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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 10, 1930
Page
4
The Montreal Star notes Saskatchewan's move to fund full time doctors in rural areas. Legislation allows municipalities to subsidize resident practitioners, with some districts employing doctors at 5000 a year and a nurse for maternity cases. Cost averages about 3.85 per farm annually, aiming for a full time health unit model.
Canadian fisheries products in 1929 totaled over nine times imports with canned salmon as the leading item. About 61 million pounds of canned salmon were sold abroad earning $8.865 million. Australia New Zealand and the United Kingdom were major buyers with France and Italy also purchasing. Some 25 to 30 countries bought Canadian fish products.
Winnipeg hosted 97 conventions in the first six months of the current year, more than 50 in the same period of 1927 and 1928 and 77 in the first half of 1929.
Guidance for ordering and planting Bearded Iris and Replanting old crowded rhizomes with surface planting. Instructions for dividing Peonies, soil enrichment with bone meal and sheep manure, spacing four feet, crown depth, and final tip on avoiding deep planting. Notes on September 1929 Rock Border seedlings at Central Experimental Farm and bulb production including Tulips Narcissus Chionodoxa Crocus Leucorum Scilla.
A Minneapolis Journal meditation on grass as nature’s constant benediction. The author extols grass’s resilience through wars and ruin, its global reach from deserts to mountains, and its quiet, indefatigable role in shaping climates, soil, and civilizations.
The final boat of the season sailed from Vancouver to the Behring Sea and northern regions. Part of its cargo was ice cream, a treat growing popular among residents of these bleak northern districts.
Margaret asks about her husband’s workouts and Marian reveals he ran seven nights last week. The brief exchange highlights a high activity level with no additional context or outcomes.
Forestry officials report several fires started by lightning along a 200 mile stretch from Montreal Lake to Beaver near Manitoba. Studies by sylviculturists suggest some areas are unusually susceptible and lightning may strike the same spot multiple times in a single storm season.
The article argues Latin mottos remain on shields and diplomas due to historical civic language use in Britain. It cites Latin as elegant and a link to Europe’s educated classes, noting its ancestry and continued resonance even as English becomes more common.
Early hatched pullets need not be held back from laying. The New Jersey Station notes that delaying lays reduces egg numbers and can yield smaller eggs. Provide protein rich rations with 3 percent bone meal, preferably milk, during hot seasons, and keep oyster shell or limestone and grit constantly available.
The University of Saskatchewan at Saskatoon reports an ROP certificate for two year old Holstein Gerben Ormsby Fayne. Her 305 day production totals 11 970 pounds of milk with 591 25 pounds of butter and a high test of 3 95 percent fat.
William Byfield aged 82 was praised for 62 years at the same drilling machine during Birmingham firm bicentenary celebrations. His contribution was highlighted in centenary advertisements and program notes.
The Lord Mayor of London touched a switch in London at six o'clock in the morning to illuminate a sign declaring the Radio Exhibition in Melbourne, Australia open. The moment marked the opening of the show with a ceremonial display linking two capitals.
Colonel Paul G. Redington head of the U S Bureau of Biological Survey told the 24th annual convention of the International Association of Game Fish and Conservation Commissioners in Toronto that Canada has taken the lead in wild life conservation especially in buffalo. He cited Canada conserving the beasts by the thousands while the U S handles them in hundreds.
Canadian missionary Dr. Margaret McKellar, after 40 years in India, says home rule for India is likely but not yet ready. She criticizes Gandhi’s crusade while praising British rule for creating 3 500 hospitals and treating more than 38 million patients annually.
Damascus is described as the oldest city in the world with continuous occupation claims. The assertion rests on traditions attributed by the Jewish historian Josephus to the great grandson of Noah, though positive evidence remains lacking.
Over the last ten years the count of juvenile offenders sent to English prisons has dropped from 3 643 boys and 670 girls to 1 728 boys and 128 girls respectively, reflecting a significant decline across the system.
A note from Gutierrez Madrid reports Japanese silk producers plan to run at 80 percent of normal output next year. A separate overheard exchange has burglars weighing a break in at Mrs White's, while a passerby notes she plans to speak with Mrs Black for five minutes.
A passage recalls the League of Nations charter on child welfare adopted in 1924 and honors the Junior Red Cross. It outlines five core duties for children including nourishment, care, relief, protection from exploitation, and developing talents for service to others. The tone is commemorative and emphasizes universal duty to children.
The article notes a shift of industry into the western provinces as cheap hydro power and resources spur factory growth. From 1924 to 1929 Manitoba manufacturing output rose from 102 to 165 million dollars, clothing and fur doubled, and furniture quadrupled. In 1928 Prairie manufacturing capital rose by 25 million with product value up 40 million, supporting 2,400 plants, 45,009 workers, and 56 million in wages.
Selim Hassan argues English as a medium after Arabic spreads British influence and civilizes society. He links language to access to football, cricket, tennis, and rowing clubs, noting Egyptians increasingly prefer these venues over cafes and cabarets.
The Department of Commerce weighs a potential trade commission in Egypt though no official action has been taken. Yves Lamontangue, a trade commissioner on loan to Egypt who is returning to Canada, may be appointed to lead the mission.
The remark imagines redirecting wartime spending to human prosperity, suggesting that such a shift would create enough wealth to provide cars and eliminate perceived surplus populations. The tone critiques militarism and its social costs.
Saskatchewan minister J F Bryant KC spoke at a Toronto Canadian National Exhibition directors’ luncheon denying a Wheat Pool collapse. He praised western farmers, urged duty, and highlighted Saskatchewan growth from 91,000 to 900,000 people with 8,000 miles of railway. He announced a 1922 Regina World's Grain Show with 200000 prize pool and 80000 in wheat contests, urging Ontario farmers to enter. Bryant cited Saskatchewan’s Chicago wheat championships and urged early preparation for Regina event.
The writer urges drivers and strollers to pause and view the night sky as a living mural. Descriptions range from rivers of fire to blue shades and purple deserts, each night offering a new panorama painted by the Great Architect beyond earthly galleries.
John Underhill a New Jersey Negro who built a $100,000 fortune from pennies saved by school children died recently. His will directs the funds to be used for equipment of a high school gymnasium.
Forty three sugar mills form a co operative society to sell sugar to Russia on special terms. William Pirrie retires from Stranraer Scotland fire department after fifty years service. Doctor asks about nerve shock and patient replies teeth rattling are not sure as the teeth lay on the table and hearing is poor.
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