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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 09, 1946
Page
7
Hydrogen peroxide, newly listed as short supply, is crucial in industry with millions of pounds used annually. It is produced as a by product in blanc fixe manufacture, a fine white powder from barite used in paint. Canada has barite but lacks processing plants to produce peroxide locally.
Spring fashion pattern 4929 features a side swept plus wraparound design in sizes 12 through 44. Size 16 requires 3 yards of 39 inch fabric. send 20 cents with name address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
A short health snippet links persistent back aches to lazy kidney action with a cautionary tone about kidney health and potential remedies. The fragmented text emphasizes the connection between back pain and kidney function and suggests attention to urinary symptoms.
Linda, a self described leader of a girl group, plans a coup to invite boys to a party after Miss Rogers’s news. She toys with growing up fantasies, buys a chocolate bar, saves for a compact, and imagines lipstick while a taunting boy’s insult wounds her, marking her first ache of maturation.
The Royal Canadian School of Military Engineering at Chilliwack B C announces three projects a history of the R C E in World War II a periodical on R C E activities and a directory of all living sappers. Sappers are urged to send army anecdotes and provide name addresses and occupations to form an up to date directory to link comrades.
Robert W. Lidington of Rochester New York recently issued a patent for a tractor safety device whose total income will support scholarships at Ohio State University where he graduated in 1945. The invention won first prize at the Ohio State Safety Council meeting last year.
National Film Board producer Lawrence Cherry chased dust storms in the Lethbridge area for nearly an hour to film Soil for Tomorrow. The unit rebuilt old farming gear at Swift Current and staged scenes of migration from submarginal to better land, spending four months on location. The colour documentary depicts 1930s drought and soil erosion countermeasures and will air on the NFB Rural Circuits.
A survey shows Western Canada flax yielded 18 million dollars last year and with the 50 cent per bushel price rise to 3.25 dollars, 1946 profits could rise. Many steady growers call flax the best paying crop despite resistance from some farmers wary of past disappointments.
The climate of Iceland near the Arctic Circle remains habitable due to the Gulf Stream. Summers are cool while winters are mild and western Europe likewise benefits from the ocean current.
A Winnipeg article reviews R Gordon Burgoyne's critique of Canadian courts and prisons. It warns of rising juvenile delinquency, postwar readjustment challenges, and the need for jobs and reform to reduce crime and recidivism, urging humane treatment and reintegration. It notes a Viva award for Rosemary Shawcross at a Manitoba music festival.
The article urges early regular cultivation to prevent weeds and conserve moisture, warns beginners against overplanting and planting too deep, and offers specifics on seed depth for peas beans corn beets carrots and vegetables. It also covers frost risk sowing timing for Canada regions and bed preparation with well rotted manure and soil dressing, plus hill planting for melons cucumbers and squash.
A black backed nest made from fencing wire copper telegraph wire bicycle spokes and hair springs was found in the Australian Museum Sydney. Weighing three pounds and spanning 20 inches it was built by a shrike like bird at Braidwood New South Wales. The nest’s builder is not a true magpie as British settlers once believed.
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