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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 16, 1931
Page
6
A reflective piece arguing that periods of collective gloom reveal hopeful truths. It notes increased social sympathy, shared burdens, and the value of work. It emphasizes human interdependence, humility before nature, and the idea that nations are linked as one brotherhood under a higher power.
A boy prodigy Sidis at six months knew the alphabet and by age six completed an eight year grammar school course in six months. He entered Harvard at 11 and graduated honors four years later. In a separate note a Cornell study reports a ten percent cold reduction from UV light and other measures among 14 women and 75 men.
Hon. T. G. Murphy told the House of Commons that reducing survey parties trimmed the geodetic survey appropriation by 92,300 as part of a 175,000 vote approved without discussion. Despite a 180,000 cut to the department's vote and a staff reduction of 87, the topographical survey section will continue effectively with 111 branch staff.
Two Royal Canadian Air Force planes will assist in a geological survey of the west coast of Hudson Bay near Rankin Inlet. Dr. L. J. Meeks of the geological survey leads the project this summer with the aircraft providing aerial photography support amid growing mining interest from Cyril Knight Exploration and others.
An instrument has been developed to periodically inspect coal mines for methane presence. A mine air sample is drawn into a detector chamber, gas content is burned, and the resulting temperature change measured in water indicates gas proportion.
Saskatchewan sportsmen and Dr. W B Bell report extreme loss of young wild ducks due to drought. A 500 mile check found 400 ducks with only 24 young, and one lake had 320 ducks with no young birds. Officials urge greatly shortened shooting season to protect remaining populations.
British Columbia mining firms continue to offer sizable quarterly dividends despite tough markets. Pioneer Gold pays over 520,000, Premier Gold 5150,000, Howe Sound 5240,000, and Consolidated Mining and Smelting 5620,000. The piece notes historic profits from the Sullivan Mine and mentions pre-Cambrian shield prospects.
Los Angeles carpenter Ouis Waynas built the largest Bible using a hand stamping machine stamping every letter on 8048 pages. The giant book measures 3 feet per page, weighs 1.09 pounds, and spans eight feet two inches wide.
J Dornan of Alameda Sask is chosen as president for the coming year at the Regina convention. Malcolm MacBeth retires as past president A W Marsh becomes first vice president E Roy Sales re elected managing director. Directors named from Maritimes Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia with many listed names. Concluding exercises praise Regina and railways for a notable convention.
A brief recipe outlines cutting 2 tomatoes into slices and slicing green peppers into rings. Assemble each plate with a tomato slice topped by a pepper ring, fill the ring center with orange pieces, add minced onion to French dressing, and pour over the salad.
The 42500 ton Canadian Pacific liner Empresa of Britain set a new world Blue Riband time for the mercantile marine, four days twelve hours thirty minutes from Cherbourg to Father Point, landing mails and taking on a pilot. The record beats four days seventeen hours six minutes from Cherbourg to Ambrose Light. The Empress of Japan remains holder for the Vancouver to Yokohama route.
An official report shows Crown forest revenue in BC over the past decade exceeding 3.725 million annually, with materials value above 80 million and about 45 000 jobs sustained. Commercial timber stands cover roughly 16.9 million acres with major species yielding large board-feet totals across Douglas Fir Western Hemlock Western Red Cedar and Spruce.
The London County Council general purposes committee recommended using home-grown or empire timber only in furniture for the council, if timber of suitable quality is available at reasonable prices. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain forwarded a resolution praising the decision.
Meaty rice pies instructions explain layering rice and browned onion with meat and gravy baked briefly. Also notes Miller’s Worm Powders praised for palatable doseings and digestion aid. Italian explorer Umberto Noble aboard the Italia bound for Archangel in a July voyage.
Lieut-Gen Sir W. Edmund Iron side, newly named Lieutenant of the Tower of London, is said to speak at least a dozen Oriental languages. He stands six feet four inches tall and formerly commanded the Allied Forces in Archangel in 1918 to 1919.
The fragmentary text names Dregne and Soares of Tennessee with a reference to the Targhee fault. Details are unclear but indicate a regional mention of a geological or place name event. Further context or full lines are needed for a precise summary.
A notable drop in district forest fires is reported this year, covering Prince Albert west to Big River and east to Nipawin. Last year Nisbet reserve alone saw 69 fires. Rewards for information leading to arson arrests, public cooperation, and radio telegraph contact help keep fire control high through the dry season.
An early advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a versatile remedy for internal and external use. It claims effectiveness for sore throat, croup, whooping cough, chest pains, colds, and related ailments, with a bottle priced at five cents and emphasis on keeping it handy.
Preliminary census figures show Metropolitan London with 8,202,818 people, surpassing Greater New York by about 1 million. Horace Luck, 80, a longtime London postman who blew a bugle on delivery, has died.
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