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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1936
Page
2
An Ottawa Journal note urges correct usage of thoroughbred as a proper name and capitalized breed. It explains the term denotes a distinct horse breed, so correct phrase is pure bred for purity when referring to animals. It cautions against everyday misapplication to dogs or cats and to provincial bulletins describing cattle or horses as thoroughbreds.
Starr Eliisan encounters a mysterious man calling himself Hassan who proposes a paid arrangement to act as his glamorous partner in a staged life. He hints at a private apartment, social access, and a future society role, while Starr debates the morality and risk of accepting. The encounter ends with them leaving together for supper to discuss terms.
In a tense scene from a crime tale, Starr yields to Fairbourne's lead after a calculating glance in the taxi. He believes her compliance hides her own racket, while they step into a bachelor apartment building's doorway, the entry dimly lit as plans unfold.
A man returns to a stylish mansion after passing two lanterns and an ivory doorway. An automatic elevator brings him to a dim hall and a grand room with a hearth fire. He comments the place suits a bachelor and hopes an Egyptian princess fits in.
The Boston Herald notes strong U S admiration for English traditions and the king. It imagines a potential King Edward visit to the United States, citing past presidents who traveled abroad and highlighting public eagerness for closer Anglo American ties. The piece stresses that no English king has ever set foot in the United States.
Sir Henry Lytton, famed Savoyard and long time D'Oyly Carte star, dies after a long illness in London at age 69. A celebrated light opera tenor, he spent over five decades singing Gilbert and Sullivan roles and appeared in thousands of performances, including extensive runs of The Mikado.
A cheerful exhortation urges choices that spread happiness through a smiling face and pleasant speech. It claims the joy from kind acts endures from night through the day as one goes about daily tasks.
Britain’s postal services earned a profit of 11,250,000 pounds in the last year despite parcel post rate cuts. Telephone service, run by the post office, reported record income as part of a broader trend of national progress. The system handles more than six billion letters and parcels annually and remains a cornerstone of Britain’s communication network.
Mahon, a Winnipeg portering railway worker and ordained Rabbi born in Grenada, plans to write a book on Caribbean island customs. He studies Hebrew in Canada while traveling for work and hopes to attend a British seminary to earn the title Rav.
Clara Fargo Thomas, a noted American artist, has shipped a 100 yard long by 75 foot high plywood pictorial story of the British empire in ships to London. The project began as a solution to furnish debt and grew into a decade long, detailed rendering ending with the Queen Mary. She works in Sir John Lavery's studio while in London.
Imports of pencils from Japan into Canada in May matched domestic production for the month and neared total yearly imports. The Bookseller and Stationer reports average import prices around 24 cents per gross, far below 58 and 61 cents per gross in 1935 and 1934 respectively. In many cases the laid down cost in Canadian ports was lower than the raw material cost.
The Greater Shanghai bureau of education bans teachers from using rouge Hp- stick face powder and permanent waves citing incompatibility with educational principles. Earlier similar limits applied to girl students, reflecting narrow standards for appearance in schools.
Saskatchewan and Manitoba gold output in June reached 16 076 ounces, bringing six months total to 87 841 ounces, up from 78 507 ounces in the first half of last year. The New York Times and the Boston Transcript are the only two US daily papers without comic strips.
A devotional medley offers Proverbs 15:1 guidance on gentle speech and calm disposition. It urges forgiving neighborly wrongs, avoiding pride, and seeking peace, noting injuries fade with time and present trust in God eases burdens.
Former Russian revolutionary Leon Trotzky faces possible expulsion from Norway amid recent reports of new international intrigue charges. Pravda stated there would be no reconciliation with Stalin, while Trotzky, banished from his revolutionary homeland, sought refuge in Norway after promising to abstain from propaganda. Authorities report Nazi youths seized papers at his Honeros home linking to plots in France and Spain. Trotzky arrived in Norway on June 18, 1935.
Major McKeand heads the Canadian eastern Arctic patrol aboard the Nascopie and confirms the patrol’s scientific program has faced no weather delays. Ney and Courtright moved to Fort Garry Port Burwell to set up astronomical stations in Ungava Bay. Leechman and Nichole stay at Wolstenholme to continue Quebec mainland and island studies. The team will reboard the Nascopie to work north toward Craig Harbour and return to Ottawa with the patrol. A saw fly threat to Canadian forests remains uncertain. A trade journal notes a boom in new cars and a usual rattie in old ones.
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