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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 21, 1957
Page
4
A tax inspector asks what the taxpayer can do for him and the man replies with humor about meeting the people he works for. A butcher sells hens with a quirky exchange involving a single chicken and a sow, then offers both after a clever misdirection about weight and price.
An open letter from a campaign manager reflects on the post election period. It details budget constraints and media strategy including allocating more than half the budget to Saskatchewan weekly press, with the rest to TV handbills and posters. It notes collaboration with Ken Cooper of Cooper Advertising in Saskatoon and mentions Alvin Hamilton and newly elected Prime Minister Diefenbaker as beneficiaries of weekly newspaper support.
An elderly man knocked unconscious by a car awoke believing he faced a third degree charge. He confessed to using an alias but claimed no crime. He suffered minor injuries and criticized the force for rough treatment. The piece also notes political campaign advertising and a provincial convention expected soon. A. V. Svoboda, provincial president, thanks the publication for fairness.
A collage of light local items from Prairie communities. Humorous vignettes about neighbors in Hartney and Yellowknife, pumpkin harvest reports from Castor and Ashdown districts, skunk and goose anecdotes, birthday and anniversary notices, and a correction about a baby’s parentage in High River.
Roger Ward visited Round Lake to test the fishing, landing a 14 pound jack after a tense moment when the line broke near shore. The report appears under sports in paradise style in The Herald of Whitewood Saskatchewan dated November 6 1957.
Dress up pattern 7390 can be worn as apron jumper or dress with a tulip pocket and cinched waist. Send 35 cents for tissue pattern plus 25 cents for Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book 1957. include name, address, pattern number to Household Arts Dept Toronto.
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