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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 17, 1929
Page
2
For indigestion and excess stomach acid readers are advised to use Phillips' Milk of Magnesia prescribed by physicians for 50 years. A tasteless spoonful in water neutralizes acid with immediate relief and without crude remedies. Obtain genuine Phillips' product with full directions at any drugstore.
An essay extols wild flowers from cradle to grave memories and laments overharvesting. It warns that flower picking harms park ecosystems, threatens unique blooms, and endangers beauty across national parks. It urges responsible viewing to preserve flora for future visitors and world peace.
Representatives of the Canadian Government and the British Legion joined residents and visiting United States citizens in a brief memorial service at Rockwood American Cemetery. Hundreds of U S soldiers were buried at Rockwood during the great war.
A comic courtroom exchange features a witness and judge debating pronoun use as a prisoner speaks. The dialogue includes a quip about third person narrative and a stray joke from the foreman about a mate named Pat and his missing partner.
An observer remarks that every group of 60 people in an audience or congregation emits heat comparable to a standard steam radiator, highlighting cumulative warmth in large gatherings.
Dust from Australia traveled over 2000 miles to New Zealand in a rare journey. Much of the dust landed over water and rain caused mud rain in parts of New Zealand, even discoloring football sweaters during a match. The event stood out for its large quantity and wide geographic recording.
Mrs Norman White of New Canada Nova Scotia credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring her health after years of weakness and near bloodlessness. She says six boxes helped her sit up, six more let her walk again, and a third round fully restored strength. Her two daughters, also pale, recovered similarly. She endorses the medicine and notes availability by dealer or mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Alberta government forms a committee to study a proposed model Summer resort at Ghost Lake Bow River forty miles west of Calgary. Plan aims to provide affordable summer homes for workers with non profit support from Calgary Power Company and citizens committee. Also included is a note about Miller's Worm Powders claiming mild action against worms with long standing use and claimed relief for affected children.
A canvasser asks a hefty navvy if he favors returning a candidate to Westminster. The navvy removes his pipe, eyes him, and says, Yes, if that's where he comes from. Also an advert for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil claiming fifty years of use for rheumatic pains and injuries in humans and animals.
Over half a million dollars worth of pulpstones are used annually across 60 Canadian pulp mills. The figure underscores the material's importance to the industry and its steady demand amid ongoing production.
A quirky dialogue unfolds with an actress named Movis asking for a serial number, while a man recalls a wedding from three years ago in a humorous, unspecified scene.
A terse saying suggests that women who invite trouble often face double the consequences, implying a moral lesson about prudence and risk in social dealings.
H L Seymour C E described Alberta’s town planning scheme as the most progressive in North America. He told the Town Planning Institute of Canada in Winnipeg that rural parks picnic grounds tourist camps school grounds fair grounds hospital grounds were provided and advisory services were available to cities towns villages and farmers across the province. The premier inspired the project after visiting England in 1927.
Delegates at Regina hear that wheat and coarse grains will total about 175,000,000 bushels for 1928-29. A table shows past handlings and the forecast exceeds prior years. The board reviews elevator system development and the pool’s capital capacity for further extensions.
Nova Scotia remains the top gypsum producer in Canada followed by New Brunswick Ontario Manitoba and British Columbia according to the latest industry data.
The line repeats Keep Minard's Liniment in the Medicine chest. The text notes South Africa produces 90 percent of the world's diamonds, implying a context of premier diamond production.
A House of Commons return shows nine British nations now enjoy tariff preference since 1921, while the number of foreign countries in mutual preferment rose from 14 to 43. Canada’s exports to the 20 favored countries totaled 317,585,982 in 1921 22 and 503,864,623 in 1928 29.
A national education campaign via Sunday schools of the Dominion will explain alcohol nature and effects. The Women's Christian Temperance Union elected Mrs Gordon Wright of London Ontario as president, Mrs Louise McKinney of Claresholm Alberta as vice president, T H Wright of Hazelton BC as national secretary, and James Mabon of Montreal as national treasurer. Dust Causes Asthma Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy is pitched as relieving breathing passages and restoring calm, with many testimonials.
Photographs of Canada totaling 92 000 taken from the air for Dominion Government Services in 1928. Copies filed with the Topographical Survey, Department of the Interior. The current file holds 254 000 individual prints.
The Concrete Products Company of Regina has leased a site from Canadian Pacific Railway on Twelfth Avenue East Calgary. A plant for manufacturing concrete pipe culverts and building blocks is under construction. Minard's Liniment also featured in Calgary news as a new industry note.
The odd line notes a river trend with 220 miles spanning 60 miles, and a remark about love and employment. The phrasing gives a quirky, regional flavor but lacks clear people or organizations. No dates or places are specified.
H B Lyall of Winnipeg reported at the Halifax convention that the manufacturing product value in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1928 surpassed 325 million dollars. He cited two developments: tapping Northern Manitoba minerals and expanding Alberta oil resources.
Aunt Maria asks what John studies and he replies economics. She mocks the subject saying she sees no use and questions his practical application with a rural dialect.
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