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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
6
A new rocket propulsion concept expands exploration upward beyond six miles and 24 miles via a repeating rocket designed by Prof. Robert H. Goddard. The device uses relay burning powder charges to accumulate altitude, enabling direct measurement of the upper atmosphere and beyond.
Popular Mechanics notes a recording instrument designed to lift with a 36 pound initial weight to heights from 35 miles to nearly 438 miles using various propellant measures. The device could also be used for space photography in theory, but its main value lies in improving atmospheric science across all levels.
The report to the superintendent of penitentiaries notes Edmonton Alberta Penitentiary farm operations. About 70 acres were cultivated with a tractor bought for 1,314 dollars. Net profit reached 4,191.17 dollars. Wheat 45 bushels per acre on 9 1/2 acres, potatoes 3,500 bushels from 11 acres, oats 85 bushels per acre.
A telegraph trouble-hunter in the Panama Canal zone flew fifty miles to a break and back in under two hours, completing repairs. Previously the journey would have taken three days by horseback through the jungle, highlighting the plane's efficiency.
A humorous note proclaims rapid relief from catarrh after years of suffering, claiming improvement in ten minutes. The speaker asserts personal satisfaction and immediate benefit from an unnamed remedy.
Townsfolk tout Catarrhozone as a cure for catarrh colds and bronchitis. The vapor supposedly soothes irritation clears phlegm and cleans secretions with fast, pleasant action. Sold in large two month $1.00 small 50c and sample 25c sizes with warnings about substitutes.
Villages around St Quen tin, France, are rebuilding after shelling. Artisans use a large grinding machine to convert rubble into new mortar, turning destruction into reconstructive work amid wartime rubble.
A distraught woman laments four years since her separation, recalling the moment he stood in the door and left, as six flies entered the house. The vivid memory captures her ongoing sorrow and the small but sharp detail of the incident.
A Russian refugee in Finland details Leon Trotzky's special train in London. It has four cars two engines wireless reception to Naunheim Lyons and London and a telephone link at stations. The train includes a printing office for Trotzky's On the Way and a former imperial garage with six motor cars. The escort totals 250 machine gunners with a library and dining car.
Arden Ontario March 15. Mrs Miles Wood a respected local woman says Dodd's Kidney Pills made her feel like a new person. She suffered kidney trouble with swelling in her feet and legs and reports swelling nearly gone and overall improved health after using the remedy. She urges others with kidney issues to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. The article promotes the pills as a pure kidney remedy that cleanses blood and benefits the whole body.
The Canadian Wheat Board sets seed wheat price at $2.45 per bushel Fort William basis effective midnight February 21. The previous price to millers was $2.80 plus one cent, rising 1 cent every 15 days since December 31, 1919. The cut follows resolutions from United Farmers of Alberta and Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association to aid farmers after crop failures.
A defense of Putnam's Corn and Wart Extractor claims it cures corns warts and bunions permanently without pain. Advertises nationwide druggist availability at 25 cents per bottle with high consumer confidence.
Calgary announces over 2 million dollars in new construction this year including a normal school and institute of technology north of the Bow river, bolstered by the $1 million project. The design by RP Blakey features Collegiate Gothic style with a capital I layout on a 110 acre site facing the city. The program also covers the Allen theatre at 300,000 dollars and other additions such as the Herald and Yale Hotel expansions.
A short note quotes a French proverb that a good repast should begin with something. The saying emphasizes the importance of a proper start to a meal.
Unusual interest marks a short course for soldier settlers wives in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan. On March 1, 68 residents arrived to study buttermaking dairy processing and creamery plant operation with P E Reed W Harkness J A Caulder and others.
A small bottle of Freezone costs only a few cents and is applied by drops to corns and calluses. It promises immediate pain relief and easy lifting of the corn or callus, root and all, without any pain or soreness.
Favorable weather in February boosts farming in Hazelmere British Columbia with many new ploughed stretches, including virgin soil recently cleared. Early seeding is expected to occur sooner than last year in the area.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a cure for chronic and frequent colds by building up the system and cleansing the blood. Claims benefit for nasal catarrh and mucous surfaces with testimonials and a money back promise, listing F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as the makers.
The 1919 Alberta labor bureaux received 40 180 men and 4 668 women seeking positions. Jobs were found for 30 018 men and 3 381 women. Operating cost was 39 879 dollars, 92 cents per applicant and 1 19 per placement. the province paid 60 76 dollars, the Dominion covered the rest.
The greatest of all cunning is to seem blind to the snares which we know are laid for us. Men are never so easily deceived as while they are endeavoring to deceive others.
A congressional session focused on divergent reports from a special aviation investigation committee. Representative Magee of New York stated no American built battle or regular bombing planes were produced during the war despite more than a billion dollars in expenditures.
When a baby is cross and cries, a well child is happy. A dose of Baby's Own Tablets eases distress by regulating the bowels and stomach and can relieve constipation indigestion colds and fevers. Mrs Oscar Bedard of Ste Sophie Que endorses the remedy. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Farmland near Morden Manitoba sold yesterday with McCuish farm east of town at 105 dollars per acre and Rove Henderson property to the north at 110 dollars per acre.
A promotional note extols Cascarets as a gentle natural tonic to regulate the liver and cleanse the bowels without harsh laxatives. It claims daily use harmlessly supports digestion and strokes the bowels while you sleep, noting twenty five million boxes sold annually.
Food costs in England climbed to 136 per cent of pre war levels in January while rent clothing light and fuel rose to 126 per cent according to statistics from the American Chamber of Commerce in London.
A New York judge presided over a jury panel including the first Chinese person ever called for jury duty. The case highlights advancing minority representation in the civic process.
Saskatchewan butter producers push for higher quality to surge ahead as creamery butter becomes prominent. The article notes quality as essential and suggests ongoing emphasis on improving butter standards. It also briefly compares Sumatra fauna and ends with a proverb defining genius as a man of limited other talents.
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