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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 28, 1931
Page
4
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a guaranteed method to clear acne and blackheads by flushing acids and toxins from the body. It claims the six vital salts restore youthful complexion and steady skin condition with daily use.
The report covers H.M.C.S. Vancouver starting a Pacific cruise on January 26. It notes RCA predicts TV as a commercial proposition within five years. It mentions Canadian art at Buenos Aires Expo in March and April 1931 and other items on wildlife, historic buildings, highways, fishing catches in Saskatchewan, elk restoration on Queen Charlotte Islands, and Kenora Fire Department winning Ontario’s best for towns under 25 000.
Flowerpot Island in Georgian Bay has been placed under the national parks branch of the Department of the Interior. Located at the north end of the Bruce Peninsula, it is named for two rock formations resembling flowerpots. Erosion by the sea threatens the bases, so the parks branch will reinforce the structures to prevent total erosion.
Professor W. F. Hess of Vienna reports a mysterious ray from the Milky Way that passes eighty inches of lead with only half its strength lost. He says the ray is ten times as penetrative as the strongest radium ray.
A Montreal scientist laments global noise but avoids naming the loudest sound of all the ticking clock in an unadvertised shop. The remark contrasts public din with a hidden constant in retail spaces.
Saskatchewan experts project a 12.24 cent per bushel wheat saving with the Crows Nest rate to Churchill on the Hudson Bay Railway. Rt Hon R B Bennett announced in Regina that the rate basis would take effect, with average savings around 2.04 cents per 100 pounds and regional gains listed from Regina to Alsask. Officials say schedules will be filed with the Canadian National Railways and the Railway Commission as preparations continue.
The article explains how medical uses rely on by-products from meat packing, including ligatures, buried stitches, and glandular extracts. It highlights thyroid, insulin from cattle pancreas, and other organ-derived medicines, noting supply scales like 25,000 cattle for a pound of adrenalin and 150,000 hog pancreases for a pound of insulin.
Farmers report oil and grease rising with water from sandstone in the Readlyn valley on Thomas Powley’s farm. Leaves fossilized in rock suggest ancient forests as mud geysers bubble underground. A government inspector notes interest in drilling near Readlyn but village permission is pending due to density.
The Swedish state railways planted more than 5,000 fruit trees and bushes last year and nearly 200,000 in total, making the government railroad board the largest gardening establishment in Sweden. Trees are tended by railroad employees. The text also notes plans for a grain exhibition building for the 1932 World Grain Exhibition and Conference.
An initiative seeks a long term lease from the Provincial Government for a small lake to stock with whitefish and lake trout. The project aims to supply the general market with fresh water fish within three to four years after stocking.
Five miles from Juiz de Fora Brazil the region’s first automatic hydro electric plant began operation after a Brazilian official opened a substation switch. Turbines have run without human attendants since. A trade letter notes money owed has not reached the supplier. the client replies that funds have not been dispatched from their end.
The 1929 fisheries sector in Canada produced goods valued at 53 518 521 dollars. The figure reflects the annual value of catches and related products across the industry.
Mr Victor Hills of Thornton Heath lauds Carter’s Little Liver Pills after relief from constipation headaches and indigestion. He praises the treatment as marvelous and says he now enjoys good health and a life worth living. Drugstores offer red 25¢ and 75¢ packages.
A small Cranbrook syndicate develops a granite quarry near the Canadian Pacific right of way four miles west of town. A summer trial shipment pleased buyers, now seeking more. Six grades exist, with blacks and greens most in demand, praised for polish and resemblance to Scandinavian tombstone and veneer stone used in Canada.
Dehydrated apples shipped by Bul mans Limited to Batavia Java have met with strong demand and a new order for three times the original quantity has been arranged. The product is exported in five pound tins. Soviet Russia’s population is estimated at 150000000.
Scientists report that short electric waves reduce diphtheria toxin strength at specific wavelengths and frequencies. Waclaw Szymanowski and Robert Hicks presented findings to the Society of American Bacteriologists noting notable toxin diminishment, amid historical census context and unrelated musings.
A special committee of the Industrial Development Board of Manitoba reports plans to establish two new local industries. One will manufacture frames for beekeeping, replacing eastern purchases. The other will produce brood foundations and honey extractors. The piece notes manganese was first used as a coloring agent.
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