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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 28, 1935
Page
8
A overseas brief notes a July 24 reunion of Toronto survivors of the 1885 Northwest rebellion. Also mentions Lord Edward Montagu seeking adventure with the Spanish foreign legion. Quebec's government approves a 10000 dollar colonization plan by a 41 to 8 vote.
The text explains petroleum as a mixture of hydrocarbon compounds found worldwide from California to Baku and Galicia. It outlines crude oil production in 1925, historic fire worship at Baku, and the fractional distillation process yielding gases, naphthas, pentane, hexane, kerosene, lubricants, oils, paraffin, and asphalt.
Selwyn Blaylock of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co Trail BC urged 300 Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy members to study cooperative arrangements between masters and men. He argued government labor laws fall short and unionism replaces inindustry planning. The Winnipeg meeting closed with a Blaylock platinum medal for his contributions while employers resisted monopoly.
A Sunday school lesson discusses growing in grace through 1 Peter 3 18 and 1 Peter 3 6 11 with devotional readings from Isaiah 55 6 18. It warns against religious sensationalism moral stupor and emotional excess in revivals while noting the era of Nero and Christian persecution. A separate item mentions a plane test in Oakland California with a radio compass and navigation aims.
The article discusses a torpedo using ammonia gas to leave no track, potentially changing naval warfare. It notes two Italian scientists claim a self-detecting device and the danger it poses, while contrasting artisan and brain work and promoting cooperative committees as a remedy. Mr Blaylock describes a cooperative plan in Trail, BC, as part of the broader discussion.
A vintage ad style reminder urges mothers to trust Phillips' Milk of Magnesia for children, noting doctors have endorsed it for over 60 years. It emphasizes asking a doctor first and mentions the product is made in Canada.
The text states that under Ottawa agreements poultry and dairy products are given unrestricted free entry into the United Kingdom until November 1885. After that date, the British government, in consultation with the Dominion government, may bring these products under a system regulating supplies from all sources.
D Leo Dolan of the Canadian Travel Bureau in Ottawa told the Advertising Club of Montreal that 1935 will see strong tourist business, near the 1923 peak of 309000 dollars. He called the tourist dollar the healthiest money for employment and farm and stream distribution, and proposed free trolley rides for visitors from York and England with 2001 buses planned.
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