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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 13, 1935
Page
2
Harvest time brings effort across the western plains as growers face heavy losses from wheat rust after favorable rains and earlier optimism. Authorities warn no agency can prevent losses, but emphasize resilience, urging courage and adaptation for future gains.
Dr N Zaiss of Vienna asserts honey is the best wound healer surpassing ointments. He cites thousands of treated cases with no failures, noting honey soothes pain, speeds healing, and serves as an antiseptic, effective for burns and carbuncles. Surplus dairy nations list includes New Zealand and Denmark among others.
Sir Malcolm Campbell and Captain George Eyston announce a September attempt at a 24 hour and 300 mph pace on Utahs Bonneville salt flats. Campbell will race Blue Bird aiming for 300 mph, while Eyston rides a front drive Rolls powered car with 46 gallon tanks to sustain 160 mph averages and relief driver Albert Denly accompanies them.
Demand for homespun spinning wheels and hand looms grows around Murray Bay Quebec as housewives fill orders for natural dyed fabrics. Murray Bay famed for blankets and spreads attracts tourists, while locals produce fabrics used in suits skirts sport jackets and coats with natural colors and weaves. Habitant women craft from start to finish and men also adopt homespun for sportswear.
Researchers in Germany have developed a method to grow heavy wood for poles ties and other uses by injecting a chemical preservative including arsenic into living trees. The solution travels to the tree ends preserving the wood as the tree dies allowing immediate use for rails telegraphs and telephones.
The observatory at Oxford, England, unveils a new solar tower telescope. It is the first of its kind in England and the only large astronomical telescope worldwide with optical parts entirely made of fused quartz.
More than two dozen species of orchids grow wild in the regions around Chicago as naturalists note rich plant diversity. Local observers report varied habitats supporting several orchid types in the countryside near the city.
Eightes pattern advertises a raglan sleeved swagger coat in lightweight wool and vivid colors for daytime wear. It notes sizes 14 to 20, yardage for 54 and 39 inch fabrics, and mail order details from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union Pattern Dept. Patterns cost 15 cents with a Summer Fashion Book offering more vacation clothes.
Sir Bolton Eyres-Mansell told the House of Commons Britain’s naval building program cannot be fixed until naval conference results and other powers programs are known. He denied attention to unofficial statements about a $750 million battle fleet by 1942 and said Britain has outlined a hypothetical program to the United States, Germany, France and others.
The human eye perceives light from 167 ten millionths to 266 ten millionths of an inch, producing violet to red sensations.
The Port of London Authority renamed the Thames stretch between the Pool of London and Lambeth Reach as The King's Reach to honor the King's silver jubilee. It covers London Bridge to Westminster, along with landmarks like St Paul's, Cleopatra's Needle, and Scotland Yard, echoing royal and historic sites along the river.
J H Gratton of Liverpool University spoke at Wilberforce House for the York shire Dialect Society on slang cant and jargon. He argued that English cannot be fully learned without slang and vulgarities, noting context determines meaning and urging study of how regional slang becomes general usage.
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