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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 12, 1932
Page
2
A discussion on teamwork across sports military and civic life. It argues that success comes from coordinated effort, not lone brilliance, and calls for compromise to unite diverse groups toward common goals across politics, community, and national reform.
Report cites an unprecedented operation where an entire cancerous lung was removed by knife and the patient cured. Details from the Ann Arbor Thoracic Surgery meeting referenced surgeons Mas and Di Chi Chi in Boston, describing removal of the entire right lung including all three lobes.
The federal government will contribute 50 percent of the Trans-Canada Highway project cost estimated at 9 996 972 dollars under the Unemployment and Farm Relief Act 1931 approved May 2. Total grants to provinces total 2 547 169 dollars with Ontario receiving the largest share and Saskatchewan and Alberta noted among others.
A reader reports relief from palpitation after using Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills and notes their mother's strong faith in the medicine. The letter claims the pills are a wonderful builder and mentions availability through general stores or mail order with pricing details.
Richard Halliburton, the Memphis adventurer, reported from Manila that he spent three weeks in Borneo aboard the Flying Carpet. The Dayaks, seeing an aeroplane for the first time, gathered in war canoes and asked if the aircraft laid eggs as they watched their chief fly in native dress with goggles.
A Danish collector named M. Pejstrup grows King Tut seeds near Pass Lake, 25 miles north of Port Arthur, claiming over 200 peas from a solitary plant. He bought one pea in Denmark for 25 dollars after a mission brought six from Egypt. The tall stalks bear colorful blooms and the harvest includes more than two hundred peas from a single plant.
The article notes women learn to protect moving parts of cars with oil and explains many household machines like sewing machines and vacuum cleaners also need oil to prevent wear dirt and rust. It promotes 3 in One Oil as a scientific blend that cleans protects and lubricates, offering better results and nationwide availability.
A new vicar visits the parish's wealthiest member who is pleased by the vicar's broadminded nature and sporting interest after discussion of the boat race. The parishioner jokes about disliking religious parsons, but praises the match of temperaments.
A claim that asthma is a vastly painful nonfatal disease causing sleep loss and exhaustion. Dr J D Kellogg offers an asthma remedy said to relieve restricted air passage, with dealers nationwide marketing the product.
In a humorous wartime vignette a quartermaster and his assistant rationed meals. The assistant joked about a missing loaf asking who would receive it, and the quartermaster retorted to keep it for himself. Separately, reports state Cirenaica in Africa now has 40 090 camels.
The text notes ivy reaches peak virulence during flowering. It also states that among the 92 known chemical elements, 47 are present in seawater, highlighting a factual overlap of natural elements and plant toxicity.
Sediments in the Pacific seabed prove four to twelve times richer in radium than dry land rocks. C S Piggott cites samples from the sea floor showing deepest waters harbor the most radium with an estimated billion tons hidden below. Radium reaches the depths via oxidation and sediment from marine organisms and dust.
Describes Persian Balm as a peerless fragrant aid to loveliness. Leaves skin soft and velvet-textured with no stickiness. Gentle rubbing absorbs quickly and provides a tonic soothing effect. Widely used by women to preserve and enhance natural beauty and distinction.
Meadfields Limited of Sheffield has developed a high explosive shell able to pierce one foot thick armor plate from ten miles. The device is seen as a fillip to disarmament talks, highlighting continued production of weapons despite global calls for armament reduction.
An Iowa inventor unveils a new highway machine that digs up old gravel road surfaces, blends the material with a bituminous binder, and lays the mixture back onto the roadway.
British scientists Dr. F D Cockroft and Dr B Walton report splitting hydrogen into helium by bombarding atoms with electric particles in the Cavendish laboratory. They used 120000 volts. helium emerged with 100 to 160 times the energy of the incoming particles. One atom in ten million broke up. the discovery sparks cautious optimism about future energy, though immediate commercial value remains uncertain.
China was the leading customer for complete U S aircraft in both 1930 and 1931, with preference for American machines due to similar flying conditions. The piece notes worm risks to children and promotes Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as a remedy.
A farmer visits a theatre offering two dozen eggs as payment. He gives a paper sack to the ticket-taker and jokes he would have brought his wife if the hens had shelled out a little better.
China, the most populous nation, held 479,821,000 inhabitants in 1930. The country averaged 110.4 persons per square mile of land area, reflecting dense population distribution.
An article explains worn rear tires should not be moved to the front to even wear. A worn front tire can cause loss of control and severe skidding. For safety, replace tires promptly and use worn tires only as a temporary spare.
Large consignments of cement timber steel and related building supplies arrive in Man churia supporting ongoing construction projects. Local firms report steady streams of trucks and port activity as warehouses fill and contractors place new orders.
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