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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1936
Page
7
Government investigators probe why Abkhazkan citizens reportedly reach extreme old age on the eastern Black Sea coast. One resident, Adieba Mazhagva, is described as 150 years old with good health memory and sight, among a farming and sheep-raising population in this small mountainous Soviet republic.
Link Fleming and Helen Hamilton push a dam scheme to irrigate Boone county land. Bucking banker Otto Pieper resists a loan while Buzz Hamilton faces prison for shooting Fleming. The plan risks and a courtroom future loom as the project advances.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports a rise in the average value per occupied acre of farm lands including buildings for 1935 versus 1934. British Columbia leads at 60 dollars, followed by Ontario at 42, with Quebec 41 and other provinces listed with prior year comparisons.
Svenska Dagbladet reports Bofors has delivered a re designed anti aircraft gun to the Swedish navy. The gun can sustain uninterrupted fire at 120 rounds per minute and can be fired while the ammunition belt is being changed. The paper also notes a 130 bullets per minute capability for the new machine gun.
The Zeppelin company at Friedrichshafen Germany plans a maiden flight of the LZ-129 from the new airport at Frankfurt to Lakehurst New Jersey starting May 6. The LZ-229 will carry passengers mail and freight on a second flight later in May. Eskimos in the Arctic are now busy trapping white foxes.
Dr. Francia Gallagher introduces a car on Arganmore island off Donegal, Ireland. A native says the doctor will not allow driving faster than five mph and no driving at night. Islanders, many never having left the isle, balk at the so called new tech and complain about narrow lanes and rough surfacing.
A description of a lavish coronation book created for Tsar Nicholas II and later seized when Russia’s 1917 upheaval moved the library into state hands. The tome, bound in purple silk with gold edges and royal monograms for King George V and Queen Mary, is said to outline Edward VII’s coming coronation.
Lester Barlow of Stanford Connecticut asserts he has devised a material with shock absorbing properties that could render warships immune to explosions. He would offer the material to the United States government as a lever to reduce naval arms worldwide, though he declined to reveal details.
The Intourist restaurant in Moscow lists prices as Russia tightens exchange rates. Smoked salmon slices cost 1.40 dollars boiled ham with salad 2.40 salad 1.60 Swiss cheese per slice 1.10 Bread in stores 0.60 a loaf. The piece notes grand dukes who ran Russian restaurants abroad may have returned home with their price lists.
Dr. W F G Swann described a photographic scale weighing cosmic rays at New York for the American Physical Society. Scales indicate earth surface rays are far less massive than thought, showing mostly electrons with under ten percent protons, contradicting Dr. Arthur H. Compton’s sea level proton dominance theory.
Officials at the Dominion Forest Nursery Station in Sutherland Saskatchewan report green ash as the most drought resistant for prairie shelter belts and as able to handle excess moisture. Poplar and willows are among the least drought resistant. Maples survive drought well when planted alone. Seedlings cuttings and trees are distributed from Sutherland and Indian Head stations, selecting varieties suited to soil moisture and climate.
The Canadian government now holds old banknotes instead of burning them. Last year fifty million dollars in common notes were dumped into a vat and boiled to pulp, sold to paper makers. Burning was dropped as wasteful and risky due to scraps escaping through chimneys.
Critics claim the magazine is safe but sneer at readers who do not engage with it. Desert life shows intolerance to extreme heat while editors defend the publication’s role.
The notice urges readers to consult doctors before trying new preparations and highlights Aspirin as a fast, generally safe remedy for headaches and pains. It notes that Aspirin tablets are made in Canada and branded Bayer, urging consumers to look for the Bayer cross on each tablet.
A Keary reflects on relying on God during daily tasks and interruptions. Hindrances to planned work are seen as discipline to stop selfishness, redirect effort toward tasks God assigns, and trust will bring time to finish with a quiet heart.
Harvard University researchers assert that the invisible rays of the sun are the most lethal agents against germs, highlighting their powerful sterilizing effect when exposure is sufficient.
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