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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 29, 1924
Page
3
Northern Alberta pioneers in the Beaverlodge Peace River district express faith in the region’s agricultural potential. They credit cheap soil, fuel, materials, and low taxes, note transport costs as a major challenge, and advocate mixed farming as the sustainable path for small operators in the north.
A noted London expert on nervous diseases says many children contracted fog poisoning this winter. The specialist emphasizes health checks and cautious outdoor activity during hazy conditions.
A Dominion Entomological Branch leaflet outlines effective control methods in Eastern Canada. It recommends broadcasting a bran based bait with Paris green or white arsenic, molasses, citrus juice, and water for five acre coverage, plus an alternative sawdust bait with Paris green and salt. The Criddle mixture used in prairie provinces adds Paris green, salt, and fresh horse droppings. Old pastures should be ploughed deep then Harrowed.
A report by Leslie Boyd and George Serls to Ottawa claims mixed shipments of Canadian grain through the United States threaten Canada’s export reputation. They note complaints about quality in shipments routed mainly through Buffalo and urge tighter US regulations. European boards of trade caution Canada to ensure grading accuracy. Nine European ports visited expressed satisfaction with grain quality shipped from Canadian ports.
The United States entomologists questioned the bee industry noting that worker bees average five or six trips daily each about 15 minutes. Half the day is rest, with long gaps between trips. Hardest workers live about three weeks while the laziest may survive five months.
The Dominion immigration officials and the Canadian National Railways colonization department last week ticketed ninety immigrants from the SS Cedric in two minutes to form work positions across the west.
Mon taigne quotes wisdom as cheerfulness. farthworms lack eyes yet perceive light through their skin. The aphorism contrasts stoic joy with simple sensory detection in earthworms.
Mr. RS Kellogg, secretary of the News Print Service Bureau, argues paper supply ties Canada to the United States. He warns a global shortage would induce chaos, notes U S per capita paper use rising from 3 pounds in 1880 to 150 pounds in 1920, and credits wood pulp, rotary presses, and aggressive advertising for the newspaper age and wide circulations.
The Edmonton Board of Trade asked for a survey of all province coal deposits and recommended that railway extensions only be justified if the district coal is of outstanding quality. It was decided that no further expenditure could be recommended for Hudson's Bay Railways at present.
An old advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn treatment. A tiny bottle sold by druggists costs only a few cents and is said to remove hard and soft corns and toe callouses without soreness.
Provincial dairy reports show Saskatchewan leading butter gains with January 473,112 pounds and February 41,511 pounds, totaling 1,024,626 pounds for two months. February up 37.4 percent, January up 27.8 percent, as Western provinces boost export trade to the United States and eastern markets. Manitoba and Saskatchewan together lift 1910 to 1923 output nearly tenfold, reaching 37,015,220 pounds in 1923 across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
A dispatch from Dublin reports the Irish Free State government asks London to give effect to the boundary article of the treaty. The British government would appoint a commission to draw a definite line between Ulster and the Free State. The text notes the proposal as reported by the Daily Mail.
Dominion Fruit Commissioner reports wholesale fruit dealers favor McIntosh apples as most in demand in the prairie provinces and British Columbia. Second choices include Yellow Newton Alberta Wagener Wealthy Manitoba Northern Spy with Delicious ranking fourth in BC and Alberta and Saskatchewan siding with Spy and Wagener. Manitoba and Saskatchewan favor Delicious and Winesap in BC and Alberta.
Mrs Sarah Wilshaw of Hamilton Ontario praises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for building health in girls and women and restoring her granddaughter after influenza. She notes its use by her family, advising readers to buy at local drugstores or send 16 cents for mailing.
In a Wales speech to electors, Prime Minister MacDonald urged using the experts reports on reparations as a god given opportunity. He pledged to work with France and Italy for a lasting peace, urging disarmament discussion and a pledge keeping Germany's word through international cooperation.
Premier Dunning announced financial assistance to the Saskatchewan Co operative Wheat Producers Limited in the form of a loan. A. E. Wilson gave a conservative estimate of 5,000,000 acres under contract plus 1,500,000 acres in old contracts needing waivers, aiming to secure six million acres by mid June.
John R. Booth head of a major Canadian lumber and pulp mill complex celebrated his 97th birthday on April 7 by visiting the Ottawa River mills and continuing his daily supervision. He began as a working lumberman and, through industry and foresight, built the large business he now leads.
A Tuskegee Institute study reports 28 lynchings nationwide in 1923, far fewer than the 255 lynchings recorded in 1892. The piece notes the recent decline from the lynching fever described in parts of the country.
The Department of Immigration reports a 104 percent increase in immigration for the fiscal year 1923 24 compared with 1922 23. In the last 12 months 148 566 entrants arrived, up from 72 SST the year before. British born immigration up 111 percent while U S arrivals decline 7 percent and all other countries rise 237 percent. British total 72 919 with 55 150 from other countries excluding the United States.
Mr Stephen Kozak reports relief after six boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills and urges others to try them. The ad claims kidney pills aid many kidney ailments including diabetes dropsy rheumatism bladder troubles gravel and urinary disorders, with wide use based on word of mouth. Drugsellers stock Dodds Kidney Pills.
An engineer and a fireman at Beauvais France were working beneath a locomotive when it suddenly moved. They clung on upside down as the engine sped for seven miles before slowing. they then used their feet to apply the brakes and halt the train.
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