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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 19, 1930
Page
7
A long passage follows Charmian Bascomb and Grandma in their Eastboro hometown as Grandma’s window shop and family ties anchor daily life. Ezra Bascomb trades jokes with Grandma over house changes and a wedding-day silk spool.
H H Melanson with long railway service becomes assistant traffic vice president of Canadian National Railways with headquarters in Montreal. The appointment by R L Burnap and approved by Sir Henry Thornton is effective immediately and Melanson will handle duties assigned by the vice president.
Doctor Edward Howe visits Charmian Davis at the historic Davis house in Wickfield. The pair reflect on family roots, the elm tree, and the old home’s place in the town, while Charmian recalls the shop’s embrace of progress and debt.
An advertisement urges relief from sour and acid stomach after meals with Carter's Little Liver Pills. It claims the pills neutralize gases, cleanse the stomach and bowels, relieve indigestion, and provide a tonic effect, prompting readers to ask their druggist for a 25 cent package.
Grandma Davis cherishes Grandfather's poems written while he rested from farming duties. One verse even appeared in the Eastboro Telegraph, a moment of pride read aloud from the pulpit. The house, built by a great ancestor, stands as a valued legacy and home for Charmian.
A new facility for cleaning, filleting and freezing fish will be established in Edmonton soon. The Journal cites A. S. Duclos, president of the Edmonton Cold Storage Company and director of the Pacific Coast Terminals Cold Storage Company.
A Norwegian whaling fleet works off Antarctic ice banks aided by two airplanes scouting for whales. The aircraft can use wheels, pontoons, or skis for landing on deck water or ice. A wireless signal will summon the fleet when quarry is sighted.
Household mothers keep Baby's Own Tablets for quick relief of infant stomach and bowel upsets. They claim to banish constipation and indigestion and ease colic diar rhea teething pains and fevers. A grateful customer from Captus Os Que endorses the remedy. Sold by medicine dealers or mail order at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The boundary between Alberta and Saskatchewan extends along the Fourth Meridian from the International Boundary to Lake Athabaska a straight line nearly seven hundred miles long as one of the world’s longest surveyed lines. Miller's Worm Powders promised to eradicate intestinal worms believed to kill many children and to safely cleanse the digestive tract restoring health.
Looker On notes that translation costs vary by language. French and German are cheapest, Italian and Spanish slightly higher. Dutch and Scandinavian tongues cost more, while Greek and several Eastern European languages run high. Lithuanian sits mid, with Finnish being the dearest, about eight times French.
The Isle of Portland quarry in Dorsetshire south of Weymouth supplied stone for England’s cenotaph. The small quarry near Wakeham Street is now exhausted with lifting gear removed. In time the site could fade from memory unless marked, while red poppies bloom among the debris.
Calgary issued 1 883 building permits in 1929 with a total value of 11 417 194 compared to 484 permits and 6 302 142 dollars in 1928, signaling a sharp postwar construction rise.
The weekly harvest at Yarmouth England reaches over 300 million units in weight, marking a record haul for the coastal fishery. Local crews report strong catches across the fleet boosting trade and supply.
A collection of religious reflections cites Joshua 24 24 Emerson and Francis G Peabody on duty and trust. It emphasizes the inner summons of the Eternal Right guiding daily life and repentance amid human experience.
A display at the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce showcases last season's crops from Fort Ver million Alberta on the Peace River. Thirteen wheat varieties, eight oats, five barley, two flax, and two rye are featured with notes on sowing dates and harvests, all praised for strong root growth and full heads.
Exhausted From Asthma describes the draining effects of asthmatic troubles and promotes Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a proven cure. It claims a long record of relief and notes wide availability for sale.
A. H. Miller of the Dominion Observatory in Ottawa announces measurements this year showing the polar diameter is 26 miles less than the equatorial diameter, confirming the earth is not a perfect sphere and is heavier at the center.
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