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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
6
Sixteen year old Willie Yuziapi of Lebret Saskatchewan writes on how Boy Scout training builds character and citizenship. The essay highlights physical training, knot tying, swimming, and readiness for emergencies, urging obedience to leaders and adherence to the motto Be Prepared to help others and oneself.
The Globe warns that two million Oriental families could form in North America within a century if Chinese laborers continue to arrive. It argues that Oriental and Occidental views differ beyond skin color and that mixing races would prevent a common social life, risking a second “South” on the Pacific coast.
Mr and Mrs E H Barker of Vancouver after three years amid Bolsheviks in Eastern Russia endured two months of peril as prisoners of Ghirloff and his wife before rescue by a Chinese gunboat along with 16 other foreigners.
A London body draft of beer would form a single bottle so heavy that a thousand strong horses would need all their strength to move it. This vivid comparison illustrates the local boasting about beer strengths and quantities.
A display in New York City's Natural History Museum reproduces a two inch sea-floor slice in glass and wax with plant and animal life magnified 15 000 times.
The remark attributes most errors to self conceit, suggesting vanity and overconfidence drive errors in judgment and action. It emphasizes introspection and humility as remedies for recurring mistakes.
The Saskatchewan Government via counsel D Arcy Scott pushes for a board hearing on railway rates sent back by the governor in council. No date yet. the board has focused on express and telephone rate hearings, with a December review of rate discrimination to span the Dominion. The earlier 1912 inquiry lasted nearly two years, and the governor in council urges reconsideration without changing the judgment to reflect Canadian Nationals needs.
F C Blair secretary of the Canadian Department of Immigration and Colonization argues that Canada enforces its own immigration laws and that entry of undesirable individuals into the United States is the concern of the U S. The Hague dispatch suggesting tighter Canadian frontier passport control is challenged as misinformed. Blair notes both nations bar dangerous agitators and deport those who slip through. Passports are not required for British subjects, but other immigrants must hold them.
The monthly pension bill for soldiers is cut by about 400000 dollars as 20000 veterans with disabilities range from five to fourteen percent commute their pensions. Eight thousand five hundred have already been paid an average of 430 dollars, totaling 3650000 so far, with projected total payments reaching 9000000 once all commutations are complete.
Alberta starts a broad sale of school lands after Ottawa accepts a request by Hon. Geo. P. Smith minister of education for Alberta. Upset prices on parcels run into thousands of quarters province wide, indicating high market value. Reserve bids commonly range from 10 to 25 dollars per acre.
Swiss traveler Dr Maxime Leuret is in America on a round the world journey. Since leaving in 1914 he has reportedly worn out 102 pairs of shoes. The piece notes low prices and hints he may have benefited from friends with a car or bought cheap footwear in Siam.
A Boston lawyer delivers a glowing defence summing up in a western town. The judge, after a pause, declines to charge the jury and remarks they cannot gain much from the case, letting them keep what they can.
Northwest Mounted Police veterans seek Ottawa support to care for graves of Fort Pitt rebellion victims in 1887. G. H. Graydon was chosen president of the association for the coming year.
The article describes McGill Mining Engineering training, combining theory and seven months of classwork with field camps, surveying, and a traveling practical school. It highlights student field geology, ore dressing visits, underground mining, and paid summer work through Canadian mine managers, with a final year focusing on advanced mining technology.
The Last Supper room in Jerusalem, scene of Christ and his disciples, has sparked debate over its disposal. Reports claim the Sultan of Turkey gifted it to Italy’s king, while the Greek Orthodox Church argues the sacred space should be managed by the British High Commissioner Sir Herbert Samuel to balance Greek Roman and English church claims.
The narrative notes Czar Nicholas I refused any rank higher than colonel despite being supreme commander of the Russian army. This act, born of paternal memory, earned him the nickname The Colour in military circles, seen as a pious but mockery laden gesture.
The article argues that foul air harms health and lowers vitality leading to colds and tuberculosis. It urges people to sleep in well ventilated rooms and keep windows open even as weather cools, stating you cannot overdose on fresh air and that germs do not endure it.
The Department of Agriculture arranges with Edmonton and Calgary stockyards to supply breeding sows to farmers. The best young sows will be selected from yard stock and offered at cost price to stockbreeders, aiming to raise Alberta's hog population.
A colorful remark notes that some individuals imitate a saintly image to avoid spending for simple pleasures. The comment links stinginess with reluctance to indulge in occasional enjoyment.
Prof A Zenley of the University of Minnesota says physicists could contact the spirit world using scientific methods. An amplifier of miraculous strength at the university is used to study electrons and atoms, theorizing that the mind releases electrons after death to be registered by instruments for communication with spirits.
The article notes that New York's first subway opened sixteen years ago and has carried 4,301,000,000 passengers with only seven fatalities by accident, highlighting remarkable safety.
A remark cites five buttons on a Chinamen coat as reminders of Confucius five virtues humanity justice order prudence rectitude. The line frames cultural stereotypes within a dated moral shorthand.
Robert Stead, now in Ottawa, remains Canada's leading romantic novelist with western settings. His new book Dennison Grant shifts from Alberta ranch country to an unnamed eastern city, then back west, centring on the rivalry between Y D and Grant gangs and a vivid romance with Zen. Published by Musson Book Company, Toronto.
C. R. Mitchell, Alberta treasurer, on a southern Alberta motor tour, discovers a thriving settlement of 300 Scandinavian Minnesota families. He compares the scene to a mirage become real, noting a little village amid a prospering farm district scarcely known twenty miles away. He likens the settlement to San Salvador.
The Manitoba Government may pursue legal action before the Supreme Court of Canada to secure control of the province's natural resources. Provincial treasurer Hon. Edward Brown announced this in an interview. A Brown delegation will meet the Government after Premier Meighen returns to Ottawa, it is expected.
At a Canadian millers convention the need to educate the public about wider milling of wheat in Canada and exporting flour rather than grain was discussed. Proponents argued this would boost milling industries and improve transportation and marketing economics of the finished product.
A quirky historic rent clause near Dover binds tenants to hold the King's head when seasick. Given King George's long sea journeys, it seems unlikely the king will ever call on anyone to fulfill this odd obligation.
The eggs in cold storage in Saskatchewan will not last beyond year end and some plants will be empty of eggs by month end.
Prof W W Jackson of Manitoba Agricultural College warned at a Y M C A Winnipeg talk that world wheat production has topped its limit due to finite atmospheric nitrogen and profitable arable land. He predicted 50 to 80 percent of returning soldiers who farm may abandon it as land remains scarce.
In Chinese schools memory plans out study as knowledge. A medical college diploma exam showed all papers identical in wording punctuation and content. Examiners, unfamiliar with the method, set a new test but found every answer still exact. The class knew the 500 page textbook by heart and answered word for word.
The queen rides in a gilded carriage through The Hague to Knights Hall for a ceremonial opening of parliament. Ministers wear minstrellike uniforms with admiral hats before the session begins. After the pomp, officials return to work while the queen stores her crown for another year.
Several German warships have been converted into merchant ships at Danzig yards. Gefion becomes the Adolf Sommerfeld a 2500 ton motor ship and Victoria Louise becomes the Flora Sommerfeld a passenger steamer. Both serve immediately. France and England have similarly converted war vessels into freighters.
A reflective line about facing onward steps despite fear of retreat. It emphasizes resolve and bravery guiding progress even when past options loom. The statement invites readers to consider personal courage in difficult decisions.
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