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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 25, 1922
Page
6
The article argues that Canada faces soft times but can improve if individuals abandon “let others do it” mindsets and embrace hard work. It calls for six days of labor, personal responsibility, renewed self confidence, and reliance on biblical ethics rather than government or banks to lift the economy.
A meeting at the Department of Education in Edmonton examined a new reading book for primary grades. John T. Ross, deputy minister of education, hosted representatives from the eastern provinces led by Miss A. Gertrude Jackson of Calgary.
A vintage ad claims Freezone dissolves and relieves corns and calluses with a small bottle sold by druggists. It touts painless application without soreness and says the corn can be lifted away with fingers after treatment.
A standing committee including Miss FE Rankin Saskatoon Miss Rebecca Rogers Winnipeg Miss Kinsley Manitoba and others reviewed a new primer by Miss E M Burnett of Edmonton Normal School. The primer targets primary grades reflecting modern ideas of suitable early reading books for young learners.
More than 50,000 people in Saskatchewan watched the provinces twenty six educational films in 1921. The free films cover topics from tree planting and marketing eggs to farm boys camps and household science, showing a broad public extension effort.
It is estimated that during the decade of mining in Northern Ontario the various mines have contributed more than $750,900,000 to the wealth of Ontario.
The article notes that Maxine Elliott is now the only actress whose name is carried by a New York theatre. It marks a historic personal branding milestone within Broadway's memory, underscoring her unique standing in the city’s stage legacy.
A reflective line urging restraint in kindness and cheer directed at preserving energy for home. Emphasizes sharing only what is truly needed with others while valuing personal well being.
A large scale shark tannery is planned on the west coast of Vancouver Island with two boats engaged in operations. Shark hides will produce superior leather for gloves bags purses and shoes. Fine oil from the hides will aid medicine and lubrication, and fins will be used for gelatine.
A Canadian promotion explains indigestion stems from thin blood and that Dr Williams Pink Pills build red blood and aid digestion. Testimonial from Miss Sarah Farquhar describes relief from chronic stomach pain, gas, and fatigue after using the pills. Available at dealers or by mail for 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A Copenhagen experiment features a 220 yard rubber pavement claimed to last fifty years. The Savoy Hotel in London uses a rubber pavement praised by tourists. Costs have kept rubber paving from wider adoption.
Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy claims to aid thousands of cases where other preparations failed and offers relief to even the most severe sufferers, suggesting asthma need not trouble patients when this remedy is available.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York treasury reports Britain paid 19,672,500 dollars as the second installment on a 122,000,000 dollar debt from wartime silver purchases. Principal 18,500,000 and interest 1,572,500. a 12,200,000 payment due May 15 will halve Britain’s debt, liquidating the balance by May 1924, separate from war loan dues.
For centuries China protected the silk culture secret and built wealth by exporting silk to India, Persia and Arabia. The passage notes China’s careful preservation of silk methods and its role in historical trade networks.
England appoints Miss Mary Anne Dews a justice of the peace. A cloth weaver from Dewsbury becomes a local magistrate. The brief notes a Minardé Liniment for Burns follows in the column.
A British inventor produced an artificial daylight source by an umbrella shaped reflector with patches of colored paint. Light from the reflector is modified by the colors to imitate daylight, with a two layered perforated reflector and radial color strips providing the correct color areas.
N T Bowman Toronto Telegram advertising manager returning from the United States says many American firms find Canadian sales conditions better. A major firm using equal newspaper space across both countries saw U.S. sales drop 14 percent last year versus a 6 percent decline in Canada. A toilet specialty maker, not revealing figures, also favors Canada and has launched a sizable print campaign here. Bowman notes agencies and advertisers in the U.S. now devote more attention to Canada than in years past.
Casa vant Freres of St Hyacinthe Quebec booked a major export order for an organ destined for Paris to be installed next September. The instrument features three manuals forty stops and over three thousand pipes marking the first such European shipment from the continent.
A Muskogee grocer sues the Daily Phoenix alleging careless omission of his advertisement caused substantial business losses from a single missed insertion. The case seeks damages for alleged revenue impact and seeks redress from the newspaper.
A group of students at the San Francisco high school of commerce has imposed a ban on silk hosiery, citing discipline and decorum rules. No official statement from school administrators was available at press time.
A Hamilton Ontario mother shares how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound aided her daughter from ages twelve to fifteen reducing monthly pains headaches and back soreness. The testimonial notes the daughter now works in a candy shop and is reportedly well.
David Wellington a Harperusa Manitoba drug clerk reports five years of rheumatic fever improvements from Tanlac. He describes relief from widespread pain stiff knees and stomach issues after starting the medicine and urges others to seek Tanlac from reputable druggists.
English physician Dr Leonard Williams writes in the Lancet about a three day water fast that reportedly strengthens the body against disease and preserves youthfulness. He claims first day cravings, second day resignation, third day rejuvenation as the body clears partially oxidized residues thought to cause everyday discomfort.
The passage offers practical kitchen hints such as sifting flour to lighten pastry, boiling rice in milk with sugar and cinnamon, substituting cocoa for milk in cup custard, adding baking powder to mashed potatoes for lightness, salting water for hard boiled eggs, and shelling boiled eggs easily by cracking them after removal.
A total of 342 persons from the United Kingdom arrived in Saskatchewan under the governments assisted passage scheme. Loans advanced amounted to 29,263 with 24,190 repaid to date.
Mr LR Littlefield of McNairy County Tennessee has 234 direct descendants comprising 77 grandchildren 133 great grandchildren and 14 great great grandchildren. Mrs Littlefield is 92 years old.
In 1921 Quebec produced 42 575 392 pounds of butter up by 39 881 pounds per 1920 and valued at 15 431 962 dollars. Cheese output reached 53 525 706 pounds up 1 362 985 from the prior year valued at 8 188 983 dollars. There were 674 creameries powered by 600 160 cows. Holloway s Corn Remover advertised as a remedy for corns.
A brief dialogue notes the portrait artist offering a colored crayon enlargement of a photograph while hinting at past work in oil. Mr Newgilt confirms oil work and rubber stocks, claiming enough money remains to pay for the new picture.
Mrs Kathleen Whillans of Toronto says she recovered from severe backache and fatigue after taking Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. She credits the medicine with restoring her health and praises it as the best woman's remedy.
Orillia Ontario woman Mrs Maybelle B Gratriz shares relief from back ache nervousness and digestion disorders after nine bottles of Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. She praises the tonic and urges others to obtain it from local druggists or mail from Dr Pierce's Laboratory Bridgeburg Ontario.
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