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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 07, 1938
Page
6
The piece argues for more attractive curricula to boost student interest and productivity. It cites a Regina Saskatchewan high school experiment where grades nine and ten visited local plants Parliament Buildings and the natural history museum, using films and demonstrations to foster practical knowledge.
The text claims the Mediterranean as the smallest ocean yet historically famed, mentions early coffee use by Abyssinians in the 15th century, notes coffee drift creating subspecies, cites Winnipeg as Canada’s top transportation hub with vast railroad yards, and states half of Copenhagen residents own a bicycle. It also oddly references a dog, a band of coyotes, and waterpower terminology.
Robert Quillen argues in The Fountain Inn Tribune that modern strongmen hail from the bottom ranks, ignore ethics, and rule by force. He compares them to historic tyrants like Genghis Khan and Napoleon, noting their only duty is their own will and ruthlessness.
Sample the ease of movement with a divided skirt and have one in your wardrobe. Pattern 4647 offers easy directions, few seams, neat pleats, and fits sizes 25 to 34 with fabric yardage for size 26. Send 20 cents in stamps with size name address and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
A study shows 70 million acres in Alberta are suitable for agriculture, but only 18 million acres are currently cultivated. The gap highlights potential for expansion in farming, irrigation, and rural development across the province.
A brief observation notes that long eyelashes common in children often straighten by about age 16, reflecting typical developmental changes in facial hair and eye features.
Jean Lussier, famed for riding a six foot rubber ball over Niagara Falls in 1928, plans a new stunt with a bigger ball and a twist. He would plunge over the American fall rather than the Canadian horseshoe, using an eight foot ball whose side flaps would deploy like a parachute.
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada under Prof. Fred Landon unveiled a memorial plaque in Oil Springs on July 1 to mark Canada’s first oil well. Early observers noted oil there, with James M. Williams drilling the first Canadian well in 1858 and John Shaw Griggs deepening the rock in 1861 to reach the first flowing well on Black Creek. Wells then produced vast flows, but later declined, reseeding Oil Springs until 1885 and 1886 when deeper wells were found still yielding crude oil after fifty years.
Sir Kingsley Wood announces a major recruitment drive for the Royal Air Force seeking 31 650 volunteers. The plan calls for 2 100 pilots 550 observers 25 000 specialized workers and 3 000 apprentices with officer status pay 340 pounds in year one and 390 thereafter for four years bonuses possible on reserve service. Eligibility includes ages 17 to 25 and good primary education.
Sugar and orange segments with bananas and cherries folded into a lemon Jell-O ice cream base. Stir milk gradually into the Jell-O powder and salt, then freeze until thick but not hard. Add fruit and finish freezing to yield two quarts.
A recipe describes mixing ice cream powder with sugar water coffee and evaporated milk to make about a pint quarts of coffee ice cream and freezing. The text also includes unrelated quotes about kissing a mother the Great Pear constellation and a note that the mind works when open, plus a remark on Pacific salmon.
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