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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1932
Page
4
A report details burned out depressions in southwestern Saskatchewan and southern Alberta. The round burn outs vary from three to six inches deep and several to twenty feet across, with soil that is fine and impervious. Farmers improve prep by early breaking with moist ground, then mixing soil with a float to level and cover the depressions.
Japan faces hard times with about 70 000 temples feeling the strain. Priests cultivate temple lands for food as temple treasures and robes appear in pawn shops. Many smaller temples close while incomes from contributions or rents fall from 250 dollars yearly to near zero in rural areas.
Fair Ditston reports July butter output declined nearly five percent while seven month totals fell by 5,000,000 pounds from last year. In July Dominion moved to second in cheese exports to the United Kingdom, while New Zealand ranked closely second in supplying butter to Britain.
A brief dialogue shows a poet declaring posthumous impact while an editor jokes about the poet escaping danger. The exchange highlights a darkly comic moment on fame and mortality.
A cartoon caption from Karikaturen Oslo questions loyalties with a sharp jab about supporters and their machines. The exchange hints at tensions between motorized factions and traditional backers in a light satirical frame.
The Russians aim to manage weather with an Artificial Rain Institute in Moscow and plans for coordinated clear days and rain. Experiments use airplanes and ground transmitters to induce rain and break hailstorms with bell-mouthed cannon firing blank charges. When hail is near, gunners aim to cause hail to fall where damage is minimized.
A London maker’s electric bell in Clarendon laboratories at Oxford began ringing ninety two years ago and shows no repair need. Small in sound, it uses two gongs with a hanging metal ball tapped alternately by a thread supported mechanism. The bell is battery powered and may outlast its tubes, though the power source will eventually wear out.
A reflective aphorism contrasts narrow mindedness with appreciating humanity. The article notes no direct event, but adds a report that oil has been discovered in Durus, County Cork, Irish Free State.
The UK shows a strong tea preference with seven months tea imports reaching 284 630 000 pounds, up 16 560 000 from two years earlier, while coffee imports fell to 498 141 pounds with only 202 451 pounds for home use. Exports of tea totaled 40 179 000 pounds, leaving 224 451 000 pounds for home consumption, about eight pounds per person per year. Tea mostly comes from Ceylon and India, coffee from Central America and British East Africa.
A fifteen inch toy yacht sailed 129 miles in the Irish Sea and was found by a Fleetwood trawler near the Calf of Man. The sail bore a Bangor County Down address and the vessel was returned to its owner who valued it highly. Terciera is noted as the Azores' second largest island.
The 10,000 pound gold communion set from St Pauls Cathedral London to be melted down and redesigned. It includes four flagons and four chalices weighing 300 ounces in total. Gifted by Ernest Terah Hooley during Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee, the vessels were unused after two uses and kept in the cathedral strong room for over 20 years. Canon Alexander notes original shapes made liturgical use difficult and prompted storage.
A Brandon Sun note compares skillful conversation to navigating with wind and words. It argues many talk on trivial topics, stifling input from others, which limits meaningful exchange among educated people. The sea metaphor mentions deserts as lifeless stretches.
An editorial warns that driving while fatigued leads to disasters after a Syracuse man and his father died in a collision with a heavy truck on a Western Ontario highway. The piece urges enforcing rest rules for drivers, not just commercial operators, to protect all road users.
An ancient anchor, found in the Churchill River bed during harbor work, is displayed by Manitoba authorities. It is tied to the 1619 voyage of the Danish ship Enhjorningen led by Captain Jens Munck who aimed to reach the Northwest Passage and wintered at Churchill before the crew departed for Norway.
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