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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 13, 1924
Page
2
A Canadian policy argument urges expanding population to ease war taxation and boost development. Sir Clifford Sifton favors targeted immigration of English farm laborers with families to settle Ontario clay belts and prairie districts, creating productive lands and reducing regional divides.
During the total eclipse along California's southern coast, 140 miles of Highway 140 saw dense traffic as travelers from Los Angeles headed to San Diego and Tia Juana. Police arrested 1,000 for reckless driving on the Terry Pines grade, and gasoline stations drained early with fuel priced at forty cents a gallon.
Earache relief offered by Dr Thomas Electric Oil uses a few drops on lint or medicated cotton inserted in the ear. The remedy is presented as a simple cure for ear pain and discomfort.
The annual report of the supreme court shows 686 death sentences in Russia in 1922, compared with 13 in the previous year. Forty three percent of death sentences were commuted to imprisonment, versus 31 percent in the prior year.
An aged advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a trusted remedy for constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhoea in babies and children. It claims to regulate digestion aid assimilation of food and promote natural sleep without opiates while bearing the genuine signature.
Since January first all French airliners carrying passengers must have parachutes. Mile Collin proved parachute utility by exiting an aircraft at 90 mph and deploying the chute, countering earlier claims that such a feat was impossible.
St Vitus dance or chorea is a nerve weakness illness mainly in youths. A Canadian girl from Parry Arbor Ontario recovered after months of deterioration using Dr Williams Pink Pills, which purportedly enrich the blood and strengthen nerves. The ad notes availability from dealers or by mail at 50 cents a box from Brockville Ontario.
An old advert promotes Catarrhozone as a throat remedy to prevent cold progression. It claims to relieve soreness, cough, and phlegm, and to kill germs in the throat and lungs. The two month supply costs 60 cents and is sold by druggists or by mail from The Catarrhozone of Montreal.
Scientists debate if Coon Butte in Arizona is a massive impact crater formed by a gigantic external body. The hill stands 159 feet high with a 4000 foot wide crater and scattered meteoritic-looking fragments. mining may test the theory.
Officials of the Canadian National Railways in Winnipeg discuss a major spring movement of U S farmer settlers into Canadian prairie lands with expectations of higher cross border migration than in years past. Asthma relief promised by Kellogg's Asthma Remedy advertised as dependable after failed attempts with other cures.
Canada exported farm produce to the United States in the last three months of 1923 valued at 32 275 802 dollars, rising from 25 576 166 dollars the year before. Wheat exports nearly doubled from 1922 levels, with 17 260 473 bushels in the December period versus 372 155 previously. Meanwhile a tobacco ad touts Minard's as a household aid for a happy home and calmer manners, urging use over alternatives.
The Canadian Pacific Railway will continue its farm help program to Western Canada from Europe under a special scheme started last year. In 1923 about $000 men and women were brought out, with many more expected this season. The first arrivals are due around March 31 from Great Britain Denmark Switzerland and other parts of Europe. Farmers may obtain application forms from CPR Colonization Department agents in Calgary Edmonton Saskatoon Winnipeg or Montreal.
An old advertisement urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to sick babies and children for constipation and upset stomachs. It claims gentle bowel action without narcotics, and notes the product contains no soothing drugs and carries directions.
The movement for lower taxation, begun in Regina in February, has grown to national proportions with Vancouver Ontario and Quebec following suit. Despatches show Ottawa recognizing public opinion and promises to cut government costs, but activists urge concrete action and urge citizens to write to MPs and councilors to back reductions. An ordinary brick will absorb 16 ounces of water. keep Minard's ointment in the house.
Will Lend Assistance Canada hosts British airmen aiming to circle the globe by air this year. Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Air Force back the effort sending crews from St. John’s to Yokohama and aiding dumps along the Aleutians and Siberian coast. This marks Canada’s first continuous aerial crossing.
Bronze hand mirror unearthed at Desborough Northamptonshire dates to Caesar era 55 B.C. It was likely used by a Celtic woman in the Midlands. The hand chased back bears patterns similar to eastern workmanship and the artifact has been donated to the British Museum.
Ottawa officials dismiss alarm over letters from British harvesters criticizing Canada. The Daily News of London published writers from recent settlers who describe favorable conditions in Canada. sixty two British publications have carried such letters in six months.
Public notice promotes Pape's Diapepsin as quick relief for indigestion gases heartburn sour stomach and stomach distress caused by acidity. A few tablets provide immediate relief and to correct digestion costs only a few cents per package as millions are sold by druggists.
Maj Gen Brackner director of civil aviation of the British air ministry says Britain may launch an air plane service direct to India needing only 100 hours for the London run. He leaves after a holiday in this country confident in the project.
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