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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 31, 1922
Page
7
Relief maps provide accurate contour lines and elevations aiding readers to picture terrain. They help engineers urban planners assess drainage routes rail and road placement and water power potential. The interior department began small scale relief maps to illustrate proposed road and drainage projects and schools could use them to teach geography.
Paris Times reports feverish reconstruction in Nord and Pas de Calais after German destruction. By 1922 pits at Azincourt Thivencelle Vimy and Escarpelle near dry, Amaury d Arémberg Tempe Roeux Blaise Romne dry, others by June next year. Over 600 million cubic feet pumped out, 2000 miles of galleries rebuilt, 600 abandoned, 1475 flooded. Bottom reconstruction advances 20 to 40 inches daily.
The voyage of Shackleton’s Quest returns to Southampton in September after Cape Town call. Commander Wild reports new bird and animal life films and unknown island data, plans for Pacific work, ship repairs needed, and crew seasickness with limited coal forcing whale blubber as fuel.
England mourns Major Hesketh-Prichard known for creating British snipers in World War I and organizing an effective marksman corps. A seasoned big game hunter, he led a South American expedition in 1900 01 and authored novels with his mother. He earned the DSO for wartime service.
The article discusses whether the Earth is pear shaped rather than spherical and notes that old beliefs about a flat world are outdated. It explains a French observatory director's proposal to use a wireless time chain among stations to measure distances and map the Earth's outline, with implications for navigators and geographers and potential changes over time.
The United States Weather Bureau reports Death Valley California as the hottest area on earth. A substation logged ten years of data with a 134 degree Fahrenheit extreme on July 10 1912 believed the highest natural air temperature recorded under proper shading and standard conditions.
Maple Leaf Jean, an Ayrshire cow owned by Capt. A. Henry Higginson of South Lincoln Massachusetts, established a new world record in her class with 15078 pounds of milk in 300 days. The Ayrshire Wrestlers Association announces the achievement. Maple Leaf Jean also won first prize three times at the National Dairy Show and is a former Canadian grand champion.
The London Morning Post cites evidence of a traffic in titles with a set price list from £10,000 to £12,000 for a knighthood and £30,000 to £40,000 for a baronetcy, noting strangers are approached with offers. It questions the King's involvement and ministers influence in nominations, and suggests the issue extends beyond Canada.
A South African farmer describes a historic drought sweeping the Orange Free State from coast to coast. Temperatures soar from about 40 to 107 degrees, rainless for months, dams bone dry, stock trekked in search of water, with 600 head of stock reliant on windmill troughs for survival. The farmer warns many animals may not return, yet notes a stark, compelling resilience amid the scorched landscape.
The report covers two main items. Dr J S Plaskett of the Victoria Observatory announces new heavenly bodies named Plaskett, twin suns far beyond Earth. Separate notes describe using airplanes to spray caterpillars and other pests from the air, with experiments in Ohio and New England showing promising results and raising interest from the USDA.
The government calls on all citizens to observe October 9 as Fire Prevention Day. Citizens must inspect dwellings and remove fire hazards. inspections extend to factories public buildings hospitals and institutions. Schools stores and factories should drill for fire safety, with instruction by teachers officers and scouts. Bush workers and hunters must learn fire prevention regulations.
The passage argues that spending on homes art and country estates can be constructive. It claims wealth used for art and beauty creates employment and value, contrasting thrift with parsimony and extravagance. The tone defends generous spending as socially valuable and essential.
Louis K. Liggett, the drug magnate who repaid all creditors after a failure, was praised in the Boston press for his business honor. A Minneapolis Tribune comment recalls the saying about golf rules, noting Liggett’s stance on integrity in business.
The Scandinavian-American liner United States arrived from Copenhagen and reported a new wireless telephone record. Captain Ostar Schmidt said he spoke, on June 27, with Frederick VIII officers while the ships were 500 miles apart at sea.
A feature emphasizes how every dollar spent in the hometown circulates through local businesses, supporting jobs and community services. It highlights merchants, residents, and the ripple effect on schools, parks, and infrastructure projects.
A Turkish paper quotes Mustafa Kemal supporters labeling the Nationalists and calls for massacre framing Ottoman power as five centuries of terror. The Buffalo Express notes Algeria’s river of ink forming from Gallic acid and a fron union, illustrating fragmented commentary.
Lord Kelvin entered the university at eleven and became a professor of natural philosophy by age twenty two, marking a remarkable early achievement in his career and scholarly reputation.
An old observer notes that an elephant possesses a remarkable sense of smell able to detect a human from 1,006 yards. The comparison extends to ships, stating their framework resembles a herring’s skeleton.
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