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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 21, 1936
Page
2
The article analyzes six years of drought and a surplus 1928 grain harvest driving farm income down in Western Canada. It urges measures to reduce price risk, promote grain to industry, and push alcohol from grain as a fuel option, noting legislation may be premature without cheaper, better alcohol production.
A college student pressures his father for money, accusing poor parental kindness. In Boston a double fringed petunia seed is valued at 354 dollars per ounce for a commodity priced at many times its weight in gold. A London firm serves 6,000 customers with heelless shoes for daily use.
In Hastings Nebraska a judge granted a stay in a damage suit until attorney F L Carrico has his false teeth adjusted. Carrico arrived with a dentist’s statement claiming the loose bridgework impeded elocution. The sympathetic judge postponed the case to the next term.
Locusts trapped in Argentina ditches are dried and ground into powder for fertilizer. English walnuts fail to mature in England due to the short growing season.
Del gates of the British Columbia division of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy gathered in Vancouver to learn about Mineralography a new science aiding gold extraction. Dr M H Haycock and Dr H Warren demonstrated magnified images of gold particles in ore and explained how special instruments polish samples for study and determine effective treatments for mineral separation.
Cream butter and sugar, beat yolks, sift flour cornstarch baking powder, alternate with milk. Add almond flavor and stiff egg whites. Bake in a 9 inch square pan 30 minutes at 350, top with almonds and powdered sugar. When meringue browns, cover with brown paper to finish.
F L McDougall, an Australian agricultural specialist, told the biennial general assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome that much world hunger would be eased if nations raised production of protective foods rather than focusing on wheat. He cited milk cheese butter fruit vegetables eggs fish and meat as essential but underutilized dietary components.
The coronation oath at Westminster Abbey on May 12 may use altered wording to comply with the Statute of Westminster. The exact form will be released with the coronation program. The service is expected to be shorter than King George V’s due to the absence of a queen consort.
Dr. Nicholas Polunin, a British botanical authority, reports new rare plant findings in the Canadian Arctic during a government eastern patrol survey. He notes a prior similar study two years earlier and adds details from the present expedition aboard the steamship Nascopie, returning to Halifax.
The Bank of Spain in Madrid stores a 700 million gold reserve in a vault seven stories beneath the building. The chamber is protected by seven feet of armored steel and concrete and is guarded by a secure, restricted access system designed to deter intrusion.
A letter from Mrs H.E. describes two months of severe rheumatism in arms back and legs with inability to lift above the head. After trying Kruschen Salts for about fifteen months and continuing use she reports no rheumatic relapse for over a year. The claim attributes ribic acid deposits to rheumatism and says the remedy aids internal organs to expel excess uric acid.
Government clerks audit Sir John Ellerman estate once called England’s richest man. Final fortune may reach about £50 million with government taking roughly half. Son inherits most, with £14.6 million already paid to treasury in death duties. Estate holdings include foreign interests. Sir John died in 1933 aged 71. lifetime taxes estimated at £20 million.
Georgina Baxter aged 75 and Lily Baxter aged 76 of Harrogate England will receive 120 pounds a month each if no male person may reside in the house, a condition left by their brother William Henry Baxter who died at 86 leaving an estate over 250000 pounds. Miss Todd recalls his jealousy and parsimony while they lived with him.
The world's slowest game unfolds with John Brooks of the Johannesburg Chess Club and Don Fitch of Blue Earth exchanging moves by letter. With 30 days per transmission, the match could last five years, Fitch says, and he vows Brooks cannot beat him before 1940.
British television has reached basic efficiency with daily programs broadcast from Alexandra Palace. It remains far from allowing spectators to view distant sports from home as limits keep transmissions within about 1,000 yards of the transmitter. Archie Compton demonstrates a golf lesson on a miniature Alexandra course, with the ball flight clearly visible on owners’ sets.
Mrs. C A Jaques of Briercrest Saskatchewan kept a Henderson and Sons can opener and pancake turner since 1882 in Collingwood Ontario. They remained in her family for 54 years while her husband Capt Jaques captained lake boats on Georgian Bay. Edna Jamieson is her daughter. The article notes early film tech such as zoetrope predating cinema.
The boy king Peter II of Yugoslavia is pleased to spend his birthday with English relations. The Duke of Kent is his hero and the Duchess is his favorite aunt. His brief English schooling left a lasting mark, and Queen Marie of Romania supports his English interests as he already speaks excellent English.
Fall crops are planted with substantial wheat and rye sown at Spring Coulee in southern Alberta in anticipation of next year. Rains revived pasture on the Blood reserve and some hay was cut from irrigated lands. District yields reported are ten bushels per acre for wheat and twenty for oats.
A motion picture theatre has been opened in Santiago Chile featuring air conditioning and safety features described as earthquake and fireproof. The venue offers modern comfort for moviegoers in the capital.
Mrs John Grieve, League of Nations Society delegate to the Brussels peace conference, reports a mood of determination rather than optimism or dismay. She notes Europeans fear war but see no immediate danger and explains the congress aimed to unify platforms, establish national bureaus, and coordinate a global peace effort.
A letter from England cites Rev A Lombardini wanting a Canadian flag for his London church and a flag for Sir Percy Vincent during his Vancouver visit. Aldermen discuss a BC coat scroll but the mayor urges a true national flag plus provincial ensigns for major cities.
A pumping project north of Brooks Alberta starts delivering water to 2500 acres of dry land. The pump lifts 10000 gallons per minute into the main distributary canal as new settlers prepare ditches for the first irrigation.
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