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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 04, 1931
Page
2
A Saskatoon reader reports her husband returned from France with dysentery and long hospital residence. After years of attacks he finds relief within hours from Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry and says the remedy is always on hand in their home.
The piece argues Western Canadians must revive the pioneer ethic of courage endurance and optimism to face hardship. It condemns reliance on relief and urges self denial and effort, recalling wartime sacrifice and calling for a national revival to avoid worse future problems.
The New Westminster seed extraction establishment of the Forest Service has completed ten years of service. It produced 40 940 pounds of forest tree seeds and shipped virtually all to the Britain's Forestry Commission and state forest services in New Zealand and Australia. Main species include Sitka spruce western yellow pine and Douglas fir.
Dr E V McCollum of James Hopkins University says alfalfa is rich in vitamins and palatable in salads. He tells a health institute affiliated with the Milk Council of Greater Chicago that milk from cows fed on alfalfa can serve as an alternative for hay lovers.
The Union of South Africa reports ongoing improvements in trade conditions as measures push economic resilience and market access. Officials highlight steady growth indicators and policy steps aimed at broader international engagement.
Thirty typewritten pages of emergency decrees by President von Hindenburg push Germany toward austere living and broader state powers. Measures include converting short term loans to long terms, cancelling long contracts for high earners, paying one third unemployment benefits in kind, halting new government buildings for three years, trimming pensions, and promoting a back to the farm drive with a Federal Commissioner. Further decrees are promised as conditions change.
The National Parks Branch of Canada’s Department of the Interior maintains an engineering service that constructs bridges and highways and paves streets and sidewalks. It notes over 400 miles of motor highways 14 miles of streets and 11 miles of sidewalks built plus 111 bridges.
The farm problem now appears to be how to make one stalk grow where two grew before. Sirius the Dog Star is more than 30 times as bright as our own sun.
Gandhi says he would visit the United States after the round table conference only if New York pastor John Haynes Holmes and other invitees convince him he would not be exploited or ridiculed. He cites fears of misunderstanding and being called a curiosity by Americans.
Anthracite from the British Isles imported to Canada via Montreal totals 550,668 tons by September end, 9,373 tons more than 1930 for the same period. Overseas coal and coke receipts fall 105,020 tons versus last year due to the Russian embargo. Welsh and Scotch hard coal gains do not offset the decline. Last year Soviet anthracite landed reached 148,000 tons.
Mrs G K L of Montreal shares how she dyed outfits and home fabrics using Diamond Dyes to save money. She praises the dye’s even, rich results on coats dresses stockings curtains and rugs and notes a rival black dye failed. She now relies on Diamond Dyes for color versatility and savings.
A Denver grocer splits a baseball, pasting halves on inside and outside windows to simulate a ball driven through glass with cracks. A nearby placard titled A Big Hit lists store bargains alongside Persian Balm advertising claims for delicate fragrance and skin benefits.
The Dominion Government has granted television and radiovision permits to the newspaper La Presse of Montreal. The paper will operate two stations to cover Greater Montreal with television as engineers rush installation of the first station of its kind in Canada.
The battleship Emperor of India, used as a target by the Iron Duke, was refloated after being stranded since June 11 and towed into Portsmouth where it was docked. Salvage costs run about £800 per day totaling around £52,800. The remark about holding the baby for Mr and Mrs Lindbergh is noted but not elaborated.
Mrs W P reports steady weight loss of 23 pounds in six months using Kruschen Salts. She credits the preparation with increased energy, agility, clearer skin, and brighter eyes while advising take one-half teaspoon daily in hot water before breakfast, plus diet modification and regular exercise.
Commercial canned products must come from sound, properly matured fruits or vegetables sterilized and heat processed. Canada’s pure food laws ban adulterants and restrict preservatives to water sugar and salt, with four quality grades Fancy, Choice, Standard and Second under the Dominion fruit branch inspection.
A promotional blurb asserts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil is a carefully investigated blend of oils. It claims the preparation heals and repairs the body and has won public favor from the start.
A German tax of £5 is levied with strict one way traffic as a passenger travels via Mannheim Aerodrome. A German woman traveling from Holland to Switzerland was fined 100 marks for stepping on German soil, despite objections, illustrating the tax’s reach.
An advertisement touts Douglas' Egyptian Liniment as unrivaled with claims it stops bleeding instantly, cauterizes wounds, and prevents blood poisoning, positioning it as a superior remedy.
Michael Sauzet of Paris, a major livestock buyer, reports that with small condition adjustments Canada could export between 10000 and 15000 horses annually to France and gain a larger share of France's cattle imports, which total about $200 million each year.
A new device in Europe known as the electric finger instantly measures thickness changes in paper, fabric, and wire, enabling detection of weak spots in airplane fabric and forgeries in checks by comparing thickness with originals.
Kenneth K. McArdle, editor of Commerce of the Nation, says Churchill will grow as a port through northern mineral resources and southward power, not wheat shipments alone. He notes marble deposits and vast water power north of The Pas as key drivers, while Western leaders waver yet push others to defend the Churchill scheme. He spoke to Montreal's Advertising Club.
Telegraph Creek British Columbia hosts parties returning with the district s largest big game trophies. Major James Workman of Belfast secured a stone sheep horn 45 inches long, possibly the longest. Pierre Solvay party from Brussels earned several record size rams. Swedish film crew from Stockholm spent the summer filming northern British Columbia wildlife, returning with 16000 feet of footage.
Foreign Minister Dino Grandi told Rome Rotary Club that Italy is willing to consider any proposal or system to reduce armaments. He and Viscount Cecil of Chelwood said fear and unrest cause world trouble and urged disarmament as the cure, with Grandi noting his Geneva truce proposal as a first step whose moral weight could revive international confidence.
Paul Calder of Canadian Airways nearly matched Captain Frank Hawks in the Edmonton to Calgary flight. Calder piloted a Fleetster mail plane 196 miles in 44 minutes, just over four and a half miles per minute, while Hawks held the 43 minute record with an international tour last September in his super speed monoplane.
The Tageblatt notes negotiations underway to swap half a million tons of Ruhr coal for Brazilian coffee, drawing a parallel to Brazil trading coffee for U.S. wheat. It suggests possible extension to coal for Canadian wheat.
The United States holds about 5 billion dollars in gold, nearly half of the world’s total, stored in vaults with little practical use. A contrasting note on mood notes explains how a smile frees the brain of burdens. Larkes proclaims domestic authority while Sparkes asks about a wife’s absence.
About one third of oil and gas wells drilled produce no measurable output. The figure underscores challenges in exploration and efficiency, with operators facing high upfront costs and uncertain returns in early-stage drilling programs.
Ontario Minister of Mines Charles McCrea told the Thunder Bay Chamber of Mines and City Chamber of Commerce that gold will remain in demand and Ontario’s gold output could reach 42 million dollars this year. He noted the Moss and Howey mines and new Conigas and Homestead developments as the base for revival in the northwest, with government cooperation restoring the region’s former standing.
The piece mocks excessive media attention as Wilkins submarine dives under Arctic ice and Norwegian passenger urges junking it. It warns publicity seekers push trans oceanic and round the world flights to stay out of headlines. A stranded aviator tells his wife to hire a publicity man, highlighting the urge to stay off the front page.
Mothers attest to the usefulness of Mother Graves Worm Ex terminator, sharing experiences of its effectiveness in controlling pests.
Menu cards partially legible after sixteen years were found at Campbeltown in Ayrshire, with wreckage from the Lusitania. The Cunard liner was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Ireland in May 1915.
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