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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 02, 1936
Page
4
The piece traces air conditioning from candy and textile industries to theatres, restaurants, and public venues. It highlights railways testing cooled passenger cars to improve ventilation, then office buildings adopting cooled spaces to attract tenants, with residential use following.
Major-General Sir James H. MacBrien, visiting Regina, said Mounties plan swimming and life saving and photography instruction. A photography course will start this year, but swimming and life saving wait for a Regina pool, unlikely this summer, with a new gymnasium hoped for indoors. A centralized training school may train officers from other forces to return as instructors.
Sugar planter A B Farquhar says Fiji Islands are in a commercial boom with a new 170 mile road on Vanua Levu and plans to motor the full 250 mile coast. Copra demand has fallen slightly but new gold strikes attract attention and crop failures are rare.
Edmonton inventor Julius Pahal, a young bicycle repair shop proprietor, unveiled a simple flashing brake stoplight designed to reduce bike accidents. He plans to manufacture and market the device for cyclists.
During a visit, relatives praise their big mongrel dog as part of the family. The hostess asks which one, implying the dog is treated with equal familiarity to actual family members.
Researchers in London examine Naga Maru Ale bulbs said to possess power to induce love. The plant is a yam with a lily like flower. legend says a prince used its juice to make his sister fall in love after touching her with a sword.
Thousands from Calgary Edmonton Winnipeg and other western cities trek to the Peace River district to settle on farms rather than wait at soup kitchens. Bishop A H Sovereign of Athabasca told Anglican clerics in Ottawa that the movement is growing and should become a major factor in solving unemployment.
A town man loses a purse containing a sum of money. An honest finder advertises for the loser and, after the ad is answered, returns the purse to the usurer. The finder counts the contents multiple times, prompting the remark that the money had been held for over a month.
A report notes unusually long centipedes reaching 18 inches in length in India. It highlights regional sightings and possible environmental factors behind the rare size.
Nancy Pyper of Hart House theatre told Toronto Advertising and Sales Club members that Lloyd George keeps improving his voice. He had shared privately how crucial his voice is to his public impact, saying one voice can do everything and move audiences.
Lethbridge Constable John Kennedy ridicules molasses on bagpipes used by Tom Reid M P. Kennedy says brown sugar and water keep bags soft and cites Neil MacCrimmon and Miss Sadie Wilson as prominent users.
William B. Stout argues cities on wheels could replace fixed foundations as economic growth and mobile homes drive the trend. He notes Florida trailer camps with 150 trailers hint at a future where taxpayers move to the most economical cities and business efficiency governs urban life.
Countess Rosie von Waldeck of Berlin, among the women arriving on the Hindenburg, argues women should help design airship appointments and layouts. She notes dinner attire matters and hopes a female voice shapes cabin design and amenities for comfort and beauty.
Mary Jackson, a Lanark housemaid, inherits £26,000 from Miss Marion Brown's will. After probate, Jackson departs her home to avoid a deluge of marriage proposals sparked by the legacy, while Brown dies at 84 and leaves the fortune to the maid.
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