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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 16, 1936
Page
6
Historical guidance explains how rats and mice were treated with poisons such as barium carbonate and red squill. It notes risks to people and pets, advises using traps indoors and poison in barn runs, and outlines recipes for bait including meat fish and cereal mixes with specified proportions.
The Domin ion Automobile Safety Council, Inc. starts in Montreal as a non profit group with officers serving without pay. President Lieut Col Anthony Plante leads efforts to reduce motor car accidents through education and broader uniform traffic laws across the Dominion.
A queen bee named Umgogumshant and many workers traveled from Rhodesia to London by air and sea. Experts evaluated if the queen survived the arduous journey. The swarm arrived by steamer, then a Victoria station ride in a warm salon car with rugs and hot water bottles. They settled in a rotting piece of wood as their new home, part of a gift from Rhodesia to London.
The Ottawa Journal recounts a thirteen year old writer seeking long words to sell fiction while contrasting a House of Commons speech by Mr. Dunning on taxation. It argues long words should be used only when no shorter expresses meaning, as concise phrasing yields clarity and effectiveness.
The boat roofed house linked to David Copperfield and Peggotty in Dickens lore is deteriorating at Yarmouth England. Enthusiasts seek to preserve it as a museum but lack funds hinder relocation from its ruin. The roof boat once belonged to a smuggler who used it on the Thames and later built a house over it.
In White Plains New York the Font Howe will leaves the gold watch case to St Bernard’s Catholic church and its works to a woman friend. The will provides no explanation for the unusual bequest leaving the church and beneficiary puzzled by the gift.
The New York Sun note humorously contrasts simple living with tax chaos. It imagines an Indian man spared from income tax forms and bristling bureaucratic instructions. The piece highlights relief from complex bookkeeping and fear of missed credits, suggesting a moment of spiritual ease.
Frackville craftsman J B Dyer built a star shaped table for the Dionne quintuplets to give each girl a separate place. Dr Allan Roy Dafoe, the children's physician, praised the table in a letter to Dyer and noted inlays with gold letters marking each seat.
In the oceans some spots host freshwater springs where fresh water rises through salt water. A notable example is a fresh water spring located off the Atlantic coast near Miami, Florida, creating an offshore oasis.
The kiwi is no larger than a domestic hen yet lays 14 ounce eggs while hen eggs average about 2% ounces.
The Bekteroff Institute in Moscow studied 500 brains over years and found no scientific basis for the claim that women's brains are structurally inferior to men's. It is impossible to determine gender from brain structure. The study aligns with Mill’s 19th century view that differences do not imply superiority or inferiority.
The permanent central opium board of the League of Nations reports more than 1 000 drug addicts in Canada and about 120 000 in the United States. It notes that despite world conventions and new statutes, tonnage of habit forming drugs is still manufactured and distributed illicitly worldwide.
Exhibits now use paper as a cheaper durable alternative to wax for leaves and flowers. The change aims to reduce costs while preserving look and strength for long lasting museum displays.
Asparagus tolerates many soils but prefers warm rich sandy loam with clay subsoil for an extensive root system. It is a permanent crop requiring fall land preparation with summer fallowing and manure, weed control, spring planting, shallow crowns, gradual deepening of crowns, and staged harvesting from year three onward. At Scott Sask Dominion Experimental Station Colossal and Argenteuil thrived for 15 years. Top destruction each fall plus spring manure aids disease and insect control.
The miniature bedding dahlia has earned rapid popularity among flower growers. At the Experimental Farm in Indian Head Saskatchewan these dahlias thrive from tubers or overwintered cuttings. Seed sown in late April blooms by mid July and offers easy, prolific color with tall stems and wide color range.
The Chatham Planet asserts the cup remains with the orator who proclaimed the pursuit of shadow and ash bearing. The Woodstock Sentinel Review adds a gem of international note about the British lion roaming Africa or Canada and not drawing its horns or retreating.
Daniel Defoe drew on the real life experiences of Alexander Selkirk, the castaway whose survival tale helped shape the fictional narrative of Robinson Crusoe and its enduring expedition into isolation and resilience.
The National Barley Committee met in Toronto March 11 to 13 to coordinate barley breeding, feeding, and marketing across Canada. It cited that 85 percent of the crop is farm feed or seed, with about 15 percent entering commerce, and malting barley representing the high quality portion.
Government reindeer superintendent Frank Daugherty reports 500 deer slain by wolves in the Point Barrow area this season. Wolves attack “for sport” and eat only the tongues. Eskimo hunters lack transport to overtake packs, while Barrow prepares for Barter Island reports of 900 reindeer dying from foot disease nearby. Northern herds total about one million animals.
News of the World reports Buckingham Palace issued over 300 handwritten thanks during the first week in March. The letters went to every officer and man of the Yeomen of the Guard and the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms who participated in the vigil for King George V.
The Royal College of Surgeons in London houses what is described as the oldest Egyptian mummy known. The artifact is noted for its age and preservation, drawing interest from scholars and visitors alike.
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