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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 14, 1932
Page
2
Bruce Barton cites Carlyle and William James to argue that individuals determine their fate. A prairie man's example shows how self reliance, effort, and humor sustain dignity and progress, even without relief. The piece urges readers to test their reserves, have faith in themselves, and seize opportunities through perseverance.
Viscount Rothermere praises the Empress of Britain for a record Atlantic crossing from Bishop’s Rock to Belle Isle in 73 hours and 53 minutes. He notes the journey largely avoided open-water nights, with two nights out of sight of land and the rest through calm waters.
The Prince of Wales will unveil a towering Somme memorial at Thiepval next March. The monument features triumphal arches 140 feet high and nearly as wide, with pillars bearing the names of 73,367 British officers NCOs and men.
The American Medical Association reports an average annual income of 9674 dollars for physicians in the United States, highlighting a mid decade earnings figure across the profession.
Louis B. Lafrance, Canada’s oldest active barber, celebrated his 90th birthday in June. Born in Quebec City, he trained in Montreal, worked in Winnipeg beside Louis Riel, and later settled in Trenton where he has kept his shop for decades. He has nineteen children and plans to continue barbering for years.
The new one franc piece shows France presenting Marianne as the emblem of modernity. The portrait greets a girl named Marianne with a bob in hair, a change from the long hairstyle she had before this year.
It is said that more persons disappear from Paris than from any other city in the world. About 520 were reported missing every day in 1931.
In Albanian communities small towns are adopting new modern conveniences. The move aims to improve daily life and raise living standards through introduced services and technologies. Local leaders tout potential benefits for residents and local economies.
Historic English businesses trace their roots to medieval London and earlier. Hedges and Butler served royals including Pitt and Gladstone, G. W. Scott and Sons made hoops for fashionable dresses, Birch and Co. fed crowned heads for 250 years, Grosvenor Chater first to Bank of England stationery, Crosse and Blackwell created relishes loved by Queen Anne with Qualliotti of Napoleon influence, Twinings advised Pitt on tea tax removal, Sun Insurance Office issued 20 000 policies in a decade, Dollond and Aitchison optics aided Nelson Wellington Napoleon, and C T Brock and Co. kept an illegal fireworks trade for 155 years until legalization in 1875.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports May exports of Canadian farm products to the United States fell sharply. May values reached 590,195, versus 3,237,340 in 1930 and 8,604,898 in 1921. Eleven months ending May 1932 totalled 8,632,428, down from 44,078,930 in 1929-30 and 171,492,982 in 1921. Tariffs, including 42 cents a bushel on wheat and three cents a pound on beef, cut key exports drastically and prices also dropped across products from butter to flaxseed and potatoes.
The crowning property of Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil is its versatile use for many complaints both internal and external. It helps sore throat croup whooping cough chest pains colic and related ailments with unsurpassed qualities. A bottle costs little and having it on hand is prudent.
A London coroner heard the case of a man who had an income near £3000 a year yet had no friends. The report notes crocodiles do not cry and questions the saying of a weeping willow. It mentions food canning not reducing nutritional value, per scientific tests.
The Christian Science Monitor details a thunderous plan to drive two thousand wild horses into a lowland trap using three aircraft. The aim is to slaughter most for chicken feed while offering a few stallions and mares to escape back to the hills.
Muskeg covering Canada's north has a potential new market as The Pas Board of Trade explores shipping muskeg to Brampton Ontario for wall board manufacture. Officials consider locating a muskeg processing factory there and arranging trainload shipments. Asthma sufferers may seek relief from Dr J D Kellogg's inhalation remedy, touted to ease bronchial passages and restore easy breathing.
The Stratford Beacon-Herald reports a Toronto incident where a six year old boy was bitten by a police dog. Breeders agree the dog lacks the background of traditional breeds and worry that police dogs are unpredictable in urban life. They urge discouraging such breeding in cities.
The Morning Post laments the pedestrian's danger in city streets, likening everyday travel to frontline trench risk due to fatal missteps. It asserts society depends on pedestrians who must navigate roads despite imminent harm. Douglas Egyptian Liniment promises quick relief and wound care with claims of instant bleeding stop and healing benefits.
A Munich resident has achieved a record by filling both sides of an ordinary postcard with eight thousand one hundred words consisting of two poems and a complete story. The feat showcases compact storytelling and poetic craft in miniature form.
The latest figures show the city spent almost 12 million dollars on London water over the past year. Utilities, maintenance, and distribution expenses rose as demand increased, with the metropolis funding major upgrades to pipelines and treatment plants.
A fourth century church near Tiberias to Capernaum memorializes the loaves and fishes miracle. A stone linked to the Gospel narrative sits beneath an altar as a center piece for a vivid mosaic showing a basket, bread loaves, and two fishes, remarkably well preserved after 1600 years.
A notice in Toronto papers states that free tablets for water purification can be obtained by any citizen from the city health department. The tablets purify water for drinking within minutes, aiding picnickers and campers facing uncertain water quality.
Advert says Miller's Worm Powders are sweet and easy for children to take. It claims the pills end worm problems and act as a strengthening medicine, correcting digestion disorders caused by worms and giving the body a healthy tone beneficial to development.
E H Stevenson fishing inspector in Churchill surveys brooks along the Hudson Bay Railway. He plans to select sites for capturing and keeping speckled trout to transfer by airplane or tank cars to Clearwater Lake summer resort and nearby waters for stocking.
In a recent week the Brazilian government destroyed slightly more than 263000 sacks of coffee as part of surplus reduction policy. This brings total destruction to 7978386 sacks. Also notes an Ontario farmer fifty years ago paid 500 dollars for a farm and last week sold it to a golf syndicate for 550 dollars. A schoolboy's essay quotes a defender’s lawyer moving for a change of menu.
The Pedestrians Rights Association of Ontario has received a charter from the Ontario Government. Headquartered in Ottawa the group aims to protect pedestrians from traffic injuries on streets and roads caused by motor and other vehicles and to address faults, abuses and infractions of the law by drivers and owners.
The directorate of the Regina Exhibition Association learns plans are under way to display British manufactured goods at next year’s World's Grain Exhibition and Conference. The British trade exhibit will arrive via Churchill and be housed in the Confederation Building. A special committee representing the exhibition association city council board of trade and World’s Grain Exhibition is coordinating with British manufacturers who have responded positively to the plans.
The Smith family, cited in the second edition of Who's Who in Government, leads in public payrolls and telephones, with biographical data on more than nineteen thousand office holders nationwide. The Journal Providence notes the prominence of this family across many public offices.
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