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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1935
Page
4
A Winnipeg Free Press critique notes A P Herbert’s Punch book What a Worst argues for preserving English simplicity and clarity against pedants and press purists. The Times is quoted complaining of jargon and inflated terms that burden the language.
The Chapel Benevolent Institution in Shanghai now handles arranged marriages for eighteen girls rescued by police from abduction or attempted sale. Prospective husbands must apply with a photo and wait to meet the candidate, who alone may approve her suitor under strict rules.
The one cent British Guiana stamp, deemed the rarest collecting item, was offered at 37500 dollars but drew no buyers. Some readers, including Christian Science Monitor, wondered if the failed sale signals a return of rationality in a disordered market.
A Seattle curio shop displays a world noted collection of tiny carvings including figures of the Virgin Mary Christ on the cross Confucius and Buddha carved on grains of rice. The display highlights minuscule religious and philosophical figures as a novelty.
The piece notes that despite Colorado fame for its gold, the state collected a higher value in taxes than the mined gold through 1983. A joke exchange about breakfast follows, then a historical claim of a bear and 40 wolves bagged in a hunt within Chicago’s city limits a century ago.
News dispatches from Moscow claimed a diary of Christopher Columbus was discovered in a Russian museum at Kar gapol written in German. The New York Public Library reportedly holds two diaries seen as literary curiosities with claims of authenticity disputed by library officials.
Canadian officials report increased Canada New Zealand trade in the first six months of the year with New Zealand buying motor vehicles tires newsprint canned goods and artificial silk goods. Canada also ships more of these products directly to Australia and New Zealand. Canadian canned air and radio receiving sets are rising amidst broader construction activity in Canada.
The Montreal Star notes Ontario fields now cultivate nearly 40 thousand acres of high grade tobacco. More than 20 million pounds have sold at strong prices, with an eight million dollar value, expanding domestic use and Britain-bound trade. The piece highlights enterprise overcoming doubts and marks a shift from private gardens to modern commercial production.
A Dominion Experimental Station study in Scott Saskatchewan tests phosphate fertilizer effects on summer tallow yields and kernel sizes. results show grade decline only in dry seasons, while average and frost-affected years often improve both yield and grade, suggesting a light yearly phosphate rate is best where fertilization proves beneficial.
A vivid excerpt describes the monsoon cycle in India, detailing the buildup of heat, the atmospheric shift, and the swift arrival of cooled air and heavy rains. By mid September the onslaught wanes and by October the downpour retreats, leaving fields revived and life renewed.
Marine biologist L R Crawshay explains in Nature that the candle like light Columbus saw before his voyage was produced by an articulated marine worm found in the local waters. The glow occurs only during the third quarter moon, matching Columbus records.
A terse wartime drill scene unfolds as a sergeant struggles with an awkward squad. He commands attention about turn and as you were, but Private Jones stands puzzled, delaying the reset and provoking further orders.
A barley variety testing project proceeds with support from the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in cooperation with the National Barley Committee, the University of Saskatchewan, and the Dominion Experimental Farms to evaluate agronomic values and malting potential.
USDA scientists pursue a turkey that resembles a duck, aiming for a streamlined body. The program targets lean legs, broader backs, and plump breasts to benefit the entire family, signaling notable changes for future poultry traits.
The Canadian Seed Growers Association requires Elite stock seed purity checks every four years. At Central Experimental Farm Ottawa samples from growers are tested in five red-row plots yielding 1,200 to 1,500 plants. Heads marked as off-type are examined, later harvested and tested in the lab.
Stenographers in Japan contend with a keyboard system offering 2000 characters, each selected by hand via a sliding tray. Katakana and Hiragana signs require precise knob alignment to lift type, ink, and drum mechanism as the character advances. The process mirrors English machines in function.
The new common soils laboratory at Swift Current Saskatchewan is under construction and will serve as the headquarters for investigations into soil drifting moisture conservation and related field crop production problems in the Prairie Provinces.
Joseph Stringer dairy farmer of Grenfel receives the Master Farmer gold medal and certificate from a rural Winnipeg magazine for outstanding farming, home-building, and citizenship. Moscow plans a 1,000,000 book library as a Maxim Gorky memorial. A queen bee can lay twice her weight in eggs daily.
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