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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 15, 1926
Page
5
Austrian scientists Dr Fritz Poliak and Dr Kurl Kipper unveiled a new malleable glass ten times clearer than ordinary glass. It resists splinters, bends without fracture, can trap ultraviolet rays, and may replace rubber in some uses. Motor magazine extols its potential for windshields and sun therapy.
The article notes most people do not drink enough water though it is vital for body tissues and temperature control. It urges 6 to 7 glasses daily as a minimum, discusses drinking between meals, with meals, and for babies between feedings avoiding near feeding times.
A description of tribal etiquette among North American Indians where men must not speak to their mothers in law. A man may only breach this rule by performing a notable feat or receiving a gift from the mother in law, and joking references to other relatives are common except for mothers in law.
The auto tourist season in Alberta is two weeks ahead of last year with 140 visitors recorded at the Calgary camp in the first three weeks of May. The Banff Windermere highway is open and experiencing heavy tourist movement as prospects point to the province's busiest season on record.
A fragmentary note asks if he died in action with his boots on or during an accelerator incident while mentioning W. N. UL and related initials. The incomplete text provides no clear names, dates, or location.
The article recounts a Chinese origin of the compass during Huang Ti's reign in 2698 ELC. A Chinaman reportedly discovered that a magnetic lodestone on wood in water points north south, leading to a 24 point circular card called tingnan ching. The south point bears a mark, predating modern fleur de lis indicators.
The queerest bridge in New Zealand spans the Wangahe River at Kanangarea. Built to aid traffic during another bridge’s erection, flood wreckage left wreckage visible in the river. The present bridge sways oddly, frightening cattle and unsettling motorists crossing the heaving surface.
Mr and Mrs John Williamson of Point Fortune Quebec celebrated 72 years of marriage. They wed when John was 29 and his bride 16, and though advanced in years they remain healthy and keenly interested in current affairs as in their youth.
A new device using four horizontal gyrators has been developed to eliminate the greatest risks of automatically diminishing the speed of a falling aeroplane. The invention focuses on maintaining stable velocity during controlled descent.
Canada shows its high quality sheep and wool at the Chicago International live stock show, with Canadian bred sheep winning prizes again. Col. Robert McEwan attributes hardy lambs, earlier frosts, and robust appetite to the climate aiding market readiness and growth.
A compact collection of speculative statements linking environment to history. It notes cold regions producing energetic men and seas saving lives while inland plains breed trouble. It traces origins of Bolshevism to Russia and Mohammedanism to hot wastes. A joke exchange with a convict and a mother closes the item.
The Soviet Government has officially proposed an Esquimaux Pie claim over Arctic territory near Pele north of Russia. Canada, in 1924, and other bordering nations have shown interest, with the Transcript noting possible longitudes based wedges of Arctic ice. The United States would likely join this unusual territorial plan.
A description of the sloth as possibly the most indolent creature on earth. It sleeps through disturbances, remains unfazed by waving cloth or approaching serpents, noise, or strong smells, and shows no reaction to a gunshot near its ear.
Emily sister of Pauline Johnson declares she can keep Tecumseh's burial place secret. She says Albert Greenwood once told her the burial site, but she has never revealed it. She asserts the location is hidden from whites and would be knowable only to Indians.
Sap runs in March and April as Maple syrup pours into Montreal from Quebec forests. Shipments go to dealers retailers and connoisseurs while evaporator methods replace traditional boiling. Sugaring bees energize rural communities with the season’s first sweetness and praise for high quality sap.
The Canadian Government Agriculture Department now operates twenty two experimental farms and stations in major districts to study agricultural problems. The system includes illustration stations in every province and sub stations for remote areas. Work covers experimental, investigational and demonstrational farming plus plant disease control, with laboratories aiding extension services to settlers and farmers nationwide.
The article discusses Shakespearean text as largely unchanged in modern literature while noting added punctuation and many words now obsolete. It argues language grows like a tree with evolving grammar, fixed spellings, and a generally small number of changes over three centuries.
An article extols natural stone as the premier building material and describes Canada’s quarrying industry. It notes Ontario and Quebec lead production in 1925, outlines quarrying methods, stone weights such as Tyndall Stone, and the precision of cutting and placement aided by electric cranes and diamond saws.
Hon. W. R. Motherwell praises Canada's record of 1.5 billion dollars in annual agricultural output from 700,000 farms and notes the 1,000 percent rise in hard spring wheat over 25 years. A Montreal pair, Dorothy Manfield and James Passau, will visit Atlantic City for three weeks as Kiwanis guests, with Passau acting as mayor for 20 minutes.
A postcard sent from Knaresboro Yorkshire in 1916 reached Walmer Kent decades later. It took ten years travel and arrived five years after the sender’s death. A half penny stamp marks its antiquity.
A Syracuse anecdote recalls a shopkeeper doubting Harold MacGrath’s talent while his wife buys goods, illustrating local skepticism toward a famed young writer. Also noted is the alleged discovery of a 25,000 year old fossil brain near Moscow, claimed to resemble human brain structure.
New figures show Sweden averaged 60 murders yearly from 1870 to 1886 but the current list is cut to about twenty per year in recent years. The country has no death penalty for murder.
Alberta sends nearly one third of its butter production to Great Britain. Last year shipments to Britain totaled about five million pounds, according to the latest government statistics.
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