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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 19, 1923
Page
2
The article argues taxation is unavoidable in modern democracies due to wartime debt and service demands. It contrasts autocratic exemptions with broad citizen scrutiny, urging people to fund services through private effort and to curb endless government expansion.
The British Columbia salmon pack total reached 1,290,326 cases with an estimated value of 11.5 million dollars. Figures from the Provincial Department of Fisheries show this is the fifth highest total in twenty-six years, the last higher being 1,398,156 cases in 1919.
A wry parable contrasts legal fixes with real needs. It recalls a man who gave a milk ticket when a baby cried for milk, suggesting rules alone cannot satisfy basic human needs.
The Canadian Forestry Association says four thousand fires last year left Canada poorer by millions and urges careful behavior by campers fishermen settlers and others to avoid a repeat in 1923. It notes nine tenths of fires arise from human activity with few deliberately set.
A 1 706 year old mosaic in a Bryantine church at Malaba Palestine depicts a portion of the Holy Land. The ancient artifact marks the oldest surviving map in existence.
The article notes 3700 licensed country elevators in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with total storage capacity over 1 441 060 000 bushels. Port William and Port Arthur have 31 elevators serving 56 816 000 bushels. Ontario Quebec and the Maritime Provinces hold 35 150 000 bushels.
An advertisement touts Catarrhozone as a natural remedy for throat and bronchial troubles. It claims to clear nasal catarrh, relieve sore chest, stop coughing, and heal throat and lung issues, with price points and availability through dealers of the Catarrhozone Co. in Montreal.
Sir John Willison urged MPs to spend a term traveling from Port Arthur to the coast to study provincial difficulties beyond the Great Lakes. He argued travel within Canada promotes mutual understanding and reduces sectionalism, noting national prosperity depends on western conditions.
The piece notes rough Canadian spring weather harms infants, keeping babies indoors and prone to chills and illness. It advocates occasional Baby's Own Tablets to regulate stomach and bowels and prevent minor childhood ailments, offered by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario for 25 cents a box.
Richborough on England s southeast coast rose from a deserted beach to a harbor amid Great War notes and Roman remains. The Society of Antiquaries plans a systematic excavation of the Roman city site to deepen knowledge of Romans in Britain, with thousands of coins already found and a long history revealed.
Madame Clovisse Bouchard of Mistassini Quebec says kidney pains disappeared after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. The ad touts the pills as a household remedy in Canada and urges others to take early action to prevent kidney disease.
A provincial government report shows rapid expansion in Manitoba pig clubs for boys and girls. Two years ago there were four clubs with few pigs. now there are over 27 clubs and a total of 1334 pigs.
The Hudson's Bay Company plans another large trade expedition to Siberia to support its posts there. A ship bound for Coronation Gulf will be dispatched early this summer.
Simple kitchen note lists ingredients for a sweet olive sauce including fat salt flour pepper olives raisins and vinegar. It instructs to melt fat add flour seasonings and pour in olives and raisins then boil and serve with meat.
Wash crab apples and core them then mix with orange juice and rind raisins cinnamon and cloves vinegar and sugar. Let stand overnight then cook next morning until soft. There are 2,964 counties in the United States.
An 1890s style ad promotes Putnam's Corn and Wart Extractor. It claims painless corn removal with a small nightly application for a quarter and guarantees results. The pitch warns to refuse substitutes and lists 25 cents as the price at dealers.
An eastern institute reports experiments directing wireless waves in a straight line to reduce radiation losses. Short waves around 45 cm could enable nearly full power transmission. The news notes why prior efforts used longer waves and the challenge of creating shorter, steerable radio signals.
The United States was Canada’s top customer in January with Canadian exports totaling 30,270,860, up from 21,184,715 a year earlier, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Canadian imports from the U S reached 49,142,939, while exports to the U S were 38,598,444 in January of last year.
USDA figures show world horse populations shrinking from 116.5 million to 102.55 million over ten years. Russia leads declines with near fifty percent drop, while the United States falls from 23.145 million in 1914 to 20.559 million.
Lord Reading, Viceroy of India, told Calcutta's European Association that racial animosity is declining and reform work will gain closer cooperation. He noted past strain but said the worst of the critical period is over and emphasized lawful administration balanced with Indian sensitivities and duties to the Crown and Parliament.
The ad promotes immediate relief after taking a tablet of Pape's Diapepsin. It claims removal of sour upset stomach distress and associated symptoms like gas and heartburn. Each package is guaranteed by the druggist to correct digestion for a few cents.
The fossil coral from the Fiji Islands is praised as the world's best building stone. It starts soft like cheese when cut but rapidly hardens in air to near granite strength.
The Alberta Department of Mines reports last year’s coal output at 5,976,432 tons. Of this, 1,443,942 tons were sold in Alberta, 1,999,789 in other Canadian provinces, and 105,514 in the United States, marking a 39,327 ton rise over 1921.
Lord Allenby, renowned soldier and British representative in Egypt, is also a keen naturalist with authority on birds and flowers.
Prospects for BC grown seed exports to Britain rise yearly as shipments reach the United Kingdom and European seed houses. One planned export this year is forty tons of peas grown on the coast to be sent to England.
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