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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 31, 1934
Page
2
A Canadian columnist argues the root cause of deadly and injurious car crashes is drivers themselves. Recognizing careless passing, tailgating, and glaring headlights, the piece urges citizens to follow laws and exercise caution to prevent tragedies. Public conscience and responsible behavior are deemed essential.
An ad touts Aspirin as fast acting and safe for headaches neuritis and rheumatic pain. It claims onset within minutes after swallowing and stresses heart safety supported by scientific tests. The copy urges buying Bayer Aspirin in Canada and to look for the Bayer cross on tablets.
The report notes Japan begins military training for boys at eight, two years later than in some places where six year olds learn with rifles and blank cartridges at twelve. It claims Japanese youth embrace dying for the emperor, and mentions a new submarine guided by a operator, with volunteers said to outnumber torpedoes.
If you suffer rheumatism sciatica lumbago or neuritis try Kruschen Salts now. A druggist offers a FREE Trial Bottle with a Giant Package including a regular bottle and a free trial. If unsatisfied return unopened for money back. Millions testify to Kruschen's effectiveness across 119 countries. Free trial supplies limited.
An old advertisement quoted in a Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition touts China Tea as helpful for corpulent men who eat meat. The article notes ladies were less eager for slimming and describes early teacups with no handles, requiring drinking from the lip or fingertips.
An advertisement claims Dr Werner's Powder makes false teeth feel natural by securing plates firmly. It asserts the powder keeps the mouth sanitary, breath pleasant, and that users forget they have dentures, with a low cost and wide pharmacist availability.
Reverend J Emile Saindon, employed by the Dominion bureau of statistics to census Indians on the eastern shore of James Bay, performed as a first rate amateur dentist. While gathering figures he treated requests to extract teeth and completed over 100 extractions during the journey.
The note explains that K C Banks proposed posting to British Columbia and being marked This way up. It includes a wartime gadget note for the R A F stored upside down and the air ministry instruction to call the bottom the top to avoid confusion.
Historical notes show heart disease climbed from third place in 1900 to become the leading cause of death in the United States by 1930. This shift marks a key early 20th century public health milestone.
A pocket sized wind gauge is used by aviators in Russia to measure wind speed for flights. The device offers compact portability and quick readings for in field navigation and weather assessment.
A Winnipeg newspaper piece outlines a Grapho Analyst column offering handwriting readings. It describes three sample writers and recommends No. 2 as best match for a widower seeking a new wife for his children. Readers are invited to mail samples with a coin and stamped return envelope to Lawrence Hibbert for private analysis.
Arthur J frost nurtured a frail Jamaica exhibit banana tree in Toronto. About 100 bananas were picked this year and are said to rival imported fruit in flavor. The tree grew so tall in the greenhouse that the roof was raised. Buds appeared in April and ripened gradually as the remaining 100 fruits hang on the plant.
A garage man challenges Henry Gearshift over a claim that he drove the same car five years without paying for repairs. The garage man confirms he has performed all repairs.
London displays hundreds of patented devices at the Exhibition of Inventors. Items include a humane rubber collar button, a self cleaning bread box, an automatic window cleaner, double sided neckties, a egg opener, and a four legged baby walker frame.
A British experiment uses an autogyro aeroplane windmill fitted to a sailing boat to replace sails. Vertically mounted blades rotate from wind, achieving near windward headway. In a 20 mph wind the blades turn at 200 rpm with tips at 200 mph, with the Royal Aeronautical Society reviewing results.
British police analyzed over seven thousand road accidents with 7,202 deaths. Only 219 victims were motorists, 3,517 pedestrians, 1,324 bicyclists, and 1,308 motorcyclists.
A. O. Dawson, president of the Canadian chamber of commerce, urged Canadians to support young people’s training and recreational centres during a Montreal appeal. He tied the plea to private funding efforts in Winnipeg and Vancouver, saying community centres are the last defence against idle, restless youth when jobs and higher education are scarce.
Chapped hands remain a common irritation and infection risk when skin cracks. The history and praise for Hinds Honey and Almond Cream, on the market since 1875, highlights its quick absorption, non sticky feel, and wide use by men after shaving.
Charles Jeffery, a farmer near Windsor Ontario, reported uncovering remains of a gigantic animal on his farm. He found five teeth weighing three to five pounds each and a foreleg bone weighing over 15 pounds, buried about two feet below the surface.
A tin-pan serenade known as charivari persists in some French villages as a protest against an unsuitable planned marriage within the community.
American medical authorities challenge the long held belief that drinking water with meals causes indigestion. They say evidence does not support the claim and advise normal hydration with meals.
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