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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1934
Page
5
Quick relief claim for headaches rheumatism neuritis and neuralgia attributes fast work to a scientific discovery. An Aspirin tablet dissolves in two seconds after moisture, starting pain relief minutes after ingestion. The ad warns buyers to avoid substitutes and to look for Bayer on the tablet.
A treasury of quotes on gold as a monetary standard traces the lure of the yellow metal across nations and minds. The piece contrasts sober analysis in an financial journal with a flamboyant Tahiti treasure hunt tale, noting Britain and the United States buying gold while central banks guard reserves and a British expedition probes a 1849 pirate hoard near Tahiti.
A historical note explains that flotsam and jetsam refer to goods cast off at sea or washed ashore and not owned by the finder. These items must be handed over to the Crown, and the finder may receive part of their value as compensation.
A man who bought a barometer says he has had fine weather for a fortnight. When the instrument maker asks if he is satisfied, the owner replies with the emphatic “Rather!” and notes the pleasant weather since the purchase.
The fragment mentions George pubda che of the highest bridges and references the Zambesi in a misdirected travel style. No clear event or date is provided to form a complete news item.
In Rhodisia near Victoria Falls a railway bridge was completed after a daring build. A rocket to wire and steel rope secured the crossing while workers labored high above the Swirling river. A safety net was removed to face the peril, and a train tested at fifteen miles per hour proved the structure sound.
Sir Frederick Palmer, a noted British engineer who influenced Western Canada’s Churchill port decision, died at Lingfield near London. He advised Churchill be the northern outlet over Nelson, later serving as chief engineer for the Port of London Authority and consulting on railways in Britain, India, and the Calcutta port, including the 1929 Charing Cross bridge project.
Brew six minutes in one pint water with Salada Black Tea six heaping teaspoons. Strain into a two quart container. While hot, stir in 11 cups sugar and juice of two lemons. Add cold water to top without cooling. Shake until sugar dissolves. Serve in tall glasses with ice and a lemon slice if desired. Makes two quarts or seven tall glasses.
About 1,100 American World War I veterans still linger in France, many as voluntary exiles with French wives. The 1931 count was 1,700, and now over half reside in Paris while the rest are spread across 49 departments, according to the American Legion Post.
A New Hampshire justice recalls a quarrel over economizing with his wife. In a Liverpool case, Bernard Kelly a dock laborer faced 750 in court costs after an unsuccessful suit spanning fifty years.
Miss Margaret Marshall Saunders, 73, named Commander of the British Empire in the King’s birthday honors. She expresses pride in humane work by women, noting her dog tale Beautiful Joe has been translated into 14 languages, Braille, and now Japanese and Burmese. Born in Liverpool Nova Scotia, she began serious writing after 30, entering a U S contest with Beautiful Joe as a companion story to Black Beauty.
Denver chemist Henry T. Koenig, 42, dies after years of radium research with Mme Curie’s group. He is the 20th of 20 scientists to die from infections linked to radium contact. Koenig advanced low cost radium extraction and warned against monopolies in the Belgian Congo ores. He contributed to wartime radium uses and night watch dial illumination before succumbing to cancer at Porter's Sanitarium.
After the April white paper, the British House of Commons approved proposals to reallocate colonial sugar duties to divert trade toward Canada. The plan would send sugar back to Canada, reversing a prior shift when the pound rose above Canadian funds, and a weaker Canadian dollar had disrupted flow between the Dominion and the West Indies, increasing U.K. imports.
The New Style Bicycle Rest promises the velocar from Stewart and Ernest Worrall of Hamilton Scotland. They claim the bicycle will become a relic of the past as riders sit semi horizontally with handlebars extending from front to rear. A Paris race favored the velocar by a wide margin.
Solar storms swirling on the sun may drive droughts and dust storms in the Mid West. Astronomers observe sun spots during an 11 year maximum. Dr C G Abbott of the Smithsonian Institute cautions a link to global weather, noting potential connections to the Midwest drought.
Farmers around Valmarie and Cadillac urge a 100000 dollar dam on the Frenchman river to irrigate 5000 to 10000 acres. A 15 mile main ditch would run south and east through Foot Hills for alfalfa with two crops yearly, potentially 25000 tons feeding about 20000 cattle. An experimental dam near Valmark serves a farm, with J K Reid Regina engineering the project.
League of Nations figures show first quarter 1934 versus 1933 gains in industrial activity with Canada up 40 percent, United States 30, Germany and Poland 25, Sweden 18, Japan 11, Norway 6, and France 3. Unemployment falls broadly except in France while world commodity production rises notably, coal up 20 percent gasoline 12, pig iron 1, steel 54, zinc 87. gold value of world trade declines.
The House of Commons reviewed the Consolidated Companies Act to tighten rules on stock promotions. It would bar unregistered sales and require a state approved prospectus, with penalties including fines up to $1,000 and jail for repeat offenders.
Hero of the Russo Japanese War Admiral Marquis Togo, the silent litt le man whose destruction of the Russian fleet elevated Japan, died at Tokyo aged 86 after weeks of illness. The emperor had elevated him from count to marquis the day before his death and posthumously promoted him to admiral of the highest court rank.
A recent photographic experiment establishes the average speed of lightning at about 28,500 miles per second, using a specialized apparatus to capture the phenomenon.
Naturalista Heve reports that spiders can live long lives though their fate often rests on a fragile thread. The observation highlights resilience and peril in arachnid lifespans.
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