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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1927
Page
6
World happenings brief notes report the French cabinet approving the tentative text of a Franco American provisional debt payment agreement. Other items mention rail and railway expert opinions, parliamentary costs, royal stock purchases, and international deals.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets to relieve costive bowels headaches colds and other ailments. It claims a box works during sleep and keeps stomach liver and bowels regular, urging use for adults and children. Also mentions a House of Commons proposal on unemployment sickness and invalidity insurance and a note on India moving away from hoarding gold with a large conversion of savings.
The Air Minister says Britain must become airfaring and local fring clubs spur demand for light aircraft. The De Havilland Moth drops from £795 to £730, Avro Avian to £675, with maintenance stations opened in Manchester and Southampton. High costs persist due to limited mass production and Air Ministry control, including over 27 60 hp Cirrus engines priced above £250.
English socialist and labor circles report that high status women dominate parliamentary nominations. They plan a fund of 15009 dollars annually to boost working women’s chances of winning party honors in elections.
Open with a one piece front and back design and optional View A tunic. Lace vestee and frilled sleeves add elegance. Crushed belt with front buckle and chieftle collar complete the look. View A requires 49 yards 39 inch material for size 2S. View B needs 24 4 yards 39 inch lace. Price 20 cents. Pattern and fashion book offered at 16 cents.
A cryptic OCR fragment mentions bonds and Sa46eK 47, suggesting a financial item or notice. No clear names, places, or dates are readable to identify an event or party involved. Further readable text needed for precise headline and summary.
A. W. Rothwell argues for better rural sanitation in farming areas linking it to public health. He cites U.S. Census data showing most farm homes lack running water and notes diseases arise from contaminated water. The piece suggests Canada faces similar issues and calls for better roads and access to home water and sewer systems to improve farm life.
Mrs. M. Griffin recounts rapid recovery from influenza after using Dodd's Kidney Pills, praising them as valuable and essential. The note highlights her fall 1918 to January 1919 illness, regained strength, and ability to run, with availability details for the remedy from The Dodd's Medicine Co. Limited of Toronto. Also mentions Alberta honey output rising 50 percent in 1926 and Miller's Worm Powders as a worm remedy for children.
Indian city authorities prohibit killing mad dogs arguing they are lunatics and should be housed in asylums. In London, western end property remains under leases granted three to four centuries ago.
The CN Railway lecture car operated with the University of Saskatchewan Extension Service reports 1783 visitors by February 12 since starting January 17. Of the 507 children, many joined active discussions on cereal varieties tillage and crop rotation, livestock relations, and diversified farming plans.
On the volcanic island of Guadelouis goats lost grass and learned to eat bark from cypress trees and to climb for higher foliage. When bark declined they turned to seaweed, practicing swimming and diving to harvest food, becoming proficient climbers and occasional swimmers like seagulls.
The article discusses competing forces in Germany favoring peace and progress via international concord versus opposing currents, including patriotic sentiment, that could shape Germany's future and potentially Europe’s fate. It notes neither side is dominant yet and emphasizes the influence of public opinion on state direction.
The first carload of lithium ores including spodumene and lepidolite leaves Lac du Bonnet Manitoba via Canadian Pacific lines to Saint John New Brunswick bound for Germany. H B Lumsden of the Development Branch notes this as a new Canadian non metal minerals development. The Sydney government Savings Bank of New South Wales holds 76,000 600 and 2,788,000 depositors.
A humorous exchange features Ted questioning the use of the word dictated in letters and Jerry quipping that his spelling is poor. The bit plays on writing skills and a steno grapher joke without graphic detail.
An advertisement touts Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as an effective remedy to spare children from worm infections and birth defects, urging parents to protect their kids with this potion.
Cuba will build a new highway network, reportedly long at about 00 miles and costing 70 million dollars. American firms are named as the contractors for the project.
The article notes that ancient Egyptians developed a writing system reproducing spoken sounds. It also mentions Minard's Liniment for rheumatism as a product reference in the same text.
Mme Fliza Villemaire of 432 St Patrick Street Ottawa credits Tanlac with ending a three year siege of pain and distress. She says the tonic rebuilt her and now kidney and digestion troubles are gone. She urges others to try Tanlac and notes its wide availability and that over 52 million bottles have sold.
Canadian farmer George Spurgeon unveils the turken a cross between a turkey and a Rhode Island hen and predicts a poultry industry revolution. The bird features a low body and a turkey head and was first publicized at the Edmonton show. Gems like ruby sapphire and topaz can gain color from radium treatment, improving value at low cost.
Alberta plans year round motoring as vehicle ownership reaches about one car per ten people. Holloway's Corn Remover offers painless corn relief. A famed man claims to produce water by electricity at extreme temperatures. India expands with 31 000 miles of railway and 22 million acres of irrigated canals.
Professor Stirling of Berkeley reports New Guinea pigmies face a severe marriage test. In a clearing suitors are shot at with bows and arrows, and if they survive they may marry and cut off the bride’s first finger joint.
In 1926 the average sugar beet income per acre reached $71.58, three times wheat at $25.01. The district secretary manager predicts beets will overtake wheat as the leading cash crop. Separate note: San Francisco hospital operating rooms feature green walls thought to ease surgeon eyes.
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