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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1948
Page
2
Canada enjoys rising farm incomes and reduced debts as shown by Dominion Bureau of Statistics figures. In 1946 the number of farms with mortgages fell by 42 percent, and prairie mortgage debts dropped from 173,102,500 to 80,444,000, a 53.5 percent decline since 1941.
The article notes higher operating and living costs for farmers with the index at 183.2 in April, while debts on lands and buildings have fallen markedly. Farm income rose in early 1948, and farmers reduced debts, improving present and future security.
Instructions describe baking tomato halves with cheese and crumb topping, then preparing hollowed potato shells filled with mashed potato and seasonings. Tomatoes are baked at 350 F for 20 minutes with salt pepper paprika corn flakes and melted butter cheese. Potatoes baked at 459 F for 50 minutes, shells filled with cheese potato mash and seasonings, then baked 10 more minutes.
Augsta Me report notes a black bear spotted with a traveling bag as the season opens. Game Warden Charles Harmon of Aroostook County said he chased the bear but only scared it, causing the bag to drop in flight. The bag allegedly contained lipstick and other items.
The Edmonton Journal reports a new page story about spectacular gold finds about 150 miles northeast of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. The potential extension of the mining field could be the most significant since the 1930s.
Herbert A. Pass of Green Cross Insecticides urges grain farmers to spray stubble with 24-D after harvest. He says a safe limit exists for 2,4-D in early summer, but perennials like thistle and blindweed require lower doses post harvest. Fall stubble spraying could ease next year’s weed control.
A collection of reflections on style and language from renowned thinkers. Jefferson, Horace, D'Israeli, Gibbon, and Eddy emphasize how early life shapes style, the craft of expression, and style as a measure of a writer's inner mind. The passages urge careful word choice and enduring literary voice.
Windom Kansas residents greet a flying farmer meeting as 24 small planes land at Ailiff Neel’s farm strip. Mrs. Neel serves breakfast and hosts a day of visits and flights.
Historical records indicate spices were integrated into Chinese cuisine and trade long before modern times, with evidence tracing back to ancient dynasties and early culinary practices. Archaeological finds and textual references highlight the long standing role of aromatics in daily life and ritual food preparation.
A cabinet of light humor unfolds with family gags about eyes and noses, living costs and taxes, promised geraniums replaced by petunias, shelves for books, and a patient who swallowed mothballs to curb moths with a dry punchline.
Herbert residents will gain a community play park with a wading pool and other facilities funded by the Lions club at an estimated cost near 2000 dollars. The project aims to provide recreation space for local children.
A New York couple fishing near Peterborough Ontario on their 25th wedding anniversary hooked fought and weighed a muskie for 25 minutes and 25 pounds. The Fort William Times Journal notes the tale alongside a quip about skepticism and a line about Beethoven starting violin lessons at five.
Farmer Henry Bobbin faced 40 000 unsold cabbages and offered them to the public. After an initial no show, a sudden rush of bidders appeared and collectors took the load along with an extra 1 000 cabbages meant for market.
Ottawa reports that Canadian scientists, led by 47 year old Arvid Thanaes, see Canada overtaking the Belgian Congo as the top producer of uranium ore. Thanaes, head of the radio activity division, tours Eldorado and Great Bear Lake on the government's uranium enterprise, and says Canada is on track to a bright atomic future. He aligns with Atomic Energy Control Board experts in Ottawa, suggesting Canada may already exceed Congo output and leads Russia in ore production.
Canada’s industrial workers show record payroll strength as average weekly earnings across eight leading industries reach 40.49 dollars on July 1. The gain from 40.02 on June 1 and 36.15 a year ago reflects higher pay in manufacturing and other sectors. The eight industries tracked include manufacturing, logging, communications, transportation, construction, trade, mining, and services.
The Oct 1 1930 official Alaska population stood at 72 524 in the last count. Thousands of soldiers moved in and out during that period. The latest census of American territories omits Alaska.
The World News in Pictures features a seven foot one inch wingspan eagle held by two Pauls daughters from Demaine Saskatchewan. Mrs Pauls killed the bird with a stick after it ate a chicken and became snagged in a fence.
Edmonton reports record grain shipments from the Peace River district for the year ending July 31 totaling 23,850,000 bushels, up 500,000 from the prior year. Wheat led at half of shipments, with oats barley rye and flax making up the rest. end stock stood at 650,000 bushels. Elevator firms expanded with new sites at High Prairie Woking Grimshaw and two at Dawson Creek BC.
Three doctors from New York University College of Medicine report that common table salt helps prevent hair graying caused by vitamin deficiency. The finding appears in C I L Agricultural News.
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