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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 14, 1936
Page
4
A Hungarian inventor named Wonder has developed a method to photograph and permanently record the human voice. The process uses electricity and light to capture every tonal variation on a circular disk, yielding an indestructible voice record for identification and crime fighting.
From the University of Alberta, George W Robertson notes a date with a perfect square pattern, April 9 being the 100th day of the year and 1086 as 44 squared. He adds the next such date will be April 9, 2116. A collection of light anecdotes follows, including a mischief by the Bibby family and a farmer’s asylum exchange.
The American Bible Society reports scripture publications in 972 languages. Recent works include Ponape New Testament and Psalms, translations by Germans, printed in England, financed by Americans, distributed by Japanese, for Ponapasians on Ponape in the Caroline Islands.
A fragment describes the St Lawrence figiting relatives in Chiswick showing the Thames to impress a guest. An uncle asks where to go and the Canadian narrator suggests a stroll by the brook. It notes Ontong Java uses copra as money.
Time reports professors Robert Cladding Green and Ralph Dowdell of the University of Minnesota devised a healthy lead magnesium alloy bullet. Ducks ingesting the bullet suffer only indigestion and metal leaves the system within 48 hours, reducing lead poisoning compared with traditional bullets.
Gaumont British Films announces Revelstoke British Columbia residents will appear in a motion picture about building a transcontinental railway. About 2000 locals, plus ex stars and technicians, are to shoot exterior scenes in Revelstoke while Richard Arien and cast work from England. They will sail for Canada. An amusing quip about sculpture and a vacuum cleaner salesman follows.
The article notes a rapid rise of Chinese football, led by Shanghai's Tung Hwa regarded as the Arsenal of Shanghai, consistently defeating foreign clubs. It credits young teachers trained abroad for driving a broader athletic boom in China, with soccer attracting the strongest interest amid other sports like tennis and swimming.
A fragmented, early 20th century sounding verse depicts a gay suburbanite spending his last nickel to take home a sickle and envision a harvest with beer and squash. A woman recalls her husband kissing the maid while a friend questions what happened, and a mug is mentioned in a terse, disjointed exchange.
The Ontario Horticultural Association urged public sentiment for wild flora protection after noting many native species are already disappearing. Laws in 23 American states protect wild plants, and the Wild Flower Preservation Society promotes care through lectures and campaigns. Rules call for leaving seeds, not uprooting plants, and limiting picking to species like violets while preserving crucial bulbs and foliage for next season. The aim is to foster an attitude toward native flora similar to humane wildlife care.
Seven year old Perry Hart, violinist from Ewingsdale New South Wales, wins three prizes at the Sydney Eisteddfod alarm critics. She read music before talking and passed top grade at four, while her sister Pamela Hart is also an Eisteddfod prize winner.
Alfalfa has grown in popularity in Canada since the early 1900s. In 1985 the crop sown totaled 762,300 acres with a yield of 1,958,700 tons valued at 15,743,000 dollars, averaging 804 dollars per ton and 2.57 tons per acre. Ontario leads in production, followed by Alberta and British Columbia, with irrigation used in western provinces. The crop improves soil by fixing nitrogen, yields two harvests per season, and is highly valued for dairy feed and stock.
The London Observer recalls Willie Clarkson, an eminent wig maker and society impersonator whose media presence and costume genius defined London nightlife. Renowned for fantastical hair, he dressed to become a character and counted King Edward VII and Sarah Bernhardt among his intimates. One famous gown transformed him into a living armchair at Covent Garden, a prank that nearly killed a man.
Saskatchewan minister of agriculture Hor J. G. Taggart told the Manitoba branch of the Canadian Manufacturers Association in Winnipeg that wheat will continue as western Canada's major crop. He outlined agricultural conditions and drought issues, urging better summer fallowing, farm reserves of feed and seed, resource conservation, and weed and pest control.
Observations show sweet clover yields increase with favorable conditions, producing up to three-fourths ton to two tons per acre in fall and three to six tons in the following year. The pagoda is defined as a temple connected tower in eastern Asia, serving as a shrine. A search is underway in London for a person who has truly been a something.
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