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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 24, 1935
Page
2
A reflective piece contrasts builders and wreckers amid postwar turmoil. It asks readers to assess if they construct with care or merely tear down, noting leaders in government, education, and industry striving to rebuild civilization despite chaos. It urges self-scrutiny of habits and aims.
A Dominion government representative plans a trip to Denmark to study peat development plants using a formula under consideration by a British company seeking a subsidy. The aim is to stay informed on new fuel developments that could be economically useful to Canada.
Funds for a Nightingale memorial reach 29 countries as supporters back endowed postgraduate nursing courses in London. The League of Red Cross Societies has financed these training programs for years but now lacks funds to continue.
A Nanaimo jury had acquitted Andrew Moses of attempted murder in a case tied to his wife. After the trial the father, Chief Moses, thanked lawyer R. L. Maitland and received two eight foot totem poles, tokens of gratitude as the elder insists he does not forget Maitland who saved his son.
A reader recalls breaking her leg after a stair accident and credits Kruschen Salts with curing rheumatic pain. She uses a daily half teaspoonful in warm water. The ad extols six salts stimulating liver and kidneys to excrete uric acid causing rheumatic discomfort.
Ottawa reports that dividends to shareholders depend on when the first share instalment was paid. Initial orders were $2.50 per share, with $12.50 per share basis from September 1, 1934 to January 2, 1935 and $50.00 per share thereafter. The rate cannot exceed 4 1 2 percent annually and excess profits go to the surplus and consolidated revenue fund of Canada.
Dr R McIntosh and P G Davies urged the Canadian National Railway to finish two branch lines in northern Saskatchewan. One line from North Battleford to Beaver River Crossing is 100 miles unfinished, originally to join Edmonton, with an estimated cost not exceeding 350000 dollars. The second line would run from North Battleford to Edmonton via Spruce Lake.
A baby crying for an hour is described as generating enough potential energy to ascend to the top of the Washington Monument, illustrating a playful measure of effort.
Sir Guy Standing used postwar surplus to found Motor Organization Ltd buying European war equipment and later Britain leftovers. He turned nine years of sales into a large personal fortune that funded his acting hobby. Now age 60, he quits big business to spare gray hairs.
Danish professors tested drivers given three highballs and found the drinkers reacted 17 percent slower than abstainers. Alcohol reduced braking speed and grip strength on the steering wheel.
Prof. Josephine E. Tilden of the University of Minnesota, leading a scientific expedition to Japan, Australia and New Zealand to collect marine algae, says seaweed may supply vitamins A B C and D.
Elizabeth Harwood, a Cleveland policewoman, visits a seeress who predicts her husband’s return upon tiring of a blond and trouble with the police. The fortune teller also sees iron bars and blue coats meaning jail, and Harwood ends up taking the seeress to jail.
The article explains that all observed stars and planets share the same fundamental substances as Earth, differing only in proportions. It notes Newton's prism experiments as the birth of spectroscopy, which reveals substances by their unique vibration rates, allowing gases to be identified beyond the eye's sight.
National Research Council associate committees wrapped their seventh annual convention in Winnipeg with estimates that the work is worth tens of millions of dollars to farmers. Dr H M Tory said the council holds Canada’s future, while Dr O S Aamodt prepared to join Wisconsin. Dr W C Murray praised Tory’s leadership as sub committees were re established and chairmen named.
The motor car industry, the nation’s top industrial sector, shows high production momentum as factories move more cars and trucks to dealers and consumers. In 16 weeks of 1935 it produced as many units as all of 1932, while total output for 1935 reached 1,431,494, with over 1,313,000 passenger cars and trucks assembled since January 1.
Reverend L D Stueland travels wind river reservation in Wyoming with a domesticated wild finch as constant companion. He captured the bird near Castle Rock Colorado seven years ago after it broke a wing. Though free to fly away, the bird returns to its cage each night.
Japan expands to a major world power with six new luxury liners entering service and a fleet of 50 freighters. Ships travel Tokyo to San Francisco in 11 days at speeds over 20 mph, carrying silk and other cargoes, promising time and dollar savings.
Shoe experts estimate the average woman buys twelve pairs a year. They list one sports pair, four street pairs for each season, four daytime formal pumps, and three evening pairs for spring summer and fall winter.
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