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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 20, 1939
Page
6
The Lendon correspondent for the Ottawa Journal reports a Great War veteran and club cricketer who, after years of good health, began coughing up blood. X-ray revealed a bullet lodged behind his heart, later extracted. He had no memory of being hit, having sustained only a superficial shrapnel wound years ago.
The piece discusses a possible shift in public opinion toward thrift and salary-cutting in government, noting rising taxation burdens as budgets stay unbalanced. It cites Allan Meikle on the link between public opinion and railway labour policy, warning against governments pandering to popular demands and stressing accountability to voters.
Bernard Pitsfield, a private in the 6th North Staffordshires, is the smallest man in the British army at five feet one and a half inches, half an inch below regulations.
A rooftop widow's walk surrounds old Nantucket homes where wives watched for returning ships. London records an all time low in vagrancy per a new census of homeless people.
Darling recalls life in old days as her husband built the first cabin, opened a hotel at Albany Cross for 62 years, and charged 25 cents for a two day stay. She notes neighbors shared coal to light fires, traveled miles for supplies, and the community spun wool and lived simply. It has been 80 years since her marriage.
Quebec roads chief Anatole Carignan announced a ban on using dogs to pull carts across rural areas to improve traffic safety. Once a common sight for milk and produce delivery, dog carts have become tourist attractions along routes such as Beauport Road to Ste. Anne de Beaupre.
An old public health plea urges ridding homes of flies to curb summer diarrhoea and entiritis. It recommends cleaning filth, sealing entry points, screening windows, and placing Wilson's Fly P cases around the house during fly season to reduce disease risk.
The Pratts showcased different travel methods to attend a wedding. Miss Jane Pratt Bayley wed in Springfield Ohio. Colonel Pratt rode train, Mrs Pratt drove, and Dr Joe Pratt traveled by his own airplane from Boston.
Doctors tout Durham Corn Starch as safe for babies skin and chafing prevention. The thrifty time proven powder is said to keep skin soft and free from redness with doctor approval.
Orthodox Mohammedans avoid buildings or rugs with straight lines or flawless symmetry. They hold that only Allah is perfect and creating such flawless forms is sacrilegious.
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