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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 16, 1937
Page
5
A descriptive piece on the rhinoceros as the jungle dreadnought, detailing its size horn and hide, herd structure, hunting challenges, reliance on elephants, armor like skin, mud baths, and a parental split with the male distant during upbringing.
A carving dish with spikes grips the family joint to prevent slipping on floors. A new adjustable golf club combines every club in one. A motorcycle runs on a mixture of two gallons of gas and one of water.
A humorous exchange reveals a painting labeled as a fried egg was actually a sunset. The friend praises the work but mistakes the scene, prompting a witty correction from the artist.
A reflective line notes the irony when a physician must rely on the remedies he prescribes, highlighting a somber scene about medical self-care and accountability.
A guinea fowl on the Clifford Freed farm in Saltfleet Ontario pines for its mate after the hen dies. The surviving bird discovers a reflected likeness in car surfaces and spends hours watching its image on running boards and windshield glass. Freed provides a mate, and the pair thrive until the original mate vanishes. The new mate returns with twelve hatchlings, restoring happiness.
The Stratford Beacon-Herald argues there is no self sufficiency between Stratford city and surrounding rural areas. It says cooperation between urban centers and countryside strengthens interprovincial ties and rejects provincial self sufficiency myths. Dr Christie is cited as a reminder of Canadian unity.
Ancient Easter Island in the South Pacific features hundreds of giant stone images arranged in groups along a sloping shoreline. Statues were rolled from quarries and erected without lumber as the island was treeless. The text notes a fishworm can form two new worms if cut in two.
The Old Zetland lifeboat, built on the Tyne in 1800 and stationed at Redcap England since 1802, marked its 137th birthday. It has saved 520 lives off the Yorkshire coast and remains in excellent preservation. Galileo’s inventions include the pendulum thermometer and telescope, and he was born on February 15, 1564.
Morley Callaghan told the Book Fair in Toronto that young Canadian writers have little chance of success due to the lack of an authentic expression medium in Canada. He urged authors to relocate where their work is accepted and paid, citing Raymond Knister who won only about $8 for poetry published in a French English magazine.
Charles G. Grubb owner-editor of the Jeffersonian in Centreville Mississippi speaks of a 23 year old Negro who has worked as a type-setter for five years yet cannot read or write. He follows the shape of each character and even complex words like sulfanilamide pose no obstacle to him.
Two of Germanys swift streamlined trains carry the nicknames Flying Hamburger and Flying Frankfurter. Authorities plan two holidays to help the public recover from the first holidays impact.
Botanists anticipate winter weeks to study evergreen conifers including pines hemlocks spruces firs and red cedars. The text notes their ancient lineage evergreen leaves cone development seed dispersal and economic and cultural importance with future Canadian species to be explored.
A columnist recalls a farmer whose fixation on ages made him a walking record of births marriages and deaths. Though inept at farming the man could name each neighbor’s birth year and compare family timelines, a curious yet incongruous talent.
Young eagles learn to carry fish by talons as they practice lifting large sticks aloft before fledging.
The record notes needle production began in 1545 with ten units considered a good day's work, reflecting early craft efficiency and labor expectations. The entry emphasizes historical context for toolmaking and small-manufacturing practices of the period.
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