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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 10, 1925
Page
6
Briefs note J. D. Soper preparing reports on Canadian Arctic expeditions to be completed in 1976. Also items report a Toronto mayoral election of a four year old, a 1926 prediction of a wasted year, a new Canadian Red Cross Hospital opening in Engie hart Ontario, and other mixed notices from 1920s era records.
The Commerce Department reports a severe worldwide drop in shipbuilding for the July–Sept 1925 quarter. Lloyds Register data show motor vessel construction down 406,000 tons, with Britain Ireland Germany France Denmark all posting declines. Italy and Holland show gains.
Prof. W Blair Bell of Liverpool University and director of the Liverpool Cancer Research Institute spoke to Toronto physicians about treating bread disease with the chemical agent lead. He cited several successful cases and said about five patients out of roughly two hundred treated were believed well.
The past year saw 101516 savings accounts in Hawaii banks with deposits totaling 21708371.75 dollars. Anglo-Saxon accounts led by amount, while Japanese deposits rose by over one million dollars from the prior year.
A reflective note on human limits asks readers to consider that loyal friends may tire over time. It contrasts steadfast support with the eventual need for rest, highlighting the emotional burden of standing up for others and the inevitability of exhaustion in close bonds.
A brief notice requests residents of Province Name Town to send a 20 cent coin or stamps, wrapped carefully in color, to the designated address for a local community collection effort.
A dense catalog of across and down crossword clues with numeric indices and varied word lengths including themes like verbs adjectives and nouns. The list features items such as animal names body parts colors and verbs alongside archaic terms and potential misspellings, all presented in a single puzzle compilation.
Governor Brett announced the Alberta Government Telephones expansion with Mountain States Telephone Company enabling calls to the United States and much of Canada. Repeaters were placed at Lethbridge Calgary Medicine Hat with copper circuits to Montana, linking to Shelby and the transcontinental system. long distance calls rose from 1,000,000 to 2,500,000 annually, revenue from 393,300 to over 1,000,000. The first commercial call was Edmonton to Minneapolis.
Western Canada sends editor M P Cameron R McIntosh Liberal member for North Battleford as its sole Ottawa representative. He edits The North Battleford News The Turtleford Record and The St Walburg Times and has held leadership in the Saskatchewan Press Association and Canadian Club movements.
Dr. F H G Starr of Toronto presented a serum potentially reducing morbidity from hypertension at the American College of Surgeons in Philadelphia. He credited William J McDonald and the University of Toronto labs for the liver extract under study, noting no detailed description or proven efficacy yet.
Describes two frock patterns from one design, with details on fabrics, trims, and construction. No. 1166 offered in sizes 16 18 20 years, with yardage estimates for sleeves and panels. Includes pricing: 20 cents per pattern and a fashion book at 10 cents.
Dr Hugh M Young of Johns Hopkins Medical College described the American College of Surgeons committee on antiseptics forming a basis for a large symposium on antiseptic surgery. The work honors Lister on the centenary of his birth April 15 1927. Lister’s germ theory and antiseptic discoveries laid the foundation for modern surgery.
Edmonton marks 21 years as a city since its incorporation on November 7 1904. The population has grown from 7500 to 65378 and daily train arrivals total twenty while there were 13484 telephones then with 459 in use. The fur trade and Klondike rush helped establish it as a provincial legislative and educational hub and a distribution point for Central and Northern Alberta and a gateway to Arctic fur lands.
A London report says the Department of Immigration and overseas settlement board work on a cooperative plan to increase migration from the United Kingdom. The scheme would move 50 000 families to the Dominion in five years and settle them on Canadian farms rather than in colonies.
Harry Pidgeon, 54, the "library navigator," completed a 38 000 mile circumnavigation in the Islander a 34 foot homemade schooner. He left San Pedro November 18 1921 and ported back at San Pedro after crossing the Indian Ocean Atlantic and Pacific routes. He learned navigation from library books while building the Islander and at sea.
The article notes the 1925 conference aiming to fix Easter Sunday on the second Sunday in April under the International Fixed Calendar proposed by Moses Hodder Cotsworth. Cotsworth, a Vancouver native, has worked in Toronto and Geneva as an expert for the League of Nations.
The cremated ashes of Seymour Gubb were scattered from a lake district summit in a mountain funeral for the longtime Taunton School headmaster. Fellow climbers led the service as Gubb, a veteran mountaineer, was remembered for his ascent endeavors.
Pattern orders are described with pattern number and size details. Contact the Winnipeg Pattern Office at 175 McDermot Ave to request pattern numbers and available sizes. Include your mailing address and preferred size for fastest service.
The girl notes she has received eighteen dollars from her father for birthdays so far. He asks how much still remains owed, implying total or future birthday payments. The dialogue centers on ongoing gift debt between parent and child.
A note on English farming shows growing saplings trained as right angled handle walking sticks. Pegging the plant along the ground causes the reclining shoot to rise vertically, producing a sapling suitable for turning into a walking stick.
A quotation notes that many women rely on cosmetics because they lack the nerve to forgo them. The remark frames makeup as a substitute for inner resolve rather than a cosmetic preference.
Conductor on a Burlington train near Jewell City Missouri found Mrs Frank Scott had only one ticket for herself and thirteen children. The children occupied five double seats. She carried the family Bible to prove them all her children. The Scotts have nineteen sons and five sets of twins. The thirteen were all under five and rode free on a visit to relatives in Canada.
A cablegram to the Canadian Ayrshire Association of Great Britain and Ireland reports Ayrshires won six champion cups at the Royal Dairy Show in London.
A witticism notes that a free citizen may do as he pleases except in areas of conscience, marriage, housing, and neighbors, illustrating social limits on personal liberty.
Canadian officials reported 2,000,000 automobiles carried 9,000,000 travelers into Canada last summer. Most visitors were Americans, who doubled Canada’s population for a time, aided by a common language and currency. The piece argues shared language and lack of rivalry eased travel, contrasting with European covetousness.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover reports that living conditions in the United States last year were the highest in history. He cites near full employment, rising wages, efficient railroads, balanced prices among major producers, and a return to stable currencies and normal business abroad.
Rome introduces penny in the slot radio listening booths offering four head phones per penny. A single master receiver drives many phones and listeners hear only the operator’s chosen selection.
J. V. O'Hara, president of the Vallejo Gun Club, reports a new device for broadcasting duck calls. Radio apparatus is installed in the club preserves and with the October shooting season opening, a continuous quack is heard around the blinds.
Captain Bob Bartlett, veteran Arctic navigator and Peary aide, argues that polar flights require a large Alaska base. He notes small planes and brief prep are insufficient and that launch points from Etah are unwise, urging departures from the Alaskan coast into the Polar Basin.
A hidden stamp collection unearthed in a Mayfair London home after a lost jewel case search is valued at 75900 dollars, down from 150 dollars. The find includes unique sheets of halfpenny Ceylon stamps from 1858, never seen by collectors before. European collectors expect to attend the sale.
The Columbia Phonograph Company in New York unveiled a device for phonographic recording of heart sounds. It could capture sounds too faint for the human ear and is expected to save thousands of lives by improving diagnosis of heart diseases.
A scientist notes that the record salamander in question could exceed fifty years in age, based on habitat, growth patterns, and historical sightings. The finding highlights longevity in this unusual species and prompts ongoing research to verify the age estimate.
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