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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 10, 1938
Page
7
Health notice promotes Postum as a tea and coffee substitute. It urges adults who can safely drink caffeine to try a 30 day test by purchasing Postum and drinking it instead of tea or coffee, while advising all children should avoid these beverages.
In a London study, Sir Peter and Mr Wyncoop mull financing plans as the Earl of Bingley hosts guests in a champagne drenched gathering. Clara-Martha Phelps flirts, jokes about age, and the party ends with Ernest Bingley waking to a pistol leveled at his head.
In a dim library Ernest faces Master Mervin Wyncoop who toys with a broken duelling pistol. Mervin reveals plans for a jewel theft at the Tower of London aided by a two-man crew and a fear of grownups. Ernest weighs betraying the family as the encounter ends with a cliffhanger.
A.T. Barber, the only man who knew the value of Windsor Castle contents, died in Hove England at 80. Commissioned by Queen Victoria 40 years ago to appraise gold plate art antiques and china he never divulged the findings. Barber a former Windsor mayor was noted as an antique dealer.
Col. Sir Frank Watney age 68 told the 4th Queen's Old Comrades in Croydon England that he could make them jump without a microphone in the past and could do it again, recalling his wartime showmanship during a dinner event.
A dialogue fragment shows a county constable questioning how the escape occurred with guards at exits. The constable notes belief the escapee left through an entrance and that all exits were monitored.
Sir Francis Floud, British high commissioner to Canada, testified that political support does not influence civil service appointments. The British system bars former MPs from government posts and private secretaries from continued govt service after tenure. Open competitive exams, directed by the civil service commission, govern appointments and certification.
A skilled worker once produced sixty tin cans daily by hand. Modern factories now run machines producing hundreds of cans per minute, illustrating a huge jump in efficiency and output.
A Bermuda fort near Hamilton bears a milestone reading London 3 076 miles. A homesick engineer is believed responsible for the inscription marking the great oceanic distance.
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