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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 18, 1932
Page
6
A reader describes relief from heartburn and indigestion after using Krueten Salts. The testimonial notes a past kidney appetite and smoking habit and claims increased energy and younger feeling after several weeks of treatment. The ad emphasizes improved digestion and regular waste elimination.
World happenings summarize pure diamonds created in a Columbia University laboratory. Other notes include Germany reporting 6,031,000 unemployed at end of March, Farrar’s death, Plaskett to receive McGill honorary degree, McKay’s passing in Alberta, Turkey’s possible League of Nations entry, Lord Irwin’s lecture tour, an ambulance hut opening near Southend citing 364 accidents in 12 months, Paine buried at sea, and Canada’s March wheat exports totaling 124,269,429 bushels with 71,505,107 sent to the United Kingdom.
Wilfrid Gagne of Point au Pic marks his 42nd year as St. Lawrence River captain and is named skipper of the U S Tadoussac in CPL passenger assignments. Captain Peter McKay remains master of the Noronic, having piloted the ship through the Welland Canal to Lake Ontario.
A Canadian agriculture piece urges selecting the right wheat variety to maximize premium prices. It notes Marquis as often best but recommends Red Bobs 222 Garnet and Reward as earlier or resilient options, detailing quality, grain color, risks, and yields across districts.
A design for a deep bright blue woollen school girl frock features vivid red trim, chic circular sleeve caps, and bone buttons matching the collar. The right skirt side forms plaits for width, inspired by adult styles, with sizeable savings vs a Paris model. Pattern No. 715 offers sizes 11 to 17 years, material needs listed, price 25 cents.
Instructional notice from Winnipeg Pattern No Neme Size. The Town section lists address at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg for pattern orders.
Players on the Illinois state school for the deaf basketball team describe hearing the crowd via vibration, feeling applause through their feet as they follow a successful schedule.
A new bumpometer registering every bump on highways draws a motorist joke about carrying three such devices with vocal attachments in the back seat, highlighting interest in sensing road conditions.
John Bellamy Taylor of the General Electric Company showcased audible light in Detroit using a photo electric cell. A silent phonograph and sensitive lamp produced music from a stringed orchestra, then faded when blocked by a hand between lamp and cell.
The National Geographic Society notes oddities in geography and language to illustrate how maps and terms mislead. Examples include eight miles from New York to Boston in England, Alaska’s coast, riverbank shifts creating new borders, and misnamed items like bananas on herbs and the Mexican dollar in China.
Ivan T. Barnet, superintendent of the Canadian Government Soldiers' Settlement Board, told the British Columbia branch of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists in Victoria that farming must return to simple basics. He urged practical farmers grow their own food and provide milk and meat to reduce costs while new settlers bring city business training to improve farm accounting and understanding of research.
Western Canada wakes to peat as a valuable resource. Industrial Development Board of Manitoba and peat expert A Anrep reveal extensive Whitemouth muskeg deposits and wide potential uses from insulation and litter to horticulture and medical dressings.
Hollywood gossip highlights aging actresses who maintain youth and charm with Lux Toilet Soap. The piece claims stars across the world rely on Lux for complexion care, praising its fragrance and whiteness as a secret of beauty.
Scald the milk and dissolve sugar salt and butter. Soften yeast in lukewarm water. Add yeast and beaten egg and flour to the milk mixture. Pour into a buttered pan and let rise to double. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Bake moderately hot and tear servings rather than cut.
A fragment describes making a jelly from gelatin, sugar, and coffee with whipped cream as a serving idea. It also notes a Great Plains belief that rain would fall if frogs were killed and mentions colorful glazed bricks. The clipping ends with a curt exchange about lifebuoys and a reference to Meggendorfer Blaetter in Munich.
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