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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 20, 1927
Page
7
An extensive study notes insulation can cut fuel loss and costs in Canadian houses. Proper insulation across new and existing homes could save up to 30 million dollars annually, with attic and wall insulation reducing heat leakage and lowering heating equipment needs.
A baby boy born in Chicago Chinatown is named after Charles A. Lindbergh. Parents, Chinese immigrants, chose a name with a Chinese ring inspired by the famed aviator.
Harvard University will establish a library of motion picture films chosen for their merit as works of art and worth preservation. The effort emphasizes films that demonstrate artistic value and enduring significance.
In a playful exchange a woman asserts women deserve voting parity with men while a 71 year old woman is said to be wiser than many men. The dialogue shifts to humor about aging and fashioning sharp comebacks. A remark notes that popular songs can become unpopular despite fame.
A Pictorial Magazine piece explains how Royal Warrants authorize use of the Royal Arms and the words By Appointment. It notes criteria of supplying the royal household, high quality goods, and strict integrity, with many holders in London and globally.
The Prince of Wales's Trentside farm in Nottingham is installing electric lights in cow sheds, barns, and granaries. An innovative water system uses a sensor trough with a flushing flange, powered by an electric pump storing 6,000 gallons in 3.5 hours. The farm house will be rebuilt to double its size.
The Registrar General's statistical review shows that extending the franchise to women on equal terms with men will add about 5.24 million voters, bringing total women electors to over 8 million and creating a 2 million plus female majority in the electorate.
Horace W. Morelock Jr son of H. W. Morelock of Sul Ross College Alpine Texas earns a Bachelor of Arts and is an instructor at South Texas Teachers College Kingsville. The town claims he may be the youngest 1927 college graduate in Texas.
A reflective line notes that as long as the earth holds inhabitants, men and women will continue to create conflicts and tensions among themselves, implying timeless social friction.
A Canadian agricultural bulletin argues the optimal weaning age for piglets is six to eight weeks. It cites thirteen years of Lacombe Alberta experiments by F H Reed and promotes creep feeding with skim milk, oat chop, middlings and bran, fed three times daily for the first month after weaning. It emphasizes space, exercise, and green feed year round.
Total revenue from licenses permits and royalties for 1926 was 99454.25 dollars. The year saw 1700 resident big game licenses 14551 resident game bird licenses 6547 resident trappers licenses 250 non resident third game licenses 100 permits to export game 510 fur dealers licenses 98 fur farm permits and three tanners licenses.
A humorous exchange notes a police officer spotting a suspect behind a tree. The remark jokes that the tree was too small to conceal him, reflecting a lighthearted note amid a tense moment.
Dialogue snippet shows Jerry noting Louise’s expected arrival time, Mae replying she already came an hour earlier, and Jerry realizing he is early. The exchange captures a humorous misalignment in timing and expectations.
Judge Emily F. Murphy argues that educating parents is challenging yet necessary. She says good parents resist formal education and calls for gradual, stealthy efforts, noting girls start schooling at dolls while boys receive little parental training, with teachers, parents, and police currently overseeing youths. Published with Canadian Social Hygiene Council.
Twenty five renowned British surgeons visiting Rochester to inspect the Mayo Clinic were stumped by American sweet corn on the cob. On the train dining car the corn faced them until a steward provided a practical demonstration to show how to eat it.
Mrs Elizabeth Griffen of Sydney Nova Scotia marks her 101st birthday and claims to be the last surviving attendee of William IV’s lying in state in London in 1837. She has raised 12 children, all grandparents, and has over 200 descendants. She can walk sew read and write and keeps a sharp memory.
Private says a bull chased them as the escape occurred and the prisoner stood still. A widow and her fortunes are soon married.
W Warren president of the Telephone Association of Canada presides at Minaki Lodge on the Winnipeg River during the association’s annual convention. He also serves as deputy minister of Saskatchewan Government Telephones and is pictured with the admiral of the Minaki Lodge fleet after a river cruise.
Isaac Marcosson writes that the Soviet regime in Moscow is doomed, noting that Britain withdrew recognition and France may follow. He argues propaganda is the only export affecting other nations and that Russia faltered in China. The United States never recognized the Soviet but conducted more Bolshevik trade than Britain, France, or Germany. Recognition did not drive trade, while Britain severed diplomatic ties over hospitality abuses.
The King’s daughter-in-law, the Duchess of York, made her first broadcast speech on September 21 during the presentation of Glasgow’s freedom of the city. The article notes that the King may later speak by wireless to 450 million subjects, with further tests planned in October to gauge Empire service feasibility.
The advisory board of Farmers Institutes representing BC farmers endorses the Canadian Chamber of Commerce proposals for a joint council of farmers and manufacturers to discuss national problems. The resolution will be sent to Montreal headquarters and to western premiers, claiming the step could greatly promote Canada's welfare.
A visitor dismisses the gallery as noisy despite claims of quiet. The guidebook notes strong features in the Hercules statue, grand staircase, vivid paintings, and riot of colors, leading the visitor to joke that peace is found in a boxing lesson.
Clarence Hawkes of Springfield Ohio, a sightless poet and baseball aficionado, uses perfect hearing to translate crowd noises into a mental picture of the action. He discerns players’ positions and ball trajectories from grunts and yells, determining where hits land and if catches will occur.
Denmark parcel post is accepted for insurance under the same terms as Canada deliveries. Denmark fees exclude the three and six cent charges, with insurance fees set at 12 cents for up to 50 dollars and 30 cents for 56 to 100 dollars. The snippet includes unrelated dialogue about licensing and a divorce joke.
The 1924 session heard that rust losses reached 50 million dollars in the Red River Valley in 1933 and could wipe out 130 million dollars of wheat if severe as in 1916. The government then funded a grain rust research institute in Winnipeg, now in full operation with extensive lab facilities and greenhouses to advance rust control research.
An article lauds the Prince of Wales as the greatest salesman, capable of selling an Empire through his worldwide tours and vision of Britain. It notes King George IIs salesmanship at a charity fete in Baknoral, where Scots refused change, suggesting sales talent runs in the royal family.
Copper ores including native copper occur in many Canadian regions with British Columbia Ontario Quebec Manitoba and the Yukon leading production. Deposits also exist in the Maritime Provinces and Arctic areas which, though presently inaccessible, may become major reserves for the future.
An increasing number of prairie farmers find growing small fruits profitable. Mrs M H Wood in the Melfort district planted a third of a quarter acre to strawberries in 1970 and this year harvested 854 quarts sold locally for 36 to 69 cents per quart. The fruit was of excellent quality.
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