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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 22, 1938
Page
2
A column endorses A J Elliott’s proposed program to employ roaming unemployed youth through temporary work, education, and eventual permanent jobs. It urges housing in modest camps, a three stage path, and a minimum wage of thirty dollars monthly with five kept for families to restore morale and relieve relief burdens.
John Dolanchuk nicknamed the man with out a country faces a tangled status as U S immigration courts struggle with his deportation. Roosevelt sailed without him and authorities say he crossed borders illegally from Canada to the United States and to Spain. Several nations have refused him entry after a long deportation dispute.
R A Brown Jr of Calgary told the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in Vancouver that Turner Valley crude could boost imperial supplies. He urged embargo on US imports and a bigger domestic market with lower freight rates to lift British share, noting empire crude output is only about five percent of needs. He dismissed a west to Pacific pipeline but predicted freight cuts could follow once production justified larger flows.
Old New York safe from mid 20th century contains papers signed A Lincoln Springfield Illinois. Experts believe Abraham Lincoln authored items showing his leisure time hobby of invention. Among them is a patent application for a pontoon lifting vessels over bars or shallow water without discharging cargo.
Authorities link a drop in sunstroke and heat exhaustion to milk and lemonade among modern British troops in India. Still, hospital admissions are high with 30,000 of 50,000 troops admitted yearly, double the home ratio, while 390 per 1,000 native soldiers are admitted.
Sir Frederick Banting, insulin co discoverer and University of Toronto professor, told Dalhousie Medical School students that knowledge alone is not power. He warned of too much work and too little thought and urged students to ask why and answer themselves. In a separate note, widows of the Bena Bena in New Guinea carry their husbands' skulls daily.
The Port Arthur News-Chronicle recalls long winter evenings when people studied at home. They read large books from libraries or clubs and enjoyed thousand page novels. Today modern life moves fast and many feel bored without nightly activity.
A Crane Missouri Chronicle letter extols baling wire as essential for farm gates, harness repairs, and emergency fixes. It notes its usefulness across autos, printing presses, coffee grinders, sewing machines, and even pants, highlighting practical, widespread impact.
Jascha Heifetz performed a two hour violin recital in Harvard University physics department laboratory before Professor Frederick Saunders and an assistant. The event sought to analyze sound waves to see if inexpensive instruments can match the tone of historic priceless violins when played by a master.
A vintage recipe outlines a caramel cake using Crown Brand Corn Syrup and a caramel icing. It mixes sugar and syrup, adds boiling water, creams shortening with vanilla and egg yolks, then folds in egg whites and dried ingredients before baking in a waxed paper lined pan.
A cherry dessert recipe uses cherry juice corn starch sugar and lemon for a chilled mould serving six with whipped cream. A separate note recalls King Edward III iron pots as crown jewels and Luigi Pirandello winning the Nobel Prize after age 75.
A Parisian lawyer sued the French Government over a tootsipick incident in a railway station and won after a twenty year court battle costing the government 200 000 francs. The item notes rabbits and badgers sharing burrows with separate entrances in a separate aside.
Tabitha a large gray Maltese cat owned by Mrs. Gilbert Sutton of Staten Island lived 29 years and seven months according to Dr. E M Kettner the veterinarian who oversaw the burial in the garden at her home.
The article notes corn yields more than 100 commercial products and chestnut trees are commonly used for telephone poles, illustrating practical uses of natural resources in the period.
Estimates indicate about three million American school children are handicapped by defective hearing, impacting education and communication for many students across the nation.
A Japanese delicacy called bee rice is prepared for favored guests, combining wild bees with rice in a special dish. The practice highlights traditional culinary customs where rare ingredients signal prestige and hospitality.
Canadian amateur groups across provinces begin rehearsals for regional events leading to the Dominion drama festival in London Ontario next April. Preliminary rounds run January to March with adjudicator decisions pending. regional dates span Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Saskatchewan British Columbia Alberta and more.
Mrs. Annie Durganian born in Armenia in 1826 visits county hospital in Chicago for a routine check-up. She says she does not feel bad but wants to ensure there is nothing wrong with her. The piece ends with a remark on advice from others.
The report notes a 50 percent reduction in tuberculosis deaths among whites in Saskatchewan and asserts the province now has the lowest rate in Canada. It urges public support for Health gifts, urging stamps and seals on mail to show solidarity with the suffering and aid prevention efforts.
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