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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 21, 1931
Page
7
Nick Halliday faces a changing life as Angela Hastings proposes a new, tempting cruise with her friends the Myers, while his daughter Martha longs for a real mother and his Boston lawyer plans a formal step that could settle his future.
Nick, after a morning with a native lawyer and a hot tropical day, sits on a hotel veranda weighing a late return home versus exploring more of the island. Friends Gay and John Maxwell urge delay for more travel, Simeon Bartlett tends to the family, and Nick reflects on freedom and companionship.
Ruth Hester, twenty two, is appointed controller of truck traffic in Chicago tunnels beneath the loop district. She oversees a vast network of tracks and nearly 300 telephone lines to direct loads to stores and unloads while coordinating return routes like a chess game. Miller's Worm Powders claim to improve appetite and digestion by acting on stomach liver and bowels and aid children with worm infestations.
The provincial department of agriculture will extend gains in the British market by improving storage, branding, packing, publicity, and overseas marketing supervision to support Ontario apple growers.
A riddle about seven men in a grocery store where one is a reporter. Six explain how to run a newspaper. the grocer is left unsupported. The puzzle asks why nearly everyone thinks they know how to run a newspaper while only a few know how to run a store, highlighting the difference between presuming editorial practice and retail management.
Archaeologists uncover graves at Ur of the Chal dees showing the custom of shaving the head and wearing wigs was known in that ancient city. Austria plans to spend 2,300,600 on new highways immediately.
Geological experts report the Rock of Gibraltar is crumbling due to the recoil and shaking from the fort's 12 inch land defence guns during practice. The fortress, famed as a mighty stronghold, houses concealed cannons along its promontory and heavy batteries guarding land and sea approaches.
Slogan style note promotes Douglas Egyptian Liniment claiming relief for scald feet soft corns and warts and inflammation. It also states it removes proud flesh.
In the House of Commons Hon H H Stevens Minister of Trade and Commerce announces a general redistribution bill for next session or the one after. Observers expect Toronto to gain two seats, Montreal two, Ottawa one, Winnipeg one or two, and Vancouver one or two. The prior redistribution bill passed in 1924. Changes to boundaries and population alter many ridings. The text also contains a stray comment criticizing effort as a substitute for brains and elbow grease.
A deserter recounts helping three fellow escapees from a tree capture. An improvised intervention by a timid Chinese dog protects the group as they force land and are confronted by enemy sentries. The three are returned to their own army amid confusion and danger.
A new thin sheet genuine cabinet wood mounted on fabric is sold in pine, mahogany or walnut and grained varieties. It can be installed over any surface including metal, plaster or tile with two coats of shellac and wax for a finish rivaling fine cabinet wood. The paper hanger can apply the wood room by room at about one tenth the cost of traditional woodwork.
A vermicide called Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator is praised for its high effectiveness and is credited with saving numerous children's lives.
An editorial compares 1759 Wolfe's 5000 soldiers capturing Canada with 1931 census aims. It asserts the Dominion will mobilize 15000 to count population, occupations, wealth, and ownership, forming a basis for a comprehensive encyclopedia of Canadian affairs.
Trail trips in Canadian National Parks offer short and multi day rides with experienced packers and guides. Guides take parties to outstanding features and points of interest off the regular beaten tourist path.
The Winnipeg Industrial Development Board lists 12 new Manitoba industries, two branches of foreign organizations, seen as an encouraging sign that the industrial trend toward Manitoba continues.
A reflective column blends biblical verses with moral exhortation. It cites Jeremiah and Henry Drummond to urge earnest searching for God and living to aid others. A Lincoln and McClellan anecdote closes with a witty retort about possible error.
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