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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 25, 1929
Page
6
Farmers in Alberta have received a total of 575000 dollars from the Alberta Hail Insurance Board for crop damage caused by August hailstorms. The report notes ongoing assessments and payments to affected growers across the province.
The prairie anemone from Saskatchewan, sent by W. L. Ramsay, has bloomed on graves in Flanders and Arras. Ramsay's sons served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, two buried in Flanders fields. Captain J. S. Parker, of the war graves staff, requests prairie lily specimens and notes the mauve petals' dark purple hue likely from shell iron.
A fashion notice describes Style No 607 for girls ages 6 to 14 with bertha collar and gathered skirt. It lists Paris crepe de chine in tomato red and various fabrics for practical, party, and classroom wear, with a 25 cent pattern price in stamps or coin and a note to wrap coin carefully.
The piece recalls Sir William Osler on vaccination and notes small pox as a deadly premodern scourge. It highlights historic plagues across Europe, Russia, Brazil, Iceland, Greenland and the British navy before Jenner’s 1790 cowpox experiments led to vaccination. It credits Jenner with founding modern immunization and its public health value.
The piece traces early vaccination history from Boylston’s Boston trials and Franklin’s shift after a child’s death, noting protests and support. It cites vaccination’s proven value and urges weighing smallpox dangers against vaccine safety with evidence for informed choices.
A weekly recipe notes warm lemon junket in lukewarm milk then set in glasses with sliced bananas. Prepare a mashed banana topping with egg white sugar and lemon juice heated until thick and serve as a topping.
Pickled sweet red peppers make a garnish for cold meats or salads. Wash dry peppers cut a stem end slice remove seeds then cut into thin strips or ribbons. Scald crisp in ice water drain. Make a sugar vinegar syrup one to two cups. Pack hot jars with peppers pour hot syrup seal.
An order in council makes 1 900 employees in the pensions branch of the Department of Pensions and National Health permanent civil servants effective June 1. About 450 Ottawa, 450 Toronto, 250 London Ontario, 155 Vancouver, 84 Winnipeg, 72 Calgary, and smaller-city staff are affected as the department operates hospitals for disabled veterans. A Gaelic Irish map is now in Free State schools to revive ancient Irish usage.
In a remark attributed to Dr Morris Fishbein a man’s best friends hair and teeth can betray him at times. The quip highlights doubts about personal grooming and dental care.
A Manitoba inventor W G Smith of Rossburn demonstrated on the Emerson Highway a four foot wide centre gravel strip system. The smooth central ribbon reduces loose side gravel and helps drivers stay on their side, potentially lowering ditch and collision risks. The design requires a shallow, flat top so cars may safely cross.
Alpine regions report Edelweiss near extinction due to tourist damage. The Bavarian botanist notes a drop from 26,000 Edelweiss roots in 1920 to 600 by late 1928, underscoring the plant's slow spread and vulnerability.
A massive 60 inch diameter, 10 inch thick mirror weighing over a ton and a half was produced in the United States for a large reflecting telescope. The molten glass required careful casting and months of controlled heating and cooling to avoid defects.
In Ranger Texas workers opened a device thought to be a time bomb, but it contained Mexican jumping beans bumping against the tin lid. The note recalls Rome lacking a public postal system and slaves delivering letters for their masters.
Sir Henry W Thornton president of the Canadian National Railways reports strong western development amid ad crops and prices. He notes uneven harvests but improved grain prospects and higher prices, cites Pacific Coast trade with Orient as growing, and says CN rails plan to boost service nationwide.
A census clerk notices digits 120 and 112 under ages of parents when asked about living parents. The clerk is surprised by the old ages while the respondent explains those ages would have applied if the parents were living.
A terse chat pairs a challenger asking if a person is a philosopher with a quip about tempering nerves when a cleaner ruins a frock. The dialogue ends with the aside that the pole star sits over the north pole.
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