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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 17, 1932
Page
2
George Arliss argues in a magazine piece that lasting progress comes from long, patient effort across generations. He warns against impatient reforms that erase accumulated wisdom and compare swift changes to mushrooms versus the oak of time, urging preservation of experience and gradual improvement.
Constable Joseph Louglin of the Regina Canada police force, on leave, was found shot dead at his mother’s home in Carrick Londonderry Ireland. A double barreled shotgun lay beside him. He had been visiting his boyhood home and planned to return to Canada this week.
A Midwest hotel guest complains after the only electric-light bulb dies. The clerk instructs him to raise the window and unscrew a bulb from the building sign. He retrieves a bulb from the letter E on the vertical sign, restoring light.
A mother pushes for a modern education for son Albert including Latin. The headmaster notes Latin is dead but agrees to the plan. The mother’s goal is to equip Albert for a future in funeral work.
England consumes roughly 130 million postage stamps each week, reflecting high mail activity and everyday use across the country. This figure underscores sustained demand for postal services amid changing communication habits.
The piece notes Ireland’s tariff dispute with Britain after de Valera’s move, predicting 100 percent duties on Irish goods and loss of the Irish market. It argues England will still buy Guinness stout and Ford tractors, but Ireland’s geographic position limits other markets, forcing de Valera to justify the split to his people.
In Kendallville Indiana the 22 year old mare Fannie, retired from hauling a milk wagon in 1929, was pressed back into service after a milk truck wreck. She pranced along the five hour route with no mistakes, proving a horse can remember routines for over three years.
A teacher at a girls' school in Torde Transylvania withholds 36 pupils from returning home until their paying parents settle fees. The pupils are children of officials who have gone months without pay. Some parents await the director bearing the cost of feeding their children.
The marriage of Milo Rabasson and M. Fran chi in Bordeaux features two young lions and two lionesses as best men and brides maids. Unusual guests include a bearded woman, a man with a bird head, giants and dwarfs, wrestlers and strong men, plus three lion tamer men. Oil of the People Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil remains popular, praised for its supposed universal usefulness and broad benefit.
A War Office committee weighs replacing field-service cap and khaki jacket with slouch hats, leather-buttoned jackets with large pockets, open-necked shirts and knickerbockers. Douglas Egyptian Liniment advertised as a quick remedy for toothache neuralgia burns sprains and inflammation.
Shipping experts anticipate a full revision of Great Lakes freighter design once the St Lawrence Seaway is finished. An Canada United States agreement on the waterway fuels speculation about ocean routes from lake heads to the Atlantic and the need to retrofit inland boats with saltwater capable, but such changes face high costs due to ironclad machinery and open deck layouts already installed at ports.
Readers are urged to view letters to Dr. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy manufacturers from hundreds of sufferers. The text claims even long neglected cases gain prompt relief from the preparation.
Pan-American Airways advances two expedit ions toward a trans Atlantic air link with bases planned near Angmagssalik Greenland and 100 miles north of Uperni sis, near the Arctic circle. H G Watkins a British explorer is to sail from Copenhagen at once to establish the first base defences. R L Belknap of the University of Michigan leads the Greenland expedition toward a second base well north of Upernisik.
A historical note asserts Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator works alone without aid from other medicines and never fails to perform its task. The claim highlights its independent effectiveness and reliability.
Residents of Clarksburg Virginia report a strange tree in Isaac Sypolt's yard bearing unusual leaves inscribed with the letters N G E O C. The family believes the markings are significant but cannot decipher their meaning.
Winnipeg barrister Phillip Ney and Canora lawyer Ben Foster deny any parole efforts for Peter Veregin Doukho bor leader jailed 18 months for perjury. Ney says only inquiry into provincial attitude toward parole has occurred.
Farmers in the Swift Current district value the Federal Experimental Station facility offering a custom cleaning plant for seed grain. Last year more than 6,500 bushels were cleaned at 5 cents per hundred pounds. Seed samples included wild oats French weed and Russian thistle, with flax seed proving hardest to clean. Persian Balm relieves chopping windburn and weather roughness improving complexion through gentle rubbing. It moisturizes and leaves skin soft smooth and clear.
Rev. John Darroch O.B.E Litt. D Dr. Darroch began as a steel worker in Motherwell Scotland and became a missionary in China. After the Boxer rebellion he was selected as the man best acquainted with Chinese culture for Shen Si University opening. His translations are standard works in China.
Miller's Worm Powders are a pleasant medicine for worm infested children and they will take it without objection. When directions are followed it will not injure the most delicate child and it will speedily rid a child of worms and restore health of sufferers weakened by internal pests.
The survey branch of Canadian Airways Limited plans a new aerial photography program using stereoscopic equipment. The effort will map surface features in relief across the Great Bear Lake mining area to reveal formations and help predict further mineralization at key points.
President Hoover reduces his own salary by 15000 dollars annually and trims cabinet officers’ pay by 15 percent, implementing a broad cut across top federal officials.
Personal Scottish lady in Canada offers to take charge of one or more young women. Experienced in travel abroad and with Canadian girls. Available as companion to a lady or travel companion in Canada. Excellent testimonials from Canada and Britain. Further information by applying to Box 50, Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
Premier George S. Henry drove home the last spike at Moosonee Ontario marking the completion of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway to James Bay. The ceremony included cabinet ministers fur-traders and Indigenous people with a golden spike signaling northward mineral wealth.
Lewis Gray, a prominent Belfast industrialist at the Imperial Conference, says Northern Ireland’s linen trade would buy Canadian grown flax if secured. Currently nearly all flax used by Belfast linen is Russian, and he intends to survey Canada’s flax-growing situation.
A Paris newspaper advertises that a title of nobility is for sale under legal conditions. The buyer must prove respectability and pay the highest price to become a count in due course.
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