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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 17, 1923
Page
5
Items note wheat shipments from Vancouver to Ireland and Sweden and a Saskatchewan corn show at Maple Creek on November 14 and 15. English coal output in 1972 reached 67,750,000 tons, a peak not matched since 1912.
Under-Secretary Ronald McNeill told the British House of Commons that Britain will meet Washington's representations on preventing liquor smuggling. He did not disclose terms but noted proposals to restrict transfer of U S vessels to British registry and to negotiate a treaty with reciprocal rights of search beyond the three mile limit.
Fragmentary report notes a variety of races represented by Philippine occupants speaking in a thirty one augural manner. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or names for fuller detail.
A distinguished citizen and Dr RB Verce are pictured as champions of Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. The ad claims fifty years of best selling herbal remedies, saying the tonic purifies blood, aids circulation, clears skin eruptions, and improves stomach function. It urges readers to buy tablets or liquid and to mail 16 cents for a trial package.
Former New Jersey senator Colby told a New York audience that the United States did not yet fulfill its world rehabilitation duties after the war. He warned that without renewed U.S. engagement in world affairs, comfort and peace would fade. He argued the League of Nations has already prevented four wars and rejected the idea it could threaten U.S. interests.
An advertisement extols Nerviline for cramps, stomach gas, diarrhoea and neuralgia with a promise of fast relief. It claims the product cures cold in the chest and sore throat and sells for thirty five cents in all stores.
The Cherub, an 18 horsepower, 85 pound small aero engine, represents a new path in Britain for light aircraft. It may enable gliders to extend flight by switching on the engine when wind currents fail to sustain lift, allowing longer journeys.
Naval architects have remeasured the Leviathan to claim it as the largest ship in U S hands. The ship sails on its maiden voyage as a United States liner on July 4 and the change raises tonnage from 54282 to 59596 tons. The Majestic, a British steamer, registers 56551 tons.
In a London museum the Ardabil rug is displayed as the world’s most famous carpet valued around 250000 dollars. It measures about thirty four by seventeen feet and holds 30 million knots. Ordered to honor a Shah of Persia who died in 1524 its creation took sixteen years by the era’s master rug-maker with apprentices assisting on simpler parts.
The Secretary of War the Earl of Derby reports that 264 death sentences were carried out during the war while 2,470 were pronounced but not carried out. He notes the high number of executions contrasted with numerous unexecuted death sentences.
Warren C. Van Styke announces discovery of a savage tribe in the interior of French Indo China. The group is described as lacking an alphabet and using a language of about five hundred words. Arrival reported in Washington from Liverpool.
A historical note explains that rooms in Japanese houses are constructed to accommodate floor mats measuring about three by six feet, reflecting a standard sizing practice linked to traditional living arrangements. Minard's Liniment for Coughs & Colds.
Several hundred new silos were built in Saskatchewan last year and early signs point to a similar or greater total in 1923. Enthusiasm grows for sunflowers as an ensilage crop and sweet clover for hay and pasture, with the coming season likely to add thousands of acres to these forage crops.
An anaemia diagnosis describes fatigue dizziness and weight loss with fragile nerves and irritability. Dr Williams Pink Pills are promoted as a tonic to enrich blood and strengthen nerves, with Miss Fraser of Thessalon Ontario recounting her recovery after using multiple boxes and urging others to try them. The ad notes purchases via medicine dealers or by mail for 50 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
A humorous tale recalls Ole Oleson, an engine wiper coached to save oil and waste. When asked how he would act if an express rushed toward him on a single track, he answers he would grab the oil can and the waste and jump, embodying thrift with comic bravado.
The advertisement touts Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oi as a versatile remedy not claiming to cure all ills but suitable as a general pain killer. It asserts widespread approval from users who have tested its virtues and learned by experience.
Gold deposits discovered in the Eder River near Korbach close to Westphalia mark the first mining in Germany in three centuries. The ore yields about 44 grams of fine gold per ton of earth.
The article explains how jaw fractures can go unnoticed, the problems of fibrous unions, and the need for proper bony healing. It notes upper jaw fractures are rarer and often heal quicker, while delayed attention causes severe disfigurement. It cites wartime experiences with bone formation insights and stresses X rays for any lasting tenderness after injury.
Those in a run down condition suffer catarrh more than in health, suggesting constitutional influence. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to be a tonic acting through the blood to reduce mucous inflammation and aid nature in restoring normal conditions. Circulars free from F. K. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
Indian agents reporting to commissioner for the prairie provinces note Indians in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta sold 30000 to 40000 dollars of livestock in autumn and winter. Cattle wintered well with gains over 1922 and pure bred bulls introduced on reservations aim to boost cattle breeding and dairy enterprises.
Construction of the Calgary and Fernie Railway, begun in 1912, will resume this summer with fifty miles completed. Czecho Slovakia reports a volcanic silica deposit suitable for direct glass manufacture. An experiment showed a bee attached to a train roof reached thirty miles per hour before falling behind.
To the lover of nature the wild flowers of the Canadian National parks are a constant source of delight. Strange as it may seem the flora of the higher altitudes is among the most beautiful in the world.
A Cambridge University professor conducted two and a half years of tests for the British Air Force to enable aerial mapping. He devised methods to keep an aircraft level within one hundred feet and the camera vertical within two degrees, enabling direct mapping of terrain up to six hundred feet high under certain conditions.
The text compares speeds: sound in air 1100 feet per second, sound in water 4700 feet per second, light 186400 miles per second, and electrical current up to 300000 miles per second. It also notes the Earth travels about eighteen miles in the same one second.
The telephone industry in the United States provides employment for more than 300000 people across the sector, reflecting its large-scale impact on the economy and labor market.
A British inventor has developed a burglar alarm placed entirely inside a safe. The device cannot be reached until the safe is opened, and any attempt to move or lift the safe triggers the alarm. The burglar has no forewarning until the alarm sounds, making detection immediate.
Dr. J. D. Kellogg proclaims his asthma remedy as the greatest and most successful treatment yet. The ad claims thousands of cured cases and relief for severe sufferers, asserting relief is easily secured and asthma needless with this product.
The banana produces more food per acre than any other plant with an estimated yield about fifty times that of potatoes and roughly one hundred fifty times that of wheat, highlighting its exceptional productivity.
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