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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 14, 1938
Page
8
Experimental Farm tests describe constructing a 14 foot diameter snow fence silo with four sections to hold about 30 tons of corn silage. The setup uses heavy paper lining, requires a level ground, and costs more per ton than permanent silos. Recommend only as temporary extra storage when trench or permanent silos cannot be used.
A Lancashire man reluctantly left Blackpool for a tranquil retreat. The isolated place offered only sea air and candles, with no amusements. He returned to a dull tap-room, finding entertainment only when a reader was interrupted by a concrete mixer muting the beer.
The Regina Leader-Post notes the Negro race shows a calm approach to life. They are described as cheerful and musical, using song as a life tonic and rarely contemplating self harm.
The North American bird banding program reports that about three million birds have been banded since its start, reflecting ongoing efforts to track migration, survival, and population trends across the continent.
A Victoria Times commentary notes the automobile reshapes modern life since the early 1900s. It warns that reliance on speedless traditions fades as passenger ships and rail lines wane. The piece cautions the car, a priceless servant, may become an exacting master.
General Washington’s officers in Westmoreland County encounter a farmer and his elderly mother guarding plow horses. The mother refuses their demand, saying Washington’s mother forbids him to take the horses, delivering a witty rebuke to the revolutionary commander.
An open air theatre on a Danube island near Budapest is built underground to preserve the landscape. The 3500 seat venue blends with the terrain with hidden cloakrooms and grassy passageways. The article links the name pretzel to Latin roots meaning reward or prayer and notes traditional uses and beliefs.
A Tokyo exhibit shows 4000 inventions from porcelain telephones to waterproof paper cans and buckets as Japan prospectus wartime substitutes. A suspected spy arrested in London admits secret service work for three nations. Luther Burbank pursued plant experiments for over five decades.
A seven year old boy visited Louis E Walker’s hamburger stand in Vancouver with a cat and bought it for five cents. The cat, named Princess Han, won a second blue ribbon at the Canada Pacific exhibition.
A North Queensland fisherman avoids waiting for bites by crushing a bush vine and dropping it into rock pools. The vine temporarily stupefies fish, causing them to float near the surface. Corn cultivation is noted as widespread across all states.
Viscount Lascelles aged 15 and Hon Gerald Lascelles aged 13, sons of the Princess Royal, publish Harewood News to settle whether the village name Harewood is pronounced Harwood. The issue includes an overheard Leeds bus discussion where one rider insists on Harewood with the haitch.
The world’s largest bell sits in a Japanese Buddhist temple, towering at 26 feet high and audible from two miles away, drawing visitors and scholars to study its size and resonance.
The Carnegie Institution announced new evidence that humans lived in North America during the late Ice Age. An expedition exploring caves in southern Oregon found unmistakable signs of habitation during several volcanic eruptions. Earliest occupation likely over 10,000 years ago.
The piece notes strong fidelity to home in pigeons hens and bees. Pigeons released near Poperinghe return to their buses in Arras location. Hens refuse shifted portable houses and roost where moved from. Bees return to a hive moved only short distances.
Gladstone Murray chief executive officer announces accelerated construction of a 450000 watt CBC transmitter near Watrous Saskatchewan. The $250000 station will expand rural listening while a separate plan for Lulu Island near Vancouver aims to improve inland British Columbia reception. The existing station covers coast Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island but interior area remains under served.
The piece compares Scots farm terms like byreman and hir sel with Canadian equivalents, noting many unfamiliar phrases such as Cheviot ewe hoggs and Gyp. It argues that every occupation and region has its own jargon, so universal English does not exist. It concludes with language as a global, mixed dialect formed from diverse vocabularies.
Auctioneers doubt success of sale at Evanston estate of the late James A. Patten known as Wheat King. Nine marble and mahogany fireplaces and a grandfather clock feature thistle carvings with thistle motifs across windows tile flooring lighting wallpaper and furniture legs.
A postcard dated Los Angeles December 1927 addressed to a London Ontario party arrived after 11 years of wandering. Its final resting place before London was Canton China. The card bore the cheerful message A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Rachel Colvil, a nurse from Kilcregan Dumartonshire Scotland, has cycled 75 000 miles in 23 years of ministering to the sick in her community. She can hire a car for work but she says I prefer my bicycle.
Bats do not fly at high altitudes like birds. They operate between 10 and 20 feet above ground, aligning with the flight level of most night flying insects.
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