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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1954
Page
5
A health and sport column stresses hard work with proper rest and knowledge of the body to boost endurance and power. It urges athletes to avoid mental blocks, be honest about failures, and apply disciplined training across all sports. It also gives football kicking tips and touts a University of Illinois study on exercise, rest, and diet as keys to aging health.
The article reflects on how early Christian churches formed in the homes of believers, stressing family life's role in church practice. It notes modern changes reduce strictly Christian homes, yet the ideal of close church and home ties remains central to Christian faith and teaching.
National 31959 notes May events tied to SEATO and cultural topics. Minnesota figures appear in summaries alongside the Equinox reference.
About 50,000 Saskatchewan horses have been vaccinated this year against encephalomyelitis, says Dr. J. S. Fulton of the University of Saskatchewan's virus laboratory. Officials hope the program will confine an outbreak reported in the Saskatoon and Humboldt districts.
A weekly tip suggests pairing orange or grapefruit sections with stewed raisins as a versatile breakfast fruit or dessert option suitable for lunch or dinner.
A 15 year old note recalls a United States inventor’s sideways automobile and the caution it faced on highways. The piece also touches on British greyhound gambling, race fixing via slow pacing, and a boiled egg trick. It surveys marriage attitudes, Marie Lloyd’s career, and exportable British housing plus Guanaja’s romantic misfits.
Heavy rains sweep Alberta and Saskatchewan leaving hay waterlogged and rotted. Officials warn farmers may face serious shortages this winter as 40 percent rotted, 20 percent stored, and 40 percent uncut. Manitoba reports a record hay harvest due to ideal July and August weather.
Privileged verses contemplate respect for others gardens and restraint in admiring blooms. The wind moves flowers without regard to owners, scattering petals and brightness along a garden path.
Calgary owner Dr B W Banks reports a rare equine birth a purebred Percheron mare Sprucevill Lucille Laet delivered twins in one birth. The foals are described as highly unusual and profitable oddities in the local horse breeding scene.
Sgt. R. Fisher of the U S army killed a 300 pound black bear near here while hunting with bow and arrow. His arrow proved fatal at a range of 50 yards.
The reader answers cover four questions with percentages and figures. It notes lobsters as a topic, current rankings listing Manufacturing, Service, Agricultural, and states an average value of about $3,000 for the year. The text appears as material from Quick Canadian Facts editors.
Charles Tweed 24 of Edmonton won the province wide contest for the Alberta Golden Jubilee Calendar cover and a 500 dollar prize from McClelland and Stewart. His symbolic modern drawing depicts wheat oil lumbering dairying ranching mining and industry. The calendar in seven colors plus gold features 18 full color pages.
A brief item lists 1939 wage figures and compares 1954 occupation rankings. It asks old and new Senate House indemnities, leading.canadian employment sectors in 1939, and the share of Ottawa's roughly five billion dollars in national defence costs this year.
Dr. A J Phillips of the National Cancer Institute of Canada states in the Canadian Medical Journal that lung cancer deaths rose from 2.4 per 100000 in 1931 to 10.4 in 1952, a fourfold increase. The rise is sharper among men, up 5.14 times, than among women, up 2.44 times.
A crossword style entry list featuring clues for wild sheep with spirally horns, plant names and measurements. Includes hints for words like horned ruminant and sun god along with chemical and monetary terms, arranged for a vertical and horizontal puzzle.
The annual listings show prize winners by circulation class including Midland Free Press Herald with Mason and David Williams trophies for best all-round paper and best editorial page. Other top awards go to Abbotsford Sumas and Matsqui News for front page honors and Grenfell Sun for front page in smaller circulation brackets.
The Young Men's Christian Association founded in England in 1844 reports a world membership of at least four million.
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