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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 14, 1936
Page
6
An advertisement touts Wincarnis as a delicious tonic to ward off illness and restore energy. It claims the wine provides grape, beef, and malt extracts to improve sleep, nerves, blood, and vitality with regular three-times daily use. Harold F. Ritchie & Co. Ltd. of Toronto is listed as sales agents.
Orders for at least half a million bicycles and 30 000 motorcycles were sold at the Olympia show. The Alberta speaker will be N E Tanner. The New York Times and Chicago Tribune are again allowed entry to Italy. Lady Tweedsmuir joined the Canadian Women’s Press Club. Dr Walter A Riddell was elected honorary president of a Pan American labour office conference. The RAF is testing a silent airplane at Farnborough. The Shatford library volumes went to University of King’s College Halifax. Prince Albert ratepayers paid 20000 dollars more in taxes. Queen Giovanna sent silver to Italy’s war fund. BC loggers received pay raises up to 15 50 a month. Several thousand men affected.
Dr Otto Vogt Von Sickingen of Haverford Pennsylvania announces what he believes to be the world’s largest radium deposit along the Corentyn river near Dutch and British Guiana. He will not reveal the exact site until terms with the governing authorities are set. He also mentions a possible cure for infantile paralysis from a drug boiled from a South American reptile’s skin. A North American grebe is noted for eating its own feather.
Three printing presses offered in excellent condition including One Pony Optimus Cylinder, 10x15, 12x18 Chandler & Price Gordon, plus a 26 inch guillotine cutter and a Linotype machine. Apply Box 26, Regina, Saskatchewan.
A new Royal Bank calendar reconstructs the 1836 opening of the Champlain and St Lawrence line at La Prairie. It confirms the Dorchester hauled the inaugural train, notes its tiny size compared with modern engines, and lists the 8,600 miles and 15,929 passengers carried in year one.
Harry Hill, a Toronto news agent long employed on Canadian National Railway routes between Windsor and Toronto, has learned six languages besides English. He now sells goods on trains and can converse in French, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Chinese and Iroquois. Hill remembers whole sentences after hearing them once or twice and traces his language flair to Canada’s immigrant era.
A Milan municipal indoor swimming pool classed among the world’s three finest has been ordered shut during the national crisis to save light power and heating costs. Opened in October 1934 the building sits on the former railroad site with a glass roof a concrete gallery and 1000 dressing rooms. The complex featured year round cooling via an elaborate heating system and could host winter and summer swimming.
G Lloyd under secretary of the home office told MPs that no gas mask offers complete protection against every known poisonous gas. London faced its worst day for fatal street accidents on a Saturday.
Golden text from Luke 4 8 urges worship of the Lord alone. Lesson covers Luke 3 1 4 15 with devotional reading Hebrews 2 10 18, shaping a compact devotional on faith, service, and obedience.
Commentary on Luke chapter 3 describing Jesus' baptism by John as the moment that launched his public ministry. It notes Luke’s emphasis on time and spirit rather than detailing the event, and argues Jesus remained divine yet empowered for his mission. References C. R. Erdman.
Freshwater mansion Farringford on the Isle of Wight is offered for rent. The house long served as a shrine to poet Alfred Tennyson, who rented it in November 1853 and bought the estate three years later, marking the height of his prestige.
A Bible was stolen from the police court clerk’s desk in Peterborough Ontario causing an adjournment until a substitute was borrowed from the city clerk. Witnesses were sworn with the city clerk’s Bible and court business continued. A mink coat is described as being made from 60 or more skins.
A universal sponge recipe starts with Royal Yeast, water, milk, sugar, and bread flour. Soak yeast, mix with sugars and flour, heat to batter, then rise overnight or until doubled. Add salt in warm weather to prevent over fermentation for best results.
An easy lace crochet afghan pattern 5254 offers a warm finish with daisy stripe design. Directions, color options, and materials are shown with illustration. request pattern by sending 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union. No Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
A concise reflection argues that happiness is a reward earned through actions and choices rather than a spontaneous event, emphasizing mindset and effort as causal factors in joyful outcomes.
Ontario tourism records show 95 076 cars and 380 304 people flocked to Callander near Dafoe hospital from June through September 1935. Average daily car stops rose from 570 in June to 1 486 in August, with revenue around 74 307 from highways and near 1 000 000 for local businesses, most visitors being Americans.
Oliver Myers leads the Sir Robert Mond expedition of the Egypt Exploration Society to locate Cleopatra's birth temple. The party aims to uncover remains at Armant linked to ancient South Sahara civilizations and possibly Timbuctoo. A German physiologist reports mushrooms contain vitamin D.
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