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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 07, 1931
Page
2
Canada aims to build foreign markets for its goods through a worldwide network of trade commissioners. The article notes 32 posts, 604 new agencies, and 4 245 reports produced last year, with commissioners serving two to four years abroad and returning home for a national tour.
The Smithborough Ireland band instruments were seized by British customs after being sent to the parish priest of Rosslea County Fermanagh. Evidence at a Monaghan case showed a dispute among band members and the instruments were left at the priest’s home. The trustees planned to return the instruments and pay duty, but customs officials still hold them and seek duty and a penalty for movement into Northern Ireland.
Grain growers in Washington replace wagon transport by a one inch galvanized iron pipe to the railroad station or directly into freight cars. The system costs about fifteen cents per bushel by wagon and under two cents by pipe line, saving transport expenses.
Archaeologists uncover an ancient mound on Cache Creek near Lawton Oklahoma containing pottery fragments arrow heads shells and grinding stones. Rocks show signs of past heat with unusually sharp edges and nearby bone remains of prehistoric animals were found.
Sir Henry Thornton president of Canadian National Railways told Franklin Institute audience in Philadelphia that future relations between capital and labor will advance most in an era he calls The Partners. He urged labor rights and a gracious capital to accept partnership and forgo ongoing conflict.
Boston hosts a national crusade to rescue women from tobacco perils. Mrs. Robert P. Williams leads the Anti Smoking League for Women which will use moral suasion first and may seek laws to bar women from smoking cigarettes. Pipes and cigars are not on the platform and men may join.
At Hyde parish church Winchester during the annual harvest festival a bottle of whiskey and beer join five kippers among gifts on display. Other offerings include a chicken a duck pork and mutton joints lobster coal kindling hops milk mineral water and water. A Twickenham wedding recently featured the hymn Fight the good fight with all thy might.
Miss Millie Orpen, a 23 year old London woman, has filed writs claiming damages over 100000 pounds against film companies for alleged infringements of a Sunday performances law upheld by three high court judges. She acts as a common informer, an ancient British role rarely seen today, and says she is acting alone without organizational backing.
National Geographic Society expedition led by Dr. Robert F. Griggs explored lava beds on the Alaska Peninsula last summer. The team reports liverworts thrive in barren lava, suggesting these simple plants began soil formation that enabled later vegetation to take root.
The Canada United States air mail pact links Winnipeg to Minneapolis via Pembina with Canadian Airways Ltd carrying mail to the boundary and US Air Mail continuing to Fargo and Minneapolis. The arrangement resolves the cross border operation and allows Western Canada access to the southern continental air mail network and connections to South America.
The Phillipsburg New Jersey ceremony of Mr and Mrs William Koch saw several incidents before during and after the nuptials. The groom s father fell ill the flower girl broke her arm the bride s mother bruised herself in a fall a bridal car collision a passerby injured by a fourth car and finally the couple canceled their Niagara Falls trip choosing Wilmington Delaware as an alternative destination.
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil is described as simple to use with clear directions. As a liniment it is rubbed on the skin and as a dressing it is applied by following plain instructions understood by both young and old.
William Baird of the Canadian Pacific Railway says Canadian prominence on the European stage will raise visits from British and European tourists, commercial and industrial men. He spoke after returning on the Duchess of Richmond from Liverpool.
The article notes that between 1921 and 1928 cars can be bought for about half the previous price while building a small house costs rose roughly 25 percent. Realtors argue people are increasingly living in their cars due to these trends.
The office of Hon. Robert Weir, Minister of Agriculture, announced 4000 rams were graded this year as part of improving sheep quality. Official lists of pure bred rams are available from sheep promoters of the Dominion livestock branch.
Eels hatch at sea then migrate inland along streams and rivers before heading back to the sea to die, completing their life cycle.
An advertisement claims Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator can expel intestinal worms and promote child health, urging parents to use the product for a healthy system and wellbeing.
The color orange is commonly used to mark trails because it remains highly visible against snow, aiding hikers and skiers in finding routes during winter conditions. The bright hue contrasts with white surroundings, improving safety and navigation on snowy terrains.
A manufacturer contends advertising works with a caveat. He recalls placing a night watchman ad yesterday and his shop was broken into last night, suggesting an ironic outcome of his marketing claim.
Montreal reader Mrs. Alchamond Lalonde reports severe tiredness nervousness and insomnia after flu. After four boxes of Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills she is completely relieved and recommends the pills. Sold at drug stores or by The Milburn Co. Ltd. Toronto.
The Washington proposal to levy a duty on refined copper highlights Canada’s expected rise as a refined copper exporter. Canada currently uses about 50 000 tons annually, while new plants at Copper Cliff Noranda Trail and others could produce around 200 000 tons. A half cent per pound bounty on refined Canadian ore and a tariff on certain bar metals influence the industry.
H W Brooks a New York consulting engineer and Ramsin friend says the confession by Leonid Ramsin and seven others was staged for effect. He recalls Ramsin showed no sign of plotting and calls the confession a naive propaganda piece arranged by the OGPU to bolster Stalin’s regime.
A world of rubber could form a belt circling the equator almost 0.5 miles wide if stretched around the globe. The fact highlights the vast scale of natural rubber production and the material’s global reach.
A solid silver cutlery service in a bird's eye maple cabinet was presented by Oakland residents at the wedding of Wing Commander Charles Kingsford Smith and Miss Mary Powell in Melbourne Australia on December 10. The aviator began his globe circling and Pacific flights in Oakland and completed the world voyage by crossing the Atlantic.
Shipments of blister copper and zinc from Flin Flon have increased since the new smelter began operations in November. T. P. White of Canadian National Railway reports 19 cars shipped since November 19. Thirteen cars billed to seaports Halifax and St. John, four to New York, two to Toronto.
An advertisement touts Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a proven treatment for severe asthma. It claims thousands of successful cases and easy access to relief for sufferers.
The article notes that predictions of a decline in WWI literature failed in Europe as authors from various nations keep producing works at a rapid rate. It cites the British War Library reporting 60,000 volumes, averaging about 14 per day since the armistice.
Passenger travel by air between London and Paris rose from 716 in 1919 to 22 346 in 1929. Projections show more than 30 000 passengers on this route on commercial flights in 1930.
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