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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1934
Page
2
The piece questions the value of the America Cup and compares it with broader sport ethics. It argues real sport should promote recreation and character, not money. It laments professionalism in baseball, lacrosse, hockey, football, and college programs, urging a halt to profit-driven aims.
Ultra violet rays have become standard gear on night flying aircraft. Pilots found radium instrument dials dull unless radioactivity was stimulated occasionally. Compact ultraviolet boxes are mounted on steering post arms. Since the rays are invisible there is no windshield reflection during use.
A London report notes a German visitor taught Jim My, a chimpanzee, to give the Nazi salute in exchange for bananas. Soon the entire monkey house copied the gesture as visitors arrived, with the apes saluting “Heil Hitler!”
The Prince of Wales toured a Somerset mine revived near Farrington Gurney, where 300 jobs were lost 13 years earlier. Coal began to flow after 135 tons weekly, with 50 men employed as royalties were waived until self supporting. The duchy welcomed royal attention and the prince joined miners underground.
A 70 year old man, once doubled up by rheumatism last Christmas, now works 12 hour days. He credits Kruschen Salts taken in tea for restoring his strength and enabling him to function again. The ad explains uric acid crystals and salts dissolving them aiding natural elimination.
A tall, fresh faced young man in brown hat browses an Oxford street bookshop with an assistant, selecting maps and books on life in the British Empire. The Duke appears to be a student or traveler preparing for a long voyage, likely to Australia, through careful reading and planning.
On August 10 1934 the three Prairie Provinces recorded declines in wheat and barley acres by 1 881 000 and 70 000 respectively while flaxseed fell 17 500 acres. Oats rose 170 000 acres and rye jumped 149 300 acres. Separately Hon George H Sedgewick chair of Canada's tariff board warned tariff revenue substitution would be hard.
A tax of about 10 cents per gallon on gasoline is proposed in Ergland. W. N. U. reports on the plan and its potential impact on motorists and fuel costs.
Captain A W Stevens photographed field near Newark revealing a two and a half mile ancient roadway and a keyhole shaped ceremonial chapel large circular mound centers. Dr Henry C Sherrone and Ohio State Museum officials note perfect geometric road proportions and possible underground burial chambers linked to Hopewell culture.
The tale compares a French finance ministry stain by avoiding shared cleaning with the arts ministry to an early Victorian Palace miscue. It notes the prince consort’s probe into Buckingham Palace where interior rooms fall to the lord chamberlain and lord steward, exteriors to woods and forests, and the dining fire remains unlit due to rival officials.
A Yellowstone Park Wyoming post office crew of 15 handles 90 000 first day covers for the new Yellowstone stamp. Philatelists filled cash enclosures with five ten twenty five and fifty cent pieces using tar tape molasses wax honey chewing gum and syrup to affix envelopes and cancellations. Clerks display soft thumbs and fingers from jigging for the well protected cash.
Delaware has only three counties, the smallest number of counties of any state in the United States.
A compact saying urges men to focus on concrete effort rather than reliance on luck or speculation. It frames work as the path to smoother relations and practical progress. The tone reflects a practical, no nonsense viewpoint common in social advice columns.
Australia welcomes Captain Cook's cottage in 253 boxes on 35 lorries. The voyage ends at Fitzroy Gardens where the Yorkshire home will be re erected with meticulous preservation including the original mortar and nails. Quarantine orders require fumigation before stabling the ivy. In trade Great Ayton gains a stone obelisk modeled after the Cape Everard memorial.
As of August 10 1934 fall rye in Canada produced 5 239 000 bushels from 587 100 acres up from 3 454 000 bushels from 434 900 acres in 1933.
Of 35,500 insured workers in Luton England only 700 are out of work.
R L Sutherland reports at Calgary meeting that high moisture lignite deposits in southern Saskatchewan have been developed through difficult years. Increased production comes from better mine preparation and favorable economic conditions. Densely populated Saskatchewan and Manitoba offer a wide market for this fuel.
Ancient record notes that coins were minted within the temple precinct dedicated to Juno. The statement highlights sacred site use for production of currency and reflects ritual or state practices in the historic period.
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