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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1947
Page
11
Smithsonian researchers report nature repeatedly attempted to shape Earth with a sabre tooth cat and later a sabre tooth tiger. Both failed as climates shifted and prey vanished, leaving paleontologists unsure why extinction occurred.
London physician Dr. E. A. Barton confessed to aiding death of incurable patients in a Voluntary Euthanasia Society address. He urged a Right-to-Die Bill as pain and misery in terminal illness prompt calls for legalized mercy. Barton cited donor doctors and Royal Academy patients among those seeking relief from suffering.
Handball, a game of Celtic origin, is suspected to be among the ancient Tailtin games of Ireland, suggesting deep roots in early Irish sport and culture.
In Georgetown British Guiana a 14 year old girl Mary Mayers blind since birth gains sight after a cornea transplant at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. Upon bandage removal she describes bright light and asks to see her father. Her hometown rewrites the auditorium name to The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary Auditorium in gratitude.
Street in London honors George Downing an American born in Salem Massachusetts who graduated Harvard in 1642 and served as ambassador to the Netherlands for Charles I Cromwell and Charles II. The king granted him land in Westminster where Downing Street stands as a memorial.
The Ottawa Journal reports Field Marshal Montgomery warning that optimism for a peace settlement is misplaced. He argues it is better to wait for a good peace than rush a bad one, criticizing those who lament postwar outcomes and clinging to dreams of a flawless dawn.
Former Australian Lieutenant Leo Casey reputedly died at Quinns Post in 1916 after 51 wounds. His grave ceremony was interrupted when a padre saw movement, a doctor resumed care, and after 108 major operations and 78 anaesthetics he recovered fully in England.
Postmaster Roscoe B. Huston warns that Detroit households whose dogs bite mail carriers more than once will lose mail delivery service. The federal rule restricts bites to a single incident per canine.
Alfred Babcock's National Foundation for Science and Industry reports a flood of submissions from the United States Canada and distant Guam for a Digest of New Inventions. Ida Price of Marked Tree Ark offers a home ashtray cuspidor for cigar smokers while F W Torrance of Hamilton Canada pitches an automatic grain binder attachment. Babcock notes most ideas are feasible with few truly impractical proposals.
The London Star notes strict courtesies at Ascot in England. Royal family members receive discreet handling from the Royal box and cameras are banned. Divorces face exclusion from the Royal Enclosure with the Duke of Norfolk as arbiter.
The Ottawa Citizen notes 834000 Germans need relief and public protests rise over food as war ends. It argues shortages stem from German administration and that widespread abundance won’t return outside Canada and the United States until the 1949 harvest.
Nero Deep lies about six miles deep near the island of Guam in the western Pacific, marking a notable submarine depth in oceanographic records.
Rest your eyes at intervals during close work and look at distant objects. Use eyes sparingly when ill or convalescent and read with steady light. Avoid reading in bed for long periods or in moving vehicles. Advice from National Health authorities in Ottawa.
The statement notes that all children are color blind at birth and that color vision becomes fully developed by about two and a half years. It highlights a period of rapid visual perception growth in early development.
Sisters Ethel and Constance Austen run a leading pearl-stringing business in Hatton Garden London for 15 years. They discuss handling about one million pounds worth of jewellery yearly and their Gemmological Association qualifications. The article notes their work with Indian clients and a unique piece carved by an ex prisoner of war.
Librarians puzzled by a patron who marked every preposition in a 700 page novel totaling 2 384 241, a high score that hints at persistent note taking. Another borrower forgot a liquor ration book inside the copy of The Lost Week End.
A regional weather note explains Puerto Rico lacks a distinct rainy season and instead receives rainfall throughout the year in varying patterns. The observation highlights regional climate variability and impacts on agriculture and daily life.
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