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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 08, 1927
Page
5
Saskatchewan official discusses the life and social structure of bee colonies. He explains the queen, drones, and worker roles, including guard duties, brood rearing, and honey gathering, with notes on hive winter clustering and temperature-driven behavior.
The piece notes Britain uses hood top bonnet and bonnet while America uses hood top and bonnet differently. It explains that hood is top in the UK and bonnet is hood in the US, with terms like strangler for choke saloon for sedan screen for windshield and accumulator for storage battery illustrating regional speech differences.
E Kahn of Lindon Nebraska presents a tiny electric motor the smallest yet made. It stands half the height of a ten cent piece weighs about 100 grains and runs at 409 revolutions per minute. The mechanism uses gold silver copper brass and iron parts after three years of spare time work.
It is estimated the BC hop yield will exceed 2,000,000 bushels this year, more than double 1926, due to new acreage in the Sumas district coming into production.
The Topographical Survey of the Dominion Government in Ottawa is highlighted as a premier map making establishment. It outlines the printing process for color maps, including drawing on durable paper, creating separate color sheets, photography, zinc plates or lithographic stones, and color alignment challenges caused by weather and moisture.
Dr. V Dolmage of the Geological Survey of Canada places Copper Mountain twelve miles south of Princetown in southwestern British Columbia. The Copper Mountain mine sits near the summit on the west side overlooking the Similkameen Valley, connected to Princeton and Allenby by a branch of the Kettle Valley railway. The camp sits on a fir and pine slope with a grand view, protected by timber restrictions and spaced buildings among giant trees.
Four whalers based at Rose Harbor B C have taken seven mammals in two months of work for the Consolidated Whaling Corporation. At Naden Harbor thirty two whales were killed in one month though fog hampered operations.
Timothy Hay Seed from Northern British Columbia, noted last year for tamethty quality, will see large export volumes this year. Minister of Agriculture Hon ED Barrow, just back from the north, confirms the plans.
Fragmentary sentence describes a controversial and offensive claim about Africans and their descendants. No verifiable event, date, or source context present.
Alberta conducts a government funded public health clinic with a four member team including a surgeon and dentist. The program visits rural towns for education and care, performing 160 minor operations and 500 consultations in a month, mostly on children, and refers serious cases to city hospitals.
A car becomes unbalanced when heavy baggage is loaded on one running board with nothing on the other. The uneven weight strains the springs on the loaded side and adds stress to the rear axle and other components.
A judge asks a motorist if he slowed or swerved after spotting a pedestrian he struck. The motorist replies I took all precautions I blew my horn and cursed him.
Sir Murphy Rolleston told the British Medical Association in Edinburgh that civilization inherited diseases the modern world now names. He cited 2000 B.C. mummies showing rheumatoid arthritis and other ailments, noting ancient cases of tuberculosis malaria and plague, and attributing suspected causes to historical rulers and populations.
Bertil Hult a Swedish university student reached New York during his 27000 mile bicycle voyage around the world and rode to city hall with a police motorcycle escort. He left Stockholm on April 15 1925 to begin the journey and in spare moments collects material for a history thesis to be written for the University of Stockholm.
Seventy five tons of money arrived in Jerusalem under strong military escort. The vast shipment filled 1,500 cases and totals £430,000 in silver nickel and bronze. This marks the first installment of a new currency expected to replace the Egyptian currency this autumn.
A human circulates about 61 320 miles of blood vessels yearly through the beating heart. The figure illustrates the vast reach of the circulatory system and the endurance of the heart's pumping action.
Illuminations on the C P R Office in Trafalgar Square marked Canada’s Diamond Jubilee with white lighted facade stripes and the slogan Canadian Pacific spans the world. The night display featured a lighted world map and CPR routes, attracting thousands who passed by central London.
Berlin University expert Dr. Martin Mendelsohn argues the heart is not life’s prime mover, but a secondary organ. He says cellular activity driving absorption and elimination powers blood flow, noting people with weak hearts live, and that death tests beyond heartbeat cessation are needed.
Premier John Bracken described his trip through Central British Columbia and the Interior as a revelation and one of the province's greatest assets. He noted the scenery beyond description and, as a prairie farmer, spoke of magnificent mountains and a promising future for Canada's basic industry in the valley along the Canadian National Railways.
The Armstrong Seadrome Development Company plans a winter sea test 550 miles from shore in three miles deep water. Edward Armstrong says first seadrome will be anchored this fall for storm testing with Navy cooperation. Initial island will be smaller and no airship landings are planned during early testing.
German scientists propose huge sun engines along the Nile to split water into hydrogen stored in quartz bottles for transport and burning elsewhere. They also predict future use of Earth's interior as a power source for light and heat.
Admiral Jellicoe lauds Maori valor after Jutland fame. A Maori chief defends his honor by claiming Scottish blood. The Chief explains his grandfather was a Scotch Presbyterian minister.
An American stage actress in London secured a UK policy insuring her smile for £50,000. If within ten years the smile loses its charm the insurer will pay out. The unusual cover highlights novelty insurance practices in the period.
The expected life span of a child born today in Britain is about twelve years longer than that of their grandfather at his birth, reflecting improved health and living conditions across generations.
The Natural Resources Intelligence Service in Ottawa links Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight to heavy Canadian forest depletion. Canadian pulpwood supplied most papers’ extra editions, with one million copies depleting nearly 100 acres of spruce and balsam.
The article notes a nightly guard at the Bank of England, dating to the time of the Lord Gordon riots. Since 1780 the guard has consisted of one officer, two sergeants, two corporals, a drummer, and twenty nine privates, with scarlet Foot Guards marching along the Thames Embankment to the bank. If Coldstream or Irish Guards serve, the pipe adds special charm.
A new royal departure will be announced when the Duke and Duchess of York return to London in October. A special court circular from 145 Piccadilly will record their movements, mirroring Buckingham Palace notices as needed. A light humor block follows with cad starter jokes about safety first and sales resistance.
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