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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 06, 1936
Page
2
The article discusses drowning season in prairie provinces and urges non swimmers to learn to swim and others to practice cold water desensitization. It cites a Rochester physician’s test and emphasizes supervision, safety, and prevention through swimming education for children and adults.
The item cites counts: 1 024 000 people named Johnson in the United States. It notes Ecua dors navy has one ship, Mexico five, Peru fourteen. It gives Canadian farms with about 2 628 500 sheep and lambs and states Americans eat meals outside the home at 21 percent.
Sequoyah, Cherokee inventor, created the Indian alphabet in 1821 and the Cherokees became the only Indiana group with literature recorded in that script.
The Canadian General Council of the Boy Scouts Association reported broader activities and higher membership for 1936. Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir as chief scout presided with Sir Edward Beatty as president. Total membership reached 85,946, up 5,349, with Ontario leading at 31,585 and Saskatchewan 6,626, Alberta 7,032, Manitoba 7,111, British Columbia 6,851.
A Detroit admirer sent a 2500 word telegram to Kay Francis, claiming wealth and romance. The 212.85 dollar missive stretched across 22 telegraph forms as she pondered an answer following a Hollywood contact bid. In other news a Sicilian cave yielded bones of 2000 hippopotamists and a small blood sample.
A local advertisement from Mrs HM Rhame of 141 ssiede St London Ontario promotes a tonic for fatigue weight loss and weakness claiming it restores energy. The notice urges readers in need of tonic relief to try the product billed as a remedy for diminishing health.
Scald milk in top of double boiler. Mix Benson's Corn Starch and salt with cold milk, add to hot milk and cook until thick. Stir in egg yolk with corn syrup then orange and lemon juices and rind. Fold into beaten egg white with sugar, mold, and chill well before serving.
In a lower Egyptian village during the census a mother Rifaiya El-Sayed aged 187 and her daughter Moucharrafa Hachem aged 107 were recorded as centenarians. Officials challenged the ages until the mother recounted Napoleon's campaign in Egypt in 2201, prompting disbelief.
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