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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 24, 1936
Page
1
Despoisie Ladies Aid hosts a cooking fair on September 23 at Deepdale Community Hall. Tickets and stalls available through Mitchell's Drugthers Deepdats Trading Co or Grundy's Store Makaret.
A humorous note from the Stackbridge Ont Gazette about subscribers behind on payments. A past error dropped a reader from the list for six years, and the man rejoined after realizing his omission. A woman proudly pays three ten dollar bills for future service, remarking she always needs the Gazette and suggesting many can afford renewals.
Betty Barclay presents a five minute chocolate pie recipe using unsweetened chocolate sweetened condensed milk and water in a baked shell. Garnish with whipped cream and chill. Also a fluffy chocolate pudding with egg whites, folded in, chilled and served in sherbet glasses for six.
A sequence of local sales announces auctions in Roblin and nearby districts. Listings include household furniture, horses, cattle, implements, and property. Auctions run Sept. 26 to Oct. 7 with cash terms. auctioneers include J A Williamson and others. Proprieties held by M Malgny W Werbawetsky L Nernberg Henry Franklin and Mrs J Pawiuk.
Two ads list items from A Keast Roblin Manitoba. A 9 year old Percheron stallion, prize winner with a 3300 price. Also a Battery Type House Radio offered in trade for wood. Contact A Keast in Roblin Manitoba for details.
Fall planting guides emphasize foresight in garden planning with bulbs such as tulips narcissus and hyacinths set for spring bloom. It notes bulbs must be planted before freeze and that fall tasks include trees perennials lawn work and sowing annual seeds for a robust next season.
The United Church informs parishioners of a sermon by Rev. A J Radley M A minister of St Pauls United Church Gilbert Plains on Sunday September 27 with the subject I am in Trouble and the Open Door service at Werehill Pray Tumme with Rev C Matchett Ba BD leading the Church of Lasting Friendship marked by the church notices and announcements.
The heat of combustion of a gallon of gasoline equals about 9 million ft lb of work at 100 percent efficiency. This could move an average car three times as far as a highway trip, or twice in some cases. If all petroleum were converted to gasoline, yearly heat would equal 42.5 billion gallons. At 18 miles per gallon, the energy would power one car 766 billion miles, roughly four thousand trips to the sun.
F L Skinner proprietor invites readers to visit the nursery at Dropmore Manitoba. He promotes trees shrubs and perennial flowers from Western Canada and offers materials from hardy stocks with a catalogue available on request. He states he will pay readers to visit and select from the nursery.
A compact listing shows Dr. Leo Hennell in Roblin offering physician and surgical services near Rexall Drug Store. Kerr Dentist in Roblin with stated hours. A Smith agent handling Fire and Livestock Insurance and CN R Lands. L Learn licensed embalmer in Roblin. R F Standish funeral services at Togo. Dr J Segal M D notary public in Togo. W Armitage veterinary surgeon in Robin, Man.
Canadian National veterans from across Canada and the United States gathered at Union Station Toronto on August 27 to honor the railway as it enters its second century of service. A Loyalty Roll inscribed 6 270 pension list names, with a walnut chest and silver locomotive model, while telegrams of support arrived from many divisions. E P Mallory accepted for President Hungerford, noting CN System's contributory pension plan and commitment to staff old age security.
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