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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 06, 1936
Page
2
The piece argues mood shifts about education reflect criticism of curricula, methods, and funding while stressing that the teacher’s character and ability should be the priority. It notes Canadian western teachers now meet high standards and that focusing on them could relegate peripheral debates to the background.
The former Canadian government freighter Canadian Leader sailed from Halifax with a Japanese crew for the West Indies to pick up scrap iron for Japan. Sold last winter to the Montreal-Australia-New Zealand line, it passed through Anzac line and Greek owners before Japanese interests reportedly bought it for about 82500 dollars.
Les Saunders of Bowden near Calgary a summer trail guide at Banff supplies a new entertainment form. He imitates an elk mating call to attract elk from the woods for photographers at the Banff Springs Hotel, drawing guests and photographers into close encounters.
The state coach of the Speaker of the House of Commons is being refurbished for coronation day. Its last public ride was at King George's Jubilee to St Pauls, and in 1911 it carried the Speaker a short distance to the Abbey. The coach and fittings are state supplied, but the Speaker must arrange horses, a privilege tied to Whitebread's brewery since Shaw Lefevre married there. The coach weighs about 3½ tons and has no brakes.
In a terse exchange a man complains the bill is steep. The tailor retorts that it was run up by the customer, underscoring responsibility for the charges. A separate line notes demographics saying more than 60 year olds live in Switzerland than anywhere else. A historical note recalls Marie Antoinette’s year imprisonment before execution.
The claim says a razor blade could keep an edge indefinitely without stropping but would cost about $25. The note presents this as a possibility and estimates the price for the maintenance free blade.
A conversation hints at marriage plans as a veteran recalls wartime service. The home economics page offers a recipe for keeping rhubarb indefinitely, praised as a practical idea.
Thousands of families in Helsinki have officially changed their Swedish surnames to Finnish sounding ones. The wave mirrors 25 000 families who did the same at Kalevala centenary celebrations. Postmen report delivery confusions and correspondents must rethink addressing friends and business contacts.
In Beacon New York Birdsall Sweet now eighteen has completed five years using an iron lung to aid breathing after infantile paralysis. Attendants report good spirits and near normal growth in height and weight during treatment. England counts about eight thousand parish councils.
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