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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 03, 1935
Page
6
No division occurred as the government bill creating an economic council cleared its third reading in the House of Commons.
Ralph J. Anderson, an attorney, visited a Kansas doctor for a physical. After an X-ray, he asked the bill, and the physician cited fifteen dollars for the examination and service.
A terse exchange follows a marathon finish as a runner complains about his time while the timekeeper says the athlete recorded it himself. The moment captures tensions around measurement and pacing in a race.
The Rev Frank Tatchell known as Five Minute Frank directed a transformed vicarage into almshouses for the aged charging one penny weekly. He gave 100 pairs of boots to tramps and provided emergency brandy around the clock. He opened the garden to parishioners and once spent 7500 dollars on a continental holiday for teachers. His death occurred during a health cruise in the Indian Ocean.
Swift Current Sask collector G E Davis gathers Jubilee keepsakes from a Canadian school. The items include a New Testament and a cup presented to Davis by a Southborough Kent England school as mementos of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee dated June 22 1897. Each piece bears Queen Victoria’s portrait and the inscription V R 1837 1897 Long Has She Reigned.
A chic navy blue sheer silk jacket dress with navy and white taffeta trim is showcased as a casual wear outfit. The piece features a tied scarf neckline, a nipped-in jacket line, and a suggestion to adapt in linen. Pattern details, sizes, and mail order info from Winnipeg Newspaper Union are provided for Spring Fashion Magazine.
Readers submit letters to a Grapho-Analyst column with Lawrence Hibbert, Winnipeg. He analyzes handwriting to judge character, offers counsel on relationships, and invites specimens with birthdates, a 10 cent fee, and a self addressed envelope for private replies.
After six years of work and a cost of 130000 pounds the Royal Albert Hall houses what is said to be the finest organ in the world. It weighs 175 tons and fills 65000 cubic feet with seven tonal departments and four keyboards. It has 175 draw stops and 10491 speaking pipes with 80 miles of electric cable. A hundred twelve craftsmen worked on the erection and annual tuning costs are 1000 pounds. The instrument offers a vast sonority and a remarkable number of stops.
The sponge story traces from Aristotle era Greek warriors using sponges to cushion helmets to the mid 18th century when microscopy proved sponges are animals, not plants.
A surge in cycling across Great Britain driven by mood shifts since the downturn has propelled a boom. About 10 million riders are on roads. manufacturers ramp up output from 220000 in 1931 to a projected 1500000 machines in 1934. Cyclists clubs surge to 400 in London. National Cyclists Union grows to 40000 members.
Captain James T. Percy has been promoted to command Imperial Airways large 40 passenger liners. At 25 he becomes qualified to control the world’s largest land aeroplanes on the world’s longest air route. Nine years of pilots’ dreams began with borrowed rides and a private license ending in Europe’s youngest first rank pilot.
Cream shortening and sugar. Beat in eggs and milk. Stir in bran and corn meal. Fold in flour with salt and baking powder until just blended. Fill muffin tins and bake in a moderate oven at 375 to 400 degrees F for 20 to 25 minutes. Yield about 12 muffins.
Peel bananas and halve lengthwise. Layer in greased dish, mix 144 cup orange juice with brown sugar and pour over bananas. Top with shredded coconut and bake until tender and brown. Serve immediately. Serves four.
Golden text quoted from Psalm 103 13 about the Lord’s pity for those who fear Him. Devotional readings include John 3 3 6 and 4 20 24 focusing on spiritual rebirth and belief. The piece presents a church instruction outline for a Sunday service with scriptural references.
The passage argues that seeing Jesus is seeing the Father, explaining Philip's request for the Father’s revelation. It asserts Christ’s oneness with the Father, and that God’s character is revealed through a Person, not by works alone, drawing from Andrews and Jones.
In London, Edwin Thomas Howes was found dead in modest lodgings with nearly $300 in his trousers. An inquest heard Howes hoarded money and lived frugally while maintaining an expensive habit of lighting his pipe with one pound notes. He also had $1,105 in post office savings.
Dominion bureau of statistics reports February exports of poultry reached 786000 pounds valued at 141606 dollars. This compares to 141035 pounds worth 26036 dollars in the same month last year, a more than fourfold increase driven by higher volumes and prices.
The text discusses winter sleep in animals and explores possible explanations, noting that a lack of sugar in the blood could be one factor. It reflects on incomplete understanding and ongoing research into how metabolism affects hibernation.
The piece traces cellulose from cotton to its conversion into useful compounds. It highlights lye and acids transforming cellulose into sugar and nitrocellulose, noting its role in rayon, smokeless powder, films, lacquers, and imitation leather. It warns that nitrocellulose and celluloid are flammable and require caution near flames.
May have sand beach sections of the grand stairway showing walls panelled with paintings by prominent artists. First class pool under Italian direction of ornamental tiles. Artificial palm beach beside the pool with palms stirred by hidden fans. Margate corporation to supply sand for the beach.
A historian aims to identify the author of the earliest cowboy song. The note implies swift justice in the old West and suggests the writer may rest in an unmarked grave.
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