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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 27, 1924
Page
2
The piece argues for organized economy efforts across Canada, led by nonpartisan Economy Clubs. It warns against true and false economy, calls for reducing waste while protecting education and health, and urges citizens to accept broader public savings from federal to local levels without harming essential services.
Weather and low humidity damage woodwork at Ottawa's new Parliament Buildings. The speaker's chair in the Commons is cracking. doors, desks, tables, chairs, and floors show warping as experts note improper seasoning of much of the wood.
A safety note urges using Dr Thomas Electric Oil to cauterize wounds in factories instead of carbolic acid. It claims quicker infection control without scarring. A brief biographical glimpse notes Gerbault’s solo 30 foot boat voyage from France to New York and his Legion of Honor award.
Lieut Salisbury Jones of the Coldstream Guards handed the British flag to Union Jack at St Cyr military college. The British attaché in Paris and a detachment of officers attended the ceremony presided by General Debeny with General Bissoudy also present.
A brief item notes women offering dyeing and tinting services to restore worn garments and draperies. The notice emphasizes rejuvenating faded fabrics through dye and tinting.
Diamond Dyes offer 15 cent packages with simple directions for any woman to dye or tint worn fabrics at home. Choose any color at the drug store to refresh old garments, even first-timers can succeed.
The Western Farmer's Future notes decades of soil depletion from single crop farming in southern Manitoba and southeast Saskatchewan. It advocates returning to mixed farming and crop rotation to restore soil health, reduce weeds, and restore profitability. The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada backs the shift after consulting farmers and experts.
A reflection on Socrates' reply to the observer of his modest Athens home. He said he would be satisfied if the narrow dwelling held real friends, illustrating virtue over grandeur as Samuel Johnson notes. Minard's Liniment for Headache.
Four young Chinese women announce in Peking vernacular notices that they reject arranged infant betrothals and will select their own life partners. Three studied abroad, one active in the YWCA, reflecting a shift as Western influence reaches China. The old mandarins question the trend while youths widely approve.
A Montreal remedy, Catarrhozone, claims to stop colds in ten minutes by filling nose throat and lungs with pine balsam from Australia. It uses Blue Gum Tree antiseptic and promises rapid action with a two month treatment for $1.00. Sold by druggists or by mail from The Catarrhozones Co. Montreal.
The Toronto board of control includes in the 1924 estimates a start fund of 12 506 dollars for a permanent cenotaph honoring fishermen who died in the Great War.
Quick relief for indigestion gas and sour stomach is offered by Pape's Trapepsin with a few tablets claimed to correct stomach acidity. The ad touts widespread use and low cost while a closing quip notes superstition about hanging horseshoes.
Our Canadian winters are very hard on babies with severe cold forcing mothers to keep infants indoors. Overheated rooms and poor ventilation cause colds and irritability. Baby's Own Tablets are advertised as a mild laxative to regulate the stomach and bowels and prevent colds. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 36 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.
Belgrade dispatch reports Yussuf Maca Mahomettan has died in Yagoubitza, Jugo Slavia at age 120. He married twice and leaves a son aged 17.
H. H. Moore of 24 Messenger St Albans Vermont, age 72, remains healthy and active after four decades with the railroad. He credits TANLAC with restoring strength, solving stomach trouble, digestion and nervous issues, claiming life is normal and he feels happy while working. TANLAC sold by all good druggists with over 40 million bottles sold.
Ottawa ministers discuss possible Senate reform steps including omitting senatorial tenure and aligning Senate powers with a strengthened Lords role. Unclear if British Parliament consent or provincial approval would be required. Senate intends to resist power reductions. reintroduction of defeated bills, including the Wines branch bill and industrial disputes amendments, is planned.
Rev James Mackay head of the Presbyterian Church Association of London says the church union dispute will move to the throne. He predicts the first appeals will go to the Privy Council after the Supreme Court ruling and notes potential for further appeal to higher authorities.
The text describes a hypothetical liquid light that can be poured into a bulb to produce superior illumination. It claims the radioactive liquid would last seven years or more before a refill is needed and suggests it could eventually replace coal and power sources, eliminating smoke associated with fuel use.
Captain J E Bernier will command the Arctic on a northern spring voyage. Federal authorities considered two ships but decided to dispatch only the Arctic, the veteran Canadian expeditions ship.
An editorial notes that presenting one's best effort does not justify reckless behavior or insulting others. It argues restraint, focus, and tact are essential in public discourse and personal conduct.
Record notes a sharp rise in vehicle licenses across western Canada. British Columbia added 6000 more cars in 1925 than 1922, Alberta up 1250, Saskatchewan up 2500, and Manitoba shows a smaller 1928 gain versus 1922 and 1921.
The notice explains Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as the only guaranteed aspirin brand with the Bayer trade mark. It notes small, affordable packaging and catalogs, plus stamps on Bayer product boxes to prevent imitations. Also reports a university endowment of 120000 dollars from donors for zoology, with a humorous quote about tightwads and good fellows.
In the Brockville Recorder a humorous note suggests a new tax could gain popular support if it eliminates an existing levy. The brief item frames the idea as a cleaner, more efficient approach for taxpayers and government alike.
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