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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 28, 1931
Page
6
An ad touts Kruschen as a daily morning aid for energy and vitality. It features testimonials of a 55 year old who stays slim, active and busy with family care and an ailing father, claiming bold improvements in digestion and piles. The copy emphasizes increased activity and a “That Kruschen Feeling” after regular use.
Vessels being built in Italy total 171 which is 29 more than a year ago. Building of the University of Manitoba's science building will be resumed with the government in relief matters. E D T Chambers 79 dean of Quebec journalists and authority on natural history in Quebec dies. Hail losses in Alberta total 154000 on a risk of 1596000. Singapore sawmill converts lumber to 376 houses now offered for sale. First shipment over Temiskaming Northern Ontario railway Moose Factory 8000 pounds furs valued 160000. Premier George S Henry informed. Mexico urges Canada be invited to Pan American Conference. Jesus Silva Herseog chair Mexican delegation at Washington. Germany's Paul von Hindenburg marks 84th birthday on Oct 2. William Bright, Khartoum relief expedition member, dies at Yattendon England. The first U S auto sold was a Winton on March 24, 1898 now relic at Smithsonian. Sir Robert Hamilton named chairman Colonial Advisory Council of Agriculture and Animal Health succeeding Drummond Shiels. Sir Robert is under-secretary for the colonies.
Fresh vegetables from Manitoba farms, destined for England exhibition use by the Federal Department of Agriculture, were shipped aboard the Ss. Ascania from Montreal. The display fully represents Manitoba growers and fills about 50 cases.
The text states health requires at least 1,000 cubic feet of air per person with a room example of ten by ten by ten feet. It emphasizes constant and adequate ventilation as essential.
Patient Miss M. Croydon reports indigestion and sick headaches eased after one dose. Ad touts Dr Carter's Liver Pills as a strong vegetable tonic and laxative with claimed health benefits. Available in 25c and 75c red packs through druggists.
The Dominion Legion protests the British Ministry of Pensions over pension payments in sterling. Major J R Bowler asks the British Empire Service League to press for stabilizing benefits at par, $48.67, amid exchange losses for Imperial pensioners in Canada.
Dr. E H Boomer of the Institute of Technology reported at the Oil and Gas Association meeting that the Turner Valley experimental plant for extracting benzine and by products from gas is nearing completion. The plant will process about 500 feet of gas per hour yielding about half a gallon of benzine.
The Colonization Finance Corporation of Canada completes its Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan farm management plan with A J Clark appointed farm manager for Melita Manitoba. Clark, a Montreal native, trained at Manitoba Agricultural College and has run a Stonewall farm focusing on Shorthorn cattle and Yorkshire swine.
A yacht valued over 1.5 million dollars sails to Easter Island where 20 scientists will seek the lost civilization mystery. The team aims to learn who carved the statues and how heavy images were moved, amid questions about stone walls and the island’s past culture dating back to Roggeveen’s 1722 discovery.
In the Chinese sea a freighter crew led by Captain Jimmy attacks a Chinese Junk beset by pirates. The plane strafes and bombs with buckshot and a shotgun, the junk is crippled and sinks, and the burning vessel scuttles as the pirates flee. Note offers readers a signed photo from Captain Jimmy.
The Topographical Survey of the Interior with the Royal Canadian Air Force uses fast lenses for aerial mapping. They account for aircraft speed and camera vibration, employing lenses with apertures about one quarter of focal length and large coverage. Emulsions are supersensitized to image forming light to speed records.
Manitoba trappers head north in large numbers to prepare for winter. Many travel along the Bay Coast and inland regions seeking white red silver and cross fox. Wolf mink otter marten and beaver yields vary. Some trappers settle near James Bay coast around Severn and York Factory. Early indications point to a strong beaver season.
Three separate swarms descended on London on a single day. One swarm gathered around King Street in Hammersmith, circling buses and streetcars before settling in a tree guarded by police. A second swarm settled on a Shep Bush roof, and a third perched on a Bayswater flat window sill.
British author H. G. Wells proposes a global bankruptcy and debt write down. He advocates restricting money to a single world authority and abolishing war with all foreign offices arsenals navies and air forces. He calls for a dictatorship of informed common sense to rule the earth.
A home recipe combines ripe tomatoes onions red peppers tart apples and raisins with celery vinegar sugar and spices to make a thick clear chutney. The method notes chopping and cooking until thick then jarning and sealing in sterilized containers.
Instructions for a cake batter using 1145 cups special cake flour sifted and 144 cup butter with 1 cup powdered sugar and 14 teaspoon lemon extract. Eggs are beaten and added alternately with flour, then baked in an 8x8x2 inch pan at 350F for 50 minutes. A quip about a customer asking in soup follows.
A despatch from Ottawa to the Montreal Star states a domestic loan in Canada is likely within months. It notes U S borrowing is unlikely and funds are available domestically avoiding exchange issues, with flotation aimed at unemployment relief and perhaps other uses. The size will reflect final requirement estimates.
Tommy asks his father to buy a bicycle to save wear on his shoes, asking Papa if he told mamma they must economize. The father confirms the saving idea and agrees to consider it.
The Canadian Pacific Railway tunnel under Brockville Ontario opened September 16 1854. Built with difficulty it was owned by Brockville and Ottawa Railway later absorbed by Canada Central and finally by Canadian Pacific. It is claimed to be the oldest railway tunnel in the Dominion and trains still pass daily.
A new German wartime device is reported to release a gaseous vapor that can stop an aircraft if it enters an engine. The description appears as part of contemporaneous coverage on the fight against Allied air power.
Scientists report two new islands surfacing in the southern Atlantic Ocean off Brazil. The formations appeared recently and are being studied for geology and potential ecological impact. Researchers note the landmasses are small and likely volcanic in origin.
The germ of cerebrospinal meningitis was first identified in 1887 marking a landmark in understanding the disease. This finding linked the illness to an infectious agent, guiding early research efforts and clinical approaches.
Canada reports 1,239,886 motor vehicles registered by year end 1930, up 44,249 from 1929. Automobile density stands at one vehicle per eight people. Quote from an elderly Scottish woman likens husbands to teeth, hard to obtain yet missed when gone.
An employer asks for a smart alert applicant and the boy answers with a boast about success. The joke hinges on the boy claiming he has noticed quickly twice in a fortnight, implying cleverness and confidence.
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