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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 16, 1935
Page
3
A 1965 Agricultural Situation & Outlook report notes wholesale farm product prices 15 percent higher in 1934 than 1933, with 1934 prices fluctuating below 1926 averages and above the 1933 low. Potatoes fell 17 percent. farm purchases rose about 5 percent, boosting overall purchasing power despite higher living costs.
The Redipuglia cemetery holds 30,000 World War I dead, with 6,000 identified and 24,000 unknown. Graves lack traditional markers, using artifacts like aeroplane propellers, mortars, field kitchens, and rifles as memorials. A single memorial stone references an anti aircraft search light. The piece notes a fast modern passing generation moving at about 60 miles per hour on wheels.
Over the past year the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings notes Charley Mill in Sussex restored with funding from Mrs. Kimmins and used as a dwelling for a cripple home. Outwood Mill in Surrey gained sails from a demolished Norfolk windmill. Old Moreton Mill in Essex was repaired and repainted. A 1571 dated tower mill in Sark Walls bears its own history.
In 1935 the Toronto meteorological bureau chief John Patterson says no reliable predictions beyond 24 hours can be made and 48 hour forecasts are not dependable. He notes old-timers theories about weather based on tree bark and animal hair are of interest but not authoritative.
The headmaster uses an air liner to teach geography, turning a classroom into an airborne lesson. Pupils listen through earphones while maps are checked against a live aerial tour of a pre selected Netherlands region. The method boosts student enthusiasm twentyfold. Alternatively adjust if needed.
A Birmingham umbrella frame makers' stockholder warned the trade is done as the firm reports a near $55,000 loss for the year. The chairman said umbrellas sold during last summer's drought kept production alive and the company will continue making rain deflectors. Canada exported 18,768,770 bushels of wheat worth 14,744,938 dollars in November 1934.
Workmen cleaning a landslide near Lyons uncover a large Roman amphitheatre with marble benches and statues. Excavation is overseen by the Ministry of Fine Arts as authorities note past collapses on Four Viere Hill and ongoing cultural salvage.
After years of slow pace the Groosglockner Highway in the Austrian Alps gains momentum and is set to open in fall next year. The route climbs the Groosglockner range and surpasses the Edelweiss mountain at its highest point with work focusing on the Firschertoer section and an observation parking area at about 8000 feet.
Experts in Wellesley Mass plan a vast map of the United States extending 63 feet by 46 feet. The project aims to show every valley and mountain to exact scale and reproduce the earths curvature, with a third of the map already completed. A separate note condemns quack doctors who evade ethical duties.
Year by year the idea of cameras as gifts for birthdays and milestones grows. For youngsters start with simple models under five dollars, while adults may enjoy precision mini cameras from twenty five dollars upward.
Prairie boards under the Farmers' Creditors Arrangement Act will exhaust all conciliations before issuing mandatory plans. A Regina conference issued a statement urging fair re arrangements to keep farmers on the land, with emphasis on considering debt classifications and allowing creditor concessions like interest reductions.
The notice warns buyers to demand clear grade information for poultry and beef. It explains two government graded poultry classes Milkfed and Selected with grades A B and Special and A B C Special respectively. It notes that grade tagging should be present on poultry for domestic sale and export and highlights differences among poultry types and feeding methods.
Lord Dorchester, visiting from England for the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, called the event a colossal project and unlike any agricultural show he had seen. He praised its size housing and exhibits and noted learning from breeders and agriculturists worldwide during exchanges on Canadian life.
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