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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1930
Page
2
A philosophical look at progress as a constant, unseen force shaping dress, travel, communications, food, work, and worship. It urges reflection on past decades to gauge ongoing changes in business, industry, and daily life, stressing the need to retrain and adapt to keep pace with an evolving world.
Walter Houser, a Berlin suburb lodger, stretched a violin string under the ceiling and played it for hours using a bow. He later hung a vacuum cleaner from ceiling hooks in an inverted position. The court fined him 200 marks plus repair costs.
A young writer, Gregory, recalls a humorous note describing a mule like bird. He contrasts it with a gase and a turkie, noting it has two legs for walking and two more to kick with. Wings are worn on the side of its head, and it is stubbornly backward about coming forward.
Bermuda's Hon. S. S. Sparling reports Bermuda fruit and vegetable exports to Canada rose from zero to 50 000 cases last year. He forecasts 100 000 this year and about 300 000 next year. He notes talks with Canadian National steamships on a Canada West Indies service and praises Canada’s winter market access for vegetables.
The latest convenience boxes for mailing letters will be installed on buses in rural Ireland. They will first be tested on four routes terminating at Belfast where the boxes will be cleared and mail processed through the Belfast post office.
C E Harvey of Winnipeg, retiring prairie division chairman of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, states that manufacturing on the Prairies was valued at 340 million dollars in 1929.
A white paper explains the breakdown of Anglo Egyptian talks terminated in London on May 8. The dispute centered on Egyptian demand for unrestricted immigration of Egyptian nationals into the Sudan. Negotiations on most points progressed, with long talks over Suez Canal defence, but Sudan policy halted an agreement.
A testimonial highlights how Dr Williams Pink Pills revitalize anaemic women. Mrs Paul Rail of Coin du Blanc Quebec reports restoration after six boxes, noting improved sleep appetite and energy. Pills sold by dealers or mail order for 50 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
The article notes that many nations have new flags after World War I, including India with a red white and green banner amid independence movements led by Gandhi sympathizers. It also mentions a shift in flags for Russia Germany and China and suggests only a few major nations' flags remain universally identified. It then discusses asthma attacks and promotes Dr Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a rapid relief option sold widely.
Hon. Charles Stewart announces that Supervisory Mining Engineer C. C. Ross will leave for Fort Smith. He will visit key mining centers this season to organize office and field work, assess prospector and company needs, and advise the Minister on the industry’s future.
The Sas katchewan forestry service in the Prince Albert region has planted an embryo forest of 250 acres. Forestry engineer H. P. Eisler notes a transplanting program of 2,000,000 nursery seedlings and stock, the largest in the province's history. Seedlings include jack and white pine. John D. Rockefeller has donated over $750,000,000 in benefactions.
London plans a May unveiling of a statue commemorating Marshal Foch. The event will honor the Allied supreme commander with a public ceremony attended by officials and veterans.
Advert says Aspirin relieves lumbago rheumatism neuralgia headaches toothaches and systemic pains. Claims relief is prompt and complete and that Genuine Aspirin cannot depress the heart. Look for the Bayer cross.
A new Ottawa London issued Canadian Pacific Railway booklet titled Those Magic Isles showcases England Wales Scotland and Ireland with rich photographs and descriptive text. It serves as a complete Old Country guide for travelers offering rural scenes popular resorts and cultural notes as a preview for holidays abroad and a keepsake for return trips.
Capt A W Stevens, Air Corps photographic expert, raises his long distance aerial photography record to 270 miles by photographing Mt Rainier from 20,000 feet above Crater Lake Oregon. Lieut John Corkille piloted the plane in 20 below zero with liquid oxygen aboard as Stevens notes the moon like challenge of the shot.
The Toronto Globe notes a practical plan in the west where the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture has bought a weed polluted farm to restore it. A demonstration is praised as more effective than lectures on eradicating noxious growths. It also touts Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as reliably handy for mothers.
J W Hughes of Kelowna reports dramatic grape output increases from 500 baskets in 1927 to 2 500 in 1928 and 20 000 in 1929 with an expected 40 000 this year. A winery is offering 100 dollars per ton for concords.
France forecasts significantly higher harvest output than last year as weather and conditions favor increased production. Agricultural officials and farmers anticipate improved yields across major crops, signaling a robust agricultural season ahead.
New plants and expansions across the Canadian National Railways shown in 1929 reports total $74,106.10 in capital investment by industry, up $696,300 from 1928. Additions to existing plants added $33,361,000, up $8,792,200. Western Canada saw mining growth in Manitoba and cold storage in British Columbia, with Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting and Sherritt Gordon spending $10,000,000. New elevators and oil warehouses, and new cold storage plants in New Westminster and Victoria also added to the total.
A lady motorist on the Hamilton St Catharines highway cut in on a car, causing a chain of accidents. Three cars damaged, four people injured, and three lawsuits led to a judgment of 4650 dollars to seven individuals. The piece questions if such risk is worth it.
The Topographical Survey of the Department of the Interior of the Dominion Government creates maps for numerous purposes. It uses standardized sheets where possible with scales varying by the available information and intended use.
A German garden expert demonstrated a plan to inject phosphorous into plants to make them glow at night. At the Berlin Flower Show many cacti were inoculated and the luminous substance concentrated in the spines, making them appear as bright glow worm like points in darkness.
A remark on how social norms arise not from need but from the wish for travel and enjoyment, suggesting pleasure drives habitual behavior and communal expectations.
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