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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 22, 1935
Page
2
The article argues that recreation and hobbies are essential for lifelong happiness, from youth to old age. It emphasizes that regular, healthy activities prevent dullness, aid mental and physical health, and can become life vocations or lifelong interests that sustain aging with purpose and rest.
The note describes dancers enlisted to support China in assembling a stronger air force, responding to a formal request. It highlights cultural or civic participation as part of broader military assistance efforts.
The China Aviation League requests a five percent tax on revenues from Chinese dance halls in Shanghai to fund airplane purchases. Twenty halls have accepted the measure and more are expected to join, with customers paying the surcharge.
A report from Moscow states the Institute of Jewish Proletarian Culture of the White Russian Academy of Sciences is compiling the first dictionary of the Jewish language. The work will be issued in three volumes. The White Russian State Publishing House will publish Jewish translations of world classics, including Shakespeare's Othello and Romeo and Juliet and Schiller's William Tell.
The National Institute for the Blind in Great Britain lists the Bible as a top Braille seller, alongside an Edgar Wallace novel, highlighting popular titles in accessible reading materials.
The Alberta government will cover entry fees and Toronto shipping for boys and girls club seed grain displays while not paying return shipping. At Chicago International, Alberta will pay shipping on approved exhibits and duplicate prize money in regular grain sections. A $50 bonus applies for first prizes, rising to $100 for championship wins in wheat oats or barley. field crops branch will supervise arrangements.
The Bible, 66 books in one, guides rulers like King George, Sun Yat Sen, Gandhi, and Kanaga. Read in palaces and huts, Bible societies ship 25 million copies annually in many languages, remaining the world’s most read book.
The Earl and Countess of Bessborough and family return to Stansted Park Hamp shire England after his term as governor general of Canada. Estate employees welcome them with flags an archway of foliage and a presented address. Tea and a bonfire mark the celebration.
M. M. MacLean of the Ottawa Post Office Department returns from the Arctic trip with a mailbag nearly as large as Santa’s. He accompanied the Government’s annual northern expedition to inspect far northern post offices and brought back 13 000 letters sent by philatelists for stamping by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers at remote post offices on the roof of the world.
Growers estimate the 1935 Fraser Valley hop crop at 1,790,000 pounds with a value of about 500,000 dollars. The yield is 300,000 pounds higher than 1934 and around 2,000 pickers were employed to harvest the crop.
About 40 troops at Olomouc refused barbers’ orders striking to avoid trimmed hair before discharge. They argued smart appearance aids job prospects and were jailed for defiance, claiming they would need civilian work soon.
Bavaria's first bicycle built by Johann Friederich Trefz in 1864, made entirely of wood, has been acquired by the Deutsches Museum in Munich. The inventor faced Bavarian prejudice, with peasants shouting and stoning as he rode. he later built an indoor cycling hall in Stuttgart to popularize the bicycle.
Norimi Iguchi, health prevention chief, cites 106 124 516 flies swatted in Tokyo over two days. He notes slain flies were packed in 175 large sacks. The top fly killer was a fish merchant who felled 93 000 with deadly accuracy.
Canadian Great War veterans and their next of kin plan to book early as July departures from Montreal loom. Ben Allen, Dominion organizer, reports 2 000 reservations but warns boats may be unavailable unless applications rush in. One cent per mile rail rate aims to boost bookings, with firms like Canadian Line Materials offering payroll deposits matched by the company.
In Pernambuco, six men bear the heavy instruments on their heads while a seventh leads the way to clear traffic, illustrating a coordinated street scene of moving pianos.
The claim states that wood kept entirely underwater and maintained continuously will not experience decay. This assertion implies that constant submersion prevents the processes of decay by fungi and oxidation from occurring.
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