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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 16, 1933
Page
7
An essay lauds the rise of chisel as slang for cheating under the NRSA era. It catalogs chisellers across society including workers, teachers, employers, contractors, debtors, and taxpayers. It urges self-scrutiny to avoid chiselling away at integrity and public duty.
Professor Pope R Hill of the University of Georgia mathematics department reports pennies show near equal odds after 40000 flips. He started with 200 pennies split evenly by date, balanced to a thousandth of a gram, and plans to flip the coins the 160th time next July.
A 90 year old writes to thank readers for his ability to write despite rheumatism. He credits Kruschen Salts with preventing further attacks for three years, noting ongoing stiffness in his hands. He explains taking Kruschen each morning and claims it dissolves uric acid crystals and prevents future buildup.
Living on Bardsey Island off Wales is becoming lone for Thomas Jones and Griffith Griffiths and families the last inhabitants They offer farms for rent and plan mainland farming Griffiths is postmaster and grocer If tenants fail Bardsey will be deserted Seven years ago all inhabitants with their king evacuated but later rehoused An old woman underwent an operation and woke asking how she felt under chloroform
Four out of five people have acid stomach signs include pains after eating belching and gas Bisulated Magnesia after meals will overcome this condition within three minutes Any druggist will tell you Try it and see.
In Chatham England sailors and their wives debate a rumor that seafaring men who play football are allowed to stay in port while others are sent to sea. The gridiron stars are praised as 100 percent. Wives urge their husbands to join a team to avoid temptation at other ports.
The Manitoba opening of a new industry centers on the low bush cranberry formerly imported into the province. Northern Manitoba varieties are noted to sweeten with frost and thaw well, with berries arriving in Winnipeg in 1000 pound lots. The note adds Radcliffe England, population 25000, boasts it has no Mums.
A Seattle writer, Mina Audrey Wardemann, submitted poetry to a New York magazine run by men. After mailing a cheque and publication, editors discovered she authored the pieces and even published her photo. The six months’ New York visit is noted amid tax talk on private party to exempt Chilean construction.
Col John Vaughan Campbell V C is placed on the retired list under the age limit and granted the honorary rank of brigadier for his World War I actions near Mons. He earned the nickname Tally Ho V C after rallying his men by blowing a hunting horn and giving the hunting cry under heavy machine gun fire.
An American horticultural expert confirms the British dictionary entry that the plural of gladiolus is gladioli. The piece muses on reverence as the chief power and joy of life, praising purity in youth and virtue in age. It closes with a light aside affirming the plural form.
The navy will shift the battle and scouting forces from the Pacific to the Atlantic next spring, then return to the Pacific in fall. The move ends nearly four years of Pacific stationing, with the operation justified by a return to normal policy and economy considerations.
Hon H H Stevens Ottawa trade dinner speaker urges Russia to abandon price dumping and the full clause allowing Soviet agents to undersell others. He warns current practices dislocate relations and hinder normal world trade.
Old friends endure beyond new ideas as time tests bonds. When longtime companions reunite after decades, a familiar greeting carries deeper meaning, revealing shared histories and weathered experiences. Eyes meet, memories revive, and the hello echoes past support, loyalty, and mutual understanding.
A Cody resident misplaced ten dollars while shopping and fruitlessly searched. Next morning his Chesapeake Bay retriever, trained to retrieve dropped items, guarded the missing bill as the owner fed his dog. Child welfare in England saved 100000 babies last year. The speaker recalled a moment of joy then a stark shift when seeing the doctor.
A coach benches 166 players who report to the team for dieting. The move follows an internal policy and involves disciplinary action by the team leadership led by Son Cede. Further details on affected games or dates were not disclosed.
William Orr Ludlow, chairman of the American Institute of Architects industrial relations committee, says the skyscraper era may end as a four day workweek and social shifts prompt city exodus. He foresees people living outside cities to enjoy leisure and a building revival as times improve. Architects and planners are urged to study these trends to avoid haphazard growth. The piece notes redistribution of population as hours shrink.
Pierre Paul Emile Roux, 80, longtime Pasteur Institute director and collaborator with Louis Pasteur, died in Paris after a career shaping bacteriology and vaccines. He battled tuberculosis for four decades. with Albert Calmette and Behring he helped develop diphtheria toxins and serum therapies earning a Nobel prize.
Berlin figures show 22,000 persons held in concentration camps across the Reich, up from 18,000 last July. Prussia’s prisoners rose from 12,000 to 15,000, while Neuse Vorwaerts claimed 40,000-50,000 prisoners in camps and a similar number in jails, totaling about 80,000. Officials call the camps a temporary measure for educational purposes during the revolution.
Col. R. R. McCormick of the Chicago Tribune declares the newspaper an institution developed by modern civilization to present daily news, promote commerce through widespread advertising, inform public opinion, and provide a government check no constitution has ever secured.
A gentleman and a new chauffeur exchange a quip about a front wheel skid caused by running over a bottle. The driver says he did not see the bottle because the man who placed it had it in his pocket. The oddball humor hinges on misdirection and wordplay.
Many eastern and northeastern tribes recount descent from the sky as the origin of humanity, while western and southwestern groups hold that ancestors emerged from an underworld. Spow fell for the first time in living memory in Southern Africa recently.
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