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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1929
Page
3
In a dim revue lounge Al Stone improvises a natural ballad delivery of Always winning over Marcus Bue and a thrilled Molly while Grace the cigarette girl, hidden tears, longs for him. The crowd roars as Molly learns the waiter penned the song, sealing Al’s rising fame. To Be Continued.
The Singing Fool chronicles a tangled night at Joe Copy Marcus's New York club with Hubert Dail, Al Stone, Blackie, and Molly. Al, the waiter in love with Molly, plans a ballad. Grace, a cigarette girl, pushes him to sing. The scene centers on failed romance, jealousy, and a pivotal serenade.
Al stands beside the pianist at the dance door to sing a ballad he wrote for Molly. He sacrifices nerves as all eyes turn to him, Molly unaware, while Blackie Joe and Grace watch. The pianist praises him as he hits the chorus, the singing waiter pouring soul into the performance.
Mrs Jago recalls her three year old son suffered severe diarrhoea with active bowels and vomiting. A friend recommended a remedy, the second dose brought improvement, nearly half a bottle relieved the child, and she credits it for others in the family.
Louis Bleriot believes ocean air travel will hinge on giant hybrids that blend ship and flying craft. His project combines a marine hull with detachable wings engines and propellers to form a long range flying ship capable of ocean crossing and sea surface travel. If needed crews could abandon gear and steer as a surface craft toward a shore station. Trials of his first flying ship are eagerly awaited as he pursues a regular trans Atlantic air service.
A note marks the 350th anniversary of adopting a table utensil with hints of celebration. The piece argues some customs date only lightly in history and deserve recognition despite varied longevity.
One of the world’s largest artificial indigo plants is to be erected near Tokyo, Japan. It will cost more than 3 million dollars and require three years to complete. The facility is planned to produce about 1,000 tons of indigo annually. Japan hosts two millionaires with estimated holdings of 250 million dollars each.
The Banting Research Foundation announces awards to several Winnipeg doctors for medical research efforts. Grant recipients include Dr Chow studying kidney disease causes in children, Dr J Jackson researching the thyroid gland, and Dr W Brown Jr with Dr Allan Kennedy investigating gas anesthesia. Other projects cover heart muscle changes, brain control of blood pressure, uric acid solubility, spleen anatomy, and aging brain changes with CG Smith in London Ontario. The foundation honors Dr Banting, insulin discoverer, and relies on public support across the Dominion to foster medical research.
A reporter recounts early air travel safety advances when flying from Los Angeles to New York via the Trancontinental Air Transport and rail links. Ground stations relayed radar-like storm data. pilots detoured around rain and lightning near Winslow, Albuquerque, and Stovis New Mexico, reaching the destination earlier than expected and illustrating improved safety in air travel.
The District of Columbia Traffic Bureau released figures from July 1 showing 859 arrests for traffic violations, of which 28 were women. The data suggest women are safer drivers, countering old beliefs.
GP Hamsworth of the Canadian National in Hong Kong notes that young China is adopting Western styles, music, foods, and movies while preserving respect for parents. He describes youths in South China with short skirts, bobbed hair, silk stockings, and boys in double-breasted suits as fox trot dancers.
Mothers who keep a box of Baby's Own Tablets may feel safe as summer brings stomach troubles. The product promises harmless use even for newborns and claims to prevent and treat infant diarrhoea and cholera infantum by regulating the bowels. Sold by medicine dealers or at the fall for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville.
Dick Douglas, famed Boy Scout, claims he shot 200 Kodiak bears during a month long voyage across Canada and Alaska. He says 198 with a camera and 2 with a gun, including a notably large bear. He traveled with Martin Johnson and plans a book about his Canada and Kodiak trip, with photos from Jasper National Park.
A quotation notes that believing one is indispensable means one is not. It mentions California deriving from a Spanish word meaning hot furnace and ends with a musing on joint pain.
Rev WH Tayter recounts a three week campaign claiming health revival from Ironized Yeast. He pledges strength, skin improvement, and reduced fatigue, promising money back if not satisfied. Advertisement urges readers to buy Tronized Yeast from druggists or Canadian Tro Co. Ltd. Fort Erie Ont.
A fragmentary devotional note quotes Psalm verses and Robert Southey on prayer. It also mentions Crysostom and warns against corns, endorsing Holloway's Corn Remover to eradicate them. The tone resembles a periodical column mixing scripture, moral exhortation, and a patent remedy pitch.
A British vessel dropped a message on Oct 7 1927 overboard in the Pacific 1,000 miles north of Fiji. After 700 miles and 124 days at sea it was recovered near North Queensland bearing a note asking return to the Meteorological Office of the British Air Ministry which flags a daily data-drift effort across 494 ships to map currents.
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