors found a holograph King George peerage letter among Sir Wilfrid Laurier's papers. Laurier had placed the document in a safety deposit box but never spoke of it in life. Executors say he cherished the secret and would have been pleased by such recognition.
Sunflowers attract interest in Canada and the United States as a silage crop especially where corn fails. Claims note sunflowers are hardier than corn and resist drought and frost better. Idaho experiments show sunflower silage comparably nutritious to corn. Canadian studies find little nutritional difference, corn preferred where easily grown, otherwise sunflowers make an excellent substitute.
A compilation of quirky facts notes a bee strength versus a horse, cost insights for Bank of England notes, mosquito teeth seen under a microscope, a wedding bonfire custom in Japan, a common opening in Chinese conversation, and the high annual cost of tramway dead ends in London.
The total value of British Columbia forest products last year reached 92.5 million dollars, about double the level of three years prior. Lumber cut value increased by nearly 16 million dollars from the previous year, and pulp and paper product value rose by more than 9 million dollars.
A remark notes that Chinese hold a belief about burial abroad causing their seats to wander among strangers. The line suggests a superstition linked to living in exile or foreign lands.
A group of Finnish Legion veterans and family members, guided by Lieut T C Wetton, arrives in England after North Russia service and is brought to Canada to work in lumber camps. Wetton and Miss Aini Kauppinen, a Finnish refugee and romance culminates in a marriage on 1 June with Legionaries as a guard of honor.
Hundreds of birds and fish are dying in Southampton waters from oily waste discharged by tank steamers from America. Vegetation along the shore is dead or discolored. Businessmen and residents push an anti pollution campaign as fisheries manager B G A Scott warns of potential relocation. He cites oil coating crabs and lobsters and swans killed by oil.
New game regulations in British Columbia increase penalties and limits to protect scarce bears. Trapping bears is banned for the first time, three black bears per season may be hunted, and grizzlies are limited to two. Bounties rise for cougar to 40, timber wolf to 25, and crows magpies hawks owls and eagles to 20 cents to deter increasing carnivore presence near towns.
A traveller halted in a town famed for its buns gave a boy ten cents to fetch a bun and buy one for himself with the change. The boy returned calmly eating a bun and handed five cents back, saying there was only one left.
Juicy reindeer steaks from Alaska are selling in San Francisco at 35 cents a pound. The unusual meat attracts curious shoppers and signals a unique regional import entering the local market.
William Turnbull provincial lumber commissioner will travel to London and Egypt to study scoping of BC lumber markets. The trip follows an 8,000,000 foot order for railway ties placed three months earlier with BC exporters.
Community urging residents to buy locally to boost the town’s businesses and economy. Emphasizes supporting nearby shops and sustaining local jobs through everyday purchases.
The record notes a curious animal behavior claim that elephants fear mice and sharply dislike pigs or odors associated with them. It presents a folklore style assertion without scientific backing.
Crowds thronged to bid farewell to Empress Augusta Victoria with loud cheers as Field Marshal von Hindenburg drew applause from the public. Princes passed largely unnoted while even the Communist observers fell silent amid the display of popular sentiment.
The common peanut grows in a peculiar way with fruit at the end of a stiff stalk. Before ripening the stem bends over and pushes the fruit underground. Pigs are said to be fond of peanuts, leading to a humorous suggestion that the plant hides its nuts from the porker’s investigations.
The Chicago church claims to be the world’s largest Negro congregation with more than ten thousand members enrolled. It highlights its extensive reach, organizational presence, and community activities within the city.
Experimental farms across Canada report rising egg production with pullets averaging up to 270 eggs per year. From Kentville to Vancouver Island, stations record 150 to 200 eggs common, with several pens surpassing 200 and one hen hitting 256 at Fredericton. High quality breeding stock and eggs are offered to the public, fueling demand for pedigree cockerels and best egg laying results.
The Civil Service Commission reports 29,084 returned soldiers had appointments by December 31, with 8,448 permanent. Government rules in the last month allow many currently employed veterans to become permanent. Appointments span all branches from deputy minister to messenger, with salaries including two at 6000, four at 4000, and thirteen at 3000 or more, while hundreds earn over 1800 annually.
Dean E A Howes of the University of Alberta praises irrigation linked tree planting at Brooks and across tributary areas. He notes a systematic distribution of tree cuttings and a follow up program to ensure care after distribution, calling tree planting a key factor in Alberta's settlement and commending the Canadian Pacific Railway for support east of Calgary.
Western Canada increasingly uses Saskatchewan clays for crockery and other clay products. Raw clay is mined in the province and shipped for manufacture. In 1920 the region spent over $28,000,000 on clay goods plus $4,000,000 of crockery imported from the United States.
A British need is noted in the commentary suggesting that im materialistic philosophers devise a plan to enable Lloyd George to be in multiple locations simultaneously. The remark humorously highlights the desire for expanded influence across key settings.
Complete stergosaurus skull unearthed in Red Deer valley by Charles Sternberg expedition for University of Alberta. Skull marks first full specimen. fossil will be shipped to Edmonton. Sternberg estimates half of U S museum fossils come from Red Deer field. three parties operate this year, including his brothers collecting for Ottawa and Toronto.
The S S Lakonia sailed from Montreal for Glasgow with the first representative shipment of cattle ever exported from the port. The lot includes 35 head from Ottawa experimental farm, 80 head from Saskatchewan Government averaging 1385 pounds, and 17 head from Toronto. Consigned to T J Irwin Limited of Glasgow the stock is advertised to show what farmers would receive to finish if the embargo ends.
Aviators Roberts and Williams of Devil’s Lake North Dakota had their plane seized by mounted police after entering Canada without proper identification papers or flight clearance. The incident underscores stricter Canadian aviation regulations compared with the United States.
The Anglo British Canadian Fisheries Company Limited enters the shark trade at Parker Island near Active Pass in the Gulf of Georgia British Columbia. Mud sharks caught here will be processed into fertilizer oil chicken feed and leather. These sharks range from ten to fifteen feet long and weigh one to sixty two tons.
Mr. von Bissing, half-brother of a German general, says if Germany had studied history they would not have started the war. He adds that the British always win the wars and sometimes win the credit as well. Border Cities Star reports.
Cartoon caption notes a massive redwood has grown for centuries and now stands on government land, sparking traveler curiosity about the protected site. The lighthearted remark contrasts slow growth with the sudden access granted by public reservation.
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