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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 11, 1930
Page
5
An essay on early childhood development urges parents to actively shape a child’s mental health. It covers fear, self image, introvert and extrovert traits, anticipation, playmates, education on sex, religion, and the dangers of lying, recommending frank questions and consistent truth telling.
In Turkey, writers and clerks increasingly turn to typewriters following the adoption of the Latin alphabet. The shift accelerates as manuscripts are converted and public records adapt to the new script, with officials forecasting broader efficiency gains.
The New York Evening Post reports that American delegates to the London Naval Conference face comical British telephony terms. Americans and Britons differ on lines, terms, and procedures from engaged lines to trunk exchanges.
Colgate University in Hamilton New York revealed sleep habits of 509 distinguished men. The study found the critical unsafe sleep age is 35 with youthful sleep often the least. Notable idiosyncrasies include an editor sticking feet from under covers and a Supreme Court justice burying his face in a pillow.
The piece notes graphite found across Ontario Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia British Columbia Northwest Territories and Baffin Island with most production from Ontario and Quebec. It recalls mining activity over sixty years and a cluster of mills near Ottawa. It adds global population context with China and India and cites government aerial mapping of 53 000 square miles in 1929.
K N Chang president of the Bank of China, a leading financier, says Chinese people are learning to manage currency and the government must adopt higher taxation for peace. He spoke aboard the Empress of Russia en route from Vancouver to Shanghai. a photograph was taken on the ship.
The piece notes widespread boredom in modern life as entertainment options surge. It urges choosing a single, purposeful pursuit to deepen interest, arguing leisure must be guided by focus to avoid dullness and discontent. It cites readers drifting from novels to biography and comments on multilingual phonograph records in Egypt.
Canadian National Railways announces a series of hotel leadership changes. C L Weldon will move from Macdonald Edmonton to Fort Garry Winnipeg as manager, to be replaced by H H Tillman of Prince Arthur Port Arthur. H E Perrott moves to Prince Arthur Winnipeg. Charles J Monaghan succeeds him in Montreal.
A Vancouver Sun quip notes the enduring Shakespeare versus Bacon authorship dispute and jokes about future “irrefutable evidence” from Bombay or Batavia. The piece then pivots to a breakfast scene where Milford adds extra sugar despite his sister’s objection.
A saying contrasts flattery and poison, noting only the flattered may remain unharmed as the true impact falls on those who accept praise. The aphorism implies deceptive praise can mask harm while the recipient bears the consequences.
Free land in Canada remains a strong draw for settlers despite distance from rails and towns. In 1929 about 2,775,000 acres were taken up, up 285,000 from 1928, with 16,435 quarter sections claimed. Alberta led with 9,592 entries, Saskatchewan 6,130, Manitoba 747, and British Columbia 876, all up over the previous year.
Astronomers say the distant planet 4 billion miles away receives only about one two thousandth as much heat as Earth. If humans lived there they would face extreme cold with nitrogen solid and oxygen a dense liquid. Prof George Von Biesbroeck notes life there, if any, would be very different from Earth.
The growth of large department stores in Japan creates an atmosphere of modernity and luxury. Crowds browse for atmosphere rather than purchases, with sight-seeing groups and students visiting. Roof gardens offer spaces for quiet family and student outings despite busy shopping.
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