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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 24, 1956
Page
2
Experiments in southwestern Saskatchewan compare good and poor summerfallow practices on adjacent two acre plots over seven years. Good fallow costs about 1.00 per acre more for an extra field operation but yields 3.2 bushels per acre more, a net return exceeding 500 percent. Favorable moisture boosted dividends, though results depend on conditions.
A compact collection of aphorisms and brief quotes from Eddy Hazlitt Thoreau Lincoln Emerson and others. The notes mix moral maxims on right conduct patience and virtue with a brief line on fashion for bridal veils.
The article explains figures of speech in the Bible using Jesus statement I am the vine ye are the branches to show how union with Christ yields fruit. It argues that God intends lives to be productive and glorified through Christian character and good works. The test of that union is bearing much fruit.
Records in Winnipeg note Thomas Douglas Earl of Selkirk founded the first white prairie settlement in 1812. Among the original colonists were at least 15 Norwegians led by Captain Even Holte who helped build a Nelson River road and ferried settlers to Fort Douglas later Fort Garry. Some stayed at Norway House while others joined the main settlement farming lands near the Red and Assiniboine rivers.
Victorian welcome mat hand hooked with roses and bow knot. Instructions show transferring design to burlap, coloring for shading, and simple hooking steps. Pattern 110 ties into a rug packet including crochet and hooked rug guides and a braided rug option priced $1.50 postpaid. Pattern 357 offered for 35 cents or in a five-pattern packet for $1.50 postpaid.
Sparkling new maternity top features a novel neckline and blue, yellow, and green iron-on motifs. Patterns 7036 and 4897 offer Misses and Maternity sizes with simple, washable designs. send 25 or 35 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept in Toronto for complete instructions and fabric yardage details.
Household Arts Department at 60 Front Street West Toronto promotes an Alice Aprooks Needlecraft Catalogue. The ad invites readers to order the 25 cent book featuring knitting crochet embroidery iron ons toys and novelties with pages of new designs.
At the Canadian Aeronautical Institute meeting Air Industries chief R N Redmayne described visions of thriving Arctic cities with tree lined streets aided by airlifted supplies. He cited DEW line support, Captain Gerry McGinnis’s pioneer landings, and a 1954-55 plan for moving freight, noting 42 000 tons moved in spring airlift and 2 192 commercial flights by June.
An English overview notes that dukeship is the highest hereditary rank in the peerage, placing dukes after princes in precedence. The passage also references faster hub movement at Maritime Central Airways and urges saving a life in a quotable call to action.
A quirky old column references curious mysteries about overalls in chowder and flannel in pancakes at a neighborhood restaurant. It notes convention time creates odd bedfellows and crowded host hotels. The piece concludes with playful jabs about mothers in law and their jokes.
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