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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 24, 1936
Page
2
A lengthy note advises farmers and small town workers to plan a well earned holiday. It argues change of scene boosts nerves and health, and outlines practical, low cost travel with car or wagon, camping, and basic sustenance. Early planning ensures preparedness and peace of mind.
A middle aged spinster struggles with a hot cup of coffee as a train waits. A nearby cowboy offers his cup of coffee, noting it is saucered and blowed, to help her avoid spilling before departure.
A line notes that minute tobacco seeds yield many plants. a thimbleful reportedly furnishes enough seed to plant an acre of ground. This curious claim highlights the efficiency of seed quantities in agricultural practice.
A shopper on Madison Avenue seeks a dress that complements her coat. The assistant assures her the chosen color will clash beautifully, sparking doubt about the color while forecasting a striking match. The anecdote arrives as a humorous tale from a mall encounter.
Narwhal whales develop a single tusk used to punch holes in Arctic ice. The tusk aids feeding and social behavior as they navigate frozen seas. Researchers note its unique orientation and strength in breaching the ice surface.
Dr George W. Lewis of NACA told a Rockefeller Center meeting in New York that with current wing designs planes would be limited to about 575 miles per hour. He showed films illustrating that at this speed the airflow over the wing breaks into a shock wave and lift is lost.
A dapper man arrived at Buckingham Palace with two plainclothes officers and drove to Commercial Road where the Koh-i-Noor diamond was handed to a renowned diamond expert for cleaning. It was later returned to its safe near the Queen's bedroom.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Carter's Little Liver Pills to stimulate two pounds of bile flow daily. It claims the pills are harmless, gentle, and free of calomel or mercury while promising relief from gas, constipation, and a sour feeling.
A visitor to the Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia died after being stung by a live cone shell. He reportedly scraped the shell with a knife when a barbed spike punctured his palm, causing blindness, coma and eventually death.
Fishermen W Edwards and J Eeley report a dramatic escape when their launch became entangled with a large whale. The whale fouled the anchor and sped away at high speed. Edward cut the rope to free the boat and avert disaster near Goffs Harbor Australia.
Three specimens were brought to Professor Wood Jones at Melbourne University from an island off New Guinea. Two are preserved carcasses while the third is a live white furred creature that eats banana passion fruit biscuits milk honey and fruit. It is a small marsupial with similarity to a rare Australian tropical species.
Drain cherries and boil juice with Crown Brand Corn Syrup sugar and water for five minutes. Roll tea biscuit batter into an oblong sheet, spread cherries, dust with cinnamon, dot with butter, roll tightly, place in pan and bake in a hot oven.
Pilot Officer B. R. Ker of South Wood had his flying license suspended for eight weeks after a solo Newcastle to Oslo and back flight completed in 11 hours five minutes. The trip was conducted in secrecy and left Woolsington Airport without Customs formalities. The Air Ministry acted to enforce regulations while recognizing Ker’s enterprise and achievement.
Although tuberculosis is being fought valiantly and the death rate is lower, the disease is considered still the greatest public health problem of the country.
A vintage ad touts Magic baking powder as dependable for luscious fine textured cakes. It promotes constant full leavening power and economic use, claiming less than 1 cent per cake, urging readers to order a tin from the grocer.
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports the cost of living index for 1926 base fell from 80.7 in January to 80.4 in February. Food costs declined as meat prices mostly fell except eggs butter lard and pork rose. Coal coke and gasoline prices rose slightly.
A vintage advertisement touts Wincarnis as a non drug tonic backed by over twenty thousand medical professionals. It claims grapes and beef malt extract boost strength, aid sleep, and restore energy for run down or anxious individuals. Harold F. Ritchie & Co. Ltd. of Toronto are listed as sales agents.
A Tokyo forwarding agency advertises that it will hand luggage to them and send it in all directions. In Seoul a shop sign reads J. K. Blank-Bread Baker claiming to be the best loafer in town.
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