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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 29, 1937
Page
2
A call for concerted public effort to reduce home fire risks as winter nears in western provinces. Emphasizes dangers from careless heating and dangerous use of coal oil or gasoline, urging pre season inspections, repairs, and strict adherence to safety measures. Recommends pre winter insurance checks and periodic in season inspections.
The editorial argues short words convey strength and disciplined language improves argument. It praises Anglo-Saxon phrasing for texture and urges constant effort to cultivate good speech, noting Demosthenes as an example of hard work.
A china doll found in a wall gap at the Anglican Cathedral in Grafton New South Wales Australia will be set over a new entrance during enlargement works. The doll was placed there 53 years ago after a bricklayer asked a child for a token for the gap.
Charles Chaplin announced the end of the Little Tramp with baggy pants and toothbrush mustache and said he is developing a new persona for a talking picture. After years avoiding dialogue he plans to move from pantomime to speech, with Paulette Goddard set to appear, though production timing remains uncertain.
G A Hodgson of the Ontario department of highways told an Industrial Accident Prevention Association luncheon in Toronto that banning auto horns would cut the accident rate by about 50 percent overnight. Manufacturers visit London museums to study new exhibits for ideas.
Dr. Herbert A. Bruce lieutenant governor of Ontario told Kiwanis luncheon in Hamilton that the era’s tragedy is purposeless youth facing unemployment. He welcomed federal funding to rebuild youth programs and noted teachers and groups aiding job placement for graduates. He also discussed why dark glasses have become fashionable, citing Hollywood origins and shifting from utility to fetish.
A nine woman crew commanded by skipper Mrs. Charles Pears will man the seven-ton yawl Juanita sailing from the River Dart for a fortnight to the Scilly Isles and France. The women apprentices pay premiums and live aboard with no men aboard. They will master sailing, knotting, splicing and navigation under strict discipline.
The London Daily Mail urges Britain to extend unwavering support and to secure fair treatment in the Pacific, arguing subsidies and counter measures. Canberra reports Prime Minister Joseph Lyons ready to cooperate with Canada New Zealand and the UK to back a shipping company building two new Pacific liners between Canada and Australia.
Dr Burgess Gordon of Jefferson Medical College warns at a British Columbia Medical Association meeting that overeating is a disease and can cause severe health issues. He cites a 420 pound man who stayed indoors for three years due to mockery, eating ten loaves of bread daily.
A cautionary note warns that despite harmless aromas, the common lily of the valley contains minute amounts of a potent heart poison. The text discusses risks in a compact warning style.
A folksy piece recounts the origin of the sandwich and offers lunch guidance. It urges brown bread, washable containers, and fruit such as apples for school lunches, plus a cookie recipe using molasses and ginger and an invitation to write for home cooking advice from Alice Stevens' Home Service in Penticton, B C.
Charles Busby operates a cheese factory at Lisieux in Southern Sas katchewan. He keeps producing high quality cheese despite drought and lack of pasture for cows. Thirty one milk suppliers deliver to the plant with cattle fed on Russian thistle.
The Grand Canyon is declared the longest and deepest canyon in the world with depths exceeding a mile in some locations.
George Gray of the Canadian Transit Association told the tariff board about a noiseless street car designed with US Transit backing. After 1 million spent on experiments, the vehicle aims for 15 000 to 17 000 dollars, with rapid acceleration and quiet comfort, using hard rubber wheels on tracks. Some models run in American cities. none yet in Canada.
At Wimbledon the crowd at center court rose as Queen Mary prepared to depart. She shifted to avoid sun twice, prompting a suppressed chuckle from fifteen thousand spectators. As seven o clock neared she signalled to stay seated and waved goodbye. Ninety year old Nele Hansen attended the golden wedding of her seventy year old son Johannes in Helsinge Sealand.
The passage records the birth of actor Joe Jefferson on February 20, 1829, marking him as a prominent figure in American entertainment history. The note emphasizes his enduring popularity as an iconic performer of the era.
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