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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 15, 1939
Page
7
Alan and Noel trek the Sinking Lakes region north along three streams in pursuit of Koksoak headwaters. They confirm outlets to the north and cross wind and drift to reach a spring route after a harsh winter. McQueen watches from the Talking. the tale continues.
In sparse valleys deep in the Arctic, Arctic hares flee as dog teams approach and three white foxes watch from a distance. Alan spots a huge white lake to the east, likening it to Lake Bienville. The Lakota or Indian observer notes the cold expanse, while references to rivers and headwaters hint at Koksoak.
A quirky line notes fertilizer made from oyster shells ground to powder. A tongue in cheek exchange asks if geniuses make good husbands with the punch line Better ask my wife.
The New Yorker reviews Burgess and Cottrell book on marriage outcomes. It notes engineers and ministers yield happier wives while barbers and travel salesmen show higher wife annoyance, and claims writers are unmentioned. It humorously questions the husbands' own happiness.
Reading through a mash of notes, the piece recalls nuts drying on Moor yards for old cake baking and the old method of cracking nuts on a flatiron. It also reports a private census in Waxahachie finding no Indian presence despite the name meaning cow or buffalo creek. A humorous subscriber line closes.
The St Thomas Times Journal describes nylon developed by Du Pont in Wilmington Delaware from coal water and air. It is a fibrous textile used in stockings and hair brushes with a sheen and durability, with market tests limited to Wilmington stores.
British painter Sigismund Christian Goetze died at his London home on his 73rd birthday. He created large canvas panel pictures for the British Foreign Office and was known for portraits landscapes and religious works. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1882 and received a 1938 gold medal from the Royal Society of British Sculptors for distinguished services to sculpture.
A testimonial from W. J. Winegarden of Hamilton Ontario praises Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery for restoring appetite improving sleep and increasing energy after a period of weakness and thinness. The ad urges readers to obtain the remedy from a druggist today.
Eva R. Scher of Toronto has about sixty thimbles collected in one year. Items come from around the world with features like a side knife to cut thread and a red reflector for sewing in the dark. A Dublin zoo macaw is credited at 110 years old and a gurnard fish reportedly can swim glide float fly and walk.
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