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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 24, 1929
Page
5
The text notes Lydia E. Pinkham would be 109 if alive and her descendants continue to manufacture her Vegetable Compound. It cites four generations upholding the product and claims mothers teach daughters to rely on the medicine once praised by grandmothers in 1870.
In an uptown New York club Marcus the revue producer and his party dine at Blackie Joe’s while Al Stone the singing waiter falls for Molly the ballad singer. Al pleads to have Molly perform his self written song Always, but Molly rebuffs him. Blackie Joe signals Marcus’s arrival and Molly eyes a chance at fame as Al’s hope crashes when his song lies ignored under her heel.
An ad touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a safe tasteless remedy for sour stomach indigestion and excess stomach acid. It claims one dose neutralizes acid multiple times its volume and promises relief in about five minutes with physician backing for 50 years.
Clement M. Keyes of Chatsworth Ontario and University of Toronto origin will head Curtiss Wright Corporation the new aviation holding formed by Curtiss Wright and ten affiliates. The merged firm will control assets near seventy million dollars yet command a multi hundred million market value. Keyes 54 years old has led Curtiss and built the bond business before joining aviation ventures.
An exchange between a traveler and an unscientific man yields the view that among polar ventures the top challenge is returning safely. The dialogue emphasizes survival and navigation as paramount in exploration.
Michigan boasts the longest coastline of any state while in Czecho-Slovakia about 15,000 workers are employed in tobacco farming.
A French doctor Louis Ciabolliere, after serving prison time, forged thumb and finger skins from a corpse to commit burglaries. He pasted prints onto parchment and used them to fake crimes, pressing against his chest to moisten the skin before leaving prints on stolen items.
Prof A S Eddington addressed the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in London about stellar densities. He cited Sirius companion as among the densest known, at about 60 000 times water density, noting a ton of its matter could fit inside a matchbox.
Oxen have eaten away about 10 000 tons of earth from a mountain slope near Pretoria South Africa creating a cave 10 feet high and 50 feet across and they continue to munch the earth. Samples sent to Johannesburg show a tasteless clay rich in potash and salts that may appeal to cattle with abnormal appetites.
A reader testimonial from Zepherin Lavoie of Three Rivers Quebec praises Baby's Own Tablets for regulating a baby's stomach and bowels and keeping the child plump and well. The ad claims the tablets relieve common childhood ailments from constipation to teething pains and promote restful sleep, sold by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont at 25 cents a box.
In Buckingham Palace a fully equipped telegraph office and private telephone exchange exist. High public interest in the King’s health has led to increased staff and specially qualified officials have been chosen to handle the workload.
A 17-year-old Toronto boy paralyzed since infancy who cannot write dictated his matriculation exams in Premier Ferguson’s presence and the provincial registrar. He is expected to gain good marks and complete the tests.
A compact weekly feature quotes John xiii 37 and James Russell Lowell, praising dedication to truth. It recalls how loved ones sought and died for truth, the seeds sown by loyal men bearing fruit through years, and the noble sacrifice of those who labored and died for the night.
Dr Sven Hedin reports discovery of dinosaur skeletons estimated at 90 000 000 years old in the Gobi Desert during an Asia expedition. The find was described on his return to Victoria British Columbia.
The powders combat stomach morbid conditions that feed worms and prevent parasitic infestation after contact. Worms are quickly expelled with bowel contents. The treatment imparts soundness to organs and steadies a child’s improving health.
Lake Titicaca in Peru stands at 12 644 feet above sea level as the highest point where steamers operate. The deep Andean lake supports maritime traffic and historic vessels on its waters.
Report claims eight of the twelve largest banks are British with five located in London. The assertion highlights London's leading role in global finance and prompts scrutiny of international banking power and market concentration.
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