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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 29, 1949
Page
5
A practical guide outlines constructing a built up silo from 7 inch boards bent into hoops for a 12 foot diameter, 30 foot high structure. It covers hoop spacing 18 inches to 2 feet, framing spacers, foundation mounting, insulation with double wall options, door construction, and material estimates around $200.
Instructions for a 15 inch doll pattern 7341 with straw yarn hair and come-hither eyes. Details mention sewing clothes patterns and how to obtain by sending payment to a household arts department office address.
Val D Or Quebec prospectors join a night school program at the Protestant county high school opening Sept 6. Courses include bilingualism business training and household science with a soil and vitamins focus for the rugged miners.
Practical advice covers stain removal using ammonia or hot starch, securing a child's highchair with a screen door hook and wall eyes, reheating baked potatoes by boiling briefly then buttering and baking, saving 10 to 20 minutes.
A brief humorous vignette features a boy named Isaac racing upstairs three steps at a time to save carpet wear. His father approves the clever idea but warns him not to split his trousers, highlighting light family humor about frugality.
The article notes food variety and nutrition for school lunches. It cites the Dominions Department of Agriculture Consumers Section advising milk meat fish eggs dried beans or peanut butter a vegetable or fruit breads fats or sweets to round out meals. It suggests carrying milk in thermos and using cookie cutter designs for sandwiches to add variety.
In Lindsborg Kansas Verner Lundquist an auctioneer and wheat farmer reports his shirt was eaten by grasshoppers after he discarded it in hot fields. He has weathered hail rain floods and grain diseases on his farm but the grasshoppers caused the odd injury to his clothing.
A grayish goose species native to Great Britain is considered the probable progenitor of the common domestic goose, linking wild and farm birds in evolutionary terms.
Brantford Ontario youth described as a heartbreaker to women is held by Toronto police over a string of home robberies in Vancouver. Louis Molnar, 27, alias Ward, faces seven counts of break and enter and a revolver charge found on him during a hotel raid. Vancouver police compare him to Gerard Dennis of St Catharines who led U S homes robberies with loot around one million dollars.
Vancouver report on champion Pekingese Son Tai known as Son Toi, who has a private, heated doghouse with two way speaker system. Owner Florence Clarke uses remote control to decide walks and meals while dog sitter Sandra McCrae monitors for signs of trouble. The two and half year old canine has won numerous prizes at the Pacific National Exhibition Dog Show.
A Canadian Press survey finds educational campaigns and better firefighting reduced damage in most provinces. Ontario reports 1 369 fires by late August versus 2 036 in 1948, while British Columbia saw the worst damage in years. Ontario uses six Beaver aircraft and mechanized crews. Saskatchewan notes 250 000 acres burned last year. Nova Scotia educates 100 000 school children in fire prevention.
Bradford-born William Cawthern, 61, known as the Interpreter in Piccadilly Circus, speaks seven languages and offers his help to people with questions. He wears a blue peak cap of a London transport worker and parades near the Eros statue while presenting as a friendly multilingual figure.
A London man with previously earned $12,000 yearly asked the court to consider his life calamities in reviewing theft charges. He cites his father's death, loss of income, assault on his first wife, a shipwreck, navy wounds, a suicide by a close friend, a second wife eloping, a kennel business failure, and the deaths of his dogs as factors contributing to his alleged crimes.
Immunization details trace smallpox cowpox origins with Edward Jenner and explain diphtheria tetanus and whooping cough toxoids. Vaccines start early, require boosters at ages two and four to six, and may combine injections. Emphasizes vaccines as cost effective protection and calls for ongoing immunization vigilance.
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