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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 27, 1929
Page
5
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports preliminary figures showing mineral output peaking above prior records. Canada’s strength lies in a diverse mineral base and wide territorial prospecting, with vast untapped regions promising further development for a robust mining industry.
A Surrey farmer reports ultra violet light boosts stock value. Twelve pigs received daily irradiation from ages 1 to 20 weeks, with matched controls showing higher sale prices for treated animals. Extra earnings per pig equaled 14 times lamp costs.
National Dairy Council reports butter originated from sour milk carried by Arabs on camels. The bags swayed during desert travel and in fast horse racing, turning milk into butter used as skin lotion, then churned by beating bags on the ground.
The Nationalist Government orders a ban on importing toy pistols and air guns into China. Officials say such toys, though playthings, have been used by bands to terrorize rural people. The regulation applies to both Chinese and foreign firms.
A witty remark by Lustige Blatter, Bertin notes that frequent chest exercise expands chest by two centimetres weekly, humorously predicting a larger house will be required after a year. The quote underscores joke about fitness outgrowing living space.
A formatted catalog page lists pattern numbers No. 899 Graceful Lines No. 127 Popular Coat Dress No. 135 Simard Sim Sie No. 44 Entirely New No. 948 Important School Frock No. 46 Dainty Bolero. Patterns offered in various bust sizes from 16 to 44 inches and ages 6 to 14 years, with yardage requirements for 40 inch and 36 inch fabrics and bindings. All patterns priced 25 cents in stamps or coin. Wrap coin carefully.
A recruit at the naval training station, after two weeks of grueling chores like digging ditches and chopping trees, tells his superior that joining the navy promised world travel, but he has yet to see any. The humor centers on misinterpretation of the phrase see the world.
Charles Minich, a road patrolman near Cornwall Wisconsin, suffered a violent rheumatic attack. He tied a note to his Airedale dog and sent it to a neighbor. the dog delivered the message and Minich was fetched to town for medical care.
Inspectors in fifty six packing plants reviewed 1 150 000 cattle 610 000 sheep 2 600 000 swine and 208 000 poultry and condemned only small shares as unfit for food 1 59 percent cattle 0 27 and 0 26 percent sheep and swine. A new Ottawa lab opens for bovine tuberculosis research and vaccine trials continue with mixed results.
A Daily Chronicle writer notes that modern chemistry allows large scale production of nitrogen from the atmosphere, reducing dependence on natural nitrate deposits. Before the war Germany used the secret process to fuel agriculture and explosives, but the Allies later learned it and can now output vast synthetic nitrogen.
Cleaners report heavy chewing gum litter on trains buses theatres and cinemas. Dealers say demand swelled in summer with touring Americans blamed for much of the spread as locals imitate visitors.
Tourist access to early Christian martyrs tomb galleries in Rome is discussed. If the catacomb passages were laid end to end they would stretch about six hundred miles. A policeman admonishes a driver for not horn signaling after a near collision, while the girl driver explains she avoided startling the pedestrian.
The piece surveys postwar Britain’s recovery and contrasts empire growth with unrest in industry. It cites shifts in taxation and debt, unemployment rates, housing needs, and the decline of coal and shipbuilding while noting gains in education and technology and questions England’s future position in global markets.
Seeds entered for the 1932 World's Grain Exhibition in Regina will be tested for purity in preparation plots. Entries must arrive before April to be sown and judged, with prizes totaling nearly a quarter million dollars for grain and seeds.
The first shipment of British Columbia purebred poultry to Switzerland was made by the R.O.P. Poultry Breeders Association. Ten White Leghorn yearling hens with R.O.P. records of 200 to 225 eggs were bred by N. E. Plaxton in Victoria and shipped on the Notre Dame to Havre, France, then by train to Switzerland.
A thinker notes that extra bedrooms attract visitors and advises avoiding excess rooms when building a new house to preserve a quiet life. He compares spare rooms to a peach tree inviting boys for a yard.
A power station at Karnap Germany will convert mud from the Ems River into fuel. The mud, once dried and heated, matches lignite in heat value and will heat steam for engines driving dynamos.
Farm workers guided by representatives of the Canadian Pacific Railway traveled on the helita to the West. They are part of the first large group under the ten-pound rate and will contribute to the 1929 harvest.
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