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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 22, 1937
Page
3
An advertisement touts Gilletts Pure Flake Lye for weekly use to remove yellow stains and clear clogged drains. It claims fast results, odor banishment, and time savings, advising cold-water dissolution and keeping a tin handy.
In spring 21 year old William Marshall begins life with livestock and tools and helps clear land after a blaze. He and Maxwell sow wheat oats millet on the Marstall place as cedar rails are split and a one room log cabin rises with neighbors helping. William seeks a wife before Maxwell departs.
A rustic tale follows Willie Marshall as he travels to his home farm seeking a wife. The narrator muses on love, marriage, and sex, contrasting old bachelor life with modern courting. observations include encounters with a plain man and a bold woman, hinting at romantic folly and social norms.
A reflective piece on marriage customs where love is secondary to practical matches. It discusses rural unions, dowries, and the role of family guidance, noting William’s search for a suitable wife, the need for home and bedding, and his recent religious awakening. The piece closes with a promise of continuation.
Dr. Arthur Haas of the University of Notre Dame told the American Physical Society that light from distant stars loses energy and goes tired as it travels, implying the universe remains constant rather than expanding. He said photons fade until they vanish, challenging views of cosmic expansion.
A passenger in a bus rebukes a drunken fellow traveler who persists with dogmatic tips. The man retorts he knows something the other does not and reveals his sister is the washerwoman while claiming to wear one of the other’s shirts. The piece also notes the old British yard measure tied to Henry I and ends with a joke about an aria and ten thousand square feet.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic to ease monthly pains headaches and nervous symptoms. Ada Diss of Stratford Ontario testifies she was weak bedridden but improved after using the remedy, now available at neighborhood druggists in tablet and liquid forms.
A devotional meditation notes the joy found in spiritual blessing through Jesus Christ and the varying human responses to happiness. It reflects on divine mercy, the limits of earthly fortune, and the power given to each person to safeguard their own happiness while acknowledging a higher calling beyond personal comfort.
A bul letin from Arthur D. Little, Inc. shows a new yarn woven from wood fibre under water proves stronger when wet than dry and resists laundering shrinkage. It resembles linen in appearance and already finds use in shoe coverings, handbags and sports suits. Fibres are under three hundredths of an inch long, shorter than cotton wool linen or silk.
John East of the Prairie division of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association reported at the Saskatoon annual meeting that manufacturing in the three prairie provinces reached 235 million dollars in 1936, employing about 200,000 people. The note mentions early English pipes once made of clay and cites a 350 year history.
Dr Robert W Boyle of the National Research Council says women show little interest in science after years of work on electrical devices and refrigeration, while noting science has freed them from many household chores. He offers no ideas from women and states his belief generally that women do not like science. Churches on Crown land cannot ring bells since the Reformation. The proper way to lift a rabbit is by the skin behind the ears.
Sir Malcolm Campbell says he will not attempt further land speed records after reaching 304 mph, honoring a family promise upon hitting 300 mph. He now turns to a one man high speed motor boat, planned for a inaugural test on Loch Lomond in June.
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