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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1932
Page
2
An old style ad touts Castoria as a pure vegetable remedy for restless babies and colic. It claims mild, non narcotic relief suitable from infancy to older children with regular use for relaxed comfort and sleep, urging caretakers to keep a bottle on hand.
Pope Pius to inaugurate the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin next June via broadcast. World crop of winter wheat two percent smaller than last year per 15-country reports. Dr C T Avery wins 1500 for pneumonia germ destruction method. Ontario legislature votes down bid to block lieutenant governor for a year. Russia ranks second to the U S in industrial output and national income. Britain to press India program despite threats. Jessie F Montgomery awarded American Library Association fellowship via Carnegie Foundation. Unemployment insurance in 37 foreign countries. Robert Cedric Sheriff, author of Journey’s End, arrives in Hollywood to work as a screenwriter.
A historical note outlines long reserve timelines for conscripts from France Italy and the United States. It contrasts 18 to 25 year reserve commitments with potential limits on army reduction. A broadcasting company selected 10 of 2,500 applicants for on air roles after a tough phrase test including a famous tongue twister.
Mayor Frank Murphy announces a plan to refund lender charges totaling 21,000,000 and restructure debt to reduce the city's 76,000,000 tax levy for 1632. If rejected, a near three dollar increase per thousand valuation looms. current property tax rate stands at 2.263 per 1000.
The remark catalog cites sharp lines from British statesmen toward opponents. It notes Disraeli’s depiction of John Stuart Mill as a finishing governess, and Lord Balfour's quip about a politician with “little more brains.” A cited Gladstone remark mocks distrust in a man’s unstable composition, illustrating acerbic wit in 19th century discourse.
A first set of Turkish divorce statistics shows 2127 divorces in a year with long delays. 131 took over three years, 56 two years to 19 months, 138 from 18 to 13 months, 211 from one year to nine months, 142 eight to five months, and 717 from four months to one month. Incompatibility tops motives, infidelity and polygamy cited. Istanbul leads with 246 divorces.
Miss Hannah Riddell remembered in Japan for her relentless aid to lepers. She left Normandy roots to become a church missionary and spent years urging care for the afflicted. Her work helped inspire government hospitals modeled on her Resurrection of Hope hospital and ended free roaming leper beggars.
A nostalgic poem extols a mysterious beloved with bright bronze hair and eyes that glimpse deeper feelings. Hands are described as cool and kind, capable of soothing the speaker. The piece ends with a gentle notice that the beloved will be recognized when met, despite an incomplete portrait.
Advert describes a one piece dress with slimming neckline and diagonal seaming for a heavier figure, plus an apron. Straps functional and decorative. Includes dress and apron in sizes from 10 to 46 inches, price 10, pattern 25 cents. Units listed and fabric yardage specified.
Pattern ordering guidance from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. Pattern number details are stated but full instructions are not provided in the fragment. The notice references a postal or in person request process without subsequent dates.
The text argues Africans risk embracing Europeanized culture as they gain schooling roads and trading stores. It notes Africans start from a lower cultural base than Indians, lacking ancient civilization burdens, religious disputes, and dense population habits. As they move toward self-governance, rapid change may be overwhelming and leave behind distinctive native ideas.
A compact set of dessert directions uses cup quick cooking tapioca with two cups boiling water and four teaspoons salt. It adds rind of one lemon and one cup sugar with lemon juice, plus two egg whites. Cook twenty to thirty minutes, remove rind, beat whites stiff, fold in, chill thoroughly and serve in gherbet glasses.
A compact recipe yields a bright relish from two large oranges and pineapple. Slice the fruit with skin, chop pineapple, mix with sugar lemon juice and spices, then bake in a moderate oven for about two hours.
The United States Public Health Service announced a new toxoid for scarlet fever prevention. It combines scarlet fever germs with antitoxin and formalin as a preservative. Still in trials, it is being used by some physicians on their own children.
The Sunday school lesson reflects Genesis chapters 2 to 3, focusing on Adam and Eve in the garden, the forbidden tree of knowledge, and the consequences of disobedience. It discusses the serpent’s temptation, Eve’s choice, and the shared fall, emphasizing that limits set by God are designed to strengthen, not enslave.
Dr. O T Avery of New York wins a 1500 prize from the American College of Physicians for revealing a protective armor of the pneumonia germ and a microbe that dissolves it. The breakthrough allows the white blood cells to destroy the germ in the patient’s blood.
A Canadian Government statement from the Department of National Revenue shows 4,198 automobiles entered from the United States for touring in 1831, down 499,489 from 1930. Of these, 3,439,492 cars stayed under 24 hours and 1,469,753 exceeded that period.
The 1930 31 Canadian fiscal year saw imports of various nuts totaling 2 005 144 dollars with shelled walnuts leading at 1 003 151 dollars from China France and Spain providing large shares. Green peanuts accounted for 971 216 dollars with China the main source and Spain supplying most non shelled almonds while Spain also supplied most shelled almonds.
Prof Lachmian Gilchrist of the University of Toronto explains to the Royal Astronomical Society that the neutron weighs about one fortieth of a million millionth of a gram, a tiny fraction illustrating the scale of subatomic matter, while noting the body's lungs process all blood about 2,000 times daily.
A promotional notice describes Wonder Paper by the makers of Parasant heavy waxed paper in the Green Box. Stores are urged to send in a coupon to receive a booklet titled Leftovers containing one hundred recipes as a bonus.
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