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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 03, 1930
Page
3
A vintage health note explains that sour stomachs arise from overworked stomach nerves, calling it weigestion. It promotesPhillippe Milk of MacNema as a tasteless water mix that neutralizes excess acids, claiming 50 years of physician approval and universal use. Each bottle includes directions and is available at drugstores.
Grandma Davis frets over Charmian and Sarah Bennett as Wickfield gossip swirls around provincial manners. Jim Bennett helps with the Merrys church supper while Grandma relishes small town quirks and a stray dog’s treasure hunt near Lizzie Baker’s lilac bush.
A self invited guest chats with Grandma over tea as Charmian away. Grandma praises the man as the town’s most handsome guest while pondering Charmian’s burdens and her potential as a poet. The talk touches on family, poetry, and farm life alongside summer visitors.
A resident recalls an Aide meet where a woman overpaid two dollars for Emmy's spice cake as they sought a dollar fifty. She refused change, bought Charmian's fudge and cookies, and wondered why so much sweet stuff was in the house. Rumor says fireworks may be set off on the common after supper.
F R Clarke of the Protestant employment bureau in Montreal notes a psychological difference between workers with initials A to L and those with initials M to Z. The bureau divided applicants by days to balance demand. despite changes the M to Z group dwindled as A to L remained stationary, suggesting different job-seeking behaviors.
Travellers Insurance reports from seven states indicate motor vehicle deaths rise yearly. About 31000 people died last year and injury rates remain high, with 60 of 200 people in certain zones injured. County population figures show increased risk and rising totals across the era.
An old newspaper notice warns that worms can cause convulsions or death if untreated and promotes Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as a protective remedy for children. The tone is promotional and cautionary, urging parents to seek this treatment to prevent illness.
The Department of National Defence Ottawa announced that the perpetuation of the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, CEF, is authorized by uniting the Manitoba Mounted Rifles and the Saskatchewan Mounted Rifles to carry on its lineage and traditions.
Paris authorities face an unusual case as M Lautus a school teacher from central France requests a motor car license despite both forearms being amputated. After demonstrating capable driving with artificial limbs and performing a wheel change, officials demand further tests before granting approval.
John Dewey traces modern insecurity affecting merchants farmers and laborers. He argues fear of unemployment economic loss and old age drives precarious anxiety and the stock market frenzy reflects escapism amid unsettled economic bases and a lack of mental stability.
Dr J D Cellogg claims his asthma remedy aids sufferers and aids a sinking swimmer with a life enhancing effect. The ad asserts undeniable benefit as its own best salesman and urges readers to try the remedy. A bold forecast predicts spectacles for eight in ten people within 50 years by eye specialists. The text notes a fortune awaits an inventor of a lifesaving floatable boat.
Roswell Dwight Hitchcock argues that faith alone cannot justify a person and that prayer without action yields no results. He urges believers to combine prayer with sustained work, stating that true blessing comes from both divine aid and personal effort. The piece promotes prayer for blessings and diligent work to realize them.
A discussion of cold care for infants and adults stresses relieving congestion as the first step. Baby's Own Tablets are promoted as ideal for the very young, claiming to soothe fretfulness, aid recovery, and ease digestion and teething without narcotics. Sold by druggists or by mail for 25 cents per box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.
Anton Heinen, wartime commander of German Zeppelins, begins a so called fool proof family blimp project costing $1000. The craft will stretch 95 feet in length and travel at 75 miles per hour and will be filled with non inflammable gas as a safety feature.
A satirical note asserts Monaco citizens pay no taxes with revenue from Monte Carlo. It also claims all mines in Turkey are state owned, presenting a tongue in cheek reversal of fiscal facts.
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