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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 20, 1931
Page
2
The text promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a safe fast-acting remedy for indigestion caused by excess stomach acid. It claims a single tasteless spoonful in water neutralizes acid, with immediate, harmless results and wide physician endorsement. It urges choosing genuine Phillips by the bottle label, noting it is made in Canada and sold in drugstores.
This editorial questions the 1867 British North America Act as outdated for twentieth century needs. It compares Canada with Britain and the United States, argues provinces and Dominion powers are uneven, cites blue sky laws and radio control disputes, and asks if Canada should amend its own constitution via interprovincial talks rather than reliance on Britain.
H F Underwood of Palatka Florida won a golf cup he had sold to a club, despite never having played the game before. The Brantford Ontario horticultural show incident last year is noted, where two sweepstake prizes were offered by two directorate members and each won the prize donated and designated by the donor.
Jones prompts wife to file occasionally and she retorts that a wife must speak well of her husband. The exchange reveals domestic humor and marital expectations in concise dialogue.
Mrs Wm Diette of Glensandfield Ontario endured long heart trouble and weakness. After hearing a friend's success with Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills she bought two boxes and soon felt better. The Burn Co. Ltd sells them in Torente Ms by mail or at drug and general stores.
A field survey shows pale western cutworm eggs begin to hatch in areas that had light rains or snow followed by warmth. Feeding signs appear on vegetation, signaling possible poor yields. farmers are advised to plow under or summer fallow fields, or plant late barley or oats after mid June depending on activity. Contacts for more information include Dominion Entomological Laboratories and provincial agriculture departments.
Mrs. G. C. of Levis Quebec explains how she solved a length issue by dropping hems and redyeing her dress after bleaching. She praises Diamond Dyes for saving money and delivering smooth even colors that stay fast to wear and washing, making old fabrics look new.
In the British House of Commons, several members questioned Rt. Hon. William Graham about American interests purportedly shaping the Gaumont British corporation through the American Telegraph and Telephone Company and Western Electric, signaling a possible Americanization program in motion picture production and exhibition. Asthma remedy claims promise quick relief via a healing vapor, endorsed as a long-standing, sure treatment.
J. S. Woodsworth, Labour M.P. for Winnipeg North Centre, told the Toronto League of Nations Society meeting that Canada fails Versailles protections on eight hours, minimum wages, child labor elimination and worker organizing. He cited census data showing 23 of every 1 000 workers under 16 in Canada versus 13 in the United States.
The House of Commons gave third reading to a bill extending two years for the Edmonton Dunvegan and British Columbia railway main line from Spirit River to a point westward about 102 miles and for a Central Canada Railway branch to the Alberta northern boundary.
The advertisement asserts the Eclectric Oil proves its efficacy for coughs colds cuts burns sprains and pains without testimonials or guarantees, claiming wide daily use as proof of its powers.
A contemplation on buildings as miracles arising from unseen forces. It blurs the line between divine inspiration and human craft, crediting forests minds hands and purpose as intertwined in making shelter and meaning.
Miss Edith May Lyons of the University of Manitoba zoology department has received a National Research Council of Canada bursary. She is finishing her master of science degree this spring and will pursue post graduate research at the University of Toronto next year.
Sweden's railway electrification programme is expected to prevent a national unemployment problem for at least two years. The plan focuses on modernizing trains and power systems, creating jobs across construction and maintenance sectors. Officials say the measures should cushion short term job losses while long term efficiency rises.
Four Royal Canadian Mounted policemen assigned to the Canadian pavilion at the British Empire trade fair in Buenos Aires were presented with two riding horses each for personal use. The donor is unspecified but Argentine government is believed to have given the eight horses. The Mounties are Sergt. J. R. Paton M C of Victoria Constable Carstairs Medicine Hat Alberta Constable Carmichael and Constable C G Fairman both of Ottawa. Earlier reports noted the Mounties had won popular favor in Argentina, a nation famed for horsemen.
Betty Barclay offers a custard mold recipe using five egg yolks five tablespoons sugar and salt two cups milk gelatin vanilla and apricots. Prepare custard simmer strain soak gelatin in milk whisk until dissolved add vanilla chill fill mold with alternating custard apricot and coconut layers then garnish with apricot halves whipped cream and angelica serves eight.
A preliminary census of the grazing lands of the far north counted and photographed more than 1500 buffalo at Wood Buffalo Park near the Saskatchewan Alberta boundary and the North West Territories. The effort was a test and not a full herd photograph.
An advertisement touts Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a remedy to fretfulness in infants caused by worms. It claims to clear the stomach and intestines and restore health, promising better sleep for the infant and relief for worried mothers.
About 20 000 new peach trees are expected to be planted in the Oliver district of British Columbia this year as part of an agricultural expansion.
Dominion bureau estimates capital invested in water power development in Canada at over 1,390 million dollars as of January 1, 1931. Last complete figures for all industries are 1928, showing water power investment surpassed only by agriculture and steam railways.
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