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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 09, 1911
Page
7
A detailed account of pocketknife making outlines six main blade steps from forging to tempering. It describes material handling, rolling presses, forges, and the precise eye of skilled laborers shaping blades to exact brass patterns, plus grinding, hardening, and final assembly stages.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt describes a technician pausing a revolving leather wheel to prevent blades from angering apprentices. The blades are moved to an oilstone to sharpen edges, then rejoined to the wheel for a final polish to the outer side, detailing a mirror like surface and slow motion process.
Henry Ward writes that the endless book and the newspaper together chart a path to glory, framing reading as a shared journey. The note links literature and press as guiding forces in public life.
The piece argues that younger children of the King are legally commoners unless raised to the peerage. It notes Kent as a possible dukedom for Prince Albert, and explains that only direct royal status brings advantages. It also states a King's ignorance of class rules and questions the use of titles versus real political rights.
A barber mistakenly severs the lower part of an Irishman's ear while trimming. The drunken man rouses, asks what happened, and remarks that the ear was too long anyway, prompting laughter from the crowd and neighborly reaction.
The English tenor Stephen Incledon quarrelled with an army officer at a country inn. The officer, unable to settle the dispute, woke Incledon in his room and demanded satisfaction. Incledon sat up, sang "Black Eyed Susan" in his best style, and said his singing had given satisfaction to thousands before turning over to sleep.
Experiments on a maggot based remedy for consumption proceed at Shipton and Denholme. A wooden building owned by Clark & Co. houses the trials where patients inhale fumes from numerous maggots. Two women are conducting the tests amid cautious expectations.
A fragment shows a tense exchange over a letter from a woman. The wife sharpens inquiry, the husband reveals the writer’s bill as the cause of his pale reaction. The dialogue hints at a marital strain centered on unseen correspondence.
A witty social exchange centers on a woman's claim that her partner is the most educated man she has known. She notes he completed high school and attended Hartford College, then quips the institution is the Hartford college opposite Yale. The charming anecdote highlights social chatter and cheeky college banter.
A London doctor recommends a simple daily exercise to prevent appendicitis. The plan involves kneeling in the morning and bending backward until one sits on the heels as a hygienic routine.
An old Conestoga wagon carried Abraham Weber into Joseph Brant territory in 1807 and will lead Berlin’s Old Settlers’ Reunion pageant on August 15. Brought from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Weber belonged to the Mennonite land buyers who acquired 60,000 acres from Chief Brant in 1799. The wagon, a fine oak craft with hammerwork iron accents, is in good condition for a return trip of about 600 miles. Weber descendants in Waterloo County remain prominent in the reunion preparations.
The GOs Long Memory recounts George Grants forty seven years with the Great Western Railway at Plymouth and his encounter with Gladstone in 1893. Grants reminiscence recalls Grants journey led by Festiniog and a village named Trawsfynydd from 1838. Also noted is J James Hewson, Liverpool goods superintendent, a noted dramatist with several plays produced and new works nearing completion.
A Browning household maid known for sharp lines quips on George Henry Lewes’s funeral and the poet’s supposed death. She retorts that catching cold at others funerals is pointless and that her master would surely inform them if he were truly dead.
A terse quip contrasts battlefield experience with cinema use as a chap boasts fifty battles while another calls him a plainsman turning philosophy into film. The remark playfully elevates warlike prowess to screen fantasies, reflecting media age bravado.
Brase notes brass as the metal with superior heat reflection. Researchers report brass reflecting more heat than common metals, suggesting applications in thermal shielding and cookware.
The rorya crown of Persia, dating to ancient times, features a pot shape topped by an uncut ruby the size of a ben’s egg.
Mlle Polaire of Paris rode a plane on June 5 and eyed a trip to America. Miss Helen Gould, 43, a New York socialite, is described as puritanical, charitable, and uninterested in pomp. Maria Francisco, 22, set to join a Manila law office, is the Philippines’ first female law school graduate. Mise Giffin, longtime head of the blind room in Washington, is rumored to lead the National Library For the Blind in the capital.
A set of assorted historical claims lists barrels in 910 B C Alaska’s fishing waters, only seventeen ascents of Mount Ararat, New York named for the duke of York, 13 800 dogs euthanized in Chicago, 7 000 000 people near Herald Square, and annual oil losses over 1.5 million barrels from burning wells.
Chicago plans a million investment in voting machines while patriots fund them as before. New York moves to abolish horse cars and may embrace kerosene transit. An evangelist says it would take an earthquake to sanctify New York, and San Francisco has seen several without sanctification.
A Missouri judge upholds spankings by husbands as lawful alongside thawing out dynamite. Worcester drafts restrict barkeeper hospitality as a form of treating. A New Jersey judge declines divorce for a couple who have not spoken since their wedding day, citing a desire to avoid breaking a quiet home.
Freddie Welch the English boxer is identified as a vegetarian. Jack Johnson has signed to fight Bill Lang at Sydney Easter Monday 1912. St Paul and Minneapolis seek a franchise in American or National leagues amid 500000 fans. Jim Jeffries enjoys his $100000 from his match with Jack Johnson and plans a cooling off trip to Alaska.
France hosts forty seven aero plane builders while Germany has eight. The Austrian Aero club issues balloon and aeroplane pilot passes in fifteen languages, illustrating linguistic diversity. A French invention claims a new propeller design reduces power needed for the same output compared with the traditional blade.
A fragile museum snippet shows a tombstone inscription reading Sacred to the memory of Mile. who died April 2 in her eighty first year. She never sooked her age. The oddly worded line reflects a local curiosity about humor in memorials.
A deep sea fish identified as Chiaxmodon niger, a large pigfish, reportedly swallows organisms larger than itself. It features formidable teeth and an enormous stomach capacity, capable of swallowing whales.
A Maine farmer, Ruscue A G Bigelow, decides to focus on pure Shorthorn cattle after observing a young heifer. The animal proves a strong milker and beef producer, delivering seven pounds of butter weekly after her first calf.
The value of Shorthorns as milk producers sparks discussion with dairymen split between pure creed and cows bred for milk. Proponents favor Holsteins Jerseys Guernseys Ayrshires and Alderneys. The bull Village Diamond, owned by the Duke of Portland, shown as beef type, was Leeds show champion.
The article details Mr. Bigelow’s beef cattle stock including two yoke of oxen aged two and three years with measurements and weights, a thirteen month old bull, a twelve and a half month old heifer, a two year old heifer with state champion win, and a cow with calf. He describes breeding goals stressing length, large joints, head posture, eye spacing, muzzle, back level, barrel roundness, full body and tail position. He credits success to careful care and homegrown corn fed six quarts daily, noting cob-ground corn improves stomach tone.
Professor FB C Minkler of New Jersey notes bull feet require careful trimming. When bulls are restrained in stocks, the foot is strapped to a beam and trimmed with pincers and chisel to avoid deep cuts, bleeding, or lameness.
The article describes worm species in New Zealand and Australia with heavy bodies and a neck that connects to a head resembling a monkey. In the Sandwich Islands they are called meta-lu-ki meaning creeper with a child's head. An old New Zealand legend says they once were immense and threatened life on earth.
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