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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 28, 1932
Page
2
A damaged OCR passage describes indigestion and heartburn with references to Kruschen being advertised to stimulate gastric juice flow and guarantee steady elimination of waste daily. It mentions symptoms lasting weeks and claims improved digestion after using the product.
Artificial diamonds created in Columbia University lab. Germany’s unemployment fell by 98 000 in two weeks to 6 031 000. Dr Hartley Travers Farrar, geologist who joined Captain Scott in 1901 04 South Pole expedition, is dead. Dr John Stanley Plaskett to receive honorary McGill degree in 1932 spring convocation. Samuel McKay, Indian fighter and buffalo hunter, died at Wild Horse Alberta born Winnipeg December 1852. Turkey ready to join League. invitation likely for Lord Irwin. Empress of Australia tour planned in Canada by Massey Foundation. Ambulance hut opened at Tarpot’s Corner near Southend. 364 accidents in 12 months. Rear Admiral Sir Godfrey Paine buried at sea off Isle of Wight. Canada wheat exports for eight months ended March total 124 269 429 bushels, 71 505 107 to U K.
Wilfrid Gagne is named skipper of the Tadoussac on the St. Lawrence for his 42nd year with Canada Steamship Lines. Born at Point au Pic Quebec he has spent life on the St. Lawrence and Saguenay Rivers and piloted submarines during the war. Peter McKay will again command the Noronic as flagship of the Northern Fleet after guiding her historic canal cruise. The report also notes a new pumpometer road meter and motorists carrying multiple such devices.
Veteran hunter and trader McKay, famed for killing the last buffalo on Alberta plains and guiding Indians, died at Wild Horse Alberta aged eighty. Born December 1852 in Winnipeg, he worked for Hudson's Bay Company, later became a free trader and hunter, married at Medicine Hat in 1882, and moved to Wild Horse. Surviving family includes W. E. McKay of Kamloops and a brother.
A junior pattern description notes a bright blue woollen girl’s frock with vivid trim, shaped collar, circular sleeve caps, and bone buttons. The front wraps and skirt plait on the right provide width, resembling adult Paris models but cheaper. Style No. 715 sizes 11 to 17 years, fabric needs listed, price 25 cents in stamps.
Pattern order details appear to come from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 375 McDermot Ave. The document lists Pattern No followed by ordering instructions and contact details.
Sunday School lesson surveys Isaac in Gerar and Beersheba. It recounts wells dug, contentions over water, and the peaceful treaty with Abimelech, framed by the proverb that a soft answer turns away wrath. The teaching urges patience and nonresistance as strength.
Western Canada begins to value peat bogs as a new resource, with Manitoba Industrial Development Board studies led by A Anrep revealing extensive sphagnum moss and peat deposits near Whitemouth. The article outlines wide uses from insulation and bedding to surgical dressings and agriculture, noting high absorption, antiseptic properties, and potential fuel savings.
Hollywood ad touts aging actresses maintaining youth with Lux Toilet Soap. Jack Holt proclaims charm grows with years as stars across Broadway and Europe endorse the soap for all skin types. Affordable French soap priced ten cents is advertised.
The Whitemouth peat bog near Winnipeg spans 18 townships and 500000 acres, containing more than 25 million tons of organic material at commercial readiness. Other large bogs exist along Hudson Bay Railway routes, with growth threatened by drainage and burning. Industrial Development Board of Manitoba pushes development to harness peat for fuel and humidification.
John Bellamy Taylor consulting engineer for General Electric demonstrated audible light before Detroit scientists. Using a silent Phonograph and sensitive incandescent lamp he produced a new electro-physical development. He conveyed orchestra music from the phonograph then silenced it by blocking light between lamp and cell.
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