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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 13, 1929
Page
3
British Admiralty unveils an electrically controlled torpedo that can follow a target and deliver a direct hit from a hidden carrier. In tests off Portsmouth harbor a malfunction sent the torpedo circling Weymouth beach before grounding. 14 trials achieved direct hits within a foot.
A humorous Rome report notes the crack express backs and stalls during a trip while passengers joke the engineer is teaching his wife to drive. One man fears a dead sleeper, another claims a chess tournament is underway, and a quip about flies amuses the car.
Keewatin Mill of Lake of the Woods Milling Company completed a color volume and gluten content test. Garnet wheat proved inferior to Marquis for flour quality though no absorption or bread yield difference was found. Reward wheat showed higher protein than Marquis, with potential to rival it in baking performance.
A one piece printed silk crepe wrap dress with shirring at the shoulders and right side drape. Describes sizes 16 to 42 bust, yardage for 36 inch size, fabrics, pattern price 25 cents, and an extra 10 cents for Spring Fashion Magazine.
Pattern order guide from Winnipeg Union at 175 McDermot Ave lists Pattern No Nawe. The small notice indicates how to request sewing patterns and provides a contact address for Winnipeg residents.
Colonel Russell Pasha head of the newly formed narcotics bureau reports over 500000 Egyptians habitually use drugs in a 15000000 population. He estimates 25000000 dollars spent annually on narcotics. The bureau wages a stern battle against narcotic dealers with a major capture in Vienna proving the traffic’s international reach.
Burton W Blair of Marion Ohio spent three years building a unique table without nails or screws. The top uses 1557 wood pieces from 17 species to create color variety. The piece features three designs including a Masonic square and compass and an American Legion emblem. Blair a World War veteran began the project October 5 1925.
Annie Turner twelve year old daughter of James Turner Cadboro Bay stock breeder tops the Kamloops bull sale and fat stock show grand championship with a 14 month old Short horn steer weighing about 1100 pounds. She repeats last year’s success winning cups and trophies across breeds.
The optical glass in an astronomical telescope must be flawless and free of internal strain. Polishing removes only a few ten-thousandths of an inch, while surface-curve errors of a millionth of an inch must be detected and corrected.
Prince Albert National Park in northern Saskatchewan sits at 1800 feet above sea level. It hosts numerous lakes and streams that form canoe routes to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Ocean.
The passage notes that those without work fill time with bonspiels in winter and golf in summer while watching construction of new skyscrapers rise, indicating social and economic activity tied to seasons and industry.
The Merchants' Association of New York reports 25 million Americans will live under daylight saving time this summer. While small towns mostly cling to earlier practice, many states move forward with the plan. California Massachusetts Rhode Island New Jersey New York Illinois Indiana Connecticut are adopting the scheme or have laws and ordinances in place.
The first shipment of ice cream believed to be sent from Canada to South America sailed from Truro Nova Scotia to George Town British Guiana aboard the R N S Lady Drake. The large unsolicited order marks a promising expansion as the firm already exports to Newfoundland and plans further growth with the new service.
A Montreal Star letter argues that widespread female equality has eroded chivalry. The correspondent suggests women should cultivate knightly graces in their gentlemen friends, but the piece notes knighthood is no longer a growing ideal and that chivalry tied to titles may be impractical.
Southern Alberta now hosts ten large irrigation ventures totaling just over one million acres. Irrigation relies on 5,500 miles of canals and ditches already built to support the area in operation.
A group of British public and secondary school students have arrived at Macdonald Agricultural College to begin a two year course. In summer they will work on farms provided through the Canadian Pacific Railway scheme, now in its fifth year, to learn Canadian agricultural methods and later enter various agricultural fields in Canada.
Canada boosts aerial mapping with rapid annual gains while wool growers advise careful shearing and packing methods. N C Stewart notes 66 400 square miles mapped last year, with RCAF driving progress and plans for a million photos in the next decade.
Poultry producers in British Columbia focus on logging camps as a profitable market. A compiled list shows 3290 logger consumers, with loggers illustrated as heavy egg eaters, often starting the day with six eggs.
A French woman naturalist observed ants forming a fire brigade when she placed a lit taper on a hill. Ants rushed to the flame and sprayed formic acid from their jaws to extinguish it, while others chewed at the taper. Many ants died, and a hero carried a comrade to safety.
The fragment shows a household exchange about a costly cake recipe from Mrs. Smith. Eggs priced high prompt a question about quantity. The dialogue notes eighteen eggs total, split into nine yolks and nine whites, then a late hour comment about a young man closing the door.
Prof T J W Harrison of Manitoba Agricultural College and Paul Bredt returned from Europe after studying barley needs of British and foreign trade. Harrison says Canada grows the world's worst barley and plans measures to improve quality. He notes a market for Canada's O A C 21 in distilling and malt extract, but not for brewing. European ministers favor only the best barley.
A beggar tells a woman he does not seek food or clothes or work but asks if she has an old tire for his car. The householder questions his demand, highlighting a mobile yet humble exchange.
Cadmium was produced in Canada for the first time in 1928. It is used for plating purposes colour making medicine and dyeing.
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