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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 30, 1931
Page
2
A sewing pattern describes a four-seam youth dress with a V shaped neckline and a sheet vestee with a falling frill and attached collar. It notes removable belt options, size range from 16 years to 0 bust inches, fabric guidance, contrasting yardage, and price of 25 cents.
South Africa’s mineral output valued near 20.5 million dollars last month. Canada had 26 concentrated milk plants in operation in 1930. British Columbia lumber circles push to seize new market access under the Canadian Australian trade treaty. A periscope hat device will be shown at the Chicago patent expo. An air freighter carried a small bear an owl and 20 quails into Croydon from Paris. A rare first edition Chaucer from 1582 sold for 11250 dollars in London after keen US bidding. Manitoba Co-Operative Dairies Winnipeg won best creamery butter at Saskatoon with 193.8 points. Two Japanese dailies in Dairen start Sunday editions in addition to daily morning and evening papers. Policy on a Peace River outlet not yet ready says Hon. R. J. Manion. Miss Millie Orpen who sued a theatre for a blue law violation renounced the award as a test case. Turkey moves to stamp out the Arabic alphabet with a government commission touring Angora departments.
Addressed to Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave, Winnipes. Instructions describe ordering patterns and services offered by the patterns bureau. Contact details imply a local press facility handling pattern requests and subscriptions.
Copper sulphide ore body explored near Hunter Bay Great Bear Lake within ten miles of the Arctic Circle. Dominion Explorers and Ventures, Ltd. reported 27,000 pounds of drill gear flown in for 24 hour work as daylight persists.
Sunday School lesson recounts Philip the deacon preaching in Samaria, then guided by an angel to Gaza. He meets the Ethiopian treasurer reading Isaiah, explains Jesus, and baptizes him before continuing to Caesarea. The lesson emphasizes divine guidance, scripture fulfillment, and baptism for the Gentile seeker.
Royal family members including the Duke and Duchess of York attended a Westminster Abbey service marking the 100 year revival of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. The archbishop gave the centenary address broadcast globally.
A hearty stew recipe serves eight using sirloin onions potatoes carrots peas and citrus garnish. Sauté onions with fat then brown meat, simmer with water about eleven hours until tender. Add vegetables, peas and lemon juice, thicken slightly and serve with lettuce and a orange and apple garnish.
Saskatoon plans to request federal assistance for a public works programme exceeding 2,000,000 to address unemployment for the next year. Mayor John W. Hair says a payroll of 70,000 monthly could employ all jobless married men, while single unemployed are deemed a federal issue.
An English woman, wife of a Swedish man who died years ago, appeals to government to allow her to retain nationality after marriage. Despite long residence in England, her husband lost his citizenship and she now has no nationality. A light remark by a suitor and a humorous line from a small boy accompany the report.
The far north hospital on the Hudson Bay coast opened last week to serve nomadic Eskimos and fur trappers near Chesterfield Inlet. Bishop Turquetil and four Grey Nuns arrived from Quebec, completing a long rail and sea journey, with plans for hygiene courses for Eskimo youth.
J H Halls of Regina owns a complete set of German government plaques that commemorated war events from 1916 to 1918. The pieces were distributed to citizens and soldiers to boost morale and inflame anti English sentiment, featuring depictions such as the Lusitania sinking and a triumphal German soldier over an Allied figure. The plaques are noted for their artistic merit.
The Cyclops, a strange dipper dredger built on the Tyne, left for Havre. It has no propelling machinery but uses four legs, each 70 feet long, to raise itself. The legs jab into the river bed and the dipper can scoop up to 10 tons at once.
A small daughter overhears a rude remark from Laura about another girl. Laura apologizes to her mother, who suggests a kinder alternative. The scene ends with the mother urging gentler humor in family interactions.
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