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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 04, 1924
Page
3
Ottawa bulletin dated October 25 announces higher parcel post rates to Canada from Great Britain. From November 1 the charge is 24d for the first pound and 18d for each additional pound or fraction.
A father notes his son’s progress in three college courses Latin areck and Scotch. He records payments of ten and ten and a hundred dollars respectively. The text mentions a concrete grave slab over Buffalo Bill Cody’s grave on Lookout Mountain Colorado.
Bronze tablet unveiled by the Nova Scotia Historical Society marks the birthplace of two Royal Navy admirals, Philip A. Westphal and Sir George A. Westphal, in Preston near Halifax, noting the latter was wounded at Trafalgar. Also advertised is Dr Thomas's Eclectric Oil as farmer and stock-raiser remedy and equine colic substitute.
Five years after regular flights began, British planes have covered 4,000,000 miles and carried 50,000 passengers with a total loss of six lives. A new cactus with long thorny leaves resembling snakes has been found in South America.
Dr. Michel Garrilovicha, Jugo Slavian minister to Great Britain, is dead. Napoleon Lebruen of Levis Quebec crushed to death when the steam crane he engineered overturned. H S Allen of Raymond and W G Smith of Cardston shipped five thousand lambs to Fort William for winter feeding. Major Pedro Zanni the Argentine aviator abandons his Pacific crossing attempt. German colony leaders at Constantinople purchased the French daily Volonte for printing in German. More tourists cross from the US to Canada by automobile than by train per US Customs. Edward Elliot of Blyth cut his throat when his cart hit a radio aerial. It was England's first radio fatality. In September 109,135,000 pounds of sea fish landed on Atlantic and Pacific coasts per the Department of Marine and Fisheries. The League of Nations protocol for pacific settlement was signed by Paraguay. Romania to switch to metric weights and measures beginning January 1. Eight cent stamps attached to the will of Frank Francis. estate probated to the surrogate court in Toronto. inheritance to widow. Holloway's Corn Remover claims no surgical operation needed to remove corns.
A study comparing five year averages finds Canada uses 0 percent less coal per person than the United States. The gap is tied to industrial coal savings from waterpower development, with Canada at 350 horsepower per 1 000 population versus 95 hp in the United States.
Nels Linden of the Crooked Lake district near Wetaskiwin reports a standout harvest with 1 000 bushels from 25 acres of Red Bobs wheat averaging 40 bushels per acre, plus 420 bushels from eight acres at over 52 bushels per acre. Marquis also yielded 40 bushels per acre. All grain was high quality and Linden plans to sell seed stock.
Foreign princesses from Greece Russia and Romania run shops in London, creating a strong and bitter rivalry. They are praised as excellent shopkeepers, fluent linguists, skilled designers, and diligent with customers, adapting from palace upbringing to market work with ease.
The British Mexican diplomatic link ends as Mexico closes all consulates in Great Britain over a breakdown in efforts to renew official relations. The action reflects Mexico’s stance that its representatives could not perform duties with self respect. Micara's Liniment Used by Physicians.
The article argues that individual initiative and superior ability drive thriving enterprises. It contends that rewarding personal initiative benefits workers and companies alike, and warns that discouraging these traits, as some labor doctrines suggest, would harm workers most. It cites the Adelaide Chronicle as the source.
Mrs. Louie Mitchell of Oak Point Manitoba describes how weak health and impoverished blood left her exhausted after minimal exertion. After six boxes she regained strength, walking without gasping, and she endorses the pills as a blood enriching tonic available for 50 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Lumber exports from Vancouver in the first nine months of 1924 totalled over 323 million feet, more than 100 million feet above the same period in 1923.
A rare European seawater fish, the red gurnard, is reported for its unusual crowlike croak. Marine observers highlight its distinct vocal emission as a notable trait among local species.
Two U S Army aviators at Botling Field near Washington tested an electrified sand process devised by Dr L Francis Warren of Harvard. From 13000 feet Captain A I Eagle and Lieut W E Melville released sand through fuselage nozzles, dispersing small cloud clusters and enabling sunlit earth, with a forecast to clear dense fog banks.
A humorous note on Bernard Shaw portrays him as unshakably self possessed. In a friend’s letter he recalls a tale of an Indian prince whose wife perished in a fire and who replies with a dry quip about sweeping up the mess and bringing in the roast pheasant.
A prominent American chemical magnate foresees the end of all disease within fifty years, including cancer, based on advances in chemical science. He notes progress against tuberculosis and reduced epidemics in Canada and the United States, arguing chemistry can combat human germ threats as it does plant pests.
The Detroit Free Press notes that since Hertzog’s return to power in South Africa there has been no talk of secession. It describes the Boers as stubborn yet prudent, preferring British protection and stability to withdrawal of control.
The Philadelphia Ledger argues that the league should mind its own business and members without coercion or yielding to Japan. It says the Geneva result is a European push to coerce the U S into league participation and warns against threats to American sovereignty.
Canada’s exports to France in 1922 and 1923 more than doubled compared with the previous year due to cereals dried and tinned fish sugar wood pulp steam engines and other products. France’s exports to Canada rose only slightly.
Lord Thomson, the air minister, traveling home from Iraq, claims a rare hobby. He can identify wine by the cork of a champagne bottle, discerning its kind quality year and the history of the wine it once contained.
Manitoba distributor Great West Electric Co Ltd Winnipeg. Saskatchewan distributor Independent Electric Co Ltd Regina. Alberta distributor Bruce Robinson Distributors Ltd Calgary.
Manitoba dairy commissioner's report shows August butter output valued at 759,929 dollars from 2,302,815 pounds, up 572,298 pounds from 1923. Exports total 593,320 pounds with over half sent to the British Isles. about 23,000 to 25,000 farmers contributed to production.
An advertisement promotes Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a solution to nocturnal asthma attacks. It asserts the remedy drives away attacks and enables daytime business to proceed without sleep disruption.
Scientists explain that the Yellow Sea owes its hue not to mud but to a multitude of minute living organisms. The finding challenges common belief and clarifies the sea’s distinctive tint.
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