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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 23, 1935
Page
4
The Moscow Institute of the Brain reports experiments recording brain activity while thinking. A patient sits before a camera with temple needles connected to a transformer. as questions trigger mental activity, the film shows varying peaks on a dial, aiming to aid mental ailment treatment.
Major Fred Brewster, a Rocky Mountain guide, proposes domesticating moose to replace horses in Canada’s north. He argues moose are strong, adaptable for riding or driving, and could feed themselves in winter by eating willow tips above the snow. He plans to capture calves and employ experienced handlers to train them.
A farmer delivering eggs to a local house found he sent one extra egg and refused to lose on the mistake. The householder joked then offered a drink to settle the matter. The farmer requested egg and milk as his toast.
Certain frogs lizards and snakes are equipped with trapdoors that seal the burrow entrance. The body part acts as a lid enabling rapid shelter from predators or weather. This adaptation showcases behavioral and anatomical convergence across herpetofauna.
Oliver Stanley the new president of the Board of Education in London is puzzled by a Welsh school entrance paper question. A rabbit 40 yards from its burrow is chased by a greyhound. rabbit leaps five feet while greyhound leaps nine feet and the rabbit makes three leaps to two of the hound. The minister admits he cannot answer.
The R M S Nascopie left Montreal on July 23 1935 on a government expedition to the eastern Arctic with Major D L McKeand in charge. He holds more than 300 letters entrusted by the Canadian Radio Commission to be distributed to officials at various ports. The letters originate from people worldwide for transmission to relatives across the Arctic.
An explorer traveling to British Guiana plans to carry a small electric power unit to run a radio fan and ice box while studying indigenous communities. The description notes lightning currents from about 4 000 to 220 000 amperes.
Blackpool police officer P C George Harrison was surprised when a group of pupils from Devonshire Road junior girls' school presented a token gift. The brown paper parcel contained silk handkerchiefs a tie pin and a penny with a note expressing appreciation. The penny marked the gift fund balance and teachers were unaware of the gesture.
A scientist estimates the giant puff ball contains six trillion spores, each capable of yielding another large fungus under favorable conditions.
The text describes timekeeping methods in the South Seas and Borneo using moon sticks and tattooed poles. It notes a Dyak shadow calendar tied to seasonal changes and calendar-makers collecting crop payments. American Indians tally days with five bundles of sticks, adjusting for solstices.
The judge sternly condemns George Washington Tubbs as no-account and shiftless and declares a year of hard labor. Mrs Tubbs pleads from the rear asking the judge to modify the sentence so he can stay at home while still performing hard labor.
A brief note reports real nuts being utilized as a material in making women’s clothing. The item highlights unusual inputs in fashion production and suggests a novelty or experimental trend observed in the trade.
A Toronto Humane Society director exposes a horse racket that preys on worn out animals bought cheaply in rural areas. Traders drug and rebalance aging horses to look fit, selling to pedlars, then discard them as they collapse within days. One dealer allegedly raffled a dead horse to fifty buyers, refunding the loser while others remained unaware.
An eight inch water pipe burst on the top floor of Buckingham Palace at four in the morning. Housemaids awakened by an icy stream flooding their beds. The night watchman shut off the mains and saved the State rooms below. Duke of Gloucester’s recently returned presents were moved to safety 12 hours earlier.
The author argues that fair dealing and square dealing should guide private actions toward employees and neighbors as much as national conduct. Everyday acts reflecting honesty build trust in all relations, from individuals to large organizations.
A Kansas City filling station advertises a bargain "The Dionne Five gals for 79 cents" inviting motorists to simply ask for "One Dionne" to obtain five gallons of gasoline.
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