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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 17, 1927
Page
2
The notice describes Thihas Seepsin of 285 St Patrick St Ottawa once ill with rapid weight loss from 21 to 145 pounds. After six years of failing remedies, one month of Tanlac regimens reversed the decline, restoring health and strength and making him feel like a new man.
An uplifting Western Canada feature urges confidence and self belief as the key to opportunity. It cites the Catalina channel swim by George Young as example, praises national optimism, and argues success begins with a determined state of mind and work toward planned spring and summer projects.
English observers plan to view the first total solar eclipse in 2763 years on June 29. Railroads run special trains as crowds gather along a belt from north Wales to Hartlepool while Greenwich time marks 5 25 am start and corona will be visible in totality. Astronomers will send expeditions to Norway and Yorkshire and along the coasts to maximize visibility.
Japanese Prince at Oxford Sir Herbert Warren, aging Magdalen College president, has led the school for over four decades and drawn royal attention. He secured a Prince of Wales pupil despite the grandfather’s Christ Church link, and Prince Chichihau of Japan recently chose Magdalen occupying the former Prince of Wales rooms.
Ontario legislature debates a bill to amend the Marriage Act allowing clergymen from any part of the British empire to officiate in the province. The move follows a preceding incident when Bishop Arthur Winnington-Ingram of London could not perform a relative’s wedding due to permission gaps.
The Carnegie Institution confirms an upper air layer of four levels bends radio waves enabling long distance transmission. Without this air, radio signals would fail over great distances and be nearly impossible across the globe.
Thomas A. Stone of Chatham Ont takes the role as secretary to Lion. Vincent Massey newly serving as Canadian minister at Washington. Stone is a University of Toronto graduate who studied in France. The text concludes with a reflective line on reputation and misfortune.
E S Sloane of Georgetown describes two years of backache and lameness then using Nerviline from Smith Bros Drug Store. He credits Nerviline with curing the pain and declares himself perfectly well. The ad urges others with weak backs and stiff muscles to try Nerviline, the remedy that never fails.
Progressive members in the House of Commons will push for a free port at the ocean terminal of the STundson's Bay Railway during the annual railway debate. One MP argues a free trade port at Port Nelson or Fort Churchill could halve the construction costs and secure the line’s financial success within years.
In Raina Saskatchewan special report Mr S Lee declares Dodd’s Kidney Pills effective for all kidney complaints and long term use for backache and kidney pain. The ad notes kidney symptoms warn of danger and credits the pills with relief though not a universal cure. Also promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil for cough as remedy against respiratory irritation.
A Goteeingen University student, failing the spring term, sends Berlin parents a telegram claiming he passed with flying colors. He adds professors are delighted and asks if he should repeat the exam next July, signaling distress beneath the brag.
An advertisement claims instant relief from sourness indigestion gas heartburn and stomach pain after taking a tablet of Pape's Diapepsin. Druggists guarantee the product to correct digestion at once and offer it for a few cents per package.
A Geneva International Labor Bureau bulletin shows Soviet Russia wage rates. Russian workers earned 2.59 chervonetzes per day last summer, with the rouble devalued since before the war. Even a dollar daily would not meet rising living costs, and Tomsky warns unions to be patient as wages cannot rise until conditions improve. The Soviet council would crack down on noncompliant union groups.
Mothers can ease worry as Worm Exterminator delivers relief with lasting effects for anxious children.
Visitors at the Royal Horticultural Society exhibition in London saw tomatoes growing on four foot high trees resembling orange trees. Each tree bears about seventy small tomatoes in tight clusters forming cones, with lighter color and sweeter taste than ordinary tomatoes.
A humorous note on giving advice through a Minard's Liniment analogy. The lines reference a W N U item number 1669 in a brief, jokey tone without further detail.
The British Government announces the last slave in British territory has disappeared, ending slavery under the flag within ninety four years of abolishing slavery in the colonies. Compulsory service persists in some posts but is dying out with education and broader rights.
The article argues a republican government lowers costs for Germany by comparing the old monarchy’s expenses with modern presidency figures. It notes Prussia’s royal outlays for Hohenzollerns, castles, yachts, and staff versus President von Hindenburg’s modest salary and limited expenses. It cites Tritz Ebert’s lower total salary and expenses as a contrast.
Canadian Pacific Railway operates weekly tourist sleeping cars from Winnipeg to connect with steamers sailing from West Saint John New Brunswick. The service ensures direct transfer from train to ship and reservations may be made through any Canadian Pacific ticket agent.
Mrs Lucy Hacforth aged 102 credits her health to plain food and quiet living. Her diet centers on whole wheat bread milk butter bike apples vegetables and occasional bacon. The note appears amid a stream of miscellaneous items including China river crowded boat dwellers and an ad for Holloway's Corn Remover.
A collection of curio lines and aphorisms on marriage health and social wisdom. Notes claim men resist wives urging late nights and antic humor about asthma remedies and public gardens. The tone echoes a period columnist offering light counsel.
Vicks VapoRub rubbed briskly on throat and chest and covered with warm flannel soothes sore throat bronchitis and deep chest colds. It acts as a liniment and as a vapor to provide quick relief for the family.
In Ciuc district Romania the well preserved two century old priest is displayed in a four glass casket as a miracle. Six wooden coffins crumble elsewhere while doctors offer natural explanations. An admission fee of 1s funds the viewing.
Mrs. Wm. J. Griffin of Telikummah Manitoulin Island Ontario describes long weakness swelling legs and no ambition. After taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for a couple of months she regains strength and endorses the treatment. The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario offers a small health booklet and pills at 50 cents per box via dealers or mail.
An enterprising Worcester resident installed eight loud speakers in eight neighboring homes and charges each two dollars per month for the service. The item also notes persistent asthma and promotes Dr. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy with no further connection to the main incident.
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