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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 02, 1935
Page
5
Archaeology notes from a journey between Plymouth and London reveal stone circles and ancient earthworks. Dr. R E M Wheeler reports Maiden Castle fences implying a large, vanished population with artifacts including 4,000 stones and carbonized wheat bread, yet no conclusive history remains.
A columnist questions the official radio listener figures used by politicians. They note the gap between claimed audiences and actual listening, highlighting millions of untuned radios due to music, ads, and entertainment. The piece contrasts radio reach with newspaper readership.
Ontario centenarians disagree on the keys to reaching 100. Some rise early and abstain from alcohol and tobacco, while others credit late bedtimes or occasional smoking and tobacco use. A sound constitution, moderation, fresh air, and lack of worry are cited as important, but there is no universal rule. St. Thomas Times-Journal note.
London contemplates a modern signalling system with Photo-electric eye and Lookout screens to display trains miles away in fog or darkness. Signalmen could acknowledge traffic as four main groups plan three year conversions. Germany abolishes punching the clock, replacing it with joint assemblies before work, sometimes ceremonial.
The article lists preferred plants for a shaded border including Clarkia Annual Larkspur Lupine N eotine Phiox and Verbena with others like Portulaca Alysium Sweet-scented Stocks Linum Calendulas Calliopsis Sunflowers Schizanthus Salpiglossis Marigolds Petunias and more. It notes these tolerate dry conditions and suggests hardy annuals for long stems suitable for winter bouquets such as Straw Flower Statice Acroclinium Rhodmathe and related varieties.
After the first year of the Grade A policy by the Dominion Department of Agriculture, about 40 farms were approved for Grade AI eggs. More than 50,000 cases were marketed and roughly $800,000 in premiums were returned to producers. Grade A eggs are produced on farms approved by the Dominion Minister of Agriculture.
A Toronto university expert asserts a fully matured ordinary toad, sound in wind and land, is worth twenty dollars to a gardener. He cannot guarantee every find but says each has a value always recognized as an insect dean 2098.
London Chronicle editor Vernon Bartlett told a Toronto audience that no real danger of another European war exists for years. He warned Germany seeks no new war, cites air vulnerability and the rising antiwar mood as the continent braces for future conflict. A closing quip about a Sweepstake joke ends the report.
A English inventor unveils a gasoline turbine engine he says could revolutionize air transport and lower motoring costs. Initial tests will occur in a forced concrete hut as builders expect colossal power, capable of blowing reels to bits. Experts note that even 10 percent efficiency could yield power comparable to standard engines at lower construction costs.
Northampton council accepts a Sheffield firm offer of £80 to dispose of a war relic tank. The project cost during wartime would run about £5,000. Bees can see ultraviolet light beyond red. The only gasoline substitute found is shoe leather.
Practical guidance from John Van Guilder on capturing night lightning photos during spring storms. Use indoor shots through an open window, tripod, and long exposures to record ribbons of light. Moonlit scenes require longer times. aim for balanced silhouettes and varied lightning shapes for striking snapshots.
Red clover seed is scarcer this year due to low production and imports. Eastern Ontario and Quebec holdings remain with seed houses and growers. The report urges precautionary measures, recommending annual feed crops, summer fallow oats, and careful moisture management to sustain fodder and pasture yields amid drought risks.
An old all metal monoplane once roamed northern skies hauling fish from Alberta lakes. It helped Bernt Balchen and W Lloyd Bennett rescue the Bremen crew after an April 1928 trans Atlantic ditching near Greenland and later carried Lindbergh’s mother from Mexico City to New York before settling into a routine northern fish run near Edmonton.
The text argues farming is a skilled occupation requiring manual dexterity, mechanical ability, knowledge of horses and stock, and above all judgment to time operations. It notes farming exceeds basic wage labor in forethought and management, per a Royal Commission report on Australia's wheat industry.
In Denby Dale Yorksire England villagers bake a giant pie for national jubilee events. Past pies required 51 horses to pull and 20 000 portions were sold for hospital aid. This year they plan a bigger pie, asking how many horses will pull it and how many pieces will be cut.
A Roman altar stone found in 1870 at Netherhall near Maryport Cumberland will be presented to the Italian government nearly two millennia after its dedication to Jupiter. The gift is made by Col G 3 Pocklington Senhouse on a suggestion by Lord Howard of Penrith, former ambassador to Italy.
Russia reduces sausage variety to a single line of baloney while boasting 57 varieties in other lines. A tongue in cheek item notes marketing contrasts and playful quips about product ranges and national trends.
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