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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1939
Page
2
The article weighs centralizing power in Ottawa against local self government across nine provinces and municipalities. It notes contrasts between efficiency and potential overreach, with Western concerns about representation and the democratic value of local control. It urges careful public consideration.
Bell Telephone Laboratories analyzed over 750000 tests showing hearing worsens with age and men tend to lose high frequency sounds earlier than women. About one in twenty five struggle with speeches and one in 125 with ordinary conversation. Tests showed no morning night difference and many participants were in New York or San Francisco.
J Coetzee of Christiana Transvaal shocked staff in a Durban tearoom by asking for tea and sandwiches then consuming glass bulbs and a safety razor blade. He claimed years of eating glass for jaw exercise and recalled a 13 year old punishment for breaking tumblers.
Twenty five years after writing two letters Max Bachum and a Chicago mail order clerk began a lifelong correspondence. He visited Chicago and later met her, and they wed on a Weatherford Oklahoma farm now celebrating their silver anniversary. The shotgun order remains unresolved.
Walter B. Harris notes in Peking public spaces canaries parade in cages as owners stroll by, yet the birds refuse to sing in cages. The birds sing only at home, possibly due to the owner's calm walk or perceived care.
ARP officials blind tested a special light filter at Shoreham airport in an eight seat plane. At 700 to 2000 feet the crew could not detect headlights of four cars below. The filter reportedly emits enough light for ground driving yet hides beams from above.
An old health note claims varicose veins can be eased by applying Moone's ZEmeran OFF twice daily. It asserts veins shrink in eight days and return to normal with regular use, urging immediate action despite unclear product details.
An eastern paper dismisses a local legend about drowning victims sinking three times, noting no fact supports the claim and that sinking can vary with circumstances. It cites a Port Arthur News Chronicle remark on the old tale and its disposal.
Colonel Hamilton Gault presented Lady Patricia Ramsay with a silver rose bowl on behalf of past and present officers of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry to celebrate the regiment's 25th anniversary. Gault, then based in Montreal and now in England, raised and equipped the unit early in the Great War named after Princess Patricia living at Rideau Hall with the Duke of Connaught as governor-general.
A. E. Maundrell of Mount Forest Ontario won a permanent wave in a carnival draw. He is bald, illustrating the adage almonds bring fortune to those without teeth. British railways require fourteen million tons of coal annually for locomotives workshops and hotels.
In South Kinloss Bruce county Ontario a church clings to ancient Scottish worship no organ no hymns only psalms. John Macdonald known as Sandy has chaired Kinloss church as precentor for 58 years and is the sole precentor in Canada. Rev G M Young leads the parish and a nearby iron monument honors Rev Alexander MacKenzie who died November 13 1894 aged 16. The church is supported by 45 Scottish families.
A Reuters analysis estimates total European land forces at about 8.5 million excluding naval and air units. It shows the Rome Berlin axis totaling roughly 2.7 million, Britain and France leading the Allied bloc with about 1.6 million between them, and a neutral group around 0.4 million. The Soviet Union, with about 2 million, looms as the potential decisive counterweight.
The Cherry Grove Lutheran Church near Salisbury North Carolina, aged 65, holds a single annual service for former members who renew ties. The church is dusted and used only on that designated day. A piano to match coats is joked about as the latest baby grand features tweed or bright leather upholstery.
A cleaning solution that removes grease clears clogged drains and deodorizes homes. It scours pots and pans and eases heavy cleaning work. Keep a tin handy for sanitary odorless results.
Jesse Wallace of London handed old fashioned gold-rimmed spectacles to the Southend police desk after claiming he found them 25 years ago during a honeymoon trip. He said the item slipped his mind until returning home and planned to hand them in on his next visit, which happened then.
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