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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1922
Page
6
An old medicinal advertisement promotes Dr Hamiltons Pills for kidney and liver relief urging readers with back pain and headaches to try the product. It claims quick relief and renewed health after using a few boxes, selling for 25 cents through The Catarrhozone Co in Montreal.
The narrator travels to Carbon City with Mrs Bingham and Sunny to join Mr Bingham at Bar B Ranch. They meet Mr Livingstone, a partner in the ranch venture with plans unsettled by a spendthrift English remittance man named Paget. The scene includes Sunny’s excitement as Uncle Don appears and a conversation about management and coinsides.
Recurring headaches stem from nerve exhaustion and vanish when nerve cells gain vigor through Dr Chase's Nerve Food. Temporary relief from powders harms health and is costly. Mrs W J Pearse of Cobourg Ontario reports severe head pains eased after a few boxes, with the product sold at 50 cents per box by dealers or Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
Pearl explains to Pimzie that instinct is a God given knowledge whispered to souls for protection. The Mermaid notes a Salmon instinctively returning from the vast ocean to its native river, a process that even a sea creature remembers.
Pimzie marvels at salmon behavior describing how they leap water falls and return tails to heads to clear long distances. He contrasts their abilities with other fish praising their extraordinary nature.
The narrator travels south west from a town with Mrs Bingham, meeting the Carrolls English settlers ruined by a dubious land scam. Mrs Carroll, facing hardship, invites them inside but the narrator notes the couple’s pride and sorrow while learning how a two room shack became their home and a failed land deal left them penniless. A cautious judgment forms around Mr Carroll as his wife endures quiet sadness.
The narrator and Sunny resume their drive across plains and valleys reflecting on the sunlit landscape. They reach a gate where David the small dog is thrilled, and Mr Livingstone explains the dog’s tricks. Lee the Chinese cook welcomes them to a sumptuous dinner at the house as the day ends.
The Dominion Live stock Branch records Irish bacon at 159 to 167 shillings per long hundredweight and Irish cattle weak due to unsettled conditions. Danish, Canadian, and US bacon fetch 148-152, 136-140, and 115-120 shillings respectively with Canadian cattle up to 14.5 pence per pound live. Prime Scotch beef runs 165-170 pence. Wool market shows spring rise and strong demand for western products.
An advertisement explains coughing arises from irritation in the respiratory passages and inflammation of the mucous membrane. It claims Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil reduces inflammation and will usually stop the cough, promising satisfaction with use.
An astro plane traveled 260 miles from Paris to London with the pilot's hands off the wheel for two hours. Rudder steering kept the craft on a steady course while the aircraft otherwise flew on a level path.
British Columbia’s second major industry in 1921 was agriculture with a production value of 59,742,994, down 13.3 percent from 1920 due to lower prices. Forest products led at 64,976,000. minerals at 28,066,641. The 1921 fruit crop set a record value of 6,504,850, up 15 percent from 1926. Dairy butter rose by 846,558 pounds and eggs by 200,677 dozen. Area sown to fodder crops increased though overall fodder value dropped to 4,080,432 due to lower hay values. Honey output reached 309,074 pounds valued at 89,631.
The total value of Saskatchewan agricultural production in 1921 was 444,937,073 dollars. Grain crops accounted for 210,732,073 dollars, field crops 14,965,000, farm products 32,914,436, and livestock 186,326,254. Livestock numbers set provincial records: 1,179,389 horses, 1,563,332 cattle, 188,021 sheep, and 432,776 swine. Wheat output reached 201,347,483 bushels from 15,556,708 acres, second only to 1915.
A rough estimate by the Harbor Board shows 343 deep sea ships entered Vancouver in the first half of the year, beating the figures for 1920 and about 60 percent higher than the same period in 1912. A San Francisco man has invented a mechanical teacher for instruction.
An advertisement touts Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry as a cholera treatment. It claims rapid relief for vomiting and purging and cites a testimonial from Mrs. Isaac Smith of Campbellton NB praising the remedy after a near fatal bout. The product is priced at 50 cents per bottle and sold by The T. Milburn Co Limited Toronia.
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