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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1938
Page
7
Sergeant Terry questions Annie and Hammond about Jeanne Towers at the cafe and on the trail to the Stikine. Jeanne seeks aid from Hammond while revealing hardship and past ties to Barstow as they discuss dogs, money, and a risky future in the gold rush frontier.
The article notes boxing has fewer deaths than football, with 30 boxing deaths in 15 years versus about 15 times more in football. It juxtaposes a radio broadcast quip about a broken radio during a broadcast and a vague joke about reliability.
A past year shows Gideon Society distributing 81 000 Bibles, above the 30 year average of 50 000. Bibles placed in hospitals, hotels, agencies, schools and prisons counter materialism with spiritual refuge.
Madame Charliat, longtime Paris floral chief for visiting dignitaries, prepared 7000 red and pink rose arrangements for King George and Queen Elizabeth at the Salle des Fetes. Her 30 year career spans numerous presidents as she crafted garlands, crown baskets, Sevres dancers and crystal bowls.
Dr Maurice Ernest, biologist and head of the Centenarian Club, cites a Bechuanaland find claimed to be 140 years old. He notes his review of centenarian claims and states the longest verified human life is just over 113 years, attributed to Pierre Joubert who died in the early 1800s.
The Lethbridge Herald reports MP R J Deachman’s westward tour where a Manitoba farmer says mechanization eases hiring and daily chores. He notes the shift from dead or stalled labor to engines and electrical devices that lighten farm life for wives and daughters alike. The mechanized farm home is arriving in some regions.
Spanish General Franco refuses a Russian ship entry to Cadiz port delaying 30 000 hogsheads of salt for St John as Newfoundland and Labrador fishermen face shortages while codfish run. A British registry ship was hired to carry the salt amid the port restriction based on war material claims.
Saskatchewan produced 4,509,703 pounds of creamery butter in July, a new all time monthly high and up 317,201 pounds or 7.5 percent from July of last year. June had previously been the top month with 4,328,346 pounds. Central area drove most of the rise, with the south showing a smaller gain.
Dr. W. R. Lovelace of the Mayo Foundation led tests of a novel respirator mask designed as a substitute for oxygen tents. A Northwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Minneapolis spent seven hours forty minutes at 31 000 feet to evaluate the mask and data was retrieved for medical science.
The piece argues that despite fluctuating European policy, the Franco British alliance remains a fixed point. It notes ceremonial Paris welcomes for the King and Queen of England contrast with Rome's imperial pageantry and asserts France's strength is not overstated to impress the British visitors.
Residents of Mound Bayou Mississippi herald four year old Sam Mitchell Jr as the worlds strongest baby likening him to Joe Louis He reportedly lifts a 24 pound flour sack or two 10 pound molasses buckets with ease revealing a humorous boast amid droughts exposing a dried up Chambon lake bed and a lost village A philosopher is defined as one who never becomes excited regardless of events.
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