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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 14, 1937
Page
2
A broad tribute to western province country weeklies, praising editors and proprietors for high moral content, community service, and loyal readership. They’re depicted as essential, affordable, trustworthy forums shaping local progress and sustaining towns through shared current events and advertisements.
A London Daily Sketch writer notes Windsor Great Park near Royal Lodge will close to the public to protect the King and Queen's privacy with possible relaxation later. The piece also mentions a standing $1,000 reward for one pound of comb honey and a bud’s ability to reproduce a tree’s parts.
A German scientist reports that the Eskimos on Munivak Island use annual gift festivals to aid the aged and needy. Residents exchange items such as kayaks and long nets, with gifts distributed by respected leaders to the old and poor first, creating an economic minimum for all. Bird nests export plays a role for Malayan islands and Samoan villages take long six month excursions. New York researchers announce color X ray imaging apparatus.
An editorial in the New York Daily News endorses Lord Tweedsmuir’s remark on Anglo American unity in liberty and peace. It warns against formal naval alliance through legislatures and argues informal friendship with the world’s two strongest navies guards safety and deters global war.
Mahatma Gandhi reportedly leads a simple life as a village resident near Shegaon seven miles from Wardha in the Central Provinces. His wife and secretary stay in Wardha with daily visits. the village houses about a hundred huts and a tiled mud hut serves as his study and home. The monsoon makes the road to Shegaon difficult and villagers attend his open air prayers at dawn and dusk.
Admiral Sir E R G R Evans, Lord Rector of Aberdeen, is the only recipient of Lloyds gold medals for special gallantry at sea. He saved a sinking Hong Moh crewman, freed a propeller, and helped an unconscious coolie, after diving to where a life line reached. He earned the title Evans of the Broke after commanding a destroyer that defeated six German destroyers off Dover in 1917.
The crown prince signaled to foreign states that he does not want official presents for the coronation, following a past precedent set by George V. The royal family still sends grand gifts to foreign rulers on state occasions, while plants shaded receive negligible light and grow poorly.
A plainspoken ad explains hemorrhoid relief using Hemroid from a druggist. The remedy is described as easy to use, inexpensive, and capable of relieving itching soreness and aiding healing, warning against surgery.
A 400 degree F bake, 15 minute cookies recipe using unsweetened chocolate shortening sugar corn syrup eggs flour corn starch vanilla and nuts. The method melts chocolate in a double boiler then mixes in ingredients, bakes on oiled sheets, and cuts while warm. Cookies are described as very crisp and easy to make.
Dr. F W Jackson deputy minister of public health Manitoba told health officers that serum from polio survivors checked an outbreak. Of 539 cases reported 33 died and 99 had residual paralysis. six or seven may be totally disabled.
The excerpt notes stopping distances for cars at 20 30 40 and 50 mph, a humorous line about speed and height, a child asking if ink is expensive, a parent discussing spilled ink, a remark on local sun time requiring a one minute watch change every 13 miles, and a fact that a lightning flash lasts about one millionth of a second.
Russia plans an eighteen percent increase in oil production for the current year as part of its energy strategy. The numbers reflect an anticipated boost in output, signaling stronger supply expectations for global markets.
A new seedless pear seedling has been found on a Columbiana County farm. It resembles the Bartlett, ripens about ten days earlier, and shows vigor and high seedlessness averaging 90 percent over several years. Yet untested widely, it holds canning potential and stands as a bold fruiting prospect. Separately, bicycle fatalities in Great Britain matched those of privately owned cars last year.
A home repair note explains making a fixative from broken up isinglass and vinegar to bond china. Apply with a camel hair brush to cleaned edges and press together, using a thin rubber band to hold until it hardens. The text adds the note that the International Date Line has never been legally defined.
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