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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 01, 1928
Page
2
Mrs J E Zeakey recounts how Zam-Buk healed a poisoned leg sore after a scratch and later aided a knee injury. She credits the balm with reducing inflammation and scarring. The ad promotes Zam-Buk for eczema pimples cuts and burns sold at fifty cents per box.
A Saskatchewan seed growers group expects higher registered seed demand next year. Dr S Parkes Cadman reports a massacre of about 200000 people in Kansu Province. Canada exported 23816178 dollars in alcoholic beverages to the United States in the year ending August 31. Over 1000 Saskatchewan old age pensioners were paid under a plan, with about 2000 more applications under review. Capt T P Worshop, 64, ex port warden of Vancouver, died in Kamloops. Surplus WWI military explosives, including TNT, now used industrially in the US. Dr Gerald S Webb urged physicians that women’s shorter garments reduce pneumonia. By Oct 8, Saskatchewan licensed 100439 privately owned automobiles. total licensed cars reach 116036. Reichswehr decree bars officers from functions where former rulers are toasted. Mayan cloth 2000 years old found by Prof Franz Blom.
Estimates of U S visitors to Canada run from 100 million to 409 million dollars. The Royal Bank says 275 million left by U S visitors in 1927, up from 140 million in 1925. Traffic this year is very heavy with 3 million U S cars expected to enter before year end. Canada plans large road improvements to accommodate growth.
An ad extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a stomach and nerve remedy improving digestion, blood, and overall strength. A patient from Prince Edward Island shares a detailed testimonial after three boxes, plus an offer to mail for 50 cents and a free eating guide. A closing joke about measuring oysters ends the fragment.
The piece extols aluminum as light, bright, flexible and rust free with broad uses and highlights Red Rose Tea packed in this modern metal.
The central executive committee of the League of Nations Society in Canada met in Ottawa to consider a permanent model assembly movement and a calendar reform plan. Sir George Foster chaired as plans for a 1928 membership drive were reviewed with hopes of reaching 50 000 Dominion supporters. Grove Smith praised the model league assembly work and suggested government backing for future events. The group reviewed twenty years of calendar reform progress, noting thirteen months could simplify time division. Action was deferred to the November meeting after data submission.
A description of pattern No 1576 shows a frock with a pointed bodice skirt plaits at the front and a flared back with a shaped collar and long sleeves. Sizes 34 to 42 bust with yardage details for View B and a 20 cent pattern price. The text promotes fashion book designs priced at 10 cents per copy to help achieve smart individuality.
Pattern orders are issued by Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. Pattern No Narme se Size lists the available pattern numbers and sizes for customer requests.
The Prince of Wales has traveled widely and will return in January after having officially visited 27 countries. His itinerary includes Canada Australia India South Africa New Zealand Malta Gold Coast British East Africa Kenya Tanganyika Rhodesia Nigeria Basutoland Sierra Leone Malaya West Indies United States Argentina Chile Egypt Spain France Belgium Uruguay Central America China and Japan.
The Alberta Wheat Pool expanded its Pacific coast capacity with a 2.2 million bushel Vancouver terminal, bringing total coast storage to 5.3 million bushels. The facility near Second Narrows Bridge rises 200 feet, with 123 foot bins, as part of a broader Alberta network including Prince Rupert and Vancouver government terminals. Excess earnings from 1927-28 totaling about one million dollars were returned to pool farmers.
Make a white sauce and mix with soft bread crumbs, parsley and chopped lamb, then season with salt pepper and onion. Add beaten egg yolks and fold in stiff whites. Bake in a buttered dish in a shallow water bath for 20 to 25 minutes and serve at once.
A historical recipe describes lemon junket with stewed prunes. It instructs mashing prunes, whisking with sugar and egg white, then folding warmed milk dissolved junket powder. Pour into glasses, set in a warm room until firm, grate nutmeg, and chill before serving.
Officials of the Saskatchewan Registered Seed Growers Association in Moose Jaw call for registered seed standards and quality assurances, outlining steps to ensure certification and market integrity.
A dialect exchange in a town reveals a man musing about a walk to see shut shops. The shipping clerk extols a young worker, who retorts that praise should reach the boss, showing a mix of everyday civic sentiment and workplace pride.
A Scotsman in Greenland keeps a thermometer indoors to prevent freezing. The remark notes Scotsmen are untidy yet favor whisky neat, reflecting playful stereotypes in a concise, period tone.
Experiments near Stuttgart tested cloud screens using ground mounted flame throwers to distribute gas that thickens in air and obscures an industrial area from hostile aircraft. Planes flew over the test region and observers said no buildings could be seen through the cloud. Photographs could not identify targets, and the cloud composition remained secret.
A New York story recounts John D. Rockefeller advising a young man. He says work hard to buy a gold watch, then buy a gun metal one and start over for a motor car. When you have the money for the car, remember the watch and keep walking to work.
Cleanse and freshen your skin by bathing daily with Cuticura Soap. If pimples redness or roughness appear follow with Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal. Cuticura Talcum offers smooth cooling fragrance as a toilet powder. Sample each free by mail address.
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