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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 05, 1933
Page
3
In a London Spectator piece Sir William Beech Thomas explains bee society, promotions, and unrest within a hive. When ranks block, unrest grows, prompting swarms and the queen's migration with younger workers to form a new colony.
Renowned writers including Bernard Shaw HG Wells and G. K. Chesterton offer lists of top novels. Shaw selects Don Quixote Robinson Crusoe Tom Jones and others. Wells weighs the nature of selecting top works and several authors add further titles in a lively editorial dialogue.
The piece compares Goldsmith’s Deserted Village line about the vacant mind to modern city noise. It argues modern streets churn constant sound as a sign of weak mentality and urges patience until public decency outpaces turmoil.
A minister questions a non-attendant about church attendance. The reply recalls a slap and a beard tale, saying the first time they faced a waiter in the face the second time they were tied to a woman they must keep. The parson predicts more dirt next time.
The round yoke and puffed sleeves lead a Victoria influenced look this season. Geranium red, grey, and purple color combos offer snappy choices. Style No. 962 fits bust sizes 14 to 46 inches with 3 yards of fabric required. Pattern price is 20 cents.
A brief guide outlines steps to order sewing patterns including pattern number and name. Instructions emphasize selecting the pattern, confirming size, and placing the order with a vendor or catalog.
A Morning Post writer recalls a Bond Street lease clause granting Westminster freeholders the right to drive their flocks over the property without hindrance. The piece ponders what would happen if a Westminster holder tried to lead sheep through a Bond Street beauty parlor, promising a humorous spectacle.
A geyser of steaming water boils in San Juan Cossaia a village on Lake Chapala Jalisco Mexico two streams feed into the lake from the new pool. Similar pools near the lake erupt then cool and dry. The district experiences frequent earthquakes.
The article notes that injury from falls varies with technique and luck. It cites examples from football, actors, and hotel falls, and records a case of George Dawkins a 17 month old in Hornell New York who fell from a second story window landing on his back without injury, illustrating uneven outcomes in falls.
Dr. William Feinbloom of New York told the American Academy of Optometry at Chicago that forty percent of those deemed incompetent from blindness may return to normal occupations using newly developed telescopic glasses.
Major H J L Strange of Searle Grain says world wheat supply is not higher this season yet prices fall due to larger yields in importing nations. He notes Canada leads export sales, predicts no repeat of last year’s high yield, and urges Canada to keep wheat acreage while shifting some farmers to animal products.
Canadians used LOS,338 meter vehicles in the first nine months of this year, about one per 10 people, a 7.8 percent drop from last year. Gasoline sales fell 10 percent. Provincial totals show declines from last year with Prince Edward Island down 10.2 percent and Saskatchewan hardest at 15.7 percent.
A Len Quebec experimental station report shows it takes 57.2 eggs to cover feed cost per pullet under normal conditions. Variations from year to year reflect market prices with 50 to 61 eggs observed. winter months require about 15 eggs to cover feed costs.
The text notes many insects eat broader diets beyond grasshoppers. Walking-sticks, crickets, cockroaches and the praying mantis show wide tastes. Solitary wasps vary from spider specialists to those dragging diverse prey for their larvae.
In a quarrel captured in a newspaper snippet a tenant complains of noisy neighbors and vows to leave. The landlady retorts by noting the disruption woke the tenant who admits he was playing the saxophone on the phone, not sleeping.
A Miles Michigan barber bills customers by minute during the war era. The rate is one cent per minute in the chair, with shorter cuts costing as little as a dime. The practice reflects wartime pricing tactics and notable cheap options for minimal hair removal.
A producer and orchestra conductor clash over the vision for a new musical. The producer presses for a tight 30 minute runtime amid tensions about creative control and staging.
A shoe manufacturer from Czecho Slovakia opens forty retail outlets across Poland expanding its European footprint. The move signals strong regional growth as the company deploys new outlets in multiple Polish cities.
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