This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 22, 1945
Page
7
A sailor and a young Russian woman seek a church for a private, legal ceremony. The man asks for a trustworthy parson and confirms papers are in order as they discuss a tentative wedding date. The scene unfolds on a sunny Saturday morning near the hotel florist.
A lonely, aging woman reflects on a wartime romance as a sailor marries another woman. She recalls a past kiss under summer stars, the idea of a proper wedding, and the expensive constraints of postwar life while contemplating Rosybud memories and a quiet room with a foldout bed.
American engineers constructing an air base on the Island of St Lucia created a bridge on dry land to span a hairpin curve. They dammed the water in the curve and forced it under the bridge, unusually modifying the site rather than altering the natural watercourse.
In peacetime, submarines display a warning flag on their tenders and on a periscope, a small metal flag of the same design is carried on the submarine.
An aircraft engine rated at roughly 2000 horsepower undergoes 55000 individual inspections during its manufacture, illustrating rigorous quality control in the production process.
A Canadian miscellany reports on a prank victim in Kirkland Lake, a North Tuleford barber shop closing, a Dawsonville pullet egg featuring a clock dial, a skunk rescue in Gananoque, a Wayne Alberta boy killed rushing to save a puppy, two 99th birthdays, rising Kelowna tax receipts, wartime roles for women, Lions Club clothing donations to Europeans, a Wonder Wheel for the blind in Amherstburg, and Capt Boris Zolotarevsky’s Soviet decoration.
An advertisement highlights Buckley’s Sucore syrup as Canada’s largest selling cough and cold remedy. It claims rapid action to loosen thick phlegm ease coughing and soothe irritated throat and bronchial membranes. The copy urges taking Buckley’s for immediate relief.
Elinore Philpot argues that democracy spreads like gravity, citing Sun Yat-Sen and Lenin, predicting 40 and 25 year timelines for freedoms in China and Russia, and asserting that total liberty will prevail against hereditary rule, fascism, and imperialism worldwide.
Advertisement for pattern 4673 featuring a movable rag doll with yarn hair and clothes. Available in sizes 18 20 and 22 inches. Order by sending 20 cents in coins to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Jan.
A clerk at a local market found a case of eggs containing government bonds totaling 3000 dollars. The bonds were from Twin Falls Idaho rancher Theo M Gehle who was unaware of the loss until the issuing bank notified him that the bonds had been returned.
In Canton Chinese authorities take charge with no outside help sought while Japanese troops patrol the streets wearing white gauze masks. An American soldier recalls an elderly Chinese man who notes a Han dynasty legend about mounted Chinese troops as Japanese operatives remove traces of a Chinese cavalry unit. Five sturgeon species inhabit Canadian waters.
The London Sunday Express reports over 17 000 deserters and absentees from the armed services are hiding across Britain in fear of arrest. Among them are 240 Canadians. Absentees are spread from villages to towns, with many sheltered by women, while authorities seek how they evade capture without ID, ration books, or clothing coupons. Military police ordered to round up those holding civilian jobs.
Geo S Mooney of Montreal UNRRA executive officer for Europe states the European people must trust Britain Canada and the United States as they face a pivotal moment of hope and despair.
It can now be disclosed that 210,000 Indian troops were overseas at the end of the European war. They were in Italy, Africa, Iraq and Iran where they guarded the supply route to Russia.
Joseph Darichuk, 23, was charged with housebreaking after being caught rifling drawers by 72-year-old Henry Cuthbert and his 74-year-old wife in their Toronto residence. The suspect leaped for a window but was restrained by the couple until police arrived.
The text notes that blowing is among the oldest and most vital techniques in glassmaking, underscoring its enduring importance in shaping molten material into usable forms.
Basic steamed puddings use All Bran and molasses or carrots with spice. Mix butter sugar egg and molasses or carrot ingredients, fold in flour soda salt and All Bran, add boiling water or milk, then steam in a greased mold for 1 3 or 3 hours. Yield six to eight servings. Serve with hard sauce.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.