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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 03, 1921
Page
3
The lace bark tree supplies Jamaica women with ready made lace used for caps bonnets and garments. Its inner bark is soaked washed stretched and sun dried to bleach the lace. A bread tree in the South Seas bears fruit resembling freshly baked leaf and serves as a food source.
Notice presents testimonials from well known people across America praising Mina vs Lini Ment as the best household remedies. From Minard's Liniment Co Ltd Yarmouth and St. John's branch factory in Newfoundland.
The Saskatchewan division of the Red Cross remitted 10000 dollars to Toronto as the first instalment of the British Empire War Relief Campaign aiding destitute children and families in Central Europe. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are praised by many Canadians for stomach liver and bowel disorders, contributing to strong sales.
The Bank of Montreal enlarges its board with two eminent newcomers, Sir Lomer Gouin, former Quebec premier, and General Sir Arthur Currie, former commander of the Canadian Corps and current principal of McGill University. Gouin’s legal achievements and honors are noted, while Currie’s war leadership and postwar role at McGill are highlighted.
The technological institute at Tomsk stands as the sole higher institution of its kind in Siberia. It asserts that ruby by weight equals diamond in value, contrasting mineral worth with scientific merit.
Bilious headaches spoil many pleasures as a neglected liver leads to chronic biliousness recurring about every three weeks with severe sick headaches.
Ontario's 1919 population is estimated at 2 837 425 up 14 percent from 1918. Cities hold 39 percent, towns 5.2 percent, rural municipalities 3.7 percent. Births total 62 774 a decline of 1 955 with nearly 6 000 more female than male births. Deaths reach 34 010 down 9 028 from 1918 with the rate dropping from 15.3 to 11.9 per 1 000.
The Hamilton-Toronto highway commission reports success with a moderate sized snow plow mounted on a powerful truck. The improved plowing is expected to keep the road clear for motorists throughout the winter on what is described as one of Ontario's finest driveways.
An 1890s advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood based cure for catarrh claiming to heal through constitutional treatment. It promises a $100 reward if it fails and lists 75 cent price plus testimonials.
Healthy business conditions in Alberta in 1920 are shown by bank clearing totals for Calgary and Edmonton. Calgary reached 438,073,277 while Edmonton totaled 295,273,849, up from 355,011,589 and 233,066,784 respectively. Both cities show steady annual gains despite lower farm produce prices.
The Dominion's official Inland Revenue statement shows excise revenue, including the war tax, rose by about 8 million in November. The boost came mainly from war tax stamps, nearly ten million dollars. Tobacco tax totaled 2,601,353 and spirits 474,144, with other collections bringing total excise revenue to 13,423,451.
Advertised as entirely safe to use and effective against both hard and soft corns the Holloway Corn Remover claims reliable action.
Beersheba now draws water from three functioning wells fitted with modern pumping gear. Traditional lore holds seven wells once existed, with Bedouins long relying on the trio to water flocks. The original Well of the Oath is said to have been dug by Abraham per Genesis.
Catarrhozone offers home relief for colds sore throat and bronchial trouble by inhaling a healing vapor. It delivers balsams and antiseptics directly to airways killing germs and destroying secretions. Sneezing and coughing lessen quickly as irritation is removed. product is advertised as pleasant safe and guaranteed.
John Reeves K.G a former Ontario bar member and Upper Canadian family figure died in a Vancouver office building where he worked as a freight elevator operator. A longtime friend of Chief Justice Falconbridge and associate of Sir William Mulock, Reeves lived by hard luck and love of work saying the elevator job suits him.
A report notes that the land crab of Cuba travels faster than a horse, presenting a striking contrast in animal locomotion and prompting questions about species movement.
Thirty seven were killed and about 200 wounded in the fighting to capture Fiume. The Bolsheviks have shot 13,000 persons in the Crimea, according to the latest reports from Russia. Thirty three autograph letters addressed to Gen Monkton by Gen Wolfe will be sold by auction in London in February. A month’s experiment with an aerial mail service between Camp Borden and Toronto has begun by L A E McLorie for the post master general. Two hundred fourteen persons lost their lives when the Spanish steamer Santa Isabel was wrecked near Villa Garcia recently. fifty six were saved. H Milton Martin, Belgian consular agent for Northern Alberta, has been appointed Belgian consul for the provinces. His former territory consisted of Northern Alberta only. British Columbia lumber exports by water for 1920 are estimated at over 120,000,000 feet with shipments to Australia, the Orient, India, the United Kingdom and South America. Customs receipts at Edmonton were $1,712,704 in the calendar year just ended, the highest since the war began, vs $1,181,937 in 1919. The military raided the Carmelite Nuns convent at Ranelagh, Dublin, searching for letters and documents. Civil servants in Ontario complain about a regulation forbidding outside employment and will seek a deputation to discuss it. A pension fund for teachers has been approved by the Central School Commissioners in Montreal, with 1 percent from teachers and 1 percent from school homes. Last year 141 earthquakes were recorded at the Pacherenks installed observatory in Victoria, the greatest annual total since 1899. Laura Abbott, four, of Swift Current, died from burns after pouring gasoline on a bonfire while alone with siblings.
A brief item notes Minard’s Liniment as a remedy for garget in cows. The column adds a quip about bragging on judgment when a man makes a good guess.
Mrs. Emile Malette of Montpelier Quebec writes she is well satisfied with Baby's Own Tablets and calls them the best medicine for little ones. The tablets are a mild laxative free from opiates or narcotics and can be given safely to the youngest baby. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co.
Sir J C Bose told University College students that dying plants release electricity, claiming 500 peas boiling in a soot would generate enough current to electrocute a cook. He also said chloroform can deceive lilac plants, waking them from winter sleep to bloom in spring.
J. S. McKinnon of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, Toronto, writes to the Vancouver World that Canadians should stand shoulder to shoulder as in the war to maintain an optimistic attitude toward trade conditions in the coming months.
Major-General Von Seecht, German commander in chief, urges soldiers to devote themselves to their calling. He says the army should keep its sword sharp and shields untarnished and trusts the new army will rival the old in efficiency through honor and patriotism.
Chicago police chief Fitzmorris said three weeks ago he ordered movie censors not to issue permits for any photoplay depicting crime at work even if the ending shows the criminal in a prison cell.
The notice extols Kellogg's Asthirs We wey as a relief for severe asthma, urging readers to obtain the remedy from their druggist without delay. It emphasizes long use and relief for critical cases, urging immediate action for sufferers.
A fragment argues that wrongs of the people mix with rights, suggesting confusion between abuses and liberties and calling for clearer distinctions and accountability.
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