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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 10, 1912
Page
7
A wandering speaker recounts posing as a storied liar to entertain a farmer and family. After a rail wreck scare, he is jailed for vagrancy and plays poker with the jailer, losing all his money then escaping with a crowbar to return to his life of deception.
A Fowler Kansas evangelist vents frustration at late arrivals and seat watchers. He recalls a prairie dog tale about an owl whose head drops as the audience looks around, warning that people may search under seats for bread. He adds a quip about baseball plantings and a garbled Horace Greeley letter.
Commander Samson piloted a Short hydro aeroplane from Portland Roads in dense fog with 25 to 35 mph winds, locating the royal yacht Victoria and Albert three miles away. The craft circled the yacht then returned to shore, eluding a following destroyer and proving the new naval arm’s potential.
In a fragment from the Ladies' Home Journal, Johnny teases about a scene with Dolly and Mr Marshall, claiming he saw an arm around her. The sister, frightened, protests as the boy stumbles away crying and insists he only meant to hint at his army clothes being up.
Mrs. Mary MacDougal of Edgerly Ontario marked her 99th birthday with a cake inscribed Mother 1813 1912. She has seven children twelve grandchildren twenty six great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Dr McLean, longtime Highland friend, joined the celebration recalling five generations driven to the Vaughan Township homestead in a single vehicle.
This piece extols traditional cereals Oatmeal Samp and Wheat with slow long cooking methods. It details water ratios salt and timing including overnight simmering and serving suggestions, plus tips for gruel, fried leftovers, and serving with tomato sauce.
Practical advice on faster cooking by turning cauliflowers downward and using hot water with sugar to stiffen fabrics. Methods for hardening starched clothing, refreshing feather-bound books, crumb bread in a muslin bag, and grilling meat without salting before searing to preserve juices.
An pale blue silk gown features a chantilly lace dinner dress with a delicate apron over a flounced skirt. Crystal buttons run down the apron front and fringe weights add glint while crystal buttons on black satin shoes complete the look.
Canada achieved a new world egg production record in a laying contest at Roseworthy. A Winnipeg pen of six pullets laid 1,589 eggs in twelve months, averaging over four eggs per hen.
A Washington state bulletin from Pullman stresses care in butter production starting with the best cream and single-herd milk. It highlights the Dutch Belted breed as striking in appearance, hardy and productive, noting a cow yielding 1,858 pounds of milk with 68 percent butter fat and a state fair prize winner.
The guide covers cleaning cows and barns, cooling separated cream, and avoiding aromas. It explains ripening cream at 70 degrees, using starter with sour milk, and fat content around 40 percent. Temperature and timing of churning affect grain size, texture, and keeping quality.
J. P. Ross in Farm and Fireside notes that certain sheep breeds thrive on specific pastures. Heavy carcass and fleece breeds like Lincolns, Oxfords, Suffolks, Leicesters, and large Dorset and Romney Marsh do well on rich pastures including old grasses, rape, rye, clovers, and vetches. Hardy, smaller breeds such as Shropshires, Southdowns, Hampshire Downes, and some horned Scottish and Welsh sheep suit poorer lands. Richer lands fatten all breeds faster.
An inquest at Stockport England established that death was caused by blood poisoning from a slight scratch on the person inflicted by a woman's bat.
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