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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 03, 1931
Page
6
A vintage advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a quick remedy for sour stomach and indigestion. It promises to neutralize stomach acid, ease gas, cleanse the stomach and bowels, and provide a tonic effect after meals.
World Happenings Briefly Told reports the death of the Earl of Selston owner of the Grand National course at Alptree aged 59. Other items note Soviet spring wheat sowing totals, CPR hotel plans, Lena River floods, aviation honors for Dieudonne Coste, and a Windsor border chamber trip plan through western Canada.
Dr. P. E. Doolittle, eleventh term president of the Canadian Automobile Association, has driven from Toronto to Vancouver covering 3163 miles in ten days. He awaits the start of the Golden Twilight caravan to the Cariboo district and plans to turn east from Kamloops to return across Canada to the Atlantic.
War books remain plentiful in many countries but dealers report shrinking sales. Russia reportedly avoided the craze. The Imperial War Museum in London received an autographed copy of Journey's End and said it already holds 56,000 war books.
Old Timer recounts Manitoba’s early fights with federal authority and provincial boundaries. Celebrations July 15 mark the 60th anniversary of Manitoba joining Confederation, noting battles over jurisdiction, subsidies, and educational autonomy.
Extracts from Fridtjof Nansen’s will reveal one fourth of his fortune to the Nansen fund for scientific work. The fund, noted to benefit by 25 000 dollars, will be administered by its directors with interest going to Dr. Nansen’s sister. The fund has supported Norwegian polar and oceanographic expeditions in recent years.
The Farmer's Advocate notes Farmers are gaining influence with Honourable Walter Lea now Premier of Prince Edward Island Honourable John Bracken Premier of Manitoba and His Honour J. D. McGregor Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba Aberdeen Angus breeder McGregor highlighted as a notable figure.
The Rev C E Macartney rails against perceived moral dilution as he condemns decaffeined coffee and denicotined tobacco. He laments no relief for jazz, election news, or weather trends while noting women mosquitoes as both stingers and singers.
Instructional notice from Winnipeg based pattern order service at 175 McDermot Ave. The note directs readers on how to order patterns and mentions the Winnipeg newspaper union context.
Pleaded by the Grand Master of Vanguard Saskatchewan elected Grand Master for 1930 31. Officers include Deputy Grand Master M A Fletcher Colgate Deputy Grand Warden F B Gray Regina Grand Secretary and others. The article notes boundary expansions westward about 130 miles and 1912 north boundary additions along Hudson Bay to Nelson and Churchill. It reflects on Western rights in Canadian politics and Manitoba’s role.
The article extols swimming as easily learned, notes many city schools teach it well, and observes urban youths often pick it up themselves at a young age. It also includes a brief anecdote about a car owner failing to start a engine and a boy asking how far it will go after winding it.
The annual meeting in London shows the society selling over twice as many Scriptures in Britain’s languages, reaching 1 872 000 copies, with China printing 6 800 000 and placing 5 306 000. Africa adds eight new translations, and Europe, Palestine, Egypt also rise while Russia remains closed.
Henry Moeller 15 from Wilste Holstein chose the sea sailing to Hong Kong. His aunt gave a purple silk umbrella with carved snakewood handle. He captained Lackawanna Railroad river barges in 1830 and Hamburg America Line tugs in 1903. He retired to Hoboken in 1920 and died recently with the umbrella placed in his burial coat. Poland’s spruce forests total 1.9 million acres and the average person has 76 million air cells.
Dr. E. H. Boomer and Dr. A. K. Clark of the University of Alberta report that gasoline can be produced in almost unlimited quantities from oil sands in Northern Alberta. A semi-commercial plant already in operation suggests Western Canada will soon be independent in motor fuel production.
Article promotes Eagle Brand Condensed Milk as a safe digestible infant food for bottle fed babies. It claims long use since 1857 and endorsement by physicians. It suggests following can directions and offers a free booklet “Baby's Welfare” from Borden Co. upon mention of the paper.
Commissioner MacKenzie of the Salvation Army reports more than 200,000 children have died of famine in Northern China since January. He notes that about 80,000 Chinese wives and daughters were sold for 2 to 3 dollars each to feed the rest of their families.
A specialist scolds a patient to take interest in business. The patient cites legal restraint as the reason, revealing he is a pawnbroker. A contemporary quip adds that women are ousting draughtsmen from their jobs, showcasing gender and labor tensions.
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