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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1935
Page
2
A reflective column cites Mr. King’s use of the word whither urging readers to examine their goals and direction in life. It asks individuals and communities to pause, assess whether their work, schooling, and civic actions lead toward meaningful aims or mere drift, and to visualize outcomes before acting.
Crowds gathered nightly in the French concession near a Shanghai school believing a red glow signified a Chinese deity. The glow proved to be reflections from an illuminated theatre sign across the street.
The Pan Pacific Press Bureau bulletin says tabu is an Hawaiian contribution to American folk words. It notes ancient Polynesians had many tabus including prohibitions on women eating in front of men or cooking under the same roof.
The Coun try Home editors in New York use slow motion cameras to measure thunderbolts and estimate electricity released in a lightning flash. A thundercloud stores about the same energy as a single light bulb uses in a minute, generating it in five minutes then releasing it at five billion volts. A cloud can produce three million kilowatts of power as it builds to strike, with the arc starting as a 50 yard tongue of flame stretching earthward in stages before the main stroke back to the cloud in a 50 millionth to 50 thousandth of a second and a final ground-to-sky flare.
Irish Freemasons adopt minister Patrick Ruttledge's suggestion to omit singing God Save the King at dinners. A Cork lodge incident triggered the move as gunmen attacked in response to fervent singing. Ruttledge offered protection, but the decision to toast in silence remains for peace.
Adolf Johnson of Calgary unveils a home built working model of a bank burglar trap. A pressed button drops steel plates to block windows and revolving doors, trapping robbers. Johnson patented the contrivance in 1922 and continues refining it alongside other inventions.
French author Piron was arrested and arraigned after a belittling magistrate insulted him as a poet. The judge taunted, and Piron replied that his brother is a poet, to which he added that his own brother is a fool, turning the exchange into a sharp retort.
A London expert asserts oaks are most prone to lightning. Since 1932 no birch beech holly or horse chestnut in England has been struck, indicating oaks carry a greater risk.
A fashion note describes a shirtwaist dress with demure feminine air. Inverted front plaits allow easy stride and a slimming back yoke. Silk printed necktie, maize and white checked silk gingham, short sleeves. sizes 14 to 40. Patterns 15c. mail orders to Pattern Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
Miss Frances B. Clapp reports in Kyoto that fuel shortages make heating costly and Japan residents, including wealthy Occidentals, may eat breakfast in bed to save fuel as a practical economy measure.
In Turkestan a grass species was found that, when uprooted by storms, falls downward and replants itself. The discovery notes the plant's unusual self propagating habit and potential implications for local vegetation dynamics.
Garnet wheat will be marketed as a distinct grade starting August 1, announced E B Ramsay chair of the board of grain commissioners. The price will be set by ordinary market conditions and marketing will use existing channels. Parliament appropriated 1.5 million dollars to recompense holders during the transition. Garnet will split into No 1 Garnet and No 2 Garnet. inferior lots go to No 3 Northern or lower grades.
Dr. Dennis' pure cooling liquid antiseptic offers quick relief from itching due to pimples bites eczema and rashes. The 35c trial bottle is guaranteed to prove it or money back and is made by the owners of Italian Balm.
An oak ox-yoke made in 1882 by George Cross of Inchkeith Sask is exhibited as a relic. It later served in the 1885 Riel rebellion and has withstood decades outdoors, preserved well. Mrs Cross presents the piece to Regina museum as a Saskatchewan souvenir of early days.
The renowned violin maker Antonio Stradivari died nearly two centuries ago, yet the finish of his instruments remains unparalleled in quality. The varnish notes exceptional luster and durability attributed to his methods and materials.
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