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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 18, 1926
Page
2
A scattered summary of world events from the era notes a Manitoba chair effort, a novelist’s brother’s death, a British diplomat entry, a death penalty for a revolutionary, Italy’s Holy Year tourism surge, CN rail coal deal with British empire iron, tariff talk in Canada, a Peklog labor demonstration, Norge airship North Pole bid, legal exams in London, Soviet sale of royal china, Manitoba honey pool forecasts, and an instalment collector joke.
Satin fabric enhances a graceful afternoon frock with a film bodice and rippling tunic. The front fastening sits beneath a V shaped center front, circular flounce forms a V, long tight sleeves flare over the hand, dress is in one piece with a separate Bounce join. Pattern No 1251 offers sizes 34 to 42 bust. yardage and price details included. A Fashion Book features designer patterns from style centers, priced at 10 cents.
Instructional note from 1920s Winnipeg publisher lists order method for patterns at 175 McDermot Ave. Include pattern number Nossee and city Winslves with payment of 20 cents or stamps. Instructions emphasize wrapping cola carefully in mail.
Investigations weigh feasibility of linking American and English telephone lines by radio while CKCK Regina airs an Edwards address on unity among Saskatchewan grain groups. A Paris prankster Eiffel Tower is linked to Philadelphia after a France denial. A South Dakota listener complains of extreme cold and listening late at night. Advice on headset care stresses gentle handling and a hook screw to hang phones when idle.
The text discusses the belief that blindness results from sin, citing the disciples question about the man born blind and Jesus guidance. It contrasts Job’s friends, preexistence ideas, and the moral law that connects wrongdoing to consequence, asserting the universe’s justice through moral cause and effect.
A scrambled crossword clue set including horizontal and vertical entries with numbers and partial phrases. It presents a long, garbled list of definitions, associated hints, and fragmentary entries such as names, places, verbs, and objects, typical of a newspaper puzzle page.
Dr John J Abel announced at the Chicago Institute of Medicine that chemically pure insulin crystals were achieved from pancreatic tissue. Heilins refined form promises exact analysis of insulin components and potential diabetes preventive chemicals, transforming treatment beyond lifelong reliance on animal-derived solutions.
British War Office sought eviction of tenants from 16 adjoining houses near a St Helen's Lancashire factory where gas experiments were conducted. The government owned both plant and houses and argued danger to tenants justified dispossession. the judge ruled the Crown not bound by Rent Restriction Act. In other notes, Prince Henry’s South Africa influence hints at a staff appointment under Lord Athlone.
A Saskatchewan notice urges rural trustees to attend the February 17 to 19 convention at Regina City Hall. Prominent speakers include Premier Dunnin g and Education Minister Latta with aims to raise school standards through delegate discussion and reforms. Salaries in the U S total about 32,000,000,000.
A National Safety Council report based on 99 cities puts 1925 road fatalities at 21,000, up five percent from 1924. Los Angeles and New York show notable declines due to street improvements and enforcement, while Chicago and other states show increases.
Transportation officials of the Canadian Pacific Railway announced a rise in wheat trade with the Orient this season, up 500 percent over 1924–25 and marked by significantly larger shipments via the port of Vancouver. The article also notes commentary on women and perceptions, though details are unclear.
According to Electrical World January issue Canada tops nations in per capita power generation. Canada reports 4 per capita kw hours, ahead of Switzerland and the United States, while the U S leads total energy generated with 54,413,403,000 hours. Canada has waterpower estimated at 18,256,316 hp for minimum flow and 2,075,098 hp for maximum six month delivery.
The opening of the eleventh annual winter fur sale saw top mink prices soar, with New York buyers paying the highest since the postwar boom. Best Eastern Canadian mink sold around 1828, while Manitoba pelts reached modest levels for white fox and lynx. Other furs include blue fox at 81, lynx at 90, Japanese mink at 220, and Chinese fente 1.08 per unit.
At the annual meeting of the British Columbia Dairymen's Association in New Westminster advocates urged forming a Western Canada airymen's group to unite four western provinces under a single dairy association.
An old remark ties the Shah of Persia to the Duchess of Westminster via a witty line about beauty. A separate note recalls Alberta corn acreage, listing year by year rises from 949 acres in 1919 to 68 000 last year, showing agricultural expansion across decades.
A searchlight 150 miles out to sea will be erected on the spire of a 24 story Broadway building at One Hundred Seventy Third Street in New York. Final plans have been approved and apartment occupancy is aimed for next October. The tower above Monument will rise thirty stories from the base. The Toronto board grants $5,000 for a Ned Hamlan monument in Exhibition Park.
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