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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
6
A solitary young man on the lakeshore watches dawn transform the wild with orange and purple light. He prays inwardly to the sky as a lynx arrives with a partridge, and a quiet, tense moments pass between man and animal amid the awakening woods.
A woodsman bonds with a lynx, then scolds her for mischief before she retreats into the woods. Dawn brightens over the lake as ducks feed and a final warning about safety and distance echoes among the birds.
The Wester Michigan Development Bureau launched a campaign to tap into 18 000 abandoned farms. In concert with real estate firms and employment agencies it aims to recruit surplus labor from industrial centers and place men on fully equipped farms.
A fragmented notice reports that in Saxony Bavaria Württemberg and other German states only a single person is found who can read and write while before the war 789 percent of the population was illiterate.
Sir James Craig outlines a parliamentary plan to combat drifting mines. Destroyers investigate, coastal stations render mines safe, and armed merchant and fishing craft receive rifles. experts stationed along the coast render safe mines washed ashore. No dedicated mine search vessels. February figures not provided.
Dr Robert R. Moton of Tuskegee Institute told a Sociological Congress that whites and blacks must keep calm as the next two years could see mob violence and lynching wiped out. He cited governors taking steps to curb mob actions and noted Tuskegee records show six lynching periods last year as proof of shifting sentiment toward fair treatment.
An old advertisement claims Danderine stops hair loss and nourishes the scalp. It promises hair will grow thicker, feel softer, and look shinier after several applications. The product is sold at drugstores or toilet counters for a few cents.
Tourists are amused by a old castle lawn sentinel tradition. A sentinel has stood to guard the favorite queen’s rose for centuries, a guardian habit kept long after both queen and flower vanished.
Reports say a discovery of gold has been made and navigation opened to carry men to the new fields, signaling prospecting activity and potential mining opportunities in the region.
The Manitoba government will trial advanced fares to bring British women to Canada for domestic service. Finance Minister Wal Winkler said the plan targets 100 women this year with an estimated cost of 7500 dollars and seeks cooperation between federal and provincial authorities.
An advertisement touts Strong Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills as a remedy for heart trouble and breathlessness. A testimonial from Stephen Crouse of East Clifford NS describes years of strain, saying three boxes cured him and let him work again. The firm invites orders via dealers or direct mail.
Premier Millerand announced a plan defining the wartime indemnity split among France Britain Belgium Serbia and others. France would get about 55 percent of payments with Britain receiving 25 percent and a senior French committee guiding terms. The scheme, tied to gold bond redeeming rates and interest, aims to cover coal supplies devastated mines cattle losses and other wartime damages.
Hon. C. A. Dunning announced a new bureau of industry to examine every possible Saskatchewan industry using local resources and favorable conditions. The goal is to mobilize support for home industries and develop the province while expanding industrial opportunities for the people. England agreed to share twenty five percent of oil output from Mesopotamia and the Near East with France.
A fragmentary 19th or early 20th century lecture discusses solar radiation, energy loss from the sun, and space as an enormous reservoir. Sir Oliver Lodge muses on catching solar energy, the ether as transparent, and the impracticality of harnessing all solar output over vast ages.
A Providence Journal item recalls a French doctor's professional honor as he continued to a seriously ill patient after learning his son had died, illustrating duty above personal tragedy.
Fragments describe a government program for telephone wiring facing high labor costs and scarce wages, with firms in uproar and calls for the author and stage manager to speak. A manager forces an assist to proceed, ending with an instruction to go out before the curtain.
A fragmented line credits Jack for timely action and mentions Marie and a jeweller in a brief, unclear passage. The text suggests a small, personal acknowledgment amid an awkward sentence.
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