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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 07, 1932
Page
6
A letter from Mrs A J W extols Kruschen Salts as miraculous for her ninety two year old father who runs stairs and stays alert after daily doses. The writer urges every family to adopt the internal cleansing regimen, claiming new blood and renewed youth.
Robert Sloane Gourlay 81 a piano manufacturer and Toronto businessman died recently in this eastern city. A resolution urging the Dominion government to restore old relief rate for men with pensions under 30 dollars a month was passed by the Disabled Veterans Association in Vancouver. Victor Smith 19 year old South African flyer plans a solo England to Cape Town flight in two and a half days after a London to Cape Town leg. Between Calgary and Red Deer about 40 percent of this year’s wheat crop remains unthreshed due to early winter and still in stock. New Zealand will have no Rhodes scholars to send to Oxford this year as five candidates were considered but no awards made. J Graham Oates from the Isle of Man completed 12 000 miles on a motorcycling tour Canada Montreal to Vancouver and returns home. Turner Valley gas field shows alarming pressure drop prompting Alberta gas conservation board tests to reduce production and prolong the field’s life. Premier Herriott and Soviet Ambassador Dovgalevsky signed a Franco Russian non aggression pact, the first such treaty with a great power.
For centuries billiard balls were handmade from natural ivory. Synthetic ivory balls shown at the Leipzig fair claim mathematical accuracy and superiority in play. They are touted as fracture proof and indestructible, offering more accurate gameplay.
Sunday school guide centers on 1 Corinthians 10 31 Do all to the glory of God and reviews Leviticus Nehemiah Zechariah Matthew Mark and Philippians readings. Devotional focus strengthens reverence and practice through listed verses and mentions the gospel messages for study and reflection.
A devotional excerpt discusses Nehemiah 8 and Habakkuk 2 20 emphasizing joy as strength. It cites J E McFadyen Matthew Henry and J H Jowett on holy joy, sorrow’s harms, and the duty to spread cheer. It then reflects Mark 6 30 32 about Jesus guiding the apostles to rest after a strenuous mission near the Sea of Galilee.
A French physician suggests insomniacs sleep with the head to the north and feet south to align with magnetic currents. He claims north to south flow calms the body and aids rest, while cross directions provoke nervousness, restlessness, and poorer next day condition.
A five month total for needles and pins sent to the United Kingdom reached 262430 dollars, up from 150184 dollars the prior year. Most shipments are pins. In a separate note, 3,000,000 men aged 25 to 30 are bachelors and Japan leads as buyer of American motorcycles.
Lord and Lady Astor donate the Virginia House Settlement to Plymouth city. The social center near Katherine of Aragon’s first English night includes a hall, classrooms, gym, kitchens, library, and a new nursery with rocking horses and toys for children, open five nights weekly.
The Department of Trade and Commerce and a consortium of Java to Atlantic steamship lines arrange a monthly service from Halifax to Egypt Ceylon British Malaya and Java in the Netherlands East Indies to boost direct trade between Canada and Far East regions.
The World’s Grain Show building for Regina’s congress next year rises with red pillar rows and grain frieze. Electric fixtures, ceiling murals of Canadian industries, exhibit stalls by country, and a High River E P Ranch replica populate the vast space.
Preparation of the report by Major General D. C. Ormond Dominion superintendent of penitentiaries into the Portsmouth riots is in progress.
The Saskatchewan Anti Tuberculosis League runs three sanatoria including the Saskatoon facility to treat tuberculosis. In 1931 deaths and new cases fell due to Christmas Seals funded preventive work, with 6,914 people receiving examinations and support for new births and contacts. The league urges ongoing public generosity as costs rise and times remain difficult.
The text asserts British police are backed by robust law preventing evasions by unscrupulous lawyers. It contrasts with other countries where loopholes shield suspects. It notes British officers rarely need to carry weapons, embodying “the majesty of the law.”
Charles W. Lindsay of Montreal, noted businessman and philanthropist, has been made an honorary life member of the Montreal Kiwanis Club. The distinction is shared only with the Prince of Wales, marking a rare honor for Lindsay.
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