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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 26, 1931
Page
4
An English physician reports a remarkable book on Tuberculosis Treatment and Cure With the Help Of Umekababo. He explains initial skepticism but notes potential for a genuine breakthrough, urging verification by solid evidence and medical endorsement.
A Winnipeg pattern ad lists long separate sleeved dresses with sizes 32 to 39 inches and 2 year to 6 year ranges with a 25 cent pattern price. The piece shifts to a 1897 Birmingham born engineer who recovers from tuberculosis after using a root remedy Umekababo in South Africa, with detailed medical history and post treatment health gains and work return.
A 1912 postcard mailed from Saint John to Mrs. M. Ryan in Strathmore, Quebec arrived on June 24, 1931. Postmarks show May 30, 1912 and June 24, 1931. Montreal officials say it was re mailed at St. Henry, sparking theories about misdelivery and a long, wandering journey.
The Royal Air Force plans to attempt a new long distance flight to set a record though Seiji Yoshihara’s North Pacific flight this summer has been abandoned. The 17th anniversary of the Belgium invasion by Germany is marked nationwide. Wheat conference costs in London total $5 522.63 per Commons return. Kingston officials open Field Worsted Mill, a Canadian $1 000 000 enterprise. Census data show Negro population growth rising while white growth slows. Russia begins destroying the Cathedral of the Redeemer to clear space for the Palace of the Soviets. Sir Harry Lauder, 61, remains energetic after touring South Africa and a 60 000 mile U S trip. Empress of Britain sails Cherbourg to Father Point in four and a half days, beating its own westbound Atlantic record and shaving hours off Quebec-Southampton runs.
Prime Minister R B Bennett told the House of Commons he would not travel to Geneva or attend League of Nations deliberations. He said the government has not decided who would represent Canada at the next Geneva meeting.
In Winnipeg a dried egg plant processes fifteen million eggs annually, marking a new local industry. In Rio de Janeiro, a new law requires municipal inspection of all new cars with a ten dollar fee.
The article notes Helen Keller, noted for overcoming blindness and deafness, listening to a radio via a vibrating loudspeaker made from balsa wood. This demonstrates her engagement with auditory experiences through tactile sensing.
Captain Jimmy drives a night assault on bandits in a cliffside camp near Winnipeg. Distant thunder looms as landing lights and siren signal the attack. Gunfire erupts, one bandit wounded, tents threatened by fire, pursuit into darkness begins. To be continued.
Brig Gen R L Paterson head of the On to the Bay Association reports assurances of anthracite coal and steel rails at British ports for return cargoes. He urges Dominion Government to provide Churchill unloading facilities for grain test shipments and notes wheat pools will supply two cargos.
The Sunday Review asked readers to update Sir John Lubbock’s Best Hundred Books. The revised list favors Keble and Lytton, Westward Ho, East Lynne, Hardy over Meredith, and includes Wells for historical writing. Classics like The Bible, The Koran, Aesop, The Imitation, Arabian Nights, Shakespeare, Pilgrim’s Progress, Dickens, Thackeray, Ruskin, Newman, and Sherlock Holmes are highlighted with varied placements.
An analysis by the Merchants' Association shows total yearly sales of used furniture jewelry books clothing and office equipment at 14 million across 936 stores in the five boroughs. Manhattan alone accounts for about 10 million with furniture leading at 2.936 million from 256 shops. Pawn shops number 114 with 2.75 million in goods, second hand books reach 300 thousand from 30 stores, and 65 used auto dealers plus equipment total 700 thousand.
H. G. Wells urges world reconstruction and is echoed by George Bernard Shaw. The two authors advocate ceasing constant writing and talking to focus on the practical task. The piece notes that automatic pistols neither smoke nor flame when fired.
The Indian treaty flight under civil government air operations led by Flight Lieutenant Dave Harding returned to Ottawa after 46 days in northern Ontario and Hudson and James Bay regions. About 4,500 Indians were paid. a census of inhabitants was taken. The voyage from Severn River mouth to Port Albany and Moose Factory noted ice fields, porpoise schools, and a strong outgoing tide creating dangerous shorelines with muskeg exposed during low tides.
In Greensburg Indiana a two and a half foot corn stalk grows from a crotch in a maple tree fifteen feet above ground. Edgar Waters, owner of the tree, says the stalk will bear corn and this odd display serves as a tourist lure alongside the courthouse roof tree legend.
A nervous traveler asks about a possible accident and the train being wrecked. The porter reassures with a cheerful quip about having many trains, illustrating humor as a counter to fear.
One of three aeroplanes in the Grenfell Expedition survey of the Labrador Coast is piloted by Mrs. Joan Cotton. She is the daughter of Prof. J. D Henry of Newfoundland and wife of Major Sidney Cotton, the airman who rushed to Iceland to aid in the Courtauld search.
In the session from October to May men spoke more than women with Lord Eustace Percy leading speeches filling 175 columns of the gazette while the Duchess of Atholl had 87.
A terse reflection notes that individuals who insist on rigidly running a newspaper process often end up pursuing different careers. The remark contrasts authority figures with practical shifts in employment paths.
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