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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1922
Page
2
The article argues against forcing a large wheat sale in Western Canada without a unified Wheat Board. It warns that rapid dumping would break prices, ruin farmers, and ripple through banks, merchants, manufacturers, and the nation. A gradual marketing plan could reduce debts, stabilize prices, and restore credit.
The article argues machinery replaces hand labor, noting 100 pairs of women’s shoes require 1,025 hours by hand but 80 hours by machine and a saw can replace 16,000 hours of manual work. It claims we are headed toward a society where machines are the primary labor force and slaves, and that this boosts living standards. It ends with a note about auto tires used as lifting links for barrels.
The obsidian carving of Amenemmes II’s head, praised as a supreme Egyptian sculpture, sold at Sothebys for £10,000. Measuring about four and seven eighths inches, the piece drew praise from Egyptologist Percy E. Newberry as unmatched across ages. Local buyers urged to purchase locally.
The Kingston Standard notes with humor that Nature never goes on strike and keeps working, praising its dependable presence. The remark envisions the consequences of a nature strike and jokes about how fortunate we are for nature’s constant labor.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for nervous debility. It claims the pills restore nerve health by building new blood and cites a Stratford Ontario case where Matilda Dockerrill improved from stomach pains and heart flutter after use. Pills sold by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario 50 cents a box, six boxes for 2.50.
Mother warns Kate against questions saying curiosity killed the cat. Kate retorts by asking what the cat wanted to know, revealing playful dialogue between mother and daughter.
The highest peak was named in 1856 for Sir George Everest, a British Indian survey head. The Tibetan names for the mountain were Chomolung-ma or Jomo Kaneg-Kar, and Everest’s son remains alive today.
Asiatic yaks have been added to the animal herds at Wainwright Alberta National Park. Observers expect crossing with local buffalo to yield a hybrid, an experiment watched with interest by zoologists.
A witty exchange at the market floor features a trader claiming to be neither bull nor bear but an ass, prompting amused comments from colleagues. The quip highlights the playful side of financial chatter in the trading day.
A long discussion on feeble mindedness describes 1 to 2 percent of the population as below par in Canada, detailing types from idiots to imbeciles, and arguing social harm, crime, prostitution, and venereal disease tied to feeble mindedness. It promises a forthcoming remedy focus.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska advanced a plan for an international bank with a capital of 2.49 billion dollars. The proposal, unveiled before the National Retail Dry Goods Association in New York, would substitute bank issued paper for gold as the basis of international credit and transform methods of cross border commerce.
An amused father and college student discuss a home exercise rod. The young woman demonstrates moving a rod from side to side to tone arms. Dad quips that with straw on the other end she could be sweeping, in lighthearted humor from the American Legion Weekly.
A brief exchange shows a woman inviting a young man on a long walk. He responds with cheerful eagerness and appreciation, then teases not to be detained as the moment unfolds.
A Dominion Forestry Nursery report from Indian Head Sask shows 18 cords of fair firewood grown in eight years on just over one acre from Russian poplar cuttings. The plantation yielded a bit over two cords per acre per year, valued at $8 per cord, yielding $16 per acre annually if trees remain. The Canadian Forestry Association notes much wheat land could profit from liberal tree planting to improve homes and farm profits.
Advertises a worm exterminator for children with anxious mothers assured results and enduring relief from suffering.
An underground wireless telegraphy test in a British coal mine shows signals received from multiple high power transmitting stations, including a large Berlin station, via an aerial set up a quarter of a mile from the open.
An injured man, urging the delivery of his final message, asks to inform his wife that he is fatally hurt and to be comforted, while the officer promises to convey that he had the right of way.
A colored pastor announces to his congregation that he will preach a powerful sermon this morning. He vows to define the undefinable explain the unexplainable and unscrew the unscrutable in the service.
Princess Mary is pursued by photographers more relentlessly than most public figures after her marriage to Viscount Lascelles. Cameramen attend her every movement and even at church she is beset. At a garden party she was forced to issue a request that photographers desist.
The passage touts Dr. J. K. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy, claiming complete relief from suffering and joy as air tubes loosen after use. It notes the product has made asthmatic affliction a thing of the past for thousands and is sold by good druggists for years.
Population statistics show Alberta urban residents rose from 18.55 percent to 292 904 over twenty years, an average gain near 10 000 annually. Rural numbers increased at about 15 500 per year in the same period.
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