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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 02, 1924
Page
6
The automobile has revolutionized life much as the steam locomotive once did, linking city and countryside, expanding markets, and changing travel. It highlights gains in road building and economic life, while noting traffic congestion and the need for strict safety campaigns to reduce accidents and enforce laws.
Federal Agriculture Minister W R Motherwell announced a ten acre crown lands demonstration farm on Hudson Bay Railway land at Mile 137 or Mile 185. The project aims to show growth and maturity of garden vegetables grains and grasses with commercial potential. Brazil supplies four fifths of the world coffee.
The piece warns that Canadian and American bobbed hair trends threaten China’s hair net trade. Demand has slumped to near standstill, jeopardizing a once booming export worth about 16 million dollars annually after the 1911 shift that flooded markets with human hair.
A novel policy from Lloyds underwriters covers death caused by excessive laughter during theatre visits. In a related note, Canada has the fewest divorces per population among English speaking nations.
A fragmentary line references a vow to retaliate around Christmas against a man who raises a certain issue. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names, places, or actions to form a full report.
A luncheon menu includes Cream of Green Pea Soup, Steamed Salmon with White Sauce, and Custard Pie. Recipes use evaporated milk, butter, flour, and salmon with garnishes. steps describe simmering peas, steaming fish, and baking a nutmeg scented custard pie.
An old remedy claims to extract coins from between the toes without pain. It boasts fifty years of use and reliability, priced at 25c everywhere, and presents itself as a proven corn remedy that never fails.
The veteran writer Charles B. Lewis known as M. Quad and longtime Detroit Free Press staffer died at age eighty two. He originated the Mr and Mrs Bowser letters and the Lime Kiln Club and had a sixty two year career in newspapers and authored several plays.
Miller's Worm Powders claim to ease internal troubles without stomach distress or pain. The ad notes rapid improvement from the first dose and mentions large figures on deaths and accidents in London, plus a claim that tight shoes worsen neuralgia.
A Port Greville mother praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from side pain weakness and headaches during and after pregnancy. She notes her successful nursing and urges others to consider the remedy, claiming safety with roots and herbs and broad positive reports from women users.
Hon. W. R. Motherwell urged quick completion of the Hudson Bay Railway to put Nelson port into operation. He dismissed muskeg roadbed criticisms as false and said about $6,000,000 more is needed for full completion and to unlock the north country’s mineral timber fish and fur wealth.
The Oor ang I, recently launched on the Clyde, is described as the first motor driven passenger line with no funnels. Displacing twenty three thousand tons and reaching eighteen knots, it uses four sets of six cylinder Diesel engines delivering thirteen thousand horsepower to four screws. It will operate between Vancouver and Australia, emphasizing fuel and space economy.
An English correspondent notes thirty four Russian Princesses in England running businesses. Despite language barriers many prosper, with one Princess selling puppies and reportedly earning about seven thousand pounds annually.
The product claims internal and external effectiveness for sore throat croup whooping cough chest pains colic and many ailments. It is presented as inexpensive and handy to keep on hand.
Calgary Alberta is noted for having more telephones per capita than any other North American community, highlighting rapid communications expansion and urban development in the region.
English girls abandon wrist watches in favor of tattooing the rover’s name on the wrist, a trend noted in the period’s style commentary.
Geo L. Booth of Brockville Ontario narrates a dramatic recovery from two decades of rheumatic pain after starting Tanlac three years ago. He claims the remedy ended all rheumatic symptoms, added 16 pounds, and restored his ability to work and write. Booth urges others to seek Tanlac via licensed druggists.
A fireproof reconstruction contract for the Chateau Lake Louise wing was awarded to Carter Halls and Aldinger of Winnipeg. The addition will increase rooms and should be completed by June 1 1924 to serve next summer’s tourist travel. In Manila’s Ton do district leaders explained a signboard displaying a word meaning clothing in the Taga log dialect was a local misunderstanding.
A watch runs more accurately when wound in the morning rather than at night because the mainspring remains taut during the day, reducing the impact of daily vibrations on timekeeping.
Dr AC Ty Crommelin told the British Astronomical Association that the Earth's rotation is gradually slowing. In a few hundred million years he predicted the sun may shine on only one side, the opposite side will be in darkness, and the moon could vanish.
A remark explains that if one tried to count the corpuscles in an average man’s body at 100 per minute without rest, the task would require 255000 years to complete.
A woman asks an artist to convert a portrait painted for her husband into a landscape, stating she is going to file for divorce and wants the image altered accordingly. The exchange captures personal marital strain influencing an artwork.
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