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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
2
An ad claims Dr Hamilton's Pills quickly restore strength and health by toning the liver improving digestion and blood quality. It promises vitality, better sleep and energy with regular use and notes the medicine is sold in 25 cent boxes for general family use.
LaPeer smiles and pats the brown stock of the rifle and laughs that maybe he shoots dam well or maybe he does not. The segment ends with a playful, unsure note about his shooting.
A dying trapper named Daddy Farney on a May wilderness cot entrusts his friend Dorkin with Willer’s future and a hidden box containing proof of his past crimes and a fortune as he awaits a final visit from fate and the sunlit woods he loves.
Grasshoppers have appeared at Tudor in Alberta about 35 miles east of Calgary catching residents by surprise as no scouting had anticipated southern Alberta pest activity. Preparations are underway to combat the infestation.
Swiss daylight Sunday motor car ban set from May 1 to September 20 aims to let people enjoy holiday excursions without traffic disruption. The rule restricts daytime driving to reduce noise and congestion during weekends.
Armstrong Whitworth at Scotswood on Tyne plans expansion to become the world’s premier locomotive builder. The former ammunition plant now outputs over 400 main line engines annually with a target of at least 45 locomotives weekly by summer 1920. The facility is described as the largest and best equipped in the British Empire with growth seen from international demand.
Mrs. P. H. Ryan of Sand Point Nova Scotia testifies that Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills cured her nerve troubles after months of sleepless nights fainting spells and weakness. The T Milburn Co Limited sells 50 cents a box in stores or by mail from Toronto Ontario.
The Bible Society notes a vast Bible in the Royal Library at Stockholm described as the largest in the world. Its covers are solid plank four inches thick and each measures a yard long. About a hundred asses’ skins were used for the 309 parchment leaves of this colossal book.
An explorer reports natives favoring English over older methods as Arabic numerals replace Chinese figures in schools. Braille is used in China for the blind amid leprosy prevalence. Also noted is Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills, praised as a long established standard remedy.
The United States Department of Agriculture declares stories of germination from wheat and other cereals found with ancient Egyptian mummies fictitious. French tests show grain older than a few years will not germinate. German tests indicate wheat barley and oats may germinate up to eight or ten years under ideal conditions but few grains remain alive after twenty years.
An advertisement extols Danderine as a tonic beautifier that softens hair, removes dirt and oil, and adds glossy golden highlights. It claims to restore youthful shine, reduce dandruff, and stop hair loss, urging readers to purchase at drug or toilet counters.
Guidance on when and how to break land in June or July on dry open prairie. Emphasizes deep plowing four to five inches, turning furrows flat, packing immediately, following with a disc barrow and harrow, and timing disk work after rain to preserve mulch and control weeds.
The Mt Wilson Observatory in California unveils a telescope claimed to be a quarter of a million times more powerful than the human eye. The device represents a leap in astronomical observation and marks a milestone in celestial investigation.
The article contrasts 1850 freight of about 25,000 tons with 1916 Detroit River traffic of 37,852 vessel passages and over 76 million tons carried, valued above $1 billion. It notes wartime reductions in 1917 and 1918 and predicts substantial future growth, comparing tonnage to that of the Suez Canal.
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