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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 01, 1931
Page
2
The piece warns of rising road deaths with spring travel and cites 1930 US data: 32,500 killed and 960,000 injured. It notes drivers mostly at fault, with speeding, signaling failures, and right of way violations driving most accidents. Emphasizes safety over speed and urges personal responsibility on the road.
Speakers at a dinner by the National Safety First Association at the Vintner's Hall, BC, were warned with automobile style stop signals for speaking beyond their allotted time in honor of the Royal Commission on Transport.
Canadian furniture industry produced over $44 million in 1929 across 367 establishments. Almost all output stayed in the Dominion. Exports totaled $381,764 that year.
A newspaper notice touts Nerviline as a safe home treatment for flu symptoms starting with a cold. It claims gargling the throat and topical rubbing relieve throat irritation chest tightness and congestion. The ad markets Nerviline as Mothers Best Friend priced at 35 cents.
The awards committee of the International League of Aviators named Coste the world's premier aviator for his Paris to New York flyer and five world records. Amy Johnson won top honors among women flyers after flying from London to Australia and receiving the Elysee Palace honors from President Doumergue. Wing Commander Kingsford Smith was the chief rival. The body also ordered plaques for Mrs. Victor Bruce, Maryse Bastie and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh. Dr Hugo Eckener was named premier dirigible pilot.
Many sufferers abandon harsh diets and tonics in favor of Bisulated Magnesia. A teaspoonful of four tablets after meals calms acid, sweetens the stomach, prevents fermentation, and aids digestion. Obtain Bisulated Magnesia formulated for stomach use from a reputable drug store.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 1929 figures for the biscuit confectionery chocolate and cocoa industries in Canada. Investment totals 55,320,902 dollars with 13,073 employed, salaries 12,765,876 dollars, materials costs 27,717,889 dollars, products valued at 62,492,801 dollars across 281 establishments.
Miller's Worm Powders act so thoroughly that stomachic and intestinal worms pass from the child without being noticed and without inconvenience to the sufferer. They are painless and perfect in action, and at all times will be found a healthy medicine, strengthening the infantile stomach and maintaining it in vigorous operation.
The Department of Agriculture expects a saving of 300000 this year from a hatchery approval policy stated by Minister Hon Robert Weir. The program covers 134 hatcheries producing about 5,000,000 baby chicks annually at low prices with a reportedly low mortality rate.
A vintage ad promises to restore vitality in children by using Mother Graves Worm Exterminator to eradicate intestinal parasites. The copy emphasizes parasite removal as a path to renewed strength.
The ministry of transport announced an experimental spring scheme closing Oxford Street daily to all slow moving traffic from noon to 7 p.m. This marks the first time horse drawn vehicles face a citywide restriction on a major London thoroughfare.
Dialogue snippet shows a clerk warning a guest about leaving with the sign. The guest quips about rephrasing the question to ask if anything is left. The exchange highlights a humorous wordplay on a common luggage or checkout prompt.
A professor of public health states that physical hardening through exercise and cold baths does not protect against catching colds. The remark challenges common beliefs about immune boosting through strenuous routines.
Mrs Corcoran of Leigh reports bilious headaches relief after using Carter's Little Liver Pills. She has taken them nightly as a regulator for three years and gives three or four pills weekly to her five sons. All druggists sell 25¢ and 75¢ red pigs.
New findings presented to Dr. Albert Einstein at Mount Wilson Solar Observatory by Dr. Charles E. St. John show the sun’s atmosphere extends about 9 000 miles, far deeper than Earth’s 100 mile layer. The sun’s outer layer is ionized calcium, unlike Earth’s helium and hydrogen.
A modest Glasgow built crane lifts stones 290 feet high, weighs over 100 tons, and rests on eight 450 ton bases. Its control cabin sits 180 feet above ground, to stay until a seven year plan re-erects it higher for the cathedral’s main spire. Built by Butters Brothers at Kinning Park. Dr Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy is advertised as quick natural relief.
Advertising is described as educational, lifting minds from ruts and creating desire for quality. It is credited with spurring ambition, generating energy, and advancing progress alongside society.
An advertisement touts Douglas' Egyptian Liniment as an excellent leg wash for stock. It claims use in horses to remove coins and quickly relieve bruises sprains swellings and joint stiffness.
The Toledo Blade notes leaders from Mussolini to France and the United States express aversion to war. The piece suggests watching Switzerland as a potential neutral observer amid rising tensions and global uncertainty.
Victor Brander a Cochrane lumber merchant had a metal dental plate measuring about one inch by three-quarters of an inch with three teeth removed from his lung. Dr S B McMillan of the Lockwood Clinic Toronto performed an extended bronchoscopy after Brander coughed and unknowingly swallowed the plate four months earlier. The procedure lasted over two hours and ended with successful retrieval.
A Quebec Roads Department bulletin warns drivers about carbon monoxide as a colorless odorless gas that can reach dangerous levels in motion without warning. The advisory stresses the gas’s detectability challenge and the risk to both people and animals from inhalation.
The explanation notes that an Egyptian calendar with 365 days causes a fixed-date festival to drift one day earlier each four years. Over 1,460 years the festival moves through all seasons and returns to its original point.
A new device provides a clock linked window opening mechanism to allow warming the bedroom before the sleeper rises. It aims to automate climate preparation for morning comfort.
The Wall Street Journal notes a surge in life insurance adoption across the United States with group policies expanding coverage to many who previously carried none. Individual policy amounts are usually small, from $1,000 to $5,000, yet the number of $1,000,000+ policies rose from 58 in 1923 to 323 in 1930.
A recent investigation finds more than ten percent of resignations from the store's sales force are due to health conditions. The report highlights chronic illness and sudden illness as significant factors affecting staffing.
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