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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1944
Page
7
The article outlines spring gardening guidance during wartime noting three hardiness levels for vegetables and flowers. It lists cool weather crops like peas spinach and lettuce, semi hardy crops such as beans and potatoes, and warm season crops at risk from frost, along with tender flowers like dahlias and gladioli and the value of a Canadian seed catalog for details.
Sheriff Matt Scott battles with his deputy Pete Connely over Diana Scott who helps Terry Hale escape from Keysport jail. Diana reveals an engagement and elopes with Hale using a card deck and pencil carbon to blow the lock, planning to send a wedding check after marriage.
The New York Sun recalls Dr. Leo H. Baekeland, Belgian immigrant to America at 26, whose bakelite invention launched a family of synthetics used in aircraft, household goods, and electrical instruments. His scholarship and career shaped peace and war materials and earned numerous honors.
In St Cuthbert's Church Carlisle Cumberland a pulpit on rails is shown with three floor rails guiding the large pulpit into the centre of the church. The detail comes from a letter to the editor of the London Field with a photograph.
The text notes that while mechanical clocks were invented in 966 by Pope Sylvester II, they did not become common in Europe for about four more centuries.
An ad promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a gentle remedy for constipation by providing bulk to improve natural elimination. It urges daily servings or muffins, ample water, and availability at grocers, noting production in London, Canada.
Miss Mary-Etta MacPherson reports British women value Canadian food aid and efforts to support wartime living standards. She notes pride in Canadian education for women, scarce housing, and English uses of heat and hot water in homes, while praising Britain's fighting spirit and humor amid blackout life.
Announce pattern 4632 featuring a princess style frock and jaunty cape for children sizes 4 to 12. Instructions call for spring wool or rayon, fabric yardage 1.5 to 2 yards. Send 20 cents in coins to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Union, 175 McDermott Ave E Winnipeg Man. Delivery may be slower due to mail.
Coastal command aircraft have logged over 80 million miles in total with more than 25 million miles completed in 1942. The bulk of this flying was in anti submarine patrols and raids.
The Division of Entomology warns Western farmers about spoilage in farm stored grain. Causes include tough grain from poor harvests, moisture, condensation, and poor ventilation. Recommendations cover cold weather transferring and cleaning, regular grain inspection, ventilation, moving infested grain, marketing when possible, and consulting elevator agents or embryological labs for guidance.
A Berlin radio report describes a Hitler issued “gang fighting badge” for German soldiers who have engaged in anti guerrilla operations in occupied territories. The item references a new decoration linked to counter insurgency actions.
A travel note observes one can traverse Australia from the southern Bight to the Arafura Sea without encountering a fence. It highlights a continuous land route across diverse terrain and border regions.
A 16 year old Dulcie Scott manages an 80 acre Northumberland farm with 19 dairy cattle seven calves two horses two pigs and 50 chickens. Her 19 year old Land Army assistant helps in a city upbringing. Dulcie starts at 430 am feeding horses barns milking and delivering milk then continues with ploughing cleaning machinery market runs and routine chores repeating the cycle at 3 pm.
A Canadian advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a clean antiseptic healing agent. It claims relief from eczema barber’s itch salt rheum and itching toes with many long standing cases yielding in a few days. The product is sold by drugstores with satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
Norsemen aircraft gained popularity among bush operators after its 1936 purchase by Dominion Skyways. The Norseman, seen in Captain of the Clouds with James Cagney, was praised by pilots and later adopted by the U.S. military. Noor duyn had hoped for its rugged suitability as a reliable daily flyer.
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