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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 03, 1935
Page
6
Emperor Haile Selassie ordered a Jijiga region chieftain flogged for cowardice in battle. Troops and his property were transferred to another Ethiopian commander.
In Mount Auburn cemetery Stickney Chicago diggers exhumed 400 Orientals under the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. The association had pledged to insure final interment in China upon payment of a stipulated fee, ensuring peaceful rest beside ancestral graves. The article also notes a pelican pouch holds seven quarts of water.
An astronomical star census reported to the National Academy of Sciences in Charlottesville Virginia suggests more suns like ours exist than previously believed. P Van de Kamp and A N Vyssotsky of the Leaner McCormick Observatory counted both dwarf and giant stars, increasing the estimated number of potential sun-like systems. The article also lists a crisp cookie recipe with chocolate, corn syrup, and nuts, baked briefly at high heat.
The article describes how different colored stones indicate mandarins ranks from red ruby or pink tourmaline for the highest to white rock and crystal for the lowest. It also notes Americans buy about $30,000,000 worth of fraudulent stocks weekly.
Captain Gustaf Erikson of Marienhamn Finland redirects five of his largest windjammers to Australia where they will be loaded with grain and other merchandise for Britain. His fleet comprises 26 vessels totaling 68 670 gross tons and he is famed for his fortune from sailing ships. Sawfish snouts are used to spear head models by various savage tribes.
Knit and Purl Your Way to Style shows a dressy sweater blouse with fanlike knit pleats and a self pattern in the body. It recommends pairing with a simple knitted skirt, offers pattern 5484 for sizes 16 18 and 38 40, and notes material needs and a 20 cent pattern request to the Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
The lesson centers on Nehemiah facing ridicule from Sanballat and Tobiah as he leads the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s wall. It emphasizes the motto the people had a mind to work, the unity of foes against the project, strategic defense during construction, and the wall’s completion in 52 days with a dedication forthcoming.
A sergeant orders halt and tests recruitment with a question to Jones about his past as a horse driver. Jones responds that he was a horse driver before enlisting, prompting further drill unit commands as the squad continues marching.
Alan Priest, curator at the Metropolitan Museum, has a tomb prepared for him in the Buddhist monastery of Chief Tai Ssu near Peiping. The Ming dynasty grave sits in the communal yard, a gray brick pillar ten feet high, shaded by ancient pagodas and evergreens. Priest, a Harvard graduate and sinologist, gained favor with the abbott and hopes a Chinese character plaque may later bear his name.
A large ornate cabinet with a sinister history on view at Selfridges in London. It was once given to Lucrezia Borgia by Caesar and reputedly held secret drawers with a needle poisoned in the handle. Later linked to Cardinal de Medici, Czar Alexander I, and Rasputin, the piece is now owned by Baron von Landauer and offered for £3000.
A romantic proposal in a car leads to an unexpected refusal while one party was hospitalized. The exchanged lines show the insistence of the proposal and the decisive response occurring in the hospital setting.
Nature furnishes mineral salts in abundance refined as Saskasal Salts by chemists. The product is presented as a simple, pleasant remedy for constipation indigestion rheumatism mild kidney or liver troubles. Available at all drug stores priced at 69e.
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