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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 11, 1925
Page
2
The piece argues that modern progress hinges on good roads driven by the auto era. It cites faster adoption of innovations, tourism growth in Canada from U.S. visitors, and the economic and social gains from permanent road networks. It notes increased travel, lower transport costs, and touring expansion in 1924.
Radio sets designed for all contingencies will equip Macmillan Arctic expedition seaplanes this summer. One plane will carry a standard navy spark set and the other a short wave radio with remarkable long distance results reported. The Thetis, base ship, will have two five kilowatt transmitters to keep direct contact with Canada and the United States.
The cabinet approved an aeronautical reorganization bill to give Italy 2 070 land and sea battle planes. Sixty squadrons will join the army, 18 the navy, and 12 to the colonies. About 36 000 officers and men will operate the fleet under 26 generals.
The minister of stands reports BC forest branch revenue for March reached 295000 dollars, up from 279000 dollars in the same month last year, illustrating rapid timber trade expansion.
Five sheep valued at 350 dollars from the E. P. Ranch at High River Alberta were shipped via North Portal Saskatchewan en route to L. W. Cutten of Lisle Illinois USA.
An amphibian aeroplane designed by Captain Charles Nungesser has been tested in the United States. The air craft carries three passengers and a pilot, can land on water with a retractable land chassis, and runs at 73 miles per hour with a 300 mile cruising radius. The test results were reported as entirely satisfactory.
Miss Elizabeth Underwood Lisle of Portman Square recalls an early Victorian scene at court. She describes Princess Victoria sliding down a stair on a tea tray as a final escapade before her coronation.
British Columbia shipped 28.177 million board feet of lumber in March with over half destined for the Orient. The remainder went to the Atlantic seaboard United Kingdom and continent Egypt and the Antipodes. For the year, the port exceeded 70 million boards shipped.
U S Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover forecasts a new era in which humans may subsist on lab produced food after a successful experiment making sugar from light through formaldehyde. He calls the sugar result the greatest chemical discovery of the last fifty years and says starch and other foods could follow. Scientists foresee a future where growing population drives reliance on laboratory produced sustenance.
The advertisement promotes Diamond Dyes as a simple home color solution. It claims cold water tinting for delicate shades and boiling for permanent colors. Each 15 cent package includes simple directions for dyeing fabrics including lingerie, silks, coats, and draperies. It instructs buyers to tell the druggist fabric type to use wool silk linen cotton or mixed goods.
Palestine shows rising appeal for visitors as travel facilities and hotels improve. An official five month report records 22,084 travelers entering the country with many staying over two months. Jerusalem and Palestinian towns prepare for a busy winter season amid strong Jewish Passover travel expectations.
The Duke of Devonshire has sold several portions of his East Sussex estates and plans to part with Benedictina Priory at Wilmington, a historic site dating to King Rufus's era. The piece notes taxation makes vast English estates hard to maintain for even wealthy landowners. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil is recommended for camp use to soothe wet feet, prevent muscle pains, and aid cuts sprains.
A British scientist estimates 120 million fish inhabit every square mile of the ocean, implying a vast global biomass. The claim emphasizes high marine life density and highlights the scale of underwater ecosystems.
A concise reflection on how one can understand and cope with another person’s grief through empathy and shared human experience. The remark suggests the accessibility of compassion and emotional support in difficult times.
Vancouver ascends to the second place on the Pacific coast in deep sea net tonnage and ranks fourth in total net tonnage for 1924, figures compiled by the Vancouver Merchants' Exchange.
The article defends British policy in Palestine as a balanced effort. It asserts the National Home for the Jews will proceed alongside protection of Arab rights and stresses cooperation over conflict. It dismisses Zionist extremism and Bolshevik comparison as mischief.
A New York Commercial editorial decries reliance on special statutes to ease toil. It argues most laws fail to significantly reduce burdens or raise incomes, contending government can only broadly protect life, liberty, and property after ensuring basic provisions.
Dr. Frank L. Hoffman of New York City told Toronto’s Medical Health Officers Association that early surgery combined with radium offers more cures than any other method. He dismissed Dr. Glover’s treatment and warned against quack cures.
A folk remedy named Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator is advertised as a simple treatment to counter intestinal worms in children, asserting safety and vitality protection for young patients.
In Bagdad Mesopotamia a motor convoy raid left the wife of the French vice-consul dead. The Mesopotamia Camel Corps pursued the robbers across the desert for days, recovered the stolen property, and captured 20 men after a desert chase about 200 miles from the attack. The arrests mark excellent police work by the Camel Corps and local authorities.
The large pilgrim bell that fell in the 1921 fire at the Basilica of St. Anne de Beaupre rang again on May 2 for the first time since its repair. It had been repaired in Belgium and returned recently.
Annual egg output in Canada for 1924 is estimated at 212,648,685 dozen valued at 50,322,439 dollars, down from 242,186,508 dozen valued at 45,770,780 dollars in 1923.
The New York New Hampshire and Hudson Railway expands its railroad regulation prohibiting intoxicants by employees to also cover narcotics.
The Prince of Wales wins overwhelming warmth in Dutch South Africa and British centers, seen as a major imperial triumph. Officials credit his diplomacy and charm for boosting empire ties and sparking optimism in London over South Africa’s tariff accord as most favored nation. No dissent noted in press or official reports.
Samuel H. Cole born in Hagerstown Maryland thirty five years ago known as king of the American newsboys has begun a penniless world journey. His aim is a Cornell University law degree at age 42 and he travels to gain material for a forthcoming book dedicated to Cornell.
Guards at the Prague Radiological Institute display careful, complex methods to protect radium. Prized substance is stored in stoppered phials within a larger sealed container, then a thick lead box locked in an indestructible safe. Surrounding chains trigger an alarm if moved, ensuring no approach to the safe.
The advertisement claims worms are fed by morbid stomach and bowel conditions and that Miller's Worm Powders alter these conditions almost immediately. It asserts the medicine destroys parasites on contact and serves as a healthgiving tonic for the young constitution.
A Vancouver Province reader recalls a Paris cab ride in which the driver, though overcharging, was unusually polite. The friend abroad helped the speaker find the right words in a French English dictionary to articulate the sentiment.
Dr. J B Lawrence a pioneer in U S radio experiments faced a near disaster when static from a powerful receiver caused a ceiling to collapse and plaster to shower the room. Con tractors estimated damage around 1000 dollars as the station Chicago announcer warned during the incident.
Mrs. Wm. Maddix of St. Gilbert reports prolonged back pain after childbirth eased by four boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. She explains kidney trouble slowed circulation and left her tired, warning impurities in blood can seed disease.
Dr. William J. Mayo of Rochester Minnesota told the Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons in Washington that gland and monkey gland transplantation in humans has no value. He warned the public had been humbugged by impossible claims and sensational advertising.
Because houses in Hungary use little wood the danger from crossed electric wires is minimal and insurance companies do not inspect wiring.
A new film process demonstrates that the domestic fly can carry as many as 600000 typhoid germs, highlighting potential disease transmission risks and the need for sanitation and control measures.
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