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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 14, 1950
Page
2
Citizens should engage in elections to strengthen public affairs. Many voters criticize government yet avoid office or voting. Active participation from satisfied and dissatisfied Canadians would raise turnout and broaden candidate choice while preserving citizenship privileges.
The piece argues the franchise is a civic duty beyond Canada and other democracies. It notes England’s century-old vote expansion and warns that voting rights were hard-won and must be valued, with all levels of government responsible to voters. Public engagement in elections and representative actions would strengthen public offices.
In Anadarko Oklahoma officials of the American Indian Exposition faced elder cautions about performing the Sun Dance to avoid angering the Sun God. Despite warnings the ritual was held and heavy rain forced cancellation of the opening performance of the week-long program.
A collage of quirky items: deer hunting in Missouri yields two foxes. a Los Angeles triple wedding with brides aged 56, 26, and 16. an Atlanta butcher kissing his wife after work leads to a leg injury. a duck dies after fighting its own reflection in Michigan. hail control used by fruit farmers in Northern Italy. wheat grown from tomb relics near Montpellier grows tall with heavy ears. Tokio removes Marshal Terauchi statue and replaces it with three nude figures Love Intelligence Will.
Penitcion British Columbia saw an estimated 80 percent loss of Okanagan valley fruit and vegetable markets during the nine day rail strike. Only 20 carloads left the valley, moved by trucks and U S rail links.
Ottawa announces a brown 10 cent postage stamp honoring Canada’s fur trade to be issued October 2. Designed by National Film Board and Canadian Bank Note Company artists, the stamp shows an Indian woman hanging beaver skins to dry with an Indian wigwam in the background.
A collection of quick wits and quips spanning a minister, a butcher shop, a private detective, a boxer, and a waiter. Jokes touch on names Shirley Temple, staged punchlines, and everyday misunderstandings with light, playful humor.
A young jumping deer waited at the door of Don Rus sell's store in First Customer Carrot River Sask. It changed its mind upon seeing the owner and ambled away down the road instead of entering.
OTTAWA business failures in Canada rose over four years with 720 firms failing in the first half of this year, up from 1949. Defaulted liabilities reached 12.4 million dollars, a 43 percent rise over the 1949 period, according to the dominion bureau of statistics under bankruptcy provisions. The gray fox climbs trees so well he sometimes is called the tree fox.
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