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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 19, 1928
Page
7
A city Christmas Eve scene shows cold streets, crowded shops, and a Salvation Army effort to feed the hungry. Helmi, a weary girl, seeks shelter and help as paths cross with compassion, until she finds aid at the North Star Rooming House.
In Nelfort Saskatchewan a woman bedridden for eight months due to inward troubles and headaches credits Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Lydia E Pinkham's Liver Medicine with restoring her health. She says she gained weight from 78 pounds to double that, regained ability to dress herself, and now recommends the remedies to neighbors.
The civil organizations operating aircraft rose to 21 in 1927 from 16 in 1926 and 10 in 1925. Milage flown increased sharply to 25 010 in 1927 from earlier totals. Passenger traffic surged as short pleasure flights grew in popularity. Flying accidents causing death or injury dropped to four in 1927 from five in 1926, with two pilots and two passengers killed and one pilot and two passengers injured.
A St Louis inventor introduces Kriss-Kross the super strapper marketed by Kriss-Kross Co Toronto. The device uses a barber style sharpening principle with an automatic timer to keep a razor blade keen in about eleven seconds. It promises extended blade life and ongoing comfort, reducing the need to buy new blades.
The William Wrigley Jr. Company shows last year net earnings of 3.49 million after dividends with total income of 9.68 million on its 1927 balance sheet. An asthma remedy ad extols Dr Kellogg claim of help for sufferers and urges trial.
Hon. R. G. Reid, Alberta Provincial Treasurer, reports in his annual budget that tourist traffic generated 30 million dollars in revenue last year, underscoring tourism as a key economic driver for the province.
Four month old sufferer developed a red rash with blisters and itching. After five boxes of Cuticura Ointment and three cakes of Cuticura Soap, the condition disappeared. Mrs. Thomas Canning of Clarksville N S signs of the trouble disappeared and healing followed. Use Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum daily.
A London Zoo report touts tame handling of various creatures from Komodo dragons to a giant conger eel and poisonous spiders. Keepers lure the eel with a springboard ritual and nurse it in arms while a leopard tolerates chest rubbing under patient care.
Ostend prepares a procession and international naval turnout to mark the 10th anniversary of the Vindictive raid. American, British, French, Belgian and Italian warships will attend a regatta with flags by day and lights at night. The Vindictive keel will be paraded on a large car followed by surviving crew members.
The speaker notes immense shifts driven by science over the last century. Humans gain speed, travel, and constant communication but must temper power with wisdom to protect health and welfare. A quote from Viscount Grey and a closing fishing hint follow.
A devotional snippet cites John 16 24 and quotes Adeline D T Weitney and Rose Porter praising prayer. The reflection urges believers to ask God for every need, big or small, as a demonstration of dependence and a path to reverent relationship with the heavenly Father.
A testimonial from Mrs. John Armour of South Monaghan Ont. praises Baby's Own Tablets as safe for newborns and children, noting they are free from opiates. The mild laxative marketed by The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. in Brockville Ont. costs 25 cents a box.
Alberta Fish Resources notes rapid growth in five years with a 1927 catch valued at $867000 from 9 million pounds. It also mentions a frigate named as a large war vessel from sealing days, likened to a modern cruiser.
An artifact from the 1893 World's Fair, the Liberty Bell replica, has vanished. The note muses on admiration as a woman’s first love and devotion as her last.
Letter from James Johnson of Bridgeburg Ontario praises Gin Pills for two years of kidney pains and inability to work. He credits quick relief after consulting a druggist and urges others to try the remedy. Warns neglect leads to lumbago rheumatism and urinary trouble. Druggists sell Gin Pills for 50 cents. National Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada based in Toronto.
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