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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 19, 1937
Page
2
The piece argues democracy survives when the electorate has high education and strong morals. It cites James Truskow Adams on governance, warns against self-serving pressure groups, and notes leaders reflect the people’s character while warning against complacency amid global authoritarian threats.
The cost of living index for Canada shows April at 2.2 versus 820 in March, with the retail food price index up from 75.7 to 76.3. Gains appear in butter lard flour bread sugar tea cod fish and several meats while eggs corn potatoes marmalade jam and coffee edge down.
A man with the name Kirby Jepson creates a comical misunderstanding at a sales counter. The clerk asks for initials, the customer insists on Oh and K, then writes his own name as Kirby Jepson to avoid further confusion.
The report states that handwriting in pencil needs nearly five times more light to be legible than ink. This conclusion is drawn from practical tests comparing clarity under identical lighting conditions.
After seven lean years Western Canada finally sees a rebound in farm implement demand. Winnipeg officials report a 50 percent sales jump in the first four months of this year with Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta buyers replacing aging equipment amid high wheat prices and favorable crop prospects.
Science Service reports a new type of glasses for invalids and bedridden readers. The spectacles use prisms to project light at right angles to the normal line of sight so a book held at arm’s length on the waist can be read without lifting the head. Corrective lenses can be combined with the prisms.
Herbert Savage of Rochdale England, weighing 448 pounds with an 80 inch girth and a two foot collar, fell and broke his ankle. Six hospital staff struggled to lift him into an ambulance. At his hospital meal he received a boiled egg and two slices of bread and butter, reflecting his regular diet. Last year Richard Harrow, once 560 pounds and nicknamed the quarter-a-ton man, died at Southend.
A new hundred thousand dollar organ installed in the Abbey produced a far stronger musical program for the coronation broadcast than in 1911. The old organ, built 206 years ago, collapsed early last year. Moon farming lacks scientific support per a U S Department of Agriculture report.
Dowager Lady Shaughnessy widow of Rt Hon Lord Thomas George Shaughnessy dies in Montreal after a brief illness at age 84. She outlived her husband who died in December 1923 and had been active in social and charitable work. Survivors include her son Lord Shaughnessy and daughters Marguerite Shaughnessy and Hon Mrs R M Redmond.
A chocolate souffle recipe baked slowly until light and browned. It blends unsweetened chocolate with sugar and eggs, folds in beaten egg whites, and is served with Crown Brand sauce. Contains Benson's Corn Starch and vanilla for flavor.
Three newborn leopard cubs were killed by their mother at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. Attendants attributed the act to a natural leopard law against rearing offspring in captivity.
The Canadian Seed Growers' Association meets at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon from June 24 for a three day session. President W. C. Murray welcomes attendees as residence accommodations are offered on campus at reasonable rates.
The Hon J G Taggart Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture will address a meeting discussing rust resistant wheats plant disease control and other C S G A work. Prominent speakers invited and Saskatchewan branch officers with local committees plan an instructive and enjoyable gathering for attendees.
High officials of the German propaganda ministry reassigned pens to picks and spades, ordering those who signed state papers to aid road workers for two months as coal trim mers. Laborers would live on wages paid to these workers. Crests and mottos serve as battle symbols and war cries. Well cured ham is best after aging one year.
A reader recounts a two year battle with a severe rheumatism in the shoulder blade. After trying many remedies a brother-in-law urged Kruschen Salts. One week of daily hot water doses eased then eliminated pain and the writer continues the regimen to stay fit. The note adds that uric acid buildup often causes rheumatic issues and cites Kruschen ingredients that dissolve and expel the acid.
The Canadian Seed Growers' Association announces a Saskatoon program featuring visits to seed farms near Rosthern and Elstow, trips to the Dominion Experimental Station, and a June 26 holiday outing to Lake Manitou at Watrous. A special program for ladies is planned. Officers include F. W. Townley-Smith president, F. L. Dickinson vice president, and W. T. G. Wiener secretary-treasurer. Ottawa head office. write S. H. Vigor for Sask. branch details.
Sir Frederick Banting of the University of Toronto told scientists at Pittsburgh that zinc is being added to insulin to slow its action. He said pure insulin is absorbed quickly, requiring multiple daily doses, and cautioned it is too early to judge clinical value. He noted infectious diseases may decline, but new organic illnesses like heart trouble could emerge with civilization.
A newly laid road in Infirming Ham England cost about $25 000. It spans two thirds of a mile and features 32 distinct surface materials from cast iron wood rubber to concrete with cork filled joints.
A young bride sobs that her husband shows no interest in her actions while he suspects the cake she baked yesterday. The aside hints at marital tension as the Franciscan monks own the garden of Gethsemane.
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