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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 09, 1935
Page
2
A father of four warns that ongoing calls for government guarantees to shelter and sustain the young threaten self reliance and the work ethic. He urges his sons to discipline themselves, earn their way, and prepare for old age through thrift and sacrifice, fearing a Santa Claus state could erode character and effort.
The solid gold chain worn by the Lord Mayor of Dublin is worth $50,000 and has passed between officials for 23 years with all links intact. The outgoing mayor adds a new link before passing it on. Canada hosts 14 breakfast food factories, 11 in Ontario and others in British Columbia and Manitoba.
Montreal harbor commissioners outlined complete rebuilding to move the passenger harbor about five miles east and deepen the channel to 40 feet. The plan adds eight piers with four long piers for two ships each and four shorter piers, aiming to ease dredging, reduce St Marys Current effects, and cut Quebec to Montreal transit time by about one hour.
A 75 year old woman credits Kruschen Salts with restoring finger dexterity and allowing her to play organ at two church services last August and plans to repeat this August. She reports improved circulation and reduced rheumatic symptoms, recommending the product to others.
Sir Herbert Samuel and Furney Braithwaite push for currency stabilization. They urge the chancellor to pursue a conference with the United States to address depreciation of the yen, dollar, belga, and pound and to consider global currency measures.
Japanese commercial expansion in North China has nearly fully dominated the cotton industry, with only one mill still Chinese owned. Observers note Japanese capitalists and diplomats continue the advance north of the Yellow River, even after military penetration waned. A separate note mentions Eliza Leslie and a 1830 dating for the first American cookbook.
Canada reports importing over 1,000,000 pounds of arid crop seeds and 137,000 pounds of garden seeds since July. Major imports include 464,000 pounds alsike seed, 465,000 pounds red clover, 722,000 pounds sugar beet seed, and 297,000 pounds peas. Origin items span the United States, British Isles, France, Japan, Holland, Denmark, Germany, and more.
In England ship builders recount how British destroyer plans once supplied to Japan were mirrored in successive Japanese designs and later a new craft nearly matched the British type before capsizing. Nova Scotia's Potato Marketing Board members cite 1923 egg grading as a standardization example, noting some high tribute-givers had prior regulatory prosecutions.
A New York milkman diversifies by adding oysters to morning deliveries in Providence alongside orange juice, eggs, cheese and milk. The note cites historical commentary on blind persons using non-visual senses with reference to Diderot's 1749 Letter on the Blind.
A compact explanation of commercial soap making detailing large-scale kettles, lye reactions, salting out, crutcher mixing, and molds. It covers soap varieties including transparent and Castile, colorants, floating soaps, naphtha content, scouring soaps, and typical soap powder compositions.
Rt Rev John Farthing bishop of Montreal branded men found tampering with provincial voters lists as traitors to Canada. He urged Quebec government to hold a impartial inquiry and to amend the law at the present session to overhaul the rolls before the next provincial election.
The value of cut flowers sold in Canada during the year ended May 31 1934 was 876 203 dollars, comprising 62 percent of the total floricultural and decorative plant production. The broader total includes outdoor roses, outdoor trees, shrubs, plants both outdoor and indoor, and flowering bulbs.
The Big Bend area of Texas forms a roughly 5,000 square mile triangle formed by the bend in the Rio Grande river.
Dr. Oscar Riddle demonstrated prolactin's power at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. Pictures showed a fierce rat under the hormone's influence lying with a newborn squab and behaving maternally, suggesting a chemical to blunt wild instincts.
Canadian railways announced a one cent a mile excursion from eastern Canada to the Pacific coast with stopover privileges in the west. The May 15 to 28 offer allows both outbound and return trips, with a 30 day return limit and inclusive travel from polata in eastern Canada to western points.
Imports of bulbs plants and shrubs into Canada in 1934 totaled 600187 dollars. The Netherlands supplied 62 percent of the imports, the United States 9.7 percent, Belgium about 7 percent, and Great Britain under 5 percent.
The tiger and panther mimic many animal sounds as well as the hyena. This behavior shows that big predators use vocal imitation to interact with their surroundings and peers.
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