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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 15, 1927
Page
6
Disjointed notes recount events from Jerusalem to London, Geneva to Toronto. Mentions immigration debates, a cabinet resignation, the League of Nations, and a Canadian university investiture. Several names appear in passing with unclear roles amid scattered references to India unrest and a scientist departing Scotland.
A buyer offered $1000 for Jaen No. or $3000 for ten birds, but the University of British Columbia rejected the deal due to the bird's breeding value. Belidings lined with wood are claimed to yield better sap reproduction than other materials. A blush is cited as one of the few things that cannot be counterfeited.
Ancient desert dig uncovers a queen's burial beneath Sahara sands. Mummified jewelry including gold bracelets emeralds and pearls along with a carved comb and stone statue suggest a civilization door centuries old and predating the Christian era. Aged treasure hints at vast lost urban centers.
The page details pattern No 1641 for misses and plus sizes with 96 bust, fabric requirements and sleeve options, and pattern No 1349 for ages 16 18 20 with fabric yardage. It mentions a bodice top and plaited fronts, plus notes on fashion book advances and pattern prices. A stray line references Soviet Arctic communications at Cape De sire.
Mrs Brace and Victor Brace led a two vehicle party across Northern Europe to Finland and Lapland, covering about 6600 miles in 28 days. They aimed to reach the Arctic Ocean to sea bath, encountering rough tracks and heat described as 90 degrees in shade. The journey marked a broadened scope for car tourism toward the North Cape as roads improve.
The Irish Free State selected Percy Metcalfe, a young Yorkshireman, as the winner for its new coinage designs amid global competition. The winning eight designs feature symbols like a hen, sow, hare, and salmon to represent food production and sacred wells. Competitors included renowned sculptor Mestroviće, and the coins will align with British coinage in size and type.
A fragmentary report notes Julia Parker seen on a warm day, wearing a fur piece around her neck with a friend nearby. The text is garbled and unclear about the event or location beyond these details.
The first shipment of antelope from Papada to the United States will be made soon. Charles Blazer, a rancher at Lake Newell, has contracted to ship 22 head of antelope to a Texas banker.
The article touts aluminum as the wonder metal of the age highlighting lightness brightness rust resistance and many advantages for containers and food packaging The piece notes aluminum as ideal for Rose Tea packaging and stresses modern metal packaging as a key development.
The article notes Japan's non stop flight successes spark interest in aviation but warns Japan lacks planes and pilots capable of a Pacific crossing within 12 months. It cites a 1920s record of 11 hours by Jafax and only two hours at night, describing Japan as courageous yet lacking invention, engine sense, and regulatory ease.
Hon. Carles Stewart and Dr. Charles Camsell sail to Geneva as Canadian Government representatives. They will visit industrial centers in Germany and England to study advances in lignite and bituminous coal by products. The trip aims to verify claims of oil extraction from coal and related industrial progress. An unrelated historical anecdote about John Lawrence and a Telilsher is noted.
In a devotional reading from First Kings and Psalm 122, readers witness two processions bearing the Ark of the Covenant from Gibeon and Zion to Solomon’s Temple. Clergy describe sacrifices, incense, and tribal leadership, urging modern believers to offer devotion in a purified way rather than emulate ancient excess.
The famous Tulleries tulips have died from automobile exhaust along Rue de Rivoli in Paris. Dutch growers introduced the bulbs five years ago to the Tuileries Gardens, but winds carry fumes from cars, harming the flowers each year and proving the pollution impact on city parks.
Advertising on Empire Marketing Board lines promotes Canadian and domestic bacon as appetizing for breakfast citing quality from Canadian packing plants. A humorous aside notes Japanese imperial banter and a New York anecdote about wine, manners, and criminal perception in social settings.
Fragmented OCR text discusses praise for statesmen as fathers of Confederation, mentions vision, national unity, and governance ideals, with references to Canadian figures, education, energy policy, and economic prospects amid unclear lines and garbled phrases.
The Canadian Har Association report calls for immediate legislation to amend the criminal code. It proposes replacing a one year sentence for auto theft with two months imprisonment plus a second month whipping with a strap and adds a parole system and supervised sentence plan. Judge B Coatsworth urged provincial action.
London planners promise a landmark airship station at Graydon England nearing completion. A unique hotel terrace will let diners watch giant three motor passenger planes ascend to Paris Berlin Moscow or Constantia. Visitors may travel from London to Berlin then onward to Pekin via rapid air routes.
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