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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 23, 1935
Page
2
The piece argues that recreation and hobbies are essential for wellbeing at all life stages from youth to old age. It asserts that hobbies foster healthy citizenship, help youths channel energy, and provide relief and purpose for the elderly, reducing gloom and prolonging life. It cautions against neglecting recreation in prime years and notes that interests related to work can still yield dividends.
The Alberta government will support seed grain exhibitors at the Toronto Royal Fair and Chicago International this fall. It will cover entry and shipping costs to Toronto for boys and girls club exhibits, but not return shipping. At Chicago, shipping costs on approved exhibits will be paid, prize money duplicated, and a $50 bonus available for first prizes or championships, rising to $100 for wheat, oats or barley.
The Bible, 66 books in one volume covering history poetry prophecy law and letters, guides leaders from King George to Sun Yat Sen Gandhi and Kanaga of Japan. Bible societies ship 25 million copies annually in many languages, read from palaces to mud huts.
The Earl and Countess of Bessborough and family were welcomed home to Stansted Park Hampshire England by estate employees. The Earl just finished his term as governor general of Canada. Flags waved as the Bessbor rough car passed under a welcome arch. An address of welcome was presented. Tea and a bonfire followed for parents and children of the estate.
Dr. S. E. Clarke of the Range Experiment Station at Manyberries Alberta warns of cheat grass advancing in Montana range pastures and Kamloops area finds. The weed appears in waste areas and along rail lines, resembling a dwarfed wild oat in appearance.
The China Aviation League asked Shanghai dance hall proprietors to add five cents per dollar earned to support a fund for purchasing airplanes. Twenty halls accepted, with others likely to join as customers will pay the charge. result aims to boost China’s air power.
Berlin uses portable boilers to spray live steam over oil slicks along streets. The procedure aims to remove slicks efficiently while maintaining clean road surfaces during the spring period. Bright Easter colors symbolize aurora rays and the dawning sun in seasonal imagery.
Bavaria’s first bicycle built by Johann Friederich Trefz in 1864 was acquired by the Deutsches Museum in Munich. The wooden machine faced hostility from peasants who mocked and stonewalled him until he opened an indoor hall in Stuttgart to promote cycling.
A three volume dictionary of the Jewish language is being prepared by the Institute of Jewish Proletarian Culture of the White Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. The White Russian State Publishing House plans Jewish translations of world classics including Shakespeare and Schiller.
A grocer asks clerks if the eggs are strictly fresh, ordering them to feel and test if the eggs are cool enough to sell. The exchange centers on quality checks and sale readiness.
The top sellers among Braille books from the Na tonal Institute for the Blind in Great Britain include the Bible and an Edgar Wallace novel.
M. M. MacLean of Ottawa’s Post Office Department returns from the Arctic with a large mailbag. He joined the government’s annual expedition to inspect northern post offices and brought back 13,000 letters sent north by philatelists to be stamped by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers at remote post offices on the roof of the world.
Growers estimate Fraser Valley 1935 hops production at 1 709 000 pounds, worth about 500 000 dollars, up 300 000 pounds from 1934. About 2 000 pickers were employed to harvest the crop. The note also mentions the Archibald Russell as the last sailing ship built in Great Britain, constructed in Glasgow in 1905.
Enthusiastic write up of dull silks resembling wool in a new dress pattern. Style No. 724 fits busts 36 to 48 inches using 314 yards of 39 inch material and 14 yards of 35 inch contrasting fabric. Pattern 15c. Mail orders to Pattern Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
Six men bear the heavy load while a seventh man leads the way to clear traffic in Pernambuco, a scene reflecting traditional street orchestra logistics and crowd management.
The statement claims wood submerged in water never decays when kept forever. It also asserts modesty arises from concealing one’s thoughts about oneself.
Regina headquarters releases annualMounted Police report outlining plans to form a mounted section handling equitation mounted drill and stable management. It notes training challenges with six month syllabus and confirms no move to end mounted units despite shifts to faster transport. Saskatchewan hosts 88 saddle horses 13 team horses among 258 saddle and 19 team horses nationwide with additional land transport and coast patrol assets.
About 40 soldiers at Olomouc refused to report for haircuts to avoid a jail penalty. They argued a shaved look would hinder finding civilian work after discharge, insisting a smart appearance matters for employment.
An experiment sending Rhode Island Red eggs from Stanbridge Earls Romsey to Australia by air mail produced two hatched chicks in Australia. Lord Greenway despatched the eggs to F P Finney assistant secretary Poultry Club of New South Wales fifteen days earlier. the chicks hatched twenty three days after receipt.
A tag described as a wing brand would mark chickens with needle punctures in the skin-webs and indelible ink. Each producer would have a registered brand entered in identification books kept for law enforcement.
Dominion headquarters announces the sixth convention of the Canadian Legion to be held in Vancouver early next year. The veterans' parliament will meet late February or early March, with the exact date left to Brig-General Alex Ross Dominion president. Ninety percent of the world's clothing is made of cotton.
Tokyo health chief Norimi Iguchi reports 106,124,516 flies swatted over two days. Flies were packed into 175 sacks. The top fly killer was a fish merchant who felled 93,000 with precision.
Negotiations for laying a telephone cable costing 3 500 000 pounds will be opened soon between Denmark and the British General Post Office.
The ad invites readers at 102 Atlantic Ave Toronto to request a free sample of Saskasal. It asks for name and address to mail the sample and indicates no charge for the sample.
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