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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 16, 1924
Page
7
A Canadian National railroad employee from Brockville Ontario recounts long battles with stomach trouble and nervousness. He credits Tanlac with restoring health after two years of treatment and claims he can work every day without medicine now. The advertisement quotes his strong endorsement and notes large sales of Tanlac Pills.
A Saskatchewan settlement tale recalls a Maple Creek pioneer who arrived in early days, tracing how land was broken and towns formed. The governor’s remark about ploughed fields illustrates the swift transformation from prairie to province within a single lifetime.
In Earnest About H B Road, eastern interests oppose finishing the Hudson Bay Railway. A Winnipeg On to the Bay Association speaker urges West to curb Montreal and Toronto bridge projects as Premier King prepares a government attitude statement. The group educates Western Canada and cites remarks by Federal Agriculture Minister W K R Motherwell during a tour of the Taltwas project.
The article argues crime costs North America about eleven billion dollars annually, dwarfing Canada and the United States national receipts and budgets. It states curbing crime is economically the foremost issue for the American public, surpassing tax, tariff, and defense concerns.
Forward Fairbesks a Ottawa citizen for 20 years and former Manitoba legislator died Sept 14. Post office strike funds salaries and restored positions boost morale in Toronto. Dominion loan rumor eyed at 100 million dollars with 4.4 percent rate to cover bonds and treasury bills. President Coolidge honored General Pershing with national thanks on retirement. Anti-Saloon League’s Arthur J. Davis accuses foreign liquor interests of conspiring to sway the U S election. About 200 adult black bass released in Ministik Lake to propagate and spread to Alberta lakes. Canadian coal output in 1923 rose to 16 990 57 short tons from 15 157 431 in 1922. Alberta leads coal production among provinces. Special winter excursion rates to Eastern Canada Pacific coast and select U S points set by Canadian Passenger Association Western lines.
An advertisement extols Dr J J Kellogg's Asthma Remed as a marvellous relief for severe asthma. It urges sufferers to obtain the preparation from their druggist without delay, promising long years of proven relief.
The August wholesale price index edged down fractionally from July 175.6 to 175.5, with the 30 foodstuffs group rising from 383.8 to 385.3. Pork bacon lard butter cheese oatmeal eggs and sugar advanced while beer mutton potatoes and currants declined. the 20 manufacturers’ goods index fell from 167.5 to 165.8, and the previously published index was revised from 179.0 to 175.6.
Alberta Wheat Pool officials claim farmers who joined the cooperative market received 2,000,000 more for their 1923 crop than they would have netted independently. The pool handled 24,192,805 bushels of wheat in its first year.
In Ottawa during a recent visit, Hon P. C. Larkin said in an interview that Canada is less dependent on the world than any other nation and that no people are more prosperous. He spoke as the High Commissioner for Canada in London.
Dr. Edwin E. Stosson of the Science Service says physicians, using chemical knowledge, are increasingly able to restore natural substances in the body rather than administering foreign doses.
A medical expert argues that perceived laziness among tropical country inhabitants is actually a disease. The claim is linked to Corns and Warts Minard's Liniment as a traditional remedy.
A Winnipeg friend recalls Alexis L Esperance Taboulaine a scion of French aristocracy and hunter trader of the Great Company who died September 5 at Willow Bunch at age 78. He left no formal schooling yet possessed vast intellect and polish and spoke many Indigenous languages. His life traced Red River and plains routes to the Missouri Idaho Rockies and far north.
An advertisement touts Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as a fast acting liniment for lame backs. It claims immediate skin absorption and deep penetration to relieve pain, urging readers to try it and be convinced by the relief reported.
Canada expects a total wheat crop of 291.604 million bushels for 1924 with 267.177 million from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Manitoba leads with an eleven million bushel gain while Saskatchewan and Alberta decline from last year. Higher prices and lower handling costs may make this crop nearly as profitable as the 1923 record, with many farmers seeing gains.
Experiments in the west test two new wheat brands Reward and Garnet bred at Ottawa Central Experimental Farm. Seed sent to fifty western farms. If successful, the wheat could revolutionize production. An English doctor notes improvements in health intelligence and physical strength in boys and girls today.
Customs officials in Brockville forwarded to Ottawa about ten million American cigarettes seized recently. Experts say five hundred million to seven hundred million cigarettes are smuggled into Canada annually, replacing Canadian production. The Brockville seizure suggests the higher end of that estimate, with an illicit tax loss to the Dominion of about $5,655,000.
The permanent economic organization reports to the assembly that foreign immigration raises political social and cultural issues beyond the competence of the economic committee. This follows from discussions of M Adachi's proposals on treatment of foreign nationals and enterprises.
A Mormon chapel will rise on a prominent Washington site among the capital’s aristocratic district. The building is to be of classic design and sizable dimensions, aligning with nine nearby structures. The Mormon community has long sought a foothold in the U S capital.
Work begins on the Federal Government's new wireless station at Edmonton aimed at linking with government and other northern stations. The project will establish national communication links in the far north and support periphery stations.
More than 150 traders from the far north arrived at Edmonton bringing fur bales valued around 500000 dollars.
During a Darwin wedding a bride’s diamond engagement ring vanished. Police relied on a native nose tracker who identified an Aboriginal in the wedding crowd. The ring was recovered from his pocket, ending the suspension of the ceremony.
The Prussian ruler Frederick the Great relied on astrologers to designate a lucky day before commencing military operations, guiding strategic timing in campaigns.
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