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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1935
Page
2
The piece argues voters face complex choices in Alberta and nationally, with Social Credit challenging two major parties. It explains the ballot decision includes selecting a personal representative and shaping government leadership, stressing the impact on Canada’s governance and national economy.
The article traces the idea of punch to India where the mix of wine or water Jemon juice sugar spice and water is said to be named from the Hindoo word punch meaning five, reflecting five ingredients.
A European survey reports children gain height more quickly in April May and June than in any other period of the year. The findings highlight a seasonal pattern in growth among youngsters observed across multiple countries.
A gold medal struck by Paris for King Alexander's planned Paris visit is to be presented posthumously to Queen Marie of Yugoslavia as a tragic souvenir. The article notes average speech rates and adds a tongue in cheek remark on women requiring more zeros.
Captain Jean M. Ellerich, from the Philippines to New York, touts shark cuisine and a growing shark catching trade. He notes 250 varieties, uses skins for leather and meat for food or stock feed, and cites shark teeth as valuable in parts of Asia where a polished tooth can fetch a rich bride.
Stephen Simkhovitch, 34, a writer, signed a contract in Hollywood to be frozen solid with possible revival for medical science. Dr. Ralph S. Willard, a Russian-born chemist, says he has frozen and revived animals for six years and believes tuberculosis may be overcome. Simkhovitch aimed to aid humanity and seek life after death, and is the son of Columbia University economist V. C. Simkhovitch and Mary K. Simkhovitch of Greenwich House New York.
A Toronto artist Joseph Hilpert plans to exhibit a minuscule oil portrait of Premier Mitchell F Hepburn at the Canadian National Exhibition. The piece, made in three and a half months with single hairs as brushes, measures as little as one eighth of an inch for the head and a quarter of an inch at its greatest dimension.
The American National Geographic Society endorses Ethiopia as the official name with Ethiopian government sanction, while Ethiopians object to Abyssinia for its Arab-derived meaning. Friends of Italy prefer Abyssinia, while supporters of Africa favor Eth Iopia.
Turin faced a French investment in 1640 and endured extreme siege hardship. Spanish relief forces reportedly hollowed cannon balls filled with flour and fired them into the city to breach the blockade and aid starving inhabitants.
Margaret Ann Robinson born in Denver, at nineteen stands twenty one inches tall and weighs eighteen pounds. The mother makes her clothes and she quit growing at five months old. She has acted in baby parts, shows, and films, plays a violin, and signs for Shrine circuses exhibition. Her father claims she is nine and a half inches shorter than Tom Thumb and notes a carriage Queen Victoria gifted Tom Thumb now in a New Hampshire museum.
Internationally famous prima donna Amelita Galli Curci must relearn to sing after a goitre removed from her windpipe. The operation freed a 61 ounce obstruction doubling airway space, and she begins re learning at Henrotin hospital with scale exercises to regain clear tones.
London police use camouflage to enforce a 30 mile speed limit. Officers disguise as ordinary vehicles from 1918 trucks to modern sports models and wear dusters over their uniforms. Motorists display signs reading This is not a police car to protest the tactics.
Canada will be represented at the World Poultry Congress in Berlin in 1936. The World's Poultry Science Association brings together more countries than any other organization and Canada plays an important role in spreading scientific and practical poultry knowledge.
The late Dean of St Pauls Dr Inge told St Marys Oxford listeners that originality means thinking for oneself, not just thinking differently from others. He warned free thinking is fine only if there is emphasis on thinking for oneself rather than mere novelty.
A New York city directory compilation is projected to provide about 100000 working days for unemployed residents. Authorities expect the listings to connect job seekers with opportunities and reduce unemployment strain in the city.
A stunning two piece dress in black chiffon with white collar and bows offers town wear and weekend party appeal. It lists materials Shantung linen tub pastels dotted batiste and fits sizes 14 to 40 bust. Pattern No 332 requires specific yardage with trimming and is sold by mail order from Winnipeg Newspaper Union patterns.
The dairy industry has become the most important branch of agriculture in the United States, producing mainly for domestic consumption while exports remain comparatively insignificant. Dairying was the last major agricultural sector to suffer from the depression.
An Atlanta physician reports boys are poorer sleepers than girls after monitoring sleep patterns across many children. He conducted 150000 hours of watching kids sleep using specialized electrical instruments to reach this conclusion.
The Vatican railway built under the Lateran treaty remains unused after a year with a grand station tunnel and bridge, costing 2.385 million dollars funded by Italy. No steam or rolling stock has been ordered while plans for a papal train linger and Italy offers a locomotive loan.
A Prague villa mistress claims doors open for her servant Marie. The servant carries a heavy tray to the door and it opens by itself. Family members note doors always yield to Marie. The cook admits sending Marie to the cellar as doors roll toward her. Marie denies any powers. A psychical research society investigates.
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