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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 06, 1949
Page
4
WT McFarlane Calgary civil engineer led a gov survey party to Alberta glacier regions. He notes five Alberta glaciers receded about 100 feet yearly since 1965. He links glacier melt to warmer western Canada, affecting water supply and future conservation.
Fraser River sockeye runs exceed 1945 by about 300000 fish with the Hell's Gate fish ladder credited for the rise. The Pacific International Salmon Fisheries Commission notes major escapements to Stuart Lake and Chilco Lake while the Fraser catch nears two million with additional harvests expected this fall.
Readable text explains a needlework pattern 7346 with transfer image 15 by 19 inches. It promotes easy charts and photos, inviting readers to mail twenty five cents to the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg to obtain the pattern, requesting name address and pattern number.
A playful exchange at the wedding reception features a young boy remarking the bride does not look tired as expected. The bride counters with a quip about rumors of chasing Mr Black for months, prompting light laughter from guests.
An editorial stresses immunization for children against diseases including diphtheria and whooping cough and notes smallpox remains a danger without vaccination. Medical experts support vaccination and re vaccination every five to seven years to prevent outbreaks and keep smallpox eliminated.
Practical household advice covers fire safety with fat fires requiring smothering rather than water. It also suggests rolling citrus to soften tissue, using plaster of Paris paste to brighten tiles, washing windows in shade, and employing two damp chamois to prevent streaks.
An illustrated home heating guide describes fireplace design, flue size, and chimney details. It cites a table of dimensions for six key measurements, stressing a 1/10 flue area ratio to the front opening and a smoke shelf to prevent back drafting.
A collection of quotations on friendship from Hail Cicero Channing Fuller Eddy Feltham and Mary Baker Eddy. The excerpts emphasize unity of aim, truth and rectitude, mutual respect, patience, and balanced time commitments in genuine friendship.
With the advent of cold weather window cleaning for storm window fitting is advised. Wash windows only from ladders that are SAFE and never lean a ladder against glass. Tie base or have it held and use ladders with proper safety bases. Barricade sidewalks to protect the ladder and hoist a pail with a hand line. Do not over reach.
A dietitian asserts none of the fruit is wasted including the seed which she notes can be used to make a playful pea shooter. The remark highlights resourceful kitchen and hobby uses for orange byproducts.
Medicine Hat Alberta emerges as a potential cotton region after Alderman Simon F. Scott imported Texas seed and planted about 100 plots. The 100-day hot season and long growing period may allow Canada to grow cotton, with hopes of local processing and future expansion despite frost and pests.
The Canadian potato crop is 11,000,000 bushels lighter than last year, with total output near 81,000,000 bushels. Provinces show mixed changes from Quebec to Alberta, while the surplus once shipped to the United States has been supported by government price actions and redirected to seed and cattle feed.
The piece humorously notes jelly making danger in season as men find jelly refuses to set. The narrator jokes about the common complaint and advises discarding failed batches rather than risky fixes, comparing the outcome to lighting a fire under a mule.
Vancouver and Victoria anticipate a tourist rush as the Canadian dollar falls from parity to 1.10 U S dollars. Woolens bone china and transport will be affected with prices holding until new UK stocks arrive, then possibly a 15 percent cut. Pacific Northwest dealers cut $300 on many British autos and English shoes drop 15 percent.
In Oshawa a harness and hardware plant reduces weekly hours from 44 to 27 as demand for harnesses and other products falls. Samuel T. Tree, president of Whitby Malleable Iron and Brass Company Ltd, cites a drastic slump in orders as the cause of the cutback.
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