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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1936
Page
6
The article argues that rural families face long, strenuous strain from economic and agricultural challenges and should take a well earned break. It notes transport and lodging can be arranged cheaply on farms with wagons, cars, or tents, and that meals can be sourced locally. Planning ahead reduces costs and enhances mental, physical, and educational returns for the whole household.
A memoirelike tale recalls a spinster in a Texas station struggling with hot coffee as a train nears. A nearby cowboy offers his cup, saying it is saucered and brewed, while a guard signals. The anecdote ends with a shopper on Madison Avenue debating dress color with a sales assistant.
George W. Lewis chief researcher at NACA told a New York Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences meeting at Rockefeller Center that with current wing designs airplanes would be limited to a speed where the top surface flow abruptly separates creating a shock wave and loss of lift as motion pictures demonstrated.
The Koh-i-Noor, famed worldwide, was taken from Buckingham Palace for its annual cleaning. A dapper man arrived with two plainclothes policemen, they drove to Commercial Road, where a top diamond expert washed and polished the gem. It was returned to its safe near the Queen's bedroom later the same day.
A visitor to the Queensland Barrier Reef died after handling a live cone shell. The shell’s barbed spike punctured his palm during scraping, causing eye trouble and a coma before his death on the mainland. This marks the first recorded white casualty from this peculiar reef shell.
In Australia, fishermen W. Edwards and J. Eeley say a whale became entangled with their launch’s anchor rope near Goffs Harbor. The whale towed the boat at speed before Edward cut the rope to free the vessel, ending a tense encounter at sea.
Three specimens from an island off New Guinea arrived at Melbourne University. Two are carcasses while a live, small marsupial with white fur enjoys banana, sugar fruit, milk, and honey. It resembles a rare tropical Australian species.
Selected recipes describe preparing a cherry roll with canned cherries, corn syrup and sugar simmered into a syrup, then rolled into a tea biscuit dough, spread with cherries and cinnamon, dotted with butter, rolled, placed in a pan and baked until done.
Pilot Officer B R Ker of South Wood had his flying license suspended for eight weeks after a solo Newcastle to Oslo and back flight in 11 hours 5 minutes. The flight was conducted secretly avoiding customs formalities, prompting Air Ministry action though the effort was recognized. The report notes ongoing public health concerns with tuberculosis despite a lower death rate.
The Canadian cost of living index based on 1926=100 fell from 807 in January to 804 in February as food prices moderated. The food index moved to 72.9 from 73.9, with eggs butter lard and pork rising while all other meats and potatoes declined. Coal coke and gasoline prices edged up.
The advertisement claims Wincarnis offers energy and health benefits from grapes and beef and malt extract. It promises quick relief from fatigue, nervous insomnia, and debility, describing it as a tasty non drug tonic that improves mood and vitality. It cites Toronto retailer Ritchie & Co. Ltd. and an unrelated Tokyo and Seoul sign as contextual mentions.
Promotes a baking product claiming fine textured cakes with full leavening power and says it uses less than 14 feerth in cake. Encourages ordering a tin from grocer.
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