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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 21, 1928
Page
2
A year after the Diamond Jubilee celebrations Canada shows expansion and rising international stature. The piece urges annual observance of Dominion Day to instill national pride in youth and notes Western Canada papers report renewed efforts in many communities to celebrate 1924 Dominion Day.
The third conference will be held in Regina on June 5 6 and 7. For the first time representatives from cooperative groups beyond marketing grain will attend. Produce pools and consumer cooperatives from around the world will be represented. Last year the meeting took place in Kansas City Missouri.
In the first four months of the year the Canada Colonization Association settled 224 families on 46,207 acres of land, demonstrating its continued program of organized settlement and land distribution.
A new glass substitute is described as trans lucent and weatherproof and admitting the sun’s ultraviolet rays. Its main benefits are flexibility and unbreakability as it is sold in rolls and by the yard.
An aeroplane capable of finding its own way has been invented by a French designer. A pilot learns a new set of gauges in hours replacing human sight. Twelve pilots first tested the instrument, initially spiraling and wobbling, then mastering control to fly blind to thirty miles and return, promising aid in night or fog.
The Winnipeg Flying Club has secured a 135 acre field in St James, set to be finished soon with two Moth planes from the Dominion Government. Hangars for six planes and a club house will be built, with tennis courts planned. war fliers and other members already number around fifty.
In anaemia the sufferer grows pale and tires easily the appetite is fickle and weight is lost. Headaches and sleep problems occur as blood thins. The pills enrich the blood and relieve symptoms. Mrs Patterson of Shanklin credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring her health after four years of weakness and nervousness.
H. P. Madsen of the Edmonton City Dairy is named Danish Consul for Northern Alberta with offices in Edmonton. The Danish government notes 3 709 settlers in 1927 as the motive, with the area likely extending from Red Deer north. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy is advertised as a nationwide relief option praised for its reputed efficacy.
The annual Canada Government Merchant Marine report argues ships are a public asset despite past deficits. It notes 1827 losses contrasted with gains in 1925 and 1926, cites 1927 cargo shortages and lower UK traffic as causes, and stresses the service to Canadians including CN Rail traffic and export protection. It also mentions healthier prospects for 1928. Dr. Thomas Electric Oil ad copy follows.
Mount Robson in British Columbia rises to 12,972 feet above sea level, the highest summit in the Canadian Rockies. The remark on Solomon notes his wisdom but humorously contrasts it with umpiring a baseball game.
Acid stomach pains two hours after meals are common. An alkali neutralizes excess acid. Phillips Milk of Magnesia has been a standard remedy for 50 years. It neutralizes acid instantly, is tasteless and safe, with full directions on every bottle.
Western Canada Airways Limited has acquired Pacific Airways Limited of Vancouver with an aim to establish an aeroplane service between Winnipeg and Pacific coast cities. Plans include extending Pacific’s operations into part of Alberta and a larger seaboard territory. Corns disappear when treated with Holloway's Corn Remover without leaving a scar.
Col J H Stibbard of the British Army Training Centre in Chisledon Wiltshire says demobilized British servicemen could be placed on Canadian farms if arrangements with government and other bodies are made. Training lasts six months before discharge. He notes many have already gone to Australia and prospered.
A worn Napoleon hat sold for 15000 dollars to a French army officer. The certificate claims it was sold by Napoleon's valet in 1814 to a junk dealer. Separate notes mention Minard's Liniment for rheumatism and a London vicar proposing a 1.25 dollar wedding cleaning surcharge for confetti. Shanghai's top hospital reportedly uses only a pound of morphia yearly.
Minard's Liniment for Insect bites advertised by Ww N Vu 1195 presents a quirky product blurb. The note seems to reference a patent or catalog style entry with a curious slogan about bliss and happiness. The short line hints at a humorous or stray ad snippet from a historical page.
Baltimore dispatch details a Maryland University invention called an automatic anaesthetizer. The device aims to administer anesthesia without a doctor or nurse, preventing overdose and keeping the patient fully unconscious by monitoring lung pressure during respiration, claiming no danger of fatality.
In Oshawa a Polish-born resident asked railway staff about discounts on an Atlantic seaplane trip, told to return later. Canada’s forest salaries and wages total about 100 million dollars yearly. Peevish, pale children suffer worms. Mother Graves Worm Exterminator promises relief, not cure.
A City Beautiful project for Ottawa aims to place it second only to world capitals in beauty. The plan proposes spending 200000 dollars annually for 30 years with an immediate 3000000 dollar outlay. A central feature is a large central park.
Some North American Indian tribes practice widow hair cutting and forbid remarriage until the widow’s hair regrows to its original length, reflecting a traditional ritual of mourning and social expectation.
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