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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 10, 1935
Page
2
A flagging economy prompts a call for federal relief supremacy as municipalities struggle with welfare costs. The piece denounces communistic agitators demanding higher relief and urges taxpayers to fund and provide work, while urging relief recipients to contribute through service.
A Montreal child sent $1 with a note about washing dishes for his mother to earn the money for the King George V silver jubilee cancer fund. Another child from the Saskatoon area contributed $1 with a letter noting his aunt died of cancer and urging a cure.
A colored minister asks if anyone desires prayers for the congregation’s fallen, and Brother Jones replies he is spendthrift, tossing money recklessly. They agree to pray for Brother Jones after the collection plate has been passed.
In June the Science Museum South Kensington hosts a silent exhibition organized by the Anti-Noise League led by President Lord Horder. Visitors may see but not hear a silent house silent lift sound-proof windows doors and other quieted devices including noiseless motorcycles cars and vacuum cleaners.
A woman bedridden since 1920 due to rheumatism credits Kruschen Salts with restoring arm and leg movement. She reports becoming able to eat and dress herself again as the salts dissolve uric crystals and aid kidney elimination, improving mobility.
The London Daily Mail reports Adolf Hitler told Sir John Simon that Germany already has an air force numerically stronger than Britain. Simon allegedly carried documents from Berlin outlining Germanys air armaments, a disclosure that alarms the British cabinet as Eden tours Europe amid looming showdown talks.
Queen Salote of Tonga arrives in London with her son while a 300 year old turtle tied to Captain Cook’s 1774 visit nears presentation to King George II. Cook had kept a turtle aboard as a peace offering for King Tubou. the reptile was later inherited by Salote’s line.
The article praises Canada's care of Indian wards after a 11 day search in snowbound northern Ontario for Joseph Mann, an ailing Indigenous man, and his wife. Rev Canon George Prewer of Sudbury directed a dog team and plane search over 400 square miles, with all expenses covered by the Dominion government as they received treatment in Timmins for influenza.
A House of Commons return lists totals from the administration era showing increased taxes across items including tea and oranges. Notable figures include oranges 4,874,138 and canned fruits 1,083,195 with other rises in newspaper postage insurance premiums and telegrams among the major sources.
Millions of Scottish notes will be taken out of circulation after a design error was found in the royal arms used by the Bank of Scotland the National Bank of Scotland and the British Linen Bank. Lyon King of Arms Francis J Grant investigated and found officials were unaware of the regulation.
Secretary C. H. Cahan tabled in the House the total pensions paid by the Dominion government with figures for Old age 12,313,594 dollars Soldiers 41,839,830 dollars Civil servants 3,612,932 dollars Judges 276,930 dollars all other 237,322 dollars. The reply responded to H. E. Spencer UFA Battle River.
The parsnip, native to Asia and Europe, improves in flavor after a long winter in the field. Wild Canadian parsnips are poisonous. It should not be stored long after digging and is excellent for fattening sheep and cattle, with mutton and beef gaining superior flavor. The ideal harvest is late March to early April.
Nearly a quarter of Holland sits below sea level with extensive low-lying land and dikes guarding against floods. In 2093 authorities project rising risks and ongoing flood management needs amid climate pressures.
The 1934 shipment record notes a single animal from the Irish Free State labeled Cork to New York as a goat, marking a formal buy by the United States. The entry stands in the shipment returns as a sole goat delivered to Gotham.
Charles G. Philp envisions future air travel with passenger rockets reaching 14,000 miles per hour and Atlantic crossings in minutes. Passengers lie in hermetically sealed hammocks as breathing issues and weight gain are countered, with craft lifting off in 30 seconds and retarding rockets braking on arrival.
Sir Julian Cahn the British cricket captain holds the world long distance telephone record. Reported by wireless operators aboard the Empress of Britain during a world cruise, the call linked the ship to Nottingham via San Francisco and New York with beam wireless to England.
A Swedish paper urges residents to search attics trunks and boxes for Jenny Lind records believed to be made in Paris in 1887 on cylinder disks shortly after the phonograph’s advent. The disks may have been sent to Stockholm or Copenhagen after her death.
Soil named Rainbow Hill with six colors red pink cream green brown and yellow was found at Ladysmith Natal. Farmers collect dried clay to make paints for homes. Nearby stones show a red dyed appearance like they were coated with red oil paint.
The Noord Zee Canal in the Netherlands features navigation locks exceeding the size of those on the Panama Canal. This comparison highlights impressive hydraulic engineering and the region's maritime infrastructure.
Nine year old Victor Holmes of Pendlebury Scotland says eleven accidents in nine years are too many. He is recovering from scalding burns from boiling water and has survived drowning three times and other incidents including street crashes a dog bite carbide burn a dislocated elbow and a cart wheel entanglement.
The Normandie, rivaling the Queen Mary as the world largest liner, will leave Saint Nazaire on April 20 for Le Havre. From Le Havre it will sail its maiden voyage to New York.
The article argues that true happiness begins when you stop begrudging what others possess and recognize that you cannot have everything yourself. It emphasizes cultivating gratitude and focusing on personal growth over envy.
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