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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1925
Page
5
Sir George Foster urged in Vienna that Canada must preserve the common sovereignty binding the British Empire. He argued the empire’s unity rests on a symbol of sovereignty that holds diverse races and colonies together, regardless of republican or monarchic preference.
Reports from northern Saskatchewan near Reindeer Lake warn that caribou herds face severe decline as annual slaughter rises. Officials fear curtailment is needed and treaty payment officials note extensive killings by a band of Indians, prompting calls to end the slaughter.
A. Johannessen of the Norwegian food commission reports most of this year's wheat for Norway will come from Canada. He notes European millers and grain merchants suffered losses in the wheat price slump and fear large contracts next year. Norway's import trade in grains and flour is controlled by the government as a wartime provisional measure.
The Michigan Agricultural College tested alfalfa as horse feed over a year. Nine teams, ages 2 1/2 to MM years, split into alfalfa plus corn versus oats plus timothy. Alfalfa-fed horses used 122 pounds of corn and 17.9 pounds of alfalfa daily, gained 3 1/2 pounds, and fed at lower cost than their counterparts.
A Dominion botanist urges farmers to grow medicinal plants as a practical, low risk experiment. He notes wild scarcity of Seneca snake root and Golden Seal and lists suitable crops like Golden's ear, white mustard, Seneca snake root, Marsi Mallow, Sacred lark, Bearberry, Anise, Caraway, Coriander, Fennel, Wintergreen, Horehound, and Peppermint. He warns against hype about high profits and points readers to a bulletin from Ottawa for details.
Stockholm adopts a novel use of a discarded by product from wood pulp to coat macadam and unpaved roads. The treated streets become dust free as the liquid dries leaving a brown resilient coating that rivals asphalt and reduces odors, with sticky initial surface easing to hard smooth finish after evaporation.
A discussion on whether light is a wave or a particle highlights the conflict between the wave theory shown by reflection and the quantum theory supported by various experiments. A witty critic notes scientists switch theories by day, using wave theory on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and quantum theory on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Advertising fuels production and consumption by creating demand. It boosts investment by highlighting goods and services, turning weaker markets into thriving ones. The message emphasizes advertising as essential to economic expansion and wealth accumulation.
Canadian exports to Germany totaled 32,435,268 dollars in the year ending July, rising by fourteen million from the prior period. Canada’s purchases in Germany reached 6,935,265 dollars, up by less than one million.
The article discusses collecting and drying home grown seeds, selecting best varieties, and labeling dried pods. It notes variability in ripening times, suggests dry days for gathering, and mentions exchanging seeds with friends as a pleasant way to grow stores and assess quality.
Count Tara Palffy and Julius de Plossek purchase land at Hazelridge near Winnipeg and plan to farm themselves. The former colonel of Hungarian Hussars will bring his family next spring and learn farming by experience. A Hungarian art bureau notice hints at more Hungarian settlers in Western Canada.
Lady Lyne spoke informally to an invited audience at Jasper Lodge urging rock gardens in Jasper. She contrasted wild Canadian flowers with those in England noting many are garden grown there at high cost yet abundant in Canada where people tread them underfoot. Her Excellency remarked on the belief abroad that Canada lacks flowers.
Dr Curtis and Dr Charles A Pryor of Philadelphia plan to set up a clinic for tonsil treatment at Florence Cove Labrador. The move aims to provide medical care for Eskimo residents suffering from tonsillitis and adenoids.
The London Morning Post argues that rapid growth of Dominion populations relies on inter-imperial migration. It notes Britain as the best market, the need for a market for settlers produce, and that 50,000 approved migrants await overseas clearance due to delays.
British boys are to travel to Alberta to train at government farm schools in Vermilion Olds and Claresholm. George Headley requests arrival by mid October for the October 27 opening. Up to 100 boys will be sent, paid by themselves with monthly per capita remuneration to the province from overseas settlement board.
An eight paddle V shaped wheel, 19 feet long and 14 inches wide, mounted on an airtight tank, rises and falls with river height up to 36 feet. It pumps irrigation water from 280 feet away to 70 feet above the source, with pumps and gearing on the river bank and a shaft with universal couplings at both ends.
A well preserved bronze statue of a life sized youth was recovered from the sea off Marathon by several fishermen. Greek experts deem it extremely valuable and compare it with the Youth of Antioch in significance.
Miss Emilia Steinacher, niece of the late Dr J J Henna, runs a bird hospital and boarding home for feathered pets in New York. She trained under her uncle and has treated hundreds of birds over twenty three years, from parrots to canaries, stressing care, diets, baths and neatness. Also discusses public taxation and service costs, arguing taxes fund needed improvements though excess is wrong.
Premier G. H. Ferguson told ten English journalists in Toronto that Ontario desires immigrants who are married farmers with means and those from middle class backgrounds who can be trained into farming. He said abroad ignorance of Canada exists and urged better understanding of Canadian conditions.
Prof. James Henry Breasted of the University of Chicago brings artifacts proving flowers that bloomed in ancient Egypt over 20 centuries before Cleopatra along with wheat and barley used in royal tombs for pharaohs after death. Ivory is sourced from walrus hippo and other beasts including the elephant tusks.
Western Canada newspaper executives and ad agency representatives gathered at Jasper Park Lodge for their annual convention. Attendees from Winnipeg to Victoria and agencies from Chicago Montreal and Toronto attended. The group praised the park scenery and lodge care at the August 17 closing.
J Bruce Walker reports a 60 percent rise in farmers sent from midwestern and western states to Western Canada from April 1 to August 31. He notes record land sales by Canadian railways and Hudson's Bay Company and says Canada’s wheat fields attract settlers who stay.
The article describes Indian girls adopting hair bobbing from white women and pale face girls using rouge with copper toned complexions. It notes elders prepare rouge from herbs gathered on Rocky Mountain slopes. Western observers say pale face beauty ideas came from American Indian customs.
Tests on 112 students by Dr. Donald Laird indicate the average mind does its best work at 7 a.m and the poorest at 4 p.m Wednesday is the best day of the week and Saturday the poorest in the study conducted at Colgate University.
The report notes no census since Solomon's era and states that in 1923 the Jewish population was 83,794, growing to an estimated 108,009 by the present. It highlights a substantial increase and marks a key demographic milestone.
A speaker captivated listeners with a forceful address despite chaotic interruptions. Witnesses described tense moments as lines were drawn, with reactions split between support and disapproval during the session.
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