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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 30, 1935
Page
2
This piece argues confidence is the foundation of home life, business, community, and national vitality. It stresses that losing confidence destabilizes institutions, economies, and individuals, and warns against surrendering personal conviction and initiative to outside forces.
A giant shark measuring 27 feet 6 inches with 12 foot girth and five tons was captured in Hout Bay near Capetown. It fought for two hours before being hauled to shallow water and required 14 bullets to kill though the animal resisted.
An international exposition opened in Brussels on April 27 aiming to boost peace and friendship among nations. Spanning 400 acres with 150 palaces, the fair showcases science, technology, commerce, and industry, highlighting transport links and Congo’s historical development alongside Belgian tapestries and ceramic arts.
Canadian railways moved 66.6 million tons of freight and carried 17.95 million passengers last year. Payroll reached 14.28 million dollars for about 119 thousand workers. Fuel costs were 14.705 million and labor dominated expenses, while mined, agricultural, forest and animal products formed major freight shares.
G H Dickinson of Central High School of Commerce notes a survey of 16 000 Canadian children shows girls are better spellers than boys, likely because they work harder. Bourgeois proved hardest to spell while accord ance was easiest. The study also finds commercial school pupils surpass academic and technical students in spelling. February bacon exports from Canada to Britain total 4 765 200 pounds, nearly double February 1994. January-February 1935 value rises to 28 70 600 pounds, up £23 600 from 1934.
Aristone measured teeth of his housekeeper and a male servant finding four extra teeth in the woman. For centuries it was assumed men had four more teeth than women. Also notes 1,000 pounds of shelled popcorn and Mount Ararat's height above sea level. Noah's Ark landing linked to Ararat.
An ad claims Kruschen Salts successfully cured neuritis by cleansing impure blood and restoring internal organ function. It touts relief after first dose and asserts many suffer in winter years, urging readers to try the product for rapid improvement.
Lucille Lemp, a blind and crippled girl from Tavistock Ontario, spoke at the Ontario Education Association convention in Toronto. Her harp recital, orig poem, typed business letter on Braille keyboard, and geography lesson from a relief map showcased the home instruction unit for physically handicapped children.
Sir Josiah Stamp, a British economist and railway director, urged Canada and other dominions to regulate wheat exports to Britain as demand stagnates. He spoke in Montreal during a US trip, noting past royal commission insights and cautioning against believing temporary dust-storm gains would permanently lift acreage. The article also notes minimal popcorn seed imports and Labrador coast’s Arctic climate influence near Magrath Alberta growers.
The Mauretania, Cunard liner long noted for speed and records, has been retired after a storied career. Built at Swan Hunter Wallsend England she launched September 26 1906 and began service November 16 1907, setting era records with a five day five hour ten minute crossing.
Grading of print butter will become a fact in Western Canada with Manitoba announcing June 1 as the start date after enabling legislation. Similar regulations are expected May 3 in British Columbia and Alberta, and June 1 in Saskatchewan. The federal act already covers grading for all butter sold, with prints graded by quality, while export and storage previously followed different rules. Provinces move first to implement compulsory print grading under amendments to the act.
A compact reflection on time as the most precious thing and the folly of wasting it. Franklin urges purposeful effort, arguing that time once lost cannot be recovered and that aligning actions to a clear aim yields more with less confusion.
Professor Vinogradov of the Tiftis forestry institute announced the discovery of petrmea forest dating to a prehistoric age on the slopes of the Adshar mountains in Teflis Russia. He reported trunks from many tree species, some of gigantic size.
Grays England police logs note odd finds include a week’s washing, a goat, a parrot, several dresses, a cockerel and a swan alongside a Royal Air Force plane debris recovered near Purfleet Range. The American Chemical Society plans a home chemistry course to detect adulterated foods while plant chlorophyll and solar energy mechanisms are mentioned in Aberdeen reports.
Captain T Campbell Black plans a weekend trip to Canada as part of rapid transport research. The flight is the second of four proposed weekend routes, with other destinations including Capetown and the Orl mt, announced in London.
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