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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1936
Page
7
Prof R J McDowall told the British Association in Blackpool that the rise in blood pressure during exercise is due to physical changes rather than the exercise itself. He noted blood pressure falls after exercise as muscles relax and resistances lessen, not solely because of brain awareness or blood pooling.
The article warns that chimney fires cause more destruction than any other fire source and urges households to clean chimneys and flues and repair defects before winter arrives, highlighting the cost of cleaning as minor compared to rebuilding.
Starr Ellison negotiates a glamorous New York debut as Play-Girl with Michael Fairbourne. They furnish a rooftop penthouse echoing Cairo lore while Starr battles conflicting desires, vivid memories, and a fast-paced publicity plan for her literary creator.
At the Harvard tercentenary in Cambridge, Dr Frank Jewett demonstrated a new electrical mimic telephone. It can alter tone from female to male, bass to soprano, and even create a voice duet or harmonize. The device analyzes electrical impulses from a phone and rebuilds a new voice in electricity for transmission to a speaker.
A deep sea specimen named Astronesthes Boulengeri was recovered near Capetown South Africa. It is only the fourth of its kind known, featuring tiny laminated holes along the body and a head resembling a wildcat with huge needlelike teeth and two extra sets of hindward teeth. Meanwhile a Russian oil site near Kerguez reported a natural gusher now yielding about 8 000 tons daily revealing unexpected subsurface activity. Ringling Brothers crew meals reportedly include 6 000 flapjacks daily for 1 600 performers per Jerry the chef.
Poultry experts at the minion experimental farm in Ottawa believe farmers are not sufficiently engaged in geese production. They note that yearly Christmas demand creates a market shortage and high prices for geese, while the farm provides ideal conditions with range freedom and abundant green food.
A mangled note reports that accenter tags were recovered from Arctic Circle waterfowl. Rev Arnold C Herbert, Anglican missionary at Port Harrison, Hudson Bay, gathered tags during summer from geese killed by Eskimos and Indians. Tags were attached between 1025 and 1998.
Britain reports 10,961,000 employed excluding agricultural workers and a four week unemployment total of 1,613,940, down 88,182 from four weeks prior and 334,024 from a year ago. The era sees a London theatre boom and a surge in apartment construction as housing expands across major centers. The trend highlights a broad revival in trade and urban living.
An aroma plant, among the rarest, flowered for the first time at Hubert Dalton's conservatory in Rumson New Jersey with 399 flowers on four three foot spikes. Two orchid experts deemed it the only specimen of its kind seen, believed native to the Molacca Islands and Malaya. A 782 pound lump of native copper was found six feet underground during prospecting on the West Siberian Gold Mining Trust field.
A devotional reflection on purifying hope and calling. It cites 1 John 3 3 and urges striving for purity over worldly success. God whispers to each soul during life guiding toward noble deeds rather than mere merchant or professional roles. The piece portrays spiritual discipline as true success.
The tallest man, Robert Pershing Wadlow, aged 18, stands 8 feet 5 inches and weighs over 300 pounds, with growth continuing. His father, an engineer, weighs 145 pounds. In England, 42500 dollars was raised for the blind on Weranium Way.
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