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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 14, 1927
Page
5
Regina plans an international grain show as a prelude to the World Grain Congress in 1932. The 1952 committee endorsed ongoing shows at Regina exhibition with prizes totalling 232 dollars across three classes of spring wheat Marquis variety and white oats.
In Old Street London a news agent's shop houses the remains of a near forgotten craft now revived by W C G Webb the shop owner He reports strong interest from wealthy collectors including Americans and hints at a possible business revival He notes six thousand dies mostly aged and the secret lies in preparing the tinsel backed paper for stamping amid ancient trade secrets He mentions a desert village in Tripoli fighting heat with underground dwellings and a wartime remark about strawberry shortcake and turpentine usage in cleaning sinks
Progress in tomato breeding shows early varieties approaching later sorts in excellence. Crosses among Alacrity Bonny Best and Livingston Globe yield uniformity for earliness, good shape and fruit quality. A cross of Livingston Globe with Bonny Best reduces days to harvest. An Alacrity Bonny Best cross gives an early, smooth, symmetric fruit with superior quality and lower acidity.
In the House of Commons J 8 Woodsworth challenged a Gal loway Gazette report claiming Canada guarantees employment for immigrants. Minister Forke said Empire Settlement immigrants on the two pound rate are guaranteed work but not guaranteed to stay in it, with a five year tracking plan.
Provincial society women rent rings bracelets earrings and pendants from local jewellers for festive occasions. In western and midland towns stores lend out substantial value with fees modest enough to resemble purchasing over time. Often a single shop lends up to £1000 in a single evening and items cycle back to different wearers.
The federal railway administration promises action after protests from the national chamber of commerce and tourist agencies over slow speeds. The Berlin Prage express takes over three hours for 100 miles to Dresden, Berlin Vienna express runs 12 hours for 300 miles, and Paris London expresses averaging 25 mph on the 16 hour Berlin to Cologne run with frequent stops.
The article reviews a £206000 prize for a cancer cure set by Lord Athol stan and notes Sir Berkley Moynihan’s call for a national uprising against cancer. It discusses whether cancer has a single cause or a cure, and highlights debates over local irritation parasite and blood involvement as researchers seek clear answers.
Zeppelin under construction at Friedrichshafen, Germany. Dr. Hugo Eckner says the craft is to fly to the North Pole in two days and to Tokio in four, with attempts projected for autumn 1928.
A Cleveland Trust Company study ranks fourteen car makes by weight value. Ford leads with 25c per pound while Rolls Royce comes out lowest at 2.91 per pound, highlighting how daily costs per unit weight have shifted since bicycle days.
The article notes Rev S Morris will assume charge of the Burton Hastings and Stretton Baskerville benefice in England, though the parish of Stretton is a vanished village known from the time of Richard III. It was razed after Henry VII’s conquest, leaving only fields and woodland.
University of Saskatchewan engineers test the Perkins Aerolectric windmill to generate home electricity from wind. A two blade propeller drives a generator feeding storage batteries, with data collected to judge year round wind reliability and long term performance. If viable, farmers could buy low cost generating equipment and rely on battery upkeep for power.
A London moneylender maintains a blacklist condemning groups by ethnicity and nationality. He claims Scots and Jews repay best while Englishmen are average and Welsh and Irish people are poorest in paying debts. The report notes his biased views and discriminatory practice.
London Daily Mail correspondent in Johannesburg describes Grasfontein diamond field with rich pockets but many diggers failing to find stones. Hundreds have quit digging and farmers who sold farms for worthless claims face destitution. A verbal marriage agreement is illegal in Russia.
Mount Robson in British Columbia stands as the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies and a major tourist draw on the Dominion lines of the Canadian National Railways. The upper photo shows the view from the Prince Rupert and Vancouver routes with Tumbling Glacier visible. Cabins provided by the railway greet travelers at Tumbling Glacier for excursions to Emperor Falls and the Valley of a Thousand Falls.
A four month old baby suffers two spontaneous fractures while resting in its cot. Denver surgeons and child specialists at the midwinter clinic examine the case but cannot offer an explanation.
A dialogue between a visitor and an asylum inmate reveals a clash over labor and intelligence. The inmate concedes he is not as daft as assumed while asserting he will not work simply because others expect it.
A historical note describes the native dog in Japan as quarrelsome and cowardly, reflecting a harsh stereotype in early source language.
Field Artillery Journal reports commanders praise vacuum cleaners as a faster thorough method for grooming horses and mules. The devices remove dirt efficiently, reduce clipping, and even calm nervous animals, with some mules showing pleasure from the massage effect and improved behavior after use.
Dr Lerne Pierce urged Regina listeners that Canada must study its own literature to build national self awareness. He praised a small but fine body of work and warned against imitating foreign models. He highlighted writers Charles G. D. Roberts Bliss Carman Archibald Lampman Duncan Campbell Scott Pauline Johnson and Marjorie Picthall.
After 122 years the bell from Lord Nelson's flagship Victory tolls once more in St. George's Hall Liverpool during an entertainment for seamen's institutes under British Steamship interests. Admiralty permission allowed the hero’s bell to be used, replacing ship bells previously used on Cutty Sark and H.M.S. Bombay.
The Yorktown colliery in Pennsylvania mourns Old Dick a celebrated minding mule known to drivers and workers for over twenty years. Renowned for ingenuity he could open latches tie knots unlatch doors remove harness and other feats that made him the prize of the mine.
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