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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 07, 1930
Page
7
Charmian and the doctor scheme to use a string of beads to test Deacon Purdie’s intentions toward Luella Moore, while Grandma drives the plot with a plan to extract a dollar for the beads and a rough joke about the deacon’s courting.
Deacon Purdie arrives at two in the afternoon to find Grandma Davis in her chair by the window, unaware two listeners are in the next room. Grandma greets him with a guileless smile as the shrewd businessman nears his fifth attempt at marriage.
The ad promotes using Philli Milk of Magnesia to neutralize excess acids instantly in water. It claims quick symptom relief and advises obtaining the genuine product prescribed by physicians for five years. Each bottle contains directions for use.
In a doorway Edgar and Grandma argue over a strand of yellow beads priced at two dollars. The deacon offers a dollar and a quarter, while Grandma pressures a fair price, hinting at a church sale or a gift for a loved one. The scene ends with a tentative deal and a teaser for next installment.
Sir Hubert Wilkins in Halton North Dakota announced plans to present Ole Eielson with a plane that his son Carl Ben Eielson flew during Arctic research. The plane would honor Carl Ben Eielson, who died in a mercy flight in the Arctic, and Ole Eielson pledged to donate it to the state or the Eielson Memorial Association for museum display.
A note on whale anatomy notes some species cannot swallow an orange due to narrow throats. Meanwhile Constantinople and Angora in Turkey gain a new telephone line linking historic centers.
True dyes are easiest to use. Dresses drapes or lingerie look new after re dyeing with Diamond Dyes. No spotting or streaking and colors stay bright through wear and washing. Diamond Dyes claim high quality from pure anilines and 50 years of fame. 15 cent packages at drug stores.
A Japanese physician, based at a hospital affiliated with an Imperial University, claims that long eyelashes signal weak vitality. He notes consumptive children have lashes roughly twice as long as healthy peers after twelve months, while normal infants show about an eighth of an inch growth in the same period.
This piece urges mothers to guard children against common ailments and promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a safe laxative remedy from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. It claims the tablets regulate bowels, ease digestion, and aid teething without harmful drugs, selling for 25 cents a box from Brockville Ontario by mail.
Two Irishmen talk about a gravely ill friend with doctors has given up. The first asks for the problem with the patient and the second answers gangrene. The first then praises the dying man for having the right color as he dies.
Persin Balm promotes cooling and refreshing relief for hands and face. It promises protection from rough weather and a flawless, fragrant complexion, enhancing beauty with a softening, smoothing effect.
The Calgary Albertan suggests road construction is primarily a provincial duty under the British North America Act, noting the act did not foresee automobiles. It argues that while markets and byways are provincial, transcontinental highways should fall to the Dominion, given universal auto travel.
The Canadian National Railways will spend 25 million dollars in Western Canada this year on new construction, maintenance and betterment work. The program covers branch lines in Saskatchewan and Alberta, plus projects in British Columbia, Vancouver and Saskatoon, with track relaying, ballasting, fencing, new buildings, and yard extensions.
Canada led practical large scale use of photography for surveying. Photographic surveying methods were developed over forty years ago by the late Dr. Deville, Surveyor General, Interior Department, and extensive areas of the Rocky Mountains have been surveyed.
Canada’s lumber sector attracts 1 706 000 000 dollars in investment with 56 000 000 in British Columbia 45 000 000 in Ontario and 37 000 000 in Quebec as key provincial allocations.
Mrs Laura Benoit and thousands report rapid improvements after taking Ironized Yeast. Claims include 5 to 15 pounds gained in three weeks, fuller cheeks and limbs, clearer skin, and relief from nervousness indigestion and insomnia. Product marketed as a dual Malt Yeast and Iron tonic with easy tablets and fast results.
A short devotional note urges gratitude to God and praises, warning against constant complaint. It cites Psalm 92 1 and George Herbert and notes that endless lamentations do not please the Holy Father, encouraging acknowledgment of blessings both temporal and spiritual.
Among standard household remedies, Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil is urged as essential in every home medicine chest. It is said to relieve pain and heal sickness, treating rheumatic and sciatic pains, sore throats, coughs, burns, scalds, cuts, bruises and sprains.
A Dresden effort aims to teach Saxony school children to be especially polite and helpful to all foreigners. Hotel owners and other tourism stakeholders back the drive to improve visitor experiences.
A seaplane with folding wings designed to be carried in a submarine has a pilot and observer aboard. It includes a wireless set seat type parachutes and a chart case. It has a two hour range and serves as a valuable scout accessory for submarines at sea.
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