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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1928
Page
10
World happenings brief notes active preparations for a September prohibition poll in New South Wales. The liquor business is to be compensated up to 100 million dollars.
The article notes 115 miles of roads in Jasper National Park Alberta with 38 miles surfaced for automobile traffic and about 630 miles of well defined trails leading to points of interest.
The Bureau of Statistics estimates eggs valued at 80,110,000 dollars from Canadian hens in 1927. Individual hens are insignificant, but the collective output yields substantial revenue for the farm sector.
Mrs. Griffith of East Hamilton Ontario testifies after using Baby's Own Tablets on her six week old. She now keeps them in the home and believes the tablets keep both children healthy. The medicine claims no injurious drugs and is sold for 25 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Professor Irving Fisher of Yale notes Canada is expanding agricultural wealth with farm production around 1.7 billion dollars in 1927 and a near record wheat crop. Montreal ships roughly 400 million bushels during the navigation season, leading world grain hubs. Also advertised: Dr Thomas electric oil sold cheap in small portable bottles as the poor man's friend.
Portage la Prairie area farmers plan to sow about 1500 acres of hemp under contract with the Manitoba Cordage Company. The company, based in Portage, has expanded its plant with extra machinery to meet rising demand for cordage products.
A light feature notes how guests answer calls revealing origins as New York hotel room staff describe patterns. It cites Southern guests preferring All right, Canadians saying Yes, and Mid West visitors using Well.
Bert explains he left farming to run the Middleboro Gazette, built a $25,000 plant and $10,000 building, with $20,000 yearly net from a town of 2,000. He notes job printing adds a quarter of income and hints at a planned separate shop for his son Joe. The talk contrasts small town days with a modern, remunerative country weekly.
For years Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator has ranked as a reliable worm preparation and it always maintains its reputation. Silk is the cheapest of all fabrics in Madagascar and women of all ranks wear it.
A Milan musician has created a typewriter that turns a blank page into a complete musical score. It types the staff lines notes accidentals marks and even the accompanying lyrics.
Mrs. Geo. McKenzie of Ontario describes relief from heart and nerve troubles after using a medicine from The T. Milburn Co. The product, costing 50c a box, is available at druggists or by mail. The note also contrasts pre and post appointment behavior of a man seeking an office.
The secretary of the National Fire Prevention Association told the Safety League in Montreal that chemical extinguishers are the best form of first aid and have extinguished many fires in North America when used by householders and employees.
The West learns that Germany bought 48,496,258 bushels of Canadian wheat sent from Montreal last year, with Britain purchasing 38,644,486 bushels, Holland 33,554,497, Italy 19,301,344, and Belgium 19,179,566 bushels. Also noted is that the gray fox trails the red fox in speed and, unlike other foxes, is an adept climber.
The mother of the historian David Hume deemed him weak minded in his youth, reflecting early doubts about his intellectual potential.
A statement notes that a man who attends church when he has nothing else to do is labeled an idle worshipper, reflecting a view on religious devotion and leisure.
Alberta shows progress since becoming a province in 1905 with industrial establishments rising from 97 to 739 and production increasing from 5 million dollars to 65 million dollars over the period.
The article notes the greatest age for an insect is the queen, kept alive for fifteen years by Sir John Lubbock, highlighting remarkable longevity in a royal insect and its keeper.
A concise aphorism notes that increasing wealth or desire fuels further longing, yet does not guarantee fulfillment. It frames human craving as endless and self defeating, highlighting a paradox of ambition and satisfaction.
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