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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 28, 1931
Page
5
Nick Hastings contemplates a luxury invitation from Angela Halliday to join a wealthy couple on a tropical cruise. After a night of inner conflict, he resolves to decline the voyage and return home, believing his true happiness lies with Gay and family, though Angela surprises him with an auto departure.
An advertisement promotes Kruschen Salts as a daily dose to stay fit and energetic. It claims the routine prevents headaches constipation low mood and bad breath by cleansing the liver kidneys and bowels. It urges readers to take the salt daily for joyous health and vigor.
Artificial sunlight lamps already sold for home treatments are now seen as potential general house illumination. Engineers expect future lighting to not only aid visibility but also keep people healthy, with benefits rivaling midsummer sun and surpassing natural light in smoky cities and high latitude winters. In industry and offices, such lighting could restore biological daylight effects and improve worker well being. Peevish, pale children swollen with worms are claimed to be helped by Mother Graves Worm Exterminator and restoration of health.
The latest estimate places Canadian forest resources at 224,304 million cubic feet of standing timber capable of yielding 424,637 million feet board measure of sawn lumber and 1,121,993 thousand cords of pulpwood ties poles and other smaller materials.
Seattle mover Frank Curtis aims to raise the steamer Islander sunk in Stephens Pass on August 15, 1901 with help from E. H. and H. B. Wiley of Olympia. They hope to drag the hull to shallow water using a diving bell placed cables to a 45 by 285 foot barge and a tide assisted lift. The Islander is believed to have carried over $1,000,000 in gold dust and nuggets.
About 6000 students are enrolled in Saskatchewan's correspondence courses begun last year, with 5000 from rural districts. The program, to supplement elementary and secondary education, brings schooling to students who cannot attend regular schools. The government plans a radio school next autumn to extend access.
Will Cultivate Estates Spain’s government issues two decrees to compel owners of untiled lands to cultivate their property under committee direction. Local bodies will specify crop types and wages to farm workers, aiming to curb unemployment and boost national output. Persian Balm marketed for women’s beauty and family use, described as cooling and skin-softening.
A United States magazine, awarding a monthly prize for best essay on “My favorite story, and why,” ranks O. Henry first in popularity, followed by Rudyard Kipling second. Katherine Mansfield and Robert Louis Stevenson place fifth and sixth, with Edgar Allan Poe third and Guy de Maupassant fourth among the most popular writers this year.
A compact self contained radio station delivers 400 watts for short wave distress signals up to 1000 miles. It is designed as regular lifeboat equipment and runs five hours on a gallon of gasoline. The saying about shaking trees ends with this thought.
In a China war tale Captain Jimmy and Scottie find themselves captured by fierce bandits. Bound on burros they endure heat and mockery, then a rope-knife escape frees the narrator as torches fade and a night raid looms, while securing a cliffside hideout for a bold breakout.
The passage argues that Soviet and Fascist regimes indoctrinate youth into fanatic,统一 thinking, suppress external ideas, and shape them into disciplined armed forces. It claims Russian youth are taught to bear arms and molded by communist doctrine, while Fascist youth face censorship and covert training in military discipline and ideology.
Residents recall a boy buried beside the Northwestern Railroad tracks near Elrod South Dakota. For years, conductor William P. Chambers paused his passenger train to tend the grave, waving to the boy and planting flowers. After his death Martin Redmond, who followed as conductor, stopped the train to place a wreath on the mound.
The world’s tallest structure the Empire State Building opened on Fifth Avenue and 34th Street on the Waldorf Astoria site. Governor Alfred E. Smith and a coalition of millionaires led the project with state and city officials, industry leaders, and professionals attending the dedication of the 86 story 1200 foot tower and its dirigible mast extending 16 stories higher.
Six hundred workers are employed in the new central heating development of the Northern Public Service Corporation in Winnipeg. The payroll runs to about $20 weekly per man, reflecting substantial local employment and economic activity.
A compact devotional note quotes Whittier Ruskin and Mountford praising humility and divine strength. Ends with general religious reflection on God guiding action. The piece also cites medical liniment for cows and warns against blinding with gold dust, plus a note on linen imports into China doubling from 1929.
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