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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 11, 1924
Page
2
A Ottawa conference on federal provincial and municipal taxation probes simplifying the system. Officials urge the Dominion to collect all income taxes and rebate amounts to provinces to cut duplication while taxpayers press for reform to ease burden and ensure healthy national finance.
A midshipman meets a gruff captain who jokes about a "fool of the family" in the navy. The young officer responds that times have changed since the captain’s day, signaling a shift in attitudes aboard.
Analysis argues Germany excels in building dirigibles and could surpass others in commercial airships. It cautions against razing the Zeppelinfactory during wartime reparations, noting failed strategies that crush German recovery. It also briefly touches on unrelated sayings about sleep and sunlight.
Dr. James Ewing of Cornell Medical School urged cancer prevention before research at a Toronto Ontario Academy of Medicine address. He claimed soap and water could prevent skin cancer, ulcers rarely cause stomach cancer, tobacco and bad teeth drive mouth cancers, and cancer stems from long term irritation. He predicted more cases among auto mechanics due to oily hands and arms.
Bright ad promotes Diamond Dyes for vivid cold water tinting or boiling for permanent colors. It lists suitable fabrics from lingerie and silks to coats, stockings, and draperies and instructs buyers to specify wool silk linen cotton or mixed goods to their druggist.
Two signals dashed in opposite directions around the globe during the third annual National Exposition in Grand Central Palace New York. The eastward letter C took five seconds and the westward S six seconds with one extra relay station slowing the westward path. Relay points included Paris Saigon In French Indo China San Francisco and London for the westward route. Asthma remedy Kellogg’s claims relief from misery with inhaled smoke or vapor promising easier breathing.
H G Fokker predicts aircraft prices as low as $300 within 20 years and that most people will fly as planes become cheaper than cars. He also believes transatlantic crossing with passengers and mails could occur in 10 to 24 hours. Mr Pakker notes 90 percent of European planes are for military use.
Captain Robert Bartlett, famed Arctic explorer, expresses in favor of the ZR-3 capable of traveling to the North Pole and blazing an air trail across the Arctic Circle.
After 25 years of experiments the Viennese carpenter Schapeller succeeds in transmitting high power electric current by wireless. Among Somerset House England records lies Shakespeare's will as a valuable document.
The Red Deer and Bow Rivers triangle spanning about 3600 square miles east of Tilley will be returned to big ranchers after farming failures. A conference before Christmas will plan early spring lease offers. Reversion to cattle range will take years and may include sheep sowing to restore grass.
Mexico plans to close its consular offices in Canada and argues market access will shift elsewhere. The piece notes Canadians may not notice the move, but warns personal risk for travelers and businesses remains, with Canada prepared to endure the diplomatic separation.
General Gordon’s Bible, a prized artifact in Windsor Castle and the British Museum, is described as the most honored scripture. It rests on a cushion inside an old casket in a Windsor window, its open page soiled with underlined passages and marginal pencil notes, a gift from his sister to Queen Victoria.
R W Cautles, an engineer, completed the long boundary project between British Columbia and Alberta. Surveying occurred in the mountains near the Smoky River, and the line from the international boundary to north of the Peace River block is now fully staked. Further surveys are deferred unless northern development requires them.
German scientist produces wool-like material from long Scotch fir spines. It can be curled felted spun or woven into carpets and blankets when mixed with a canvas warp. Coarser fibers serve as mattress stuffing and resist fusects while emitting an agreeable aroma said to aid patients.
The saying notes disputes arise without a single trigger and many people intervene, attempting patches to ease tensions. It highlights collective fault and the ease of hands-on remedy over deliberate provocation.
Biologist Dr. Jaworski told Paris physicians of a new rejuvenation method he calls blood graft after animal tests and initial human trials. He presented several subjects who reportedly show results, describing a series of experiments and forthcoming observations.
Observers who warned Britain would fail under Labor now cite elections as proof of sanity. The public has a long history of trying new approaches and learning from each experience. The current vote is not the final stage in this ongoing political process.
The Ontario Department of Agriculture colonization branch reports about 4000 settlers placed on farms in the province over the past year, with many more located in Northern Ontario.
A new bacon cooperative aims to cut middlemen margins for farmers. A Japanese scientist compounds a powder from fish claimed to increase human weight. The ostrich feather trade in South Africa is shrinking. Minard's Liniment continues to be used by physicians.
A London dog named in a royal veterinary project received false teeth with springs and wires. Professor F. T. G. Hobday, King George’s honorary veterinary surgeon, supervised the case after an appeal for an aged Schipperke. The teeth were reinforced with platinum foil and gold solder and the dog resumed eating mutton chops.
The longest undersea voyage was completed by K-26 of the British navy. The submarine travelled about 20 600 miles in eight months with crew living aboard the vessel and no assistance from a support ship. It mentions Charles Bion as a French pioneer of mechanical propulsion in 1863 and hints at the vast future of the invention.
The Old Testament contains 25,214 verses and the New Testament 7,959 verses. The figures highlight the relative length of the two sections in the Bible, illustrating the distribution of content across the canonical texts.
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