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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 03, 1932
Page
7
Hollywood writers and stars urge women not to age visibly and to preserve complexion with Lux Toilet Soap. Ralph Greaves claims actresses keep a youthful glow. Lux is advertised as used by 686 of 694 top actresses and in major studios.
Jean declines a Moor visit with Judith but receives a moonlit invitation from Burke to join a group at Three Fir Bungalow. He will meet her at Okehampton after a three o clock train and drive her up for a moonlit ascent on the Moor with Judy and friends.
British engineers have reduced lightning risk to aircraft through bonding, connecting all metal parts into a continuous conductor. Imperial Airways Horatius was struck over Kent on the way to Paris. windows blew out but no one was hurt and the plane diverted to London to transfer passengers to another aircraft.
Max Werder of the Canadian National Steamships urges housewives to measure finger pinch sizes. He defines a pinch of salt as a quarter ounce and a small pinch of cayenne pepper as a sixteenth of an ounce to bring real meaning to cookbook terms.
Observers document a precise morning order of birds at Bar ton Abbey in June, led by a lark at 3:02 a.m. and ending with a tree creeper at 4:37. Nearby, yearly shoals off Samoa arrive on a fixed day, while Persian Balm markets promote a luxury cosmetic product for women.
In Denton Lancashire the silk hat trade faces doom as apprentices are not being recruited and current workers age. The world demand has fallen to about six dozen hats per week, with most production centered in Denton.
A humorous wartime vignette shows a telephone operator in China addressing a caller as the honorable son of the moon and stars asking which number he desires. After a pause the operator explains the line is engaged and apologizes for the inconvenience.
The Kitchener Record argues readers pressuring papers to intervene are misguided. A newspaper should report actual events and critique public policy honestly, not chase favors. Citizens should vote and raise hell if needed.
Aline Michaelis frames life as a flower with a golden heart and petals that fall as years pass. The poem compares time to a rose whose fragrance deepens, while youth fades. It ends with a sudden product advertisement tone for a worm exterminator, contrasting hopeful verse with practical relief.
Cattle shipped via the Hudson Bay Railway for Churchill export will be fed and watered at The Pas. Stock yards construction will start immediately. At least one cattle shipment is planned to Great Britain over the northern route this year.
An official quoted by the London Punch laments the Income Tax offices lack proper seating and facilities. He notes there is no place for visitors who faint and describes the accommodations as insufficient for taxpayers seeking assistance.
Demand for binder twine rises with expected heavy wheat crop in Canada. Plymouth Cordage Company of Welland has installed new machinery to boost plant capacity by 20 percent and added a night shift. Employment for 200 additional workers will be offered.
A new construction brick has been perfected using Georgia kaolin, a pure white clay. The brick features a high fusion point and almost no shrinkage, signaling a durable material for building applications.
Mrs. Reuben Ament of Grafton Ont credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with rapid relief from rundown and insomnia after two boxes. She says her daughter also improved visibly after use. The pills are claimed to banish nervous conditions by creating new red blood cells and are sold by druggists in 50 cent containers.
British Columbia will implement financial responsibility insurance on September 1 after cabinet order aligns with Ontario and other provinces. The law aims to remove irresponsible drivers from streets and highways.
In a Depression era moment two men debate plans for the evening. One declines a movie date stating a bridge game, and the other suggests suicide, prompting a startling and morbid exchange.
A devotional column quotes Psalm 119 and prayers by Alice Williams about aligning will with God and finding peace. It emphasizes surrender to divine will, the search for inner birth or renewal, and the futility of changing outward circumstances without spiritual change. Newman Smyth calls for rebirth of the soul as the chief aim.
A skull discovered in British Columbia shows marks of trephining, the surgical removal of bone. Experiments report peanut shells as promising cellulose material.
A promotional article touts Appleford Wonder Paper as a substitute for dust cloths. Made from clean rags and soft pulp, it polishes and cleans furniture in one step, absorbs dirt, and can be reversed when worn. Sold in twenty five sheet packs, with coupons offering a bonus booklet.
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