This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1929
Page
6
Sir Robert Baden-Powell founder and chief of the Boy Scout movement adopts a new title. The article lists several world notes including immigration figures, League of Nations activity, and notable seniors pursuing aviation.
Exports of pulp and paper for the first half of the year stood at 97,199,980 dollars, up from 94,104,081 in the same period in 1928. Wood pulp exports totaled 21,470,505 dollars and paper exports 75,729,475 dollars, while pulp wood shipments reached 5,942,623 dollars versus 6,926,000 the prior year.
The article states Canada’s total forest area is about 1,151,454 square miles, with 865,880 square miles productive and accessible. Roughly one third of productive land bears merchantable timber, while the rest holds young growth not yet usable. It also includes miscellaneous maxims about watchmaking and virtue.
Regina Daily Post argues pilots should avoid flying over cities and towns below a safe height. It cites Kentucky deaths from a student pilot crash, urges regulations to prevent flying over populated areas, and calls for pilots to be educated about power lines and wires to protect ground safety.
Paris prescribes sheer printed cottons as the season’s newest choice for summer wear. Style No. 562 in printed cotton voile features a capucine toned bodice yoke and draped skirt with a swathed hip line. Sizes range up to bust 46 inches with pattern price 25 cents.
Three young women in trim khaki outfits depart New York in a light motor truck heading for Alaska and distant destinations. Baroness Christa Von Brandenstein Miss Nada De Namur and Miss Margaret D Angello plan to travel through remote regions to prove women can explore. They intend to reach far north in Alaska then fly and use dog teams, later traverse the Gobi desert Australia Iceland and other places. The trip aims to circle the globe in about three years.
Creamery butter production in the prairie provinces rises sharply in 1929. Alberta five month receipts up 18 percent from 1928. Saskatchewan output for five months totals 3,831,236 pounds, up 1,748,616 pounds or 84 percent from last year. Manitoba production reaches 3,507,849 pounds, up 899,021 pounds or 34.5 percent.
A wife notes his obstinacy and an old friend recalls a boyhood boat dispute. He was tossed overboard with the injunction sink or swim, but he neither sank nor swam, simply floated on his back.
The famous cross of snow in the Holy Cross National Forest forms from two snow filled crevices on the mountainside. The striking cross is visible for miles across the landscape.
United States buyers import about 3,000,000,000 pounds of bananas each year, reflecting steady demand and broad consumer access across markets.
Official returns show Canada expanding exports under most favored nation terms. Seven years ago exports to thirteen favored countries totaled 73 million dollars. In 1928 29 exports reached 195 million, up 122 million. Imports rose from 45.164 million in 1922 to 90 million in 1929. Nations listed include Argentina Belgium Colombia Denmark France Italy Japan Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland Venezuela.
Eric Louw, South Africa’s high commissioner in London, is appointed minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary to Washington. The move aligns with Premier Hertzog’s party policy seeking separate diplomatic representation for the Union in key capitals.
Three Canadian youths survived a Northern Ontario canoe accident when George Alexander Horne known as Shorty a Maple Leaf hockey star swam toward shore to save his two companions The rough lake and bad weather overwhelmed the canoe and Horne perished while saving others His act is praised as heroic by the Regina Daily Post noting his ordinary Canadian virtues and self sacrifice in a perilous moment
Nor'West Farmer estimate shows 248,162 prairie farm families received 631,450,894 dollars for 1928 marketings. This yields a cash income of 2,544 dollars per home after subtracting seed feed meat and own produced needs.
A Field Museum fossil turtle, of an unknown species, was found with a six character Chinese inscription on its shell. The inscriptions are believed to date over 4000 years and align with the earliest Chinese writing similar to oracle bone characters from Honan.
Tourist spending in Canada is expected to reach about 300 million dollars this year, up from more than 250 million dollars spent in the Dominion last year.
Tourists seeking Sunday parking spots discover a few select spaces near rural churches, offering limited options for travelers needing brief stops close to religious sites.
Canada plans a large expansion in elevator capacity this year mainly in Ontario and coastal cities. Projects total over 25 million bushels, including Prescott 500,000 Kingston 5,000,000 Sarnia 2,000,000 Midland 2,000,000 Collingwood 2,000,000 Port Colborne 2,000,000 Goderich 1,000,000 Owen Sound 2,000,000 Vancouver 3,000,000 and 1,000,000 Halifax 1,000,000.
H I Cowham representing Roth and Faurot toured Moose Jaw to arrange gas and oil well development in Cypress Hills. He said natural gas could be supplied to Moose Jaw and other southern and eastern Saskatchewan cities from Cypress Hills where gas and oil are located.
The Brandon Fair machinery display is reported as the largest ever in Canada and surpassing any state fair. This year 618 machines including tractors and threshers were shown, up from 499, while exhibitor firms grew from 57 to 74.
Winnipeg announces the establishment of several new industries including furniture and metal products makers, a packing-house products supplier, electric futures, and manufacturers of children's hats, sash and doors in the latest economic growth wave.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.