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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 26, 1927
Page
2
An early 20th century piece urges Canadians to grow exports and tourism while protecting prairie and forest wildflowers. It argues tourism funds national wealth, praises Canada’s parks, mountains, and lakes, and warns that picking wildflowers harms future visitor enjoyment and local prosperity.
Lions and tigers will view painted plains of Africa and jungles of India in outdoor cages as new backgrounds are installed. Similar scenic backdrops were added to the reptile house years ago. The note recalls medieval Europe songs and diamond buyers arriving in London remain in semidariness until stones are examined.
A Londoner debates fogginess with a traveler who boasts of a worse fog bound city. The Londoner retorts that the other place was too foggy to locate, ending the quip with a pun on finding it.
Keene New Hampshire touts a 140 foot wide concrete street claim as a landmark. The note adds a weathering caveat urging restraint of enthusiasm for rainy days.
London hotel guests place many calls to American business men in the United States as radiophone service expands. One hotel reports 26 calls to New York and other cities in a single day, and an American guest paying for Chicago talks spent far more than his room, with one call totaling $275.
Painful sprains and bruised muscles find relief with Nerviline. The ad touts deep penetration and fast action for rheumatism neuralgia and joint stiffness, claiming fifty years of proven use. A 35 cent bottle is advertised for purchase.
President Machado sent cordial greetings to Canada through Hon. Vincent Massey, expressing satisfaction with Canada Cuba financial relations. He discussed bilateral affairs with the Canadian minister during a brief Washington visit, with no discussion of appointing a minister plenipotentiary to Ottawa.
A pamphlet promoting Dr Williams Pink Pills as a treatment for rheumatism claims the blood is enriched and toxins expelled through natural secretions. It cites a testimonial from David Carroll of Pictou Newfoundland who says the pills eliminated his pain for six years and urges others to obtain them from Brockville Ontario or local dealers.
The article highlights northern frown seed quality and Canada’s alfalfa seed program. It notes past difficulties growing alfalfa in Canada and credits hardy seed strains with expanding the crop. Dominion alfalfa acreage rose from 258000 acres in 1920 to 585000 acres in 1926.
The article notes unprecedented elevator construction in Western Canada with at least 356 elevators projected this year. It also reports the world’s largest refrigerating plant in Buenos Aires, capable of handling 5000 sheep and 10000 cattle daily. Coins treated with Minard's Linimen.
The Confederation service expands from Winnipeg to Toronto and on to Vancouver on a 93 hour westbound and 91 hour eastbound schedule with a new name The Confederation. The line adds a mountain observation car between Kamloops and Vancouver and changes routing via Brandon and Regina to serve Manitoba and Saskatchewan cities. Mothers can use Mother Graves Worm Exterminator for children's worm troubles.
Final report on the Manitoba Better Seed and Poultry Cars run by the Manitoba Provincial Extension Department of Agriculture with Canadian National Railways shows 4418 visitors at 28 points. Attendance averaged 157 per site with 1957 children in grade and up. Demonstrations on seed cleaning were given along with displays of noxious weeds and screens for best results. Live poultry was used in the poultry car which also served for lectures. Staff included George Black Bo Whiteman F J Qvtt with visits by N C MacKay H L Woog of the Extension Service and CN railway officers.
The tourist business in Canada has expanded to a scale the Dominion treasury deems extremely important to national revenue. Last year’s turnover neared 250 000 600 dollars, nearly three times Canada’s budget two decades ago. Victoria leads campaigns demonstrating the value of publicity grants for big returns.
Brockville resident Les Booth describes his long battle with rheumatism and related ailments. He credits Tanlac for restoring his appetite, sleeping better, gaining weight, and enabling him to work 8 to 10 hours daily, urging others to try the tonic.
Bohemian glass cutters团 1600 workers from an ancient guild besieged several factories to stop machine carved glassware. Police failed to quell the disturbances as rioting spreads through the glassware belt, arguing machine cuts reduce labor while foreign markets still demand hand cut wares.
The 1921 England and Wales census shows Americans rose by up to 50 percent in a decade while aliens decreased in Britain. England and Wales held 87,886,699 people with urban concentration near 80 percent. The Welsh language wanes and surplus women rose to 1.7 million.
A new device named A P from Colonel Averio and assistant Passone debuts in Milan. The moto balloon can serve as a stationary observation post or convert into a semi dirigible within thirty minutes. It features a captive balloon with a tubular body, a 400 horsepower motor, and space for several crew. It can fly four hours at 30 to 40 mph up to 6500 feet.
A Springside, Saskatchewan couple recount relief from kidney trouble using Dodd's Kidney Pills. The ad touts the remedy as a direct kidney treatment restoring function and purifying blood, urging trial for relief and better health. The piece closes with light jokes about Paris London and a husband’s gambling error.
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