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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 12, 1930
Page
6
Grandma argues with a daughter about love and independence as the tale recalls school teaching and women in past eras. A Boston paper letter scandalizes a leg show while Mrs Merry’s dress is noted as shortened. The doctor is busy, and supper is suggested as the chapter ends.
Charman, staying after school to grade papers, accepts a ride with Jim on a late October afternoon. He offers a breath of air and time for supper, easing Charmian’s unease. She speaks of Deacon Prine and Luella’s son Jim Luella’s eldest, noted for impertinence, as the exchange ends with Charmian sending him home.
Jim Bennett counsels Charmian as she faces pressure from a deacon on the Wickfield school board. The conflict centers on whether Charmian’s son may return to school without an apology. Jim urges resolve, noting the deacon’s leverage while Charmian frets over family discipline and Grandma’s concern.
Charmian and Jim converse through humor and tension as a moonlit ride ends with a near miss from a motorcycle accident. Grandma recounts the chaotic street scene including Lizzie Baker and a cat, leaving Charmian shaken and the story to continue.
British designer Lifeut.-Col. W. C. Richmond and Major G. H. Scott defended airship expansion at a City Livery Club luncheon in Carpenters Hall London. Richmond argued airships larger than R-101/R-100 are technically feasible and economically viable with research into costs. Scott disputed claims of heavy crew needs, noting both ships require at most fourteen men.
Dr. Herbert Levinstein told the British Institution of Chemical Engineers that carbon dioxide in air and water vapour contains a common fundamental constituent. He predicted future supply from CO2 could include wood pulp artificial silk paper explosives and other materials.
Douglas' Egyptian Liniment is specially recommended for spider or infection of cow's teat. Invaluable also in cases of spavins, curbs and splints.
A playful snippet notes the idea of a perfect bridge hand of thirteen cards and imagines a perfect mill hand and harvest hand solving problems. A customer asks for a birthday gift that "blows," and a merchant suggests a handkerchief, with a brief oddball product reference to Minard's for Insect Eltes.
Manitoba through agriculture and other industries has advanced, with fisheries showing the greatest gain. Five year growth exceeds 1700 percent. In 1924 fish value from Lake Winnipeg and Manitoba lakes was 1.232 million dollars, rising to 2.634 million last year. In 1929 Manitoba fishermen caught 33 million pounds of fish, a record with marketed value 2.634 million.
A column notes teething can cause fever fretfulness and digestive troubles, claiming Baby's Own Tablets ease teething symptoms per a Ontario buyer Mrs Louis Grubb. Tablets priced 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. An English Royal Horticultural Society Fruit Show featured a nearly 100 pound bunch of bananas grown in England, first time in 25 years such fruit appeared at the show.
Ottawa reports a 2,000,000 bushels interior storage elevator to be built at Lethbridge by the Federal Government this year, supplementing existing prairie wheat storage facilities in Saskatoon Moose Jaw Calgary and Edmonton. A safe medicine for a child troubled with worms is Mother Graves Worm Exterminator.
A Massachusetts court holds that aircraft flying under 100 feet above ground constitute a trespass on private air rights. The ruling prompts questions about the scope of horizontal air rights and neighbors' rights versus public aviation.
A religious meditation notes that believers mirror Christ by standing in His presence and reflecting His character. It emphasizes that all human and divine love shapes the soul, and even unseen influences reflect the mind of Christ through the soul rather than the eye.
Miller's Worm Powders cleanse the system drive worms from the body repair damage caused by parasites and strengthen digestion. The tonic effect quickly leads to improved strength and sound health after treatment.
The Vancouver Forest Products Laboratory under the Forest Service surveyed wood waste in British Columbia saw mills. Aimed to aid the industry in devising methods for profitable utilization of wood now wasted.
An automobile that can be disassembled and stored in a small garage has been invented in Germany, offering a compact solution for modern transportation.
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