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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1938
Page
3
Ernest Bingley participates in a Georgian era social tour at the castle, meeting guests while dodging etiquette. The night features fussy hosts, bankers, and romance, ending with late meals and an admonition to rest before breakfast.
A Toronto pastor reported weak congregation singing before the service ends. He urged them to imagine singing Hail, hail the gang's all here. The remark drew a vociferous response and great results from the parishioners.
A Potton England cricketer aged 87 plans burial in the blazer his admirers presented in 1888 for notable play. The note mentions Italy experiencing about 14 000 earthquakes in the last 32 years.
A Hamilton Spectator piece summarizes Dr. Harry M. Johnson findings on driving fatalities by age. It notes young drivers have higher per capita deaths despite quick reactions, while middle aged show fewer accidents, and older drivers rise after middle age. The analysis emphasizes judgment and experience over youthful daring.
The King has given a folio Bible to Norwich Cathedral’s Dean and Chapter that once belonged to Queen Alexandra. It bears an extensive inscription dated MDCCCLXVII, coats of arms for England Scotland Ireland and the Prince of Wales, ivory medallions of biblical scenes, and a lavish stand now untraced.
An 18th century note describes the death's head sphinx moth with a skull-like pattern on its back used as a symbol of death in English surgical and anatomical contexts. The piece links hedgehog quills to early medical pin guides, illustrating period curiosities and practices.
A. A. Gardiner of Canadian National Railways told a Montreal women’s club that women travel better and make family vacation decisions 75 to 80 percent of the time. He praised their shopping sense, preference for bargain excursions, and lighter baggage, arguing women value cleanliness and beauty and thus help improve railway service.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Wilkinson, the only woman engineer ever to work for the Canadian Pacific Railway, recently celebrated her 86th birthday in Toronto. She became a railway engineer when she and her husband, Thomas Wilkinson, were pioneering at Cartier and North Bay as the railway expanded. A divisional superintendent noted her role when asking who fired the engines and kept pumphouses running, and her name was placed on the payroll. Though she has not operated a locomotive for years, she remains active in prizewinning needlework and recalls her husband drove the first locomotive from Pembroke to Cartier, the engine later shown at the Canadian National Exhibit.
The Venice watch maker Mario Piretti unveils an alarm dock that awakens its owner with twenty distinct sounds over twenty consecutive days. The sequence starts with an ordinary bell, followed by noises such as a car horn, a foxtrot melody, and a revolver shot.
A fragmentary exchange from a shop floor shows a floorwalker noting a customer did not buy yet appeared pleased and asking if another viewing is desired. The salesgirl mentions a time thirty to eight.
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