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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 15, 1929
Page
5
Reports describe a perfected electrically controlled torpedo that follows targets with wireless steering. In tests at Portsmouth harbor it ran wild at 46 knots before washing ashore at Weymouth beach, with observers kept back and photos seized.
Passengers mock the Crack Express for erratic movement as a porter jokes the engineer is teaching his wife to drive. Onlookers joke about a man in a window not moving and a chess tournament inside while a punchline about five flies lands from Travaso Rome.
The Lake of the Woods Milling Company reports Garnet wheat falls short of Marquis for flour quality in a 2000 bushel trial at Keewatin Mill. Garnet averaged 12.5 percent protein vs Marquis 13.2 percent, with similar absorption and bread yield. Reward wheat outperforms Marquis on protein by 1-2 percent while matching other favorable traits.
Pattern order notice lists address 175 McDermon Ave Winnipeg and pattern details. Includes pattern number and size options for readers.
Colonel Russell Pasha, head of Egypts narcotics bureau, says over 500000 Egyptians use drugs in a 15000000 population. He estimates $25000000 is spent annually on narcotics. The bureau fights dealers and notes a Vienna gang member earned about $80000 in two years.
Burton W. Blair of Marion Ohio spent three years building a unique table without any nails or screws. The top uses 1557 wood pieces across 17 kinds to achieve color, and the piece features three designs including the Masonic square and compass and the American Legion emblem. Blair, a World War veteran, began work on October 5 1925.
Twelve year old Annie Turner daughter of James Turner Cadboro Bay stock breeder earns grand championship at Kamloops bull sale and fat stock show with a 34 month old 1100 pound Short horn steer sired by Braidhill Marquis. She has repeated high honors from last year with numerous cups and trophies.
The optical glass for astronomical telescopes must be free of imperfections and internal strain. polishing removes only a few ten-thousandths of an inch. surface errors of a millionth of an inch are detected and corrected.
Prince Albert National Park in northern Saskatchewan sits at 1,800 feet above sea level and houses many lakes and streams that feed canoe routes toward Hudson Bay and the Arctic Ocean. The piece comments on Canada’s leisure and work patterns, noting idle people occupy themselves with winter bompiels and summer golf while unemployed observers watch skyscrapers rise.
The Merchants' Association of New York reports 25 million Americans will observe daylight saving time this summer. California Massachusetts Rhode Island New Jersey and numerous localities plan or already use the change. New York Illinois Indiana and Connecticut cities are adopting the scheme.
The first ice cream shipment from Canada to South America went from Truro Nova Scotia to Georgetown British Guiana aboard the RN S Lady Drake of the Canadian National Steamships. The un solicited order signals strong export interest as the company eyes a growing trade with the new service. Two years earlier a Newfoundland shipment started a regular route, encouraging expansion beyond Canada.
A Montreal Star correspondent laments the waning chivalry as women demand equality. The piece argues knightly graces vanish with modern gender roles, suggesting women cultivate traditional manners among their friends, though knighthood is no longer in fashion.
In southern Alberta ten large irrigation projects are in operation covering just over one million acres. They tap 5,500 miles of canals and ditches already constructed, expanding water access for farming and development.
Canada expands aerial surveying mapping 66 400 square miles last year under the Royal Canadian Air Force with N C Stewart noting planes reveal mineral and timber resources transport routes and watercourses. Wool growers emphasize careful shearing to keep grease and foreign material out and use proper packing to minimize weight loss.
Poultry producers in British Columbia report increased attention from logging camps as a profitable market. A poultryman tallies 3,290 logger consumers, underscoring logs workers as major egg buyers who typically start their day with multiple eggs.
A naturalist in Trance reports ants forming a fire brigade when a lighted taper is placed on a hill. Ants extinguish the flame by squirting formic acid from jaws and some members tear at it. Several ants perish and one hero drags a comrade to safety.
Prof T J Harrison of Manitoba Agricultural College and Paul Bredt report from Europe on barley needs of trade. Harrison says Canada grows the world's worst barley and plans to encourage better quality. There is demand for Canada's O A C 21 in distilling and malt extract but not for brewing with current barley. European ministers aim to keep only the best barley.
In a brief exchange, a beggar tells a lady he does not seek food or clothes or work. He asks if she might have an old tire for his car, prompting a curious, practical request rather than charity.
Cadmium was produced in Canada for the first time in 1928. It was used for plating, colour making, medicine, and dyeing according to the report.
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