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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 22, 1931
Page
2
A meditation on world gloom and reforms argues that failure lies in teaching methods. It asserts education neglects Nature's immutable laws and critical thinking, urging early instruction in political economy and practical reasoning to ground youth and guide global action.
Lord Strathcona offers Glencoe estate in Scotland for sale. The property covers over 75 miles and extends 22 miles from Loch Leven to Bannock. It recalls the 1692 massacre of the MacDonalds, with the sentinel rock on site.
Vancouver Merchants' Exchange estimates indicate wheat shipments from Vancouver will exceed 70,000,600 bushels for the current crop year. Through June 11, 65,872,425 bushels were moved, up from 43,917,181 a year earlier.
Captain Hugh Duncan Grant announced plans for eight seadromes along the Atlantic route between the United States and Great Britain. The first offshore platform will be built next spring with a six acre deck 70 feet above water and buoyed by air and ballast tanks designed for stability.
Australia issued three commemorative stamps for Kingsford Smith world flights. A two pence red a three pence blue and a six pence air mail mauve stamp share the same aeroplane design with Australia and Kingsford Smith’s World Flights inscriptions. The six pence air mail stamp sold out in Melbourne within fifteen minutes after sale began.
Four hundred diviners from diverse professions gathered in Verona to attempt water and metal divining. A commission buried nine ten foot holes with metals and pipes in the stadium to test skills, and all spots were located. Prof Mercati of Rome University wore rubber soled shoes to avoid disturbing sensations while sensing currents. Persian Balm marketed for beauty and grooming also features in the piece.
The Soviet Government has granted visas to George Bernard Shaw and Lady Nancy Astor along with other prominent Britons who plan to visit Russia this summer. A Power Of Its Own. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil claims a subtle power and is marketed as a versatile liniment for humans and animals.
The provincial government orders agents and police in remote districts to grant unemployed individuals a 40 cent daily food credit at local stores, applying to both women and men as relief begins. A note recalls a 1559 tobacco introduction by a Spaniard from the West Indies. WwW. N. U. 1899.
The House of Commons will consider an amendment to the criminal code proposed by Justice Minister Hugh Guthrie aimed at stopping nude parades by western Canadian Doukhobors. It imposes three years' imprisonment on summary conviction for nude parading and for anyone found nude in public, on someone else’s private property, or exposing nudity on their own property to public view. The definition of nude is clothing so scant as to be indecent.
Edmonton lumberman J. Victor Carlson and his son Arthur V. Carlson say their process converts muskeg litter into a fine insulation material Mosstex. Experimental work has progressed to offer the product to the building trade.
A Philadelphia man calls a birdstore and orders 30,000 cockroaches to fulfill a lease clause. He explains he must leave the premises in exact condition, prompting the unusual request.
In Parliament July 9 1931 William Graham announced a 30 month export credit limit for heavy engineering goods to Soviet Russia up from 24 months matching European moves. Reported plans for a new credit of about 30 million dollars were denied. A pleasant medicine for children is Mother Graves Worm Exterminator.
Official confirmation of outbreaks in England Scotland and Ireland prompts the Dominion Department of Agriculture to revoke all permits for importing cattle sheep goats and other ruminants and swine from infected countries. Shipments already en route as of June 20 1931 may proceed to Canadian points but new permits are suspended indefinitely.
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