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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 16, 1939
Page
2
An essay on the lifelong challenge of raising well balanced children. It stresses early training, tailored approaches for individuality, and the dangers of adolescence when parental guidance is crucial. It weighs the roles of punishment and discipline while advocating parental understanding and sympathy.
John Omwake former president and chairman of the United States Playing Card Company died in Cincinnati at 85. Though regarded as the world’s largest card maker he knew no card tricks and rarely played with the cards.
A brief ranking lists Pennsylvania second and California third in a national tally of animals. The source details unspecified species and broader national comparison.
The text outlines how Milton planned Paradise Lost from age 32, brooded until age 50, then labored seven years in blindness. It notes Gray spent eight years on Elegy in a Country Churchyard. It mentions Dante began The Divine Comedy at 35 and died at 66, and Goethe began Faust at 20, finishing the last at an unspecified age.
The author spent 3000 dollars for a single reel weighing 37 pounds and 15 inches in diameter. It carries 2000 yards beyond a mile of 54 thread line. Grey hopes to catch gigantic sharks over 40 feet in Australian waters.
A scientific note states a gallon of earth material would weigh 55 pounds. The figure reflects common soil and mineral content used in educational demonstrations and rough density estimates.
Senator Key Pittman says the State Department weighs extending the territorial waters from three to twelve miles. He notes potential peacetime gains for Alaskan fishing and disputes with Japanese fishermen, but stresses the move needs international agreement and could be by proclamation or treaty. The twelve mile limit was established during Prohibition with Britain for rum runner patrols.
Recipe lists ingredients and steps for a rich chocolate layer cake with two 9 inch layers and frosting. Includes flour, cocoa, butter, sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla, boiling water, and pecan garnish. Instructions cover creaming, beating, folding, and baking at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.
A simple stuffing combines 3 cups finely crumbled Shredded Wheat biscuits with 1 to 3 cups oysters and liquor, 4 tablespoons lemon juice, 2 tablespoons minced parsley, 34 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon white pepper, and melted butter. Mix all with a little boiling water if dry. stuff a roasting chicken and increase for turkey.
Ottawa approves Alberta expenditure of 625000 for main highways this season. Hon. W. A. Fallon announces 550000 shared by Alberta and Dominion for central and southern districts. An additional 75000 allocates two thirds from Dominion and one third from Alberta for mining roads development.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris celebrates its 50th year with the reprise of the original flag raising at its summit. The flag was hoisted by M. Francois Carnot, who performed the same ceremony at the inauguration half a century ago.
The Dominion of Canada supplied about 50 percent of Belgium's asbestos imports, making Canada Belgium’s fourth largest market for the product.
The article traces time keeping from sundials and clepsydras to standard time proposed by Sir Sanford Fleming in 1878 and adopted globally after 1884. It notes five time zones in the Americas and three in Europe, and credits William Willett with daylight saving for conserving coal during World War I with an estimated annual saving of 15 million dollars plus health benefits.
A House of Commons report from Dominion unemployment relief commissioner Harry Hereford shows total federal relief distribution since 1930 through last March 31 at 345 861 770 excluding loans to provinces. It lists provincial grants and department sums with Ontario and Quebec receiving the largest shares and drought relief in 1937 influencing Agriculture appropriations of 28 026 087 since 1930.
A source reports poultry feed is derived from shark flesh, noting the use of marine byproducts in livestock nutrition. The item highlights the unusual origin of the feed and the ongoing interest in alternative protein sources for poultry.
The crew will number seven, not counting stewards. Positions include captain, first and second officer pilots, third officer pilot-navigator, engineer officer, radio officer, and a junior flight officer.
Canada has 74,000,000 acres of cultivated land with 55,700,000 in the Prairie Provinces. Unimproved pasture and range total 40,000,000 acres, of which 33,000,000 are in the Prairie Provinces.
Germany relocates cavalry procurement to horses after deeming mechanized transport unsatisfactory. Officials cite strategic needs and logistics challenges impacting armored mobility. The move signals a pause in heavy mechanization as the military adapts to terrain and supply realities.
A peat fire has burned continuously since 1808 at a wayside inn on Dartmoor England. Local historians note the long running blaze attracted visitors and became a landmark while the inn kept operating nearby.
The Royal Canadian Humane Association awards parchment citations to Annie Margaret Elviss of Swan River for saving Richard W. Zinger at Swan River on August 10, 1938, and Joseph H. Hall of Selkirk for rescuing Rosie Rifkin in the Red River at Selkirk on July 16, 1938. Allison Clifford Fawcett of Rainy River, Ontario, also gains recognition for saving Clifford van Norman at Rainy River on October 2, 1938.
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