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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 08, 1936
Page
2
A man once written off for inactivity regains mobility through tennis with support from Sally, recounting a journey from persistent foot pain to progress. He describes starting with pain in the feet that worsened despite trying various therapies.
A tour by the king and queen of North Wales after the coronation follows visits to Edinburgh and Belfast. Italy will be represented in the New York Paris air derby in August by two squads of six to ten planes. Lionel Foster, Ottawa sculptor, received a letter from the Duke of Windsor accepting a plaque. Canadians seeking to enlist with Spanish combatants remain unprosecuted until the Foreign Enlistment Act becomes law. The New York Herald Tribune was banned from Italy. A Durban mine cage collapse kills thirty four natives and a European. The Canadian Pacific Railway office transfer from Montreal to Toronto affects 40 or 50 staff. Earl Kitchener, 90, dies in Nairobi.
A Camberwell teamster explains to the Lord Mayor at Mansion House why his horse wandered across Ludgate Circus unattended. He says the animal reacts to traffic signals, and the lord mayor jokes the horse is well versed in traffic regulations and dismisses the summons.
A Daily Mail report describes D. S Spens-Steuart, a zoological society fellow, walking his wolf Peter in London. The animal is calm and affectionate, rubbing against the handler and inviting scratches as they stroll the 200 grounds, Peter wagging his tail slightly during the walk.
The article notes All Hallows, London, among churches losing congregations as areas shift to business and residential use. Ecclesiastical Commissioners wish to dispose of unused churches and fund new builds in Greater London. All Hallows, with centuries of ecclesiastical use since pre Norman times and built by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire, also hosted John Wesley's first extempore sermon.
A tiny island in California receives a new schoolhouse for its two children, daughters aged 5 and 7, transported from Santa Barbara in four sections aboard a fishing boat. The building measures 10 by 12 by 6 1/2 feet, serving the Lester family, the island’s sole residents. Separately, statistics note insomnia affecting about 1.5 million in England and 5,000 patents issued to women by the US Patent Office over ten years.
The notice promotes Pattern 4354 a stylish dress up design with fluttering sleeves and off shoulder yoke in soft fabrics. It lists sizes 14 through 40, fabric yardage and illustrated step-by-step instructions, urging readers to request the pattern and learn its easy assembly. The piece notes the expansive island total around Britain and Ireland.
A Bay School lesson from April 11 presents Genesis story as an explanatory tale of sin and its consequences. It discusses Eve and Adam’s temptation by the serpent, their concealment, God’s questioning, and the resulting judgment including the serpent’s degeneration and expulsion from Eden.
A Warmper star report describes a Detroit arrestee as of apparent Canadian extraction, noting the police seem unaware there is no such term. The item contrasts it with ethnicity rules, likening it to how Zuludan and Zulu identities relate to birth origins. Italy announces subsidies for affordable rural housing.
An old time patent remedy claim extols Wincarnis as not a drug but a health tonic. The copy asserts it can restore health, energy, and vitality, with promises of waking refreshed and improving nerves. Sales attribution lists Riche & Co. Ltd.
Gardeners can now plant a wide variety of vegetables and flowers even with limited time and space. Beginners can grow lettuce, Cos type, peas, beets, and many more, with several sizes and uses for salads, canning, or picking. Hardy flowers like marigolds and calendulas also thrive with minimal care.
BBC officials plan wider empire broadcasting as Daventry builds three new transmitters to boost Dominion and colony service ahead of coronation programs. J Beresford Clark will tour to assess effectiveness and improvements, while defence funding rises in England to deter war. Helen Mary Lea dies at 74, often mistaken for Queen Mary. Confederate soldiers of the Civil War referred to as butternuts in contemporary slang.
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