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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 25, 1938
Page
8
A London chemist in Montreal demonstrated water repellency by tossing liquids on treated fabrics. The show featured silk with goldfish, water on silk stockings, and waterproof effects on velvet, organdie, satin, tweed, and corduroy. Men’s suits and trouser cuffs stayed dry as observers praised the treatment.
The Detroit water board and parks department plan to propagate a four foot pear tree said to be the last of twelve planted by a riverbank for the apostles legend. A 230 year old memorial to unrequited love, the tree is to have scions removed for replanting next summer as a new grove is prepared. Lawrence Lenhardt, water board superintendent, cites the tale of a French youth and a Jesuit priest as the source of the legend and vows to preserve the saga for another 230 years.
Dr Samuel G Gordon a Philadelphia mineralogist told the Tri State Jewelers Association that dry ice screech proves authenticity any crystalline crystal line substance will make it squeal while glass makes no sound A cowbird wintered 1900 01 with a buffalo herd near Winnipeg and survived by snuggling in the wool behind a buffalo’s horns
A goose on W. G. Armstrong’s Newbury, Ontario farm lived to about 55. The bird, often helped back to the barn in cold weather, stopped laying 12 years earlier and outlived many farm animals. The piece notes life expectancy for common animals, with geese at about 50. Peterborough Examiner.
The dandelion, praised for medicinal value and edible greens, is a welcome beauty to some yet a lawn foe to many. It spreads easily, crowds grass, and resists eradication due to long tap roots, despite notes of its healthful uses and wine potential from prohibition days.
Mitsuo Kitamura professor of biology at Shira Prefectural Normal School in Otsou Japan lost his way during a world tour and called police in Detroit. Officers searched for his hotel for over an hour then located his taxi driver from the prior night and escorted the professor to police headquarters before returning him to his room.
Jack Miner championed a sanctuary system begun at his Kingsville refuge in 1904. The approach, with artificial feeding and wardens, aims to protect waterfowl and upland birds across Canada the United States and Europe. He argues that sanctuaries deter poaching and promote lasting game life while maintaining hunter interest.
In a new Birmingham factory workers craft replicas of prehistoric monsters for the Pageant of Birmingham set for July. The largest figure stands about 40 feet long and 15 feet high, including a 14 foot wingspan pterodactyl. The display forms part of 12 000 properties planned for the production, with the King and Queen slated to attend on July 14.
A scheme inspired by Sir Abe Bailey aims to fund aviation education for South African children. Durban will host weekend lectures for boys from multiple schools, with demonstrations in an eight seat Brandon airliner as part of the program.
Forty years ago in Dresden Ontario the Presbyterian kirk was moved from the north to the south bank by building a trestle on thick river ice. The rare winter plan used a bridge of ice to lift the church to its current brick veneered site on solid foundations.
Edinburgh becomes the first city outside London to offer the speaking clock. Dial three figures to hear the correct time and reduce reliance on the one o clock gun. The service, active since July 1936, now handles 340000 calls weekly with over 24 million in total.
Sir Josiah Stamp, chairman of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, told the Drapers Chamber of Trade that skilled sales techniques in shops can induce feelings of inferiority. He proposed a customer course to help buyers hold their own, a drastic remedy some will support after memories of suave sales pressure.
The passage reflects on the ripple effect of kind words and describes a proverb about spreading comfort across distances. It then notes England pays 2500 dollars annually for each Royal Military Academy cadet at Woolwich and 1900 dollars for each Royal Naval College cadet at Dartmouth.
Across natural history many species shed the ability to fly as it no longer aided survival. Penguins exemplify this evolutionary path, evolving in ways suited to aquatic life while retaining wings adapted for swimming.
A reporter tries to interview Viscount Northcliffe, publisher of over fifty newspapers and magazines. He declines, saying he is deeply involved in the business and cannot spare time for interviews. A poultry expert is quoted on varied hen diets, while neighbors keep sowing the same seeds.
A small shipping item from Hamilton dated May 3 and Hull England mentions peanut oil, prompting reflections on trade networks. The piece invites readers to trace the global origins of commodities like oranges, illustrating Canada’s extensive commercial links and the romance of world commerce.
Barred Plymouth Rock fowls from the University of Saskatchewan were shipped to Denmark by Dr. E Bonnicksen of Ramlose Province Fredericksverk. The birds are to be foundation stock and averaged 250.8 eggs per bird last year. Denmark relaxed its live poultry import embargo for this shipment.
The article notes that no tree is immune to lightning but tall oaks are more prone to strikes, illustrating varying susceptibility among tree types. It then shifts to a human anatomy detail stating the cornea is the only tissue in the body without blood supply.
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