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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 10, 1951
Page
2
The piece notes a rapid rise in Canadian motor vehicles from 565 in 1905 to 725000 by 1925 and 255452 by 1948 including 1497409 passenger cars and 49736 trucks. It discusses highway needs, road surfacing, rural ownership, accident rates, and hopes for fewer incidents in the new season.
The article advises generous spacing for trees shrubs and vegetables to prevent crowding and weak growth. It covers row gaps at least 12 inches for cultivation plus specific distances for alyssum carrots tomatoes and large trees. It also stresses regular cultivation and the value of fertilizers humus compost and cover crops like clover rye or oats to improve soil in Canada.
A string of lighthearted vignettes about daily life and social quirks. Jokes cover wireless accessories, last words, nature, courting, paratroop drills, rain prayers, and farm humor with a playful tone. Ends with a catalog-like punch of 2932.
Medicine Hat hosts a six club meeting led by Cliff N. Henderson to set a May 22 to June 1 schedule for the Western Canada Baseball League. Clubs must post 1000 dollar guarantees plus 500 for league costs and umpires. Visiting teams receive 100 dollar guarantees or 7.5 percent of tickets, whichever higher. Rained games pay guarantee. postponed games replayed as doubleheaders.
A humorous column contrasts gendered labels noting a short woman is petite while an undersized man is a runt. It pairs phrases for a shy woman with a dull man and a married woman described as set for life with a husband called hooked. It also contrasts thrifty women as good managers with cautious men labeled deadbeat.
The statement defines obscurantists as those who view scientific advancement with dislike and fear, framing them as opponents to knowledge growth.
Red Cross Water Safety Division offers water proof transfers for boats and canoes to reduce drownings. Owners are asked to send name address and transfer quantity to Regina address and follow placement and maintenance tips including life jackets and improvised buoys.
Interest in the Manitoba swine trade has grown as Malcolm McGregor reports shipping two nine week old pigs to American buyers. One pig heads to E. S. Kellogg and Sons of Clear Lake Iowa and the other to G. W. Hughes of Madison Alabama.
Prairie farmers monitor the grasshopper forecast maps from the Dominion Entomological Service noting smaller infestation in Manitoba’s Red River Valley and continued but reduced severity in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The three-peak cycle shows 1918 23, 1932 35, and 1949 ongoing through 1951 with control efforts costly yet effective in lowering predicted damage.
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