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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 21, 1937
Page
7
Ad touts Royal Yeast as the only dry yeast in an air tight wrapper protecting from contamination and preserving keeping qualities. It claims seven of eight Canadian housewives prefer Royal for 50 years as the standard of high quality and reliability in baking.
The article notes old newspapers fuel world commerce, with China importing over a million dollars worth annually from the United States at 16 dollars per ton. In Hong Kong they are repurposed into helmets, lanterns, toys, boxes, and cardboard goods and chiefly into colorful flags and pennants for celebrations.
A consumer health note recommends treating itching and rectal soreness with Hemroid from a pharmacist. It claims quick relief and healing without surgery, urging prompt use as per directions and noting Hemroid is physician prescribed and broadly advised.
In a Toronto crowd Turney pleads for his wife and child as he details past crimes. The scene shifts from a scaffold to a fire sparked near Richmond and Yonge Streets as merchants sell his confessions. Public hangings once drew crowds, and the day ends with a blaze fought by paid and volunteer fire departments.
The passage recalls a Toronto fire run and water pressure chaos at Yonge Street, a gas and water dispute, and a volatile town meeting. It then shifts to a vivid memory of 1847 plague death tolls among Irish immigrants, Black Torontonians, and the charity of Kitty OShea and Michael Power, with personal peril and loss.
Carol Crane, a 40 year old Ru manian, has endured endless wakefulness since a World War bomb knocked him out. He travels Europe seeking treatment in London where a specialist offering little relief keeps him from exertion as doctors warn. Crane sleeps at night but never truly rests and morning cold baths briefly revive him for work. He has attracted high offers from physicians who want his head after death for examination, yet his alive earning power remains meager.
The piece argues that relief and charity only cushion poverty rather than prevent it. It urges proactive measures to apply aid before people become victims, aiming to beat poverty to the punch and tackle the root problem early. The columnist notes the task is large and progress may be slow, but starts with recognizing the real issue.
After 10 years of experiments, Berlin scientists breed a European aurochs herd of 3 bulls and 13 cows by crossing primitive cattle. The kingfisher, once insect eaters, is noted as a fisher family member.
The Magistrates' Association protests a BBC broadcast featuring Robb Wilton's "M Muddlecombe J P in the court of not so common please" arguing it insults justice. BBC chief Sir John Reith says the farcical sketch cannot reflect on magistrates and officials note the Star defends light humor against censorship.
George W. Wray notes MIT equipment captures images at one millionth of a second, exposing defects unseen at rest. High speed films of glycerine drops illuminate surface tension. studies extend to athletic mechanics with golf clubs showing lighter clubs can propel the ball faster.
An article cites Dr. Harry L. Shapiro arguing intermarriage among Bounty mutineers on Pitcairn Island yields healthy descendants. Dr. Weston A. Price links modern foods to physical changes and loss of tooth decay immunity in primitive stocks. A witty old man recalls pre germ era health. A swimmer signs a $50,000 contract for global exhibitions. Japan introduces red mud paint for boat sails.
A reader recounts years of backache that left her bedridden. Her father, who used Kruschen Salts, urged her to try it and she saw pain disappear for three years. After a lapse and failure of other remedies, Kruschen restored her health and she remains free of pain.
A reflective exhortation describes living in the pure atmosphere of faith and love to God for a day or week. It envisions earth receding as heaven opens to hope, with tenderness to man and the unchanging smile of an eternal Friend guiding one through difficulties toward a higher, better understanding than reason.
Sir Richard Paget, opposing books only education, pursues an international sign language theory. He tests 100 unknown Chinese words and scores 75 percent correct. Using organ reeds rubber tubing cardboard metal and bellows he creates a synthetic voice to say phrases like I love London.
The remaining 11 pairs from John Legget of Kimberley, South Africa, are owned by his daughter Mrs. H. J. Mathers in Vancouver. The collection’s value is about $5,000, with a single pair of gembok horns 42 inches long, reputedly the second longest in the world. Theodore Roosevelt once sought to buy them. an explorer notes a tiger’s avoidance of harm with a white walking cane, a remark tied to how fast one carries it.
Beryl and Gladys discuss a recent portrait: Beryl dislikes the photo while Gladys confirms its likeness and comments that Beryl loathes it.
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