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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 06, 1937
Page
6
A Saskatchewan fire hazard survey links gasoline use to dozens of winter conflagrations and injuries. It cites careless handling, improper cleaning, and misfires as major causes, with lessons from school fire prevention improving youth awareness and signaling hopes for future reductions.
The article recalls Allied forces under General Allenby entering Palestine twenty years ago and notes a British proposal to divide the Holy Land into separate Arab and Jewish mandate areas. Sir Charles Tegart arrives in Jerusalem to reorganize the Palestinian police, viewed as a step to separate dissident Arabs and Jews.
A 27 year old Mrs Lucille Shaguhey in Equality Illinois fired a shotgun through her door after a doorbell ringer refused to answer. The would be magazine salesman was killed and Shaghuey was held for the grand jury.
An odd Montreal clipping reports a Brooklyn Museum relics box stolen in transit through London. The box contained a model ax, knife, beads, bracelets, a vase and other trinkets. A separate St Andrew’s Day incident notes an elderly Scotsman recovering a watch chain pipe teeth pouch and wallet on Peel Street at 11:30 PM as expenses are to be covered.
An OCR fragment shows Royal Bank of Canada auditors report with notes on profit and loss accounts in November 1575 and a statement by W. Wilson as president and managing director. It mentions security of funds, debts, letters of credit, and a December 22 date with figures around 7,398.10 and 2803. The text includes references to France Canada and various officials, but the legibility is limited.
Dr W A McKeaver owner of a school for people over 70 in Oklahoma City prescribes six meals a day? But he advocates three light meals and alkaline foods. He urges having a job you like many friends and reading newspapers for current affairs. He advises staying active with the young and dancing, sleeping six hours, and pursuing many interests.
Mary Jane Bogart born in 1837 in County Fermanagh Ireland says she has lived under six British sovereigns and just celebrated her 103rd birthday. She urges young girls today to wear more clothes for health and longevity after moving to Canada at age 11 and living in Morewood, Ontario near Ottawa.
A native in Perak Malay State faced a charging black panther and, after a brutal struggle, drowned the animal by holding it under water. The man was hospitalized with a badly mauled hand. The panther is being stuffed.
A four month old elbow dislocation caused neuritis and limited extension. After medical advice and Kruschen Salts treatment the patient reports less elbow pain and better extension, noting the remedy dissolves uric acid crystals and aids natural expulsion.
In London at Croydon General Hospital surgeons Mrs C J Siggers and Eric Ash nan faced a critical bleed after anesthesia on a 34 year old woman. With donors unavailable the patient became her own donor yielding three pints of her blood, which was sterilized and reintroduced. The operation succeeded.
An incomplete casual ad fragment suggests using Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery for indigestion and stomach discomfort. It mentions appetite and gas with a promotional tone but lacks complete details or claims.
No British government booth will be present at the 1938 Paris International Exhibition because the Empire Exhibition will be staged at Glasgow instead.
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