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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 06, 1928
Page
5
The combine cut and threshes in one operation speeding Canadas great 1928 crop harvest. Swather windrowers and early ripening Marquis and Garner varieties boosted adoption, with 1922 marking initial Prairie use and 1928 seeing tenfold growth.
A Winnipeg fashion note describes a two piece street dress with wide box plaits at center front and ornamental pockets, using printed wool jersey and plain jersey trims. It lists fabrics popular for the era, several fabric options, and pattern No 305 in sizes 16 to 46 with material yardage and a 25 cent pattern price.
Ottawa statistics show per capita lamb and mutton consumption increasing in Canada from about five to 6.11 pounds between 1924 and 1927 with 1928 expected to rise as producers improve quality. In contrast New Zealand Australia Britain and the United States show higher or lower rates. The piece notes ongoing efforts by Canadian cooperatives to popularize lamb.
The article notes a growing fringe of Canadian civilization as Native trappers use airplanes to reach fur trap lines. Wealth from the fur trade allows natives to upgrade from dog sleds to motor cars, with Mayo mail planes occasionally carrying trappers, offering hours of air comfort instead of days by dog team.
A Winnipeg pattern order guide lists the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave for pattern patterns by size and name. It notes pattern numbers and ordering details for readers seeking mailed patterns.
At a Ottawa meeting the tariff advisory board reviewed requests for tariff changes on home use nuts and other nut varieties, and on unsweetened desiccated coconut. C J Bodley urged a 99 percent tariff reduction for home consumption nuts shelled in Canadian factories. R J Deadhman urged removing duties on pottery machinery, arguing current rates hinder Canadian clay product makers compared with U S rivals. There was no opposition.
Experts have long debated turning prairie straw into usable material. A French engineer's machine presses straw into two inch slabs bound by steel wire for partitions, out-buildings, or fuel. Saskatchewan Government eyes testing and may ship straw to France.
A humorous column mocks a powerful financier, describing his vast holdings and autocratic rule over railroads coal and ships. It contrasts his control with the witty flapper daughter Bridget and a sharp counterpoint about bright people not staying in the dark.
Premier Mackenzie King spoke to Ottawa League members about the 1928 Paris peace pact, saying the League's work has gained emphasis and its role in preventing war is more important than ever. He noted Canada’s pivotal voice in this continental effort and acknowledged the pact’s binding obligations on signatories. Sir George Foster praised King’s leadership for peace.
The piece honors German Red Cross dogs who served wounded soldiers on the front, noting they entered shell holes and brush to deliver first aid. It recalls their selfless courage and the gratitude of veterans worldwide, including in Germany and among colonial territories. The story ends with an anecdote about a couple quarreling and reconciliation.
Canadian tuberculosis specialists from all provinces return to Canada aboard the White Star liner Calgarie on November 5 after an 11 week Europe tour studying disease-fighting methods. The group includes Dr J H Eliott of Toronto as president and physicians from Manitoba Ontario New Brunswick Quebec Nova Scotia and British Columbia with staff and ship officers named.
Toronto caps its busiest shipping season and reemerges as a grain port after twenty years. Harbormaster J M Allen notes it is over twenty years since the city last stored harvest grain. The two new grain elevators add 2,750,000 bushels capacity to the waterfront.
The Alberta government has spent 3 240 000 on highways construction and maintenance so far this season, within the last session's appropriation and ahead of 1927's 2 346 000 benchmark.
In Oslo Vikingen quotes a doctor reflecting on diagnostic errors. The bell history note notes the 18 ton English bell as the largest ever cast in England. The remark about misdiagnosis contrasts with the bell fact.
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