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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 15, 1951
Page
5
Health magazine cautions homeowners against dropping home insurance based on long safe occupancy. The piece compares this risk to parents skipping immunizations despite preventable diseases like diphtheria and tetanus affecting others.
Health League of Canada urges ongoing immunization as several Canadian cities show success. Brantford Ontario, known as the Telephone City, reports no diphtheria cases for two decades since November 1830, with the last death in 1929, a record for cities of similar size.
The Health League magazine notes Toronto records only one diphtheria case with no deaths in 1948 50 while Hamilton shows strong prevention. It cites 305 deaths from 12 182 whooping cough cases and 49 deaths from 421 uncertain cases, concluding that the gospel of immunization must still be preached.
Merlin Donald of the All-Canada Insurance Federation warns that several companies may quit auto insurance due to heavy claims. He says rising accident costs push rates up, risking more uninsured or non driving, and that cutting accidents is the only way to lower rates.
Advice urges readers to use good light to read and work, protecting eyes from strain and injury.
The Vancouver Sun editorial proposes King George spend a month or two in Canada to recuperate. It calls him King of Canada and argues the monarch should take a larger personal role, suggesting he open Parliament annually.
A collection of comic exchanges and wry quips from office, classroom, and social settings. Jokes cover editors and poets, bosses and interns, couples and critics, with playful quips about intelligence, marriage, electricity, and match making.
In Cambridge Mass Leon Bushmick's garbage truck carried 1s tons of sour dough increasing as it moved. Dough oozed into the cab after a 15 minute delay. Police declared the truck a public nuisance and suggested sharing the load while both trucks reached the piggery full to the brim.
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce named winners in fire prevention and health and safety across Canada. Fire shield recipients include Ottawa board of trade Hull chamber Kenora board Red Deer and Nelson boards Vegreville Lunenburg. health and safety statuettes go to Windsor chamber Winnipeg Niagara chamber Red Deer Dauphin Kenora Thorold and Lunenburg boards.
Manitoba farmers will share 2.6 million dollars for their crops as the Fort Garry processing plant targets a record 175000 tons of beets and a sugar output of 44 million pounds. Alberta and Ontario lead production with 420000 and 347000 tons respectively.
Merlin Donald of the All Canada Insurance Federation cites 4000 yearly horse and buggy fatalities in North America forty years ago as evidence that transport risks persist. He recalled 1891 clippings noting deadly crashes and a family destroyed by runaway oxen, contrasting with modern car accidents.
The U S Department of Agriculture tests turning apple skins into perfume to reduce crop surplus. The effort uses only skins while researchers seek uses for the remaining waste pulp.
Britain will ban imports of poultry from Canada and Holland from November 12 due to serious risks of fowl pest spreading to the domestic industry. The Agricultural Ministry said the disease has spread since April, making the ban necessary.
A Ginny Simms style endorsement touts Blue Bonnet Margarine for flavor and nutrition. The ad promises three flavors and economic value with two packaging options including a Yellow Quick bag for easy color. It urges using the margarine for cooking vegetables and as a spread.
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