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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 02, 1929
Page
4
At the Ford plant vast waste by products are salvaged for reuse. Coke and scrap metal yield major revenue with 28 freight cars daily loaded with shavings and trim. Blotting paper, silver salts, diamonds, and wool upholstery leftovers are reprocessed for resale or conversion.
The Grand tribute notes Sir Rowland receiving city freedom for helping establish the penny post. In 1827 Hill urged a one penny rate for letters up to half an ounce in the United Kingdom. He also suggested a simple adhesive stamp concept before stamps existed. The penny post act gained Royal Assent in 1839.
The Marquis of Graham, heir to the Duke of Montrose, travels to Canada to harvest on a farm for several weeks, marking a second consecutive year in which he engages in farm work. A 22 year old, well-looking, generally amiable scion contrasts with peers sunbathing abroad.
A witty exchange occurs about Irish athletes and a tourist boasting of long runs. Pat counters with a local joke about a run he had, and a Dutch-leaning quip about hens in a garden. The fragment ends with an odd line about the weight of a head of ur.
The article discusses marking techniques for identifying pigs in large herds. It compares nicking ears with metal tags and notes metal tags provide durable, unique identification, with self clenching designs lasting longer and reducing confusion.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King said Canada had suggested an imperial economic conference be held in Ottawa this year but could not arrange it in time. He added Canada would welcome the conference in the Dominion or London if that better suits empire interests and that one is likely next year.
Under the Saskatchewan Live Stock Pool and provincial government, a first shipment of carefully chosen work horses was sent from Maple Creek to Lindsay Ontario. The horses, for bush work, are young heavy teams, inspected by Dr. M. P. McClellan. A 4 horse marketing division forms the cooperative pool for Saskatchewan, supported by provincial and dominion agriculture departments.
A wife returns home to discover her husband ate the steak with onions and realizes he ate her flower bulbs. In a separate short exchange a haberdasher touts socks while a customer jokes about finding unworn pairs. The light humor mirrors domestic inonocentes.
A humorous exchange centers on a family incident where a father dangles by a waistcoat from a picture hook. The dialogue shows a child asking about danger and a mother expressing concern for the father’s safety with a light domestic twist.
The secretary of the Ancient Cutlers' Company in Hallamshire maintains a yearly vigil at Cutlers' Hall every first Monday in August from 1 to 3 pm. The act requires a meeting to elect 24 assistants, but no meeting is held. a quorum of 40 is needed if a gathering occurred. Altering the act would cost about $4,000, so the secretary waits for absent members during holidays.
A Federal bulletin explains the corn ear worm is distinct from the European corn borer. The worm eats kernels in the ear during cooking, grows 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches, and varies in color from light green to dark brown with pale side bands. It attacks garden corn ears and sometimes tomato fruit when abundant.
The piece notes airplanes reaching 320 miles per hour and cars at 60 to 70, while motorboats skim the waves. It laments the pace of progress eroding the possibility of a quiet, trouble-free life and imagines a distant luxury in simple strolls.
A Yukon Territory resident, J. D. Skinner, runs the White Horse Star single handedly as porter, reporter, ad manager, composing, mailing, publishing, and financier. His July 19 issue shows no typographical errors and features extensive personals with a photo of Skinner. Readers wish him health and hope he one day can drop some duties.
The passage claims Canada will clear debt in twenty five years if it allocates 186,392,025 to interest and redemption. It notes interest burden has fallen by 23,000,000 since 1921 when the peak was 139,531,520. A pithy aphorism on success credits the individual over material.
Scientists in the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils report a high quality starch from sweet potatoes and dextrin with a pleasant taste. They test its use as glue for stationery and stamps and plan production this fall after harvest. If viable, it could rival tapioca as a glue source and curb crop waste by converting 20 percent of annual output into market starch.
Years ago Cambridge officials prepared full honors for a visit by the Sultan of Zanzibar. The ceremonial reception at the Guildhall was held, only to reveal the royal party was a student prank. The actual sultan arrived later when undergraduates were on vacation.
English gardeners value live toads at up to $25 per hundred for pest control. Each toad destroyed by a boy is worth about $100 in farm stock, a claim illustrated by a humorous exchange about a cat.
Poultry finishing improves market profit with well fed broilers and roasters. Crate feeding and careful pacing prevent indigestion in confined birds. Bulletin No 20 from the Department of Agriculture outlines feed, water, grit, and buttermilk or sour skim milk preparations for fattening, plus steps for killing and packing.
The Banff Springs Hotel grounds hosted the Highland Gathering and Dominion Track and Field Championships. Key figures include Piper Hector McDonald Montreal winner of strathspeys and reels and top open piping points, Pipe-Sergeant J. K. Cairns Hamilton winner of the Beatty trophy, Pipe-Sergeant Donald McLeod Winnipeg best piper among delegate pipers, and Lieutenant-Governors Wil...
Samples from Abitibi River area show coal with briquette potential but require processing to become commercial. Department of Mines notes surface seams yield modest results, suggesting deeper deposits may produce better product. A separate line says many climbers reach the top and lose friends along the way.
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