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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 20, 1947
Page
7
Ellen faces a marriage proposal from Tim after a broadcast about cooking. She doubts his motives but agrees to marry him, hoping their life includes learning to cook together. The scene shifts to a comically ill attempt at a snack that warms into a tender vow of love.
A guide outlines essential and optional gardening tools from rake and spade to cultivators and garden tractors. It stresses keeping tools clean and oiled, sowing lawn seed in blends for Canadian conditions, soil preparation with deep cultivation, and even seed distribution for a green, weed resistant lawn.
More than 20 000 people lined Vancouver streets in silent tribute as the funeral cortege passed bearing the bodies of Police officers G O Ledingham and Charles Boyes shot by a trio of young gunmen. Madeline Medos wife of one accused offered to provide gang information if protected.
Grant McEwan of the University of Manitoba told about 150 dealers at the Cockshutt Plow annual convention in Winnipeg that modernization of farms and equipment is essential to attract young men to farming. He noted Canada is highly mechanized and warned that modernizing the farm home is also crucial. He cited that only seven percent of Canadian farmers own bath tubs, as an example of outdated practices, while dealers viewed Canada's first built tractor model from 1946.
In Fitchburg Massachusetts a three year old boy admitted to firefighters that he had piled snow to reach an alarm box and pull the handle. He told Captain Alexander Bean that the culprit was himself.
Anne Adams Pattern 4862 offers easy to use instructions for boxer type or French style shorts for men and boys. Sizes cover men 34 to 42 and boys 8 to 14 with yardage listed. Send 20 cents in coins to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union for ordering.
The outdoor worker faces backache from cold dampness and vehicle jolts. The ad credits Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills with stimulating both liver and kidneys to ease backache and promises relief.
A bread recipe blends Grape Nuts prune fruit with milk, flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. The batter rests before baking in a greased loaf pan at 350 degrees for about an hour, then cools wrapped. raisins may substitute for prunes.
Heat molasses with shortening, cool, sift flour salt soda and spices. Stir into molasses, add whole wheat flakes, knead and shape into 1 2 inch rolls. Wrap and refrigerate until firm, then slice thin and bake 8 to 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Yield about 24 wafers.
Statistics show cattle on farms at 9,748,000, down from 9,960,000 in 1945. Sheep total 2,186,000, well below 1945 levels, with sharp declines in the Maritimes and West. Horses fall 7.5 percent to 2,463,300, greatest in the Prairies.
The Health League of Canada urges a nourishing breakfast to fuel a 24 hour body routine. It recommends fruit juice, citrus pulp for vitamin C, whole grain cereals, bacon or eggs, whole grain bread, milk and butter, with optional changes like sausages or waffles. It stresses breakfast supports energy and repair, especially for children, and notes timing and nutrient sources.
Lake Agassiz once stretched across a vast flat wheat belt now in Manitoba North Dakota and Minnesota, exceeding the combined area of the present Great Lakes.
Engineers report direct heat to electricity conversion using thermocouples with no moving parts. A portable generator using gasoline delivers 20 watts at 12 volts and weighs 45 pounds, highlighting a noiseless, compact power source in development.
Joe Howard, a Fergus pilot, returns after 106 days in a wreck near the Quebec Labrador border. He is grounded not by officials but by his bride to be Reta Livingstone who says they will marry soon and there will be no more of this sort.
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