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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1936
Page
2
The king will not deliver the annual Christmas address to the empire this year, via a secretary stating he will not follow his father's custom. He may instead issue an empirewide address on coronation day next year.
Europe’s costliest stamp known as the yellow three shilling is shown during the Swedish Philatelist Society’s fiftieth anniversary celebration. It once belonged to J. Ramberg of Gothenburg and fetched 10 050 dollars at auction.
Starr Elson challenges Michael Hassan amid a tense ballroom clash as she asserts control over her fate. She taunts him, vows to perform, and sings an exotic desert song with harp, drawing attention from reporters and guests.
A fragmentary verse passage compares the love of women to gold in the sun and a gazelle at water, mingling imagery with hasheesh. The following day New York faced indecision over which line to emphasize in coverage: O loving man versus the love of women’s hasheesh.
Michael Fairbourne stands in a luxurious room as a cocktail hour unfolds with a Japanese butler and guests mixing drinks. The scene, set at Lance Marlowe’s pent house, contrasts social bustle with Stephanie Dale’s disdain for Feyot’s Play-Girl guest and the crowd drawn to her.
A fragment from a fiction narrative centers on Starr Ellison and Michael as they argue about past life and identity. Michael grapples with his perceptions of Starr, her relationship with Lance Marlowe, and the allure she exudes, while questioning her true nature and origins as readers are left awaiting continuation.
Miss Audrey Shirtliff a Chelsea girl is appointed by the Great Western to interview secretaries of women's groups clubs schools and factories offering outings. She will travel the system to persuade women to visit London to see shops Buckingham Palace and royal residences.
Restorative operation by Professor Franceschetti transplanted a deceased 19 year old girl's cornea to a blind man. The procedure, described as highly delicate, successfully restored the man's sight in a landmark medical achievement.
The fragment refers to shaving tools needing dipping in boiling water to ease use in cold weather. It also notes a future trans Atlantic traveler aiming for ultimate fame by descending Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Canada’s SPIN-WELL WOOL PRODUCTS CO offers wool carding machines, spinning wheels, wool carders, and cattle and horse combs with low prices. Cards wool for others and quilts sold with a money back guarantee. Enquiries mailed post paid from Liften, Man.
Quebec report says a passenger vessel skipper refused salvage of thousands of sealskins drifting on ice near the St Lawrence. Captain E J Rodgers of the Alaunia recalls a bright day as two piles of sealskins floated by under flags, with Eskimo hunters possibly lost or forced to flee as ice broke apart.
Dr G F Morton British educationist reports survey findings from Canada showing English emigrant alumni, aged 1924 to 1929, doing better than in England. He plans Australia visit and continues to advocate emigration to relieve European overpopulation.
Maurice Kerchanblat, a Paris watchmaker, has inscribed an entire 11,198 word book on the back of a picture postcard titled The Story of Joan of Arc by Paul Corbanic. The peculiar feat blends literature with portable ephemera in a single compact memento.
A student defines advertising as the presentation of a pretty girl with an object to entice the public to buy. The text notes a month of drawings by twenty men to create a one reel animated cartoon. It mentions water striders can skim water despite being heavy and that Tokyo’s population exceeds five million.
A devotional message reflects on Isaiah 43 2 and the idea that God accompanies believers through waters and fires. It encourages cheerful submission to suffering, trusting divine support, bearing burdens, and finding preparedness and resilience in trials.
Lloyds reports Great Britain and Ireland show a peak in marine construction at end of September with 928 571 tons under construction for the quarter, up 79 639 tons from the prior quarter and 398 571 tons above September 30, 1935. Abroad total 1 182 860 tons, up 80 600 from June. World total 2 111 437 tons, GB and Ireland 44 percent.
Prime Minister Baldwin reassures Protestant society there is no plan to alter the coronation oath regarding the Church of England and the Protestant faith. Any change would require an act of Parliament and has only occurred historically to fit political shifts. Emperor Hirohito to be represented by Prince and Princess Chichibu at London coronation preparations.
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