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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 16, 1936
Page
2
The text urges consulting your family doctor about aspirin for quick relief from headaches rheumatism neuritis and neuralgia. It cites aspirin as a fast method discovered for pain relief and notes millions of users find it safe for the average person, with Bayer as the registered trademark and the Bayer cross on tablets.
General Baptiste Estienne, inventor of French tanks, dies at 75. Canadian wheat board disposed of its US wheat holdings, Toledo, to an export house. Industrial workers punished for not voting in Reichstag election. King Edward approves Whitsun birthday holiday in civil service. Proposal to install radios in Bombay municipal schools. US embargo on scrap tin exports ordered by Secretary Hull. Rudyard Kipling estate valued at £155,288 gross. Chinese students fund a golden sword for Chiang Kai-shek. William C. Gussow awarded a 1936 37 geology fellowship in Ottawa. Mackenzie River length 2,500 miles. St. Lawrence 2,900 miles.
Victoria University in Toronto will observe the centennial marking since the Royal Charter was granted in 1836 to Upper Canada Academy Cobourg Ontario. The academy later became Victoria College and then Victoria University. The original Cobourg building opened 1836 still stands. Emmanuel College opened 1931 in Toronto. Victoria College Arts Faculty opened 1892 when federated with the University of Toronto and moved to Toronto.
A flotilla of five ships will carry close to 6,000 pilgrims to Vimy Ridge in July for the unveiling of Canada's national memorial. Brigadier General Alex Ross and ship company representatives agreed to add one more liner, raising capacity to 5,950. Nearly 6,400 have signaled intent to go, with many cancellations expected. Col. D. E. McIntyre, DSO MC, Owen Sound, will head pilgrimage movements with a staffed team to ensure smooth execution. The deadline for registrations was set for March 12, affecting eligibility and waiting lists.
A London Morning Post analysis cited by St. Thomas Times Journal notes armament spending per person by Canada, New Zealand, Denmark, Australia, Japan, Belgium, Italy, Great Britain, and the United States, with the U S borrowing for arms for the first time since WWI. It warns a possible arms race would push these figures higher and cites Britain’s annual defence cost for a family of five at about $50. Germany lacks data.
Navy orders dictate health of His Majesty be honored seated in all naval messes unless the National Anthem is played or a foreign head of state toast is included, when toasts should be drunk standing. The rule recalls cramped wooden ships and notes modern ships permit standing toasts at Portsmouth.
Pattern details describe a simple chair knit design by Alice Brooks for summer décor. It promises quick results with humble string and includes instruction panels for chair back and arm. The notice references pattern 5561 and a Winnipeg printed request for purchase via mail order.
Publicans and sinners drew near to hear Jesus while Pharisees murmured. He tells three lost-parable stories to counter objections to his dealings with sinners, focusing on the Prodigal Son as the Loving Father. The son recognises sin, returns home, and the father restores him with robes, ring, shoes, and a feast.
St. Thomas Times-Journal highlights the Red Cross as always active worldwide, ready to respond to emergencies. It cites flood relief in the United States, caring for about 400 000 homeless people, 171 000 in Pennsylvania, and praises its rapid mobilization alongside authorities.
The article urges using perennials as enduring garden anchors and expanding around them. It highlights diverse vegetables and gourds suited to Canada, recommends multiple lettuce types, Swiss chard, beans, broccoli, kohlrabi, red cabbage, yellow tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, melons, squash, leeks, radish, and extended-season peas and corn. It notes early and late varieties extend the growing window and suggests dedicated cutting beds for bouquets, with flowers like sweet peas best kept behind regular beds.
An ambulance company explains passengers lie head first toward the engine because foot and drafts were less trouble then, while they consider the opposite orientation more restful in motion. Native Indians cleaned teeth with twigs as far back as 1700 BC.
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