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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1932
Page
6
A healthily worded summary of how accidents peak at certain hours and conditions, with ages 20 to 30 most at risk and 91 percent of fatal or injury accidents involving experienced drivers. It lists common driver errors, pedestrian risks, car defects, and cost implications of speed, urging motorists to inspect their cars and drive cautiously.
A twice daily aeroplane service is being operated between Shanghai and Nanking in China. The move indicates expanding air transport connections in the region.
The term planoforte combines two Italian words meaning soft and loud. It indicates dynamics in music where soft and loud contrasts are blended in performance.
At University College a commemorative dinner recalled Jeremy Bentham founder role and his will’s wish for disciples to gather around his skeleton. Twenty distinguished professors toasted him as they discussed Bentham’s ideas shaping modern law and morality. A wax effigy and Bentham’s clothes remained on display for the century old remembrance.
New York and Baltimore salvage experts pursue the English brig Debraske, sunk off the Delaware Capes in 1798, hoping to recover looted treasure said to be worth 40 million dollars. Despite prior failed attempts, divers use deep-water gear to locate the wreck.
The Lighthouse Service announces the completion of upgrading seventeen Atlantic lightships with stronger masthead lights to improve mariner guidance. Charleston lightship will now carry a 16 000 candlepower beam, enhancing visibility at sea. Miller's Worm Powders advertised as a prompt worm relief for children with additional tonic effects.
In London a 7 ft 2 in Russian strongman known as March and Andre Suchankoff, a midget circus performer, were involved in a fatal accident. The midget died from injuries after colliding with a motor van while riding a baby bicycle. March wept at the hospital upon learning the death.
Recognized as a leading specific for worm destruction, Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator is praised as a boon to suffering children. The British royal research ship William Scoresby has returned to England after studying the Humboldt current and the Falkland Islands area. A new process makes Portland cement tan instead of gray.
Samuel J Hungerford, a veteran railway executive born in Bedford Quebec, is named Acting President of the Canadian National Railways following Sir Henry Thornton's resignation. Hungerford's career spans 45 years across Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern lines, culminating as VP in charge of Operation Maintenance and Construction before the CN takeover.
Fragmentary lines describe shifts in how operations and shops handle neon land, noting growth and shop practices in Canada. Mentions admiration for a person named Hunger and a man who knew every phrase of locomotive work, suggesting a historic railroading context.
A National Association of Real Estate Boards survey notes only a small improvement in business conditions needed for a building boom across Canada and the United States. It cites a 10 percent rise in 358 cities and reports a home shortage amid a positive outlook for construction. Asthma remedy claims and testimonials are also mentioned, urging readers to obtain JD Kelloge's remedy from dealers.
University of Illinois College of Medicine reports hay fever research with 21 men and 24 women. Dr Clarence A Johnson says the only escape is to go north to the Hudson Bay District where ragweed is absent.
A sales pitch claims many afflicted with sores were cured by Dr Thomas Electric Oil. The ad touts an invisible protective coating for silver and other metals, preserving surfaces without paint or lacquer, attributed to a German chemist and offered as a low price remedy.
A historical ad style snippet promotes Douglas Egyptian Liniment for sore necks and galls on horses. It features a rough conversation with a trench veteran asking for help, and a witty reply about surviving wars by avoiding danger, framed as a rugged, wartime era sales pitch.
For sale a mix of sour cherries black currants and rhubarb per cherry crate packed at Shipping Point. Extra deliver available. Vegetation and produce items listed by Tanemura Bros located at 20 80x We Salmon Arm.
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