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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 04, 1931
Page
5
A consumer health note promotes Phillips' Milk of Magnesia to prevent indigestion after eating. It claims excess stomach acid causes sourness headaches and gas and says a spoonful neutralizes acid and restores balance. The ad notes the liquid form, 50c bottles, and to look for the Phillips name.
Gay frets over Nick's absence and a neighbor's social demands while Uncle Simeon offers help. She wrestles with dependence on her husband, money for new clothes, and staying true to herself as life in Bakersville edges toward change. The scene blends domestic doubt with neighborly tension and hints at future resolutions.
Article notes Great Lakes head to Winnipeg highway opening planned for early September likely Labor Day. Initiatives by Manitoba Motor League Eastern Manitoba Development Bureau and Ontario groups seek official ceremony and picnic with support from governments. Committees and local clubs will coordinate events and outreach across Western Ontario and Eastern Manitoba.
Jugo Slavian traveler Joseph Sckulick started from Washington last September and halted in Halifax after 2,511 miles of a planned 33,100 mile global walk. He aims to finish in under four years, hoping to reach Washington again. He will sail to Newfoundland for England, speaking eight languages.
A rural district council hears a deputation of farmers urging action on a main road near the village. The chairman argues the road is generally in decent shape, while the spokesman insists the farmers want to use it as a road, highlighting unresolved concerns.
A historical note states that the largest telephone cable up to 1892 held 50 pairs, while a newly perfected cable now contains 3 636 wires packed in a diameter of two and five eighths inches.
At station W9XAP a small audience viewed what is believed to be the world’s first synchronized sight-sound dramatic production. Irene Wicker Vinton Haworth and Douglas Hope starred in The Maker of The play, aired to those with TV and radio sets. Experts urged patience as flaws remained while noise was suppressed and actors performed in stockinged feet.
Cold in the head is very common at this time of year and neglect can lead to serious outcomes. Baby's Own Tablets soothe frefulness, relieve suffering, and aid convalescence without narcotics. They help indigestion and colic, check diarrhoea, and promote sleep. available from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario for 25 cents a box through medicine dealers or by mail.
Professor Hans Berger of the University of Jena invents a device that records thought as electric energy on a chart resembling a weather graph. Deep thought causes violent fluctuations, shallow thought a zigzag. No interpretation of the curves yet. further research planned.
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a health aid that cleanses impurities and improves liver bowel and kidney function. It promises renewed energy and motivates activity, claiming pounds will drop with a half teaspoon daily in hot water and a careful diet plus moderate exercise.
A devotional meditation intertwines Psalm 16 11 with requests for Christ's constant presence. It recalls Michael Angelo's candlelit forehead tale to illustrate how divine light can banish self shadow and ease the spiritual climb.
A mussel covered bottle found on Langeness Island contains a paper stating Lusitania torpedoed and will sink within ten minutes. Experts deem it genuine and it has been sent to the Cunard Line in London. Always Ready and Reliable. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil promises quick relief for inflammations and minor injuries.
A 50 pound Syriac manuscript at the University of Chicago contains parchment pages on Orthodox Fathers. The work titled A Collection of Selected Discourses On All the Feasts Com posed by Orthodox Holy Fathers is hoped to shed new light on early Christian practices.
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