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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1930
Page
2
This column summarizes a magazine piece on mistakes by Great Men of Business. It argues all people err but the test is action after error, urging quality over quantity in citizenship and production, and advising to forget mistakes except to profit from them to achieve greater success.
British cancer authority Sir George Lenthal Cheatle discusses a curious time element in cancer. He notes a critical life period when benign growths can become cancer, seen in both humans and animals, and suggests a new factor or a cycle shift may trigger the transformation. The first stage appears in the late twenties to thirties, the second in the late thirties to early forties, with cancer developing in the late forties to early fifties.
The hot months threaten infants with cholera infantum colic diarrhoea and dysentery. Mothers should guard babies and banish illness quickly. Baby's Own Tablets are promoted as safe and effective for stomach and bowel regulation, sold by Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario at 25 cents a box.
The Brock monument now shows a complete arm and hand pointing north over the lake. Hon George S Henry Minister of Highways and Niagara Park Commission members inspected the finished work and removed the scaffolding. A three ton carved arm was placed in position replacing the old one, which had been wired from Hamilton after a storm damaged it two years ago.
At the first symptoms of sore throat presaging ulceration and inflammation take a spoonful of Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil. Add a little sugar to make it palatable. It will allay irritation and prevent ulceration and swelling. Those periodically prone to quinsy have made themselves immune to attack.
France showcases one of its largest pipe organs in Paris at Salle Pleyel. The instrument features 4800 pipes, 71 stops, and concealed machinery operated by 750 wires through a single cable to a stage chamber.
In a New York radio address Rep Hamilton Fish Jr urged Congress to deport all alien agitators and Communist affiliates linked to the Third International. He said Communists’ activities here have gone on long enough and that emissaries of the Soviets are a U.S. issue, not Russia’s alone.
The dialogue features a book agent claiming the encyclopedia can answer any question while a citizen asks it to reveal who killed Cock Robin, prompting a reading of the murder entry.
Molly Smith, eight, who was burned in a backyard fire at her father's store, has left St Michael's Hospital Toronto after two operations. Blood transfusions and skin grafts replaced the upper body skin, but stiffness requires daily oil treatments and passive movement for months to loosen the new skin. No serious scars expected.
Scotland Yard plans to employ women of super mentality to assist the Big Five in solving crime. Initially three will probe mysteries connected to activities of the female crook, with a possible expansion to a squad of fair detectives if results prove successful.
The government announces the excavation and pile foundation contract for a 1,000,000 bushel grain elevator at Lethbridge Alberta. Nelson River Construction Company of Winnipeg won the tender with a bid of $62,292.
Dr C H Best, co discoverer of insulin, commented on reports that the London Society for the Study of Inebriety uses insulin to treat delirium tremens. He warned that an insulin overdose is like an alcohol overdose and is a strange use of the drug.
Dr David Robbins of Los Angeles aided Henry Lohse during a sea voyage using a cook knife pliers a bottle of Holland gin and a sewing needle with thread and a shower hose as drainage. He refused pay but was rewarded with a large silver loving cup from Planet Steamship Company after returning home.
Sir Reginald Blaker and partners depart Banff by pack train for a first known mountain crossing toward Port Hope B C. They traverse Spray Lakes and Palliser Pass, cross the Kootenay and Columbia, then sail Toby Creek to Toby Pass and descend the Duncan River toward the Okanagan with eleven pack horses and several aides.
Persis balm advertised as a versatile skin care product. It claims use for mothers to enhance beauty and for children as a soothing remedy while also serving fathers with a hair fixative and cooling shaving lotion. The text touts softening effects and rose leaf like skin texture after gentle rubbing.
Figures compiled by enumerators show about 10 000 names added to Saskatoon riding voters list. Total expected near 29 000 with urban polls rising from 13 335 in 1926 to about 22 000 this year, signaling strong population growth in Saskatoon.
The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool reports 82 290 member farmers and 87.2 percent of all pool grain handled through its own elevators in the year ended May 31. This figure marks a high water mark in cooperative grain handling.
Interest in mail and travel aviation in Argentina is growing rapidly as carriers expand routes and officials promote improvements. The article notes rising passenger numbers and increased investments in airport facilities and air services.
A Canadian government return shows Nigeria bought 300 pairs of rubber footwear in June, Barba 3020 pairs, and Trinidad 6555 pairs. Canada, not a raw rubber producer, exports many rubber products. in June Canadian auto tires exports exceeded 1 million dollars, with New Zealand, British South Africa, Belgium, Argentina and Brazil as top buyers.
Douglas' Egyptian Liniment proves remarkable for fast relief of burns sprains toothache and neuralgia. Also valuable for sore throat croup and quinsy delivering quick action to ease distress.
Farmers face losses of about twenty six million dollars yearly from poultry diseases. Domin ion Poultry Husbandman F C Elford says most losses come from internal parasites and are preventable. Keeping young chicks away from adult birds and on clean soil can reduce outbreaks.
Rt. Hon. A. V. Alexander announced in the House of Commons that the Labour Government reduced the cost of the British naval building programme for 1928 29 by an estimated 12 million pounds. He answered a question on how much naval costs had fallen since the present government took office.
The London Daily Herald reports women delegates from many Moslem countries concluded a Damascus congress. They adopted resolutions urging abolition of the veil, premarital seeing of brides and grooms, gender equality in divorce, a legal marriage age of 18, and compulsory education for children of both sexes.
London honors twelve women with statues six are queens and the other six include Mrs. Siddons Florence Nightingale Grace Darling Nurse Cavell Margaret MacDonald the Prime Minister's wife and Mrs. Pankhurst, highlighting a mix of royalty nursing figures and suffragist leadership.
An advertisement urges early use of Dr. J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy claiming rapid relief of airway distress. It asserts the remedy brings help and comfort and that every home with asthma should have it.
A Sudanese acacia species shows extremely hollow shoot-sheaths that emit gentle flute sounds.
A reflective line notes that women face shifting desires about marriage. If single, they seek marriage. if married, they may wish for independence or change. The statement frames evolving personal goals and social expectations around partnership.
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