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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 11, 1952
Page
7
A man delays marriage to Marian while seeking comfort at The Crossroads cafe where Agnes the waitress offers support. A coffee spill during a dinner leads Marian to abandon plans and the couple marry three days later to the man’s surprise, he weds Agnes.
Saskatchewan provincial game commissioner E L Paynter announced a two ton sonic device to deter ducks and protect crops. He noted effectiveness is uncertain and cited prior use around airports and buildings. The equipment arrives as an experimental effort with Canadian Wildlife Service national research and Resources departments.
Joseph Graham of Calgary and his brother Benjamin of Vulcan Alta celebrated their 90th birthdays as Canada’s oldest identified twins. Benjamin moved to Alberta from Ontario in 1904 and settled near Vulcan, while Joseph came west to Vulcan in 1915. Joseph retired in 1928 and later moved to Calgary with his wife.
Ottawa report details field shelterbelt trials showing 3 row belts 18 feet high reduce cross wind speed by 10 to 20 percent at exposed points. Caragana hedges 7 to 9 feet high provide partial shelter, while no cumulative effect from additional hedges is found. Snow storage near belts boosts yields. on May 25 26 1951 winds kept soil movement to a trace within sheltered zones.
Canadian life insurers paid a record 129 million to families in the first half of this year. Death benefits reached 51 million, living benefits over 78 million, with living benefits rising about 2 million from last year. French bookbinders were tax exempt in the 17th century. Cancer noted by Egyptians in 1500 B.C.
John Gallagher, a 63 year old retired miner living in Drumheller Alberta, spent 45 years in coal mines in England and Canada. He grew 7000 gladioli this year and plans to raise more next year, tending a 24 acre garden with nearly 50 gladioli varieties after moving with his wife Martha in 1930.
An antiseptic oil claims rapid relief from itching and burning of toes and feet, barber's itch, salt rheum, eczema, and similar skin ailments. It promotes quick relief and is sold in the original bottle at modern drug stores with rare failures.
Farmers across Saskatchewan express mixed views on prices and demand while noting machinery costs and labor pressures. Some expect grain to hold or fall, others plan to stay farming or move closer to town as weather and equipment upkeep dominate worries. An observer near Swift Current notes broad ambivalence about grain prices with hopes for slower adjustment.
Premier W A C Bennett announced in Vancouver that BC admission tax for exhibitions and community affairs is reduced from 17 1 2 percent to five percent. The pledge came at a Pacific National Exhibition directors talk.
The Alberta Government is advised to establish a provincial park in the dinosaur beds and badlands southeast of Drumheller. A museum at Drumheller to display the region’s natural history is also recommended by C. M. Sternberg, the former federal paleontologist.
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