This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 09, 1938
Page
2
Hon. Ian MacKenzie said Ottawa expects about two years to develop a full air defense program. He noted Blackburn fighters being manufactured in Vancouver and stressed expansion of Canada’s air force within fiscal limits despite policy secrecy about budge and munition plans.
The article surveys Western Canada and global views on state medicine and compulsory health insurance. It contrasts humanitarian aims with economic feasibility, citing Saskatchewan style co operative schemes, Greenbelt Maryland levies, and New Zealand free health care, with cost estimates and tax implications for provinces lacking resources.
The art critic Thomas Craven visited a cotton field to study Southern life for a book. He picked cotton for a day, weighing in 20 pounds at dusk and earning 12 cents. The note contrasts pioneer and modern youth in labor and scale of destruction.
At a mountain farm near Cresseely six miles from Pembroke residents trekked a mile for water for over a century. In droughts the well failed and Redberth three miles away supplied the only water. A water diviner has now found a Spring at the farmhouse back-door.
The Empire Press Union council accepted J H Woods's invitation to hold the 1940 Imperial Press conference in Ottawa. Delegates will tour Canada coast to coast over three days, with August or September chosen for convenience rather than early summer. The sequence of past conferences is London 1908, Canada 1920, Australia, London, and Cape Town.
Prime Minister King asserts Laurier House in Ottawa was originally given to Lady Laurier and inherited by him, noting he paid succession duties and taxes since acquiring the property. The Windsor Daily Star report underscores King’s claim that the house belongs to him as owner, not to the Liberal party.
A 200 pound human body contains one fourth ounce iron one fifth ounce sugar one and eight tenths ounces salt twenty four pounds coal in the form of carbon ten gallons water one tenth drop iodine one and eight tenths pounds phosphorus one hundred twelve cubic feet oxygen sixty cubic feet nitrogen fifty six percent feet hydrogen and seven pounds lime. Flags used at the battle of Waterloo were carried by the Cameron Highlanders in a recent ceremonial parade in Inverness Scotland.
The Australian Press Bureau reports Prime Minister Lyons has held a wide range of posts in Tasmania and at the Commonwealth level. He recalls serving as Premier Treasurer and minister for Education Mines Forests Hydro-electric Undertakings and Railways in Tasmania and as Prime Minister Treasurer Vice-President of the Executive Council Postmaster-General Health Repatriation Defence Commerce Works and Railways in Canberra. A recent episode saw Defence Minister Lyons writing to the Prime Minister Lyons himself requesting a favor now awaiting reply.
An inquiring reporter interviewed five people chosen at random about their first telephone call. Four recall vivid emotion while one treated the device as commonplace. A Hamilton subscriber aged 12 first heard of President McKinley’s assassination by phone.
A compact recipe note lists ingredients such as pastry flour corn starch bran dates or raisins, butter or shortening, sour milk, and leaveners. It describes mixing butter and syrup, alternating dry ingredients with beaten egg and milk, adding fruit, and baking in a hot oven for 10 to 15 minutes. It offers substitutions with sweet milk and baking powder and yields one dozen large or about eighteen small pastries.
This recipe combines 17 cup Bee Hive Golden Corn with 1 lb brown sugar and hot water to form a very hard bail in cold water. Boil without stirring, pour onto buttered tins, and cut into small squares while warm. Ideal as a treat for small children.
MacPherson laments not hearing from his brother in Australia for nearly three decades. MacTavish counters that it may not be his turn to write, reflecting a light exchange of family distance and timing.
An article notes that ant eggs are an important food source in Africa, highlighting their role in local diets and traditional practices. The report discusses harvesting methods and potential nutrition provided by these abundant insects.
Eye witness accounts say the British gunboat Sandpiper, anchored for 48 hours, survived a bombing by six Japanese planes last December 12. A painted Union flag on the bridge remained visible, and only poor marksmanship prevented a Panay-like sinking. one bomb exploded nearby causing cabin damage and a hatch to fail.
Colonial Representation Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express argues Britain should follow Italy by giving Libyan, West Indian, and other colonies representation in London. It cites France and suggests air links would ease colonials’ grievances and connect realms within hours.
According To Science reports in The Commentator Magazine that contrary to popular advice, drinking milk quickly aids digestion. German clinical experiments show slow sipping increases curdling, making milk harder to digest, while rapidly swallowed milk is processed more easily.
Dr J K Lyons of Jackson Michigan told Detroit Chapter of the American Society for the Hard of Hearing during National Hearing Week that many deafness cases arise from abnormal jaw relations. Repositioning the jaws can often eliminate deafness, and early discovery in children may cure it immediately. He urged more research and noted no current national agency funds this work.
McGill University scientists disclose a process that steam treats waste leather and uses chemical steps to create a transparent wrapping. The material is tinted for aesthetic appeal and can be produced cheaply since it uses waste product as the base.
Turbulent Atlantic storms produced waves estimated from 25 to 50 feet high. The strongest verified ocean wave reached 80 feet and was observed in 1922, marking a historic extreme in wave height.
The article notes that in Japan the number four is avoided as unlucky because its pronunciation resembles the word for death. It discusses cultural superstitions and possible avoidance in building floors, room numbers, and other aspects of daily life.
An oyster whose offspring survived and multiplied through six generations would leave a shell pile six times the Earth in size. The claim highlights exponential growth in shell production, illustrating the potential abundance from a single organism's lineage.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.