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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1925
Page
6
Canada shows improving industrial activity and rising construction, with railways busy for fall and winter. Britain faces unemployment and a dole culture, reducing immigration appeal while Canada seeks British-born workers, rejecting a dole system and urging self-reliance.
Dr Edgar T Wherry asserts a Box huckleberry bush in Perry County Pennsylvania is among the world s oldest. The plant spans a mile and a quarter in length along a hillside and grows about four inches annually, implying an age near twelve thousand years.
More than 14,000 newborn chicks were sent from the Oliver Alberta provincial poultry plant this spring. The shipments extended from Berwin in the north to Lethbridge in the south, highlighting a wide distribution of poultry output.
Mayor Ralph Webb of Winnipeg issues an appeal inviting westerners to attend the summer trips to Fort Nelson to review prospects. The Regina board of trade received a letter announcing trains from Winnipeg on August 21 August 31 and September 9.
A Boston Transcript fragment reports a classroom exchange where a student asks about the Pharisees and a pupil answers that they appeared devout but neglected the vulnerable, noting the contrast between public fasting and private exploitation highlighted by the teacher.
Henry Stevens of Stevens Avenue Covent Garden London long an auctioneer of curiosities dies at Addiestone Surrey aged eighty two. He sold items from Napoleon's death mask to Queen Victoria wedding cake and the spear that killed Gordon. He hosted famed visitors including Dickens and Thackeray at his rooms.
A period piece notes daily small worries at home harm women’s health. It touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy, citing Mrs. Gustave Hart of Braxellys Man who reports renewed appetite sleep strength and better weight after use. The ad urges purchase via medicine dealers or mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A 1875 Calgary Jubilee ceremony featured the unveiling of a cairn in Central Park to honor the Royal Northwest Mounted Police arrival. F Troop and Inspector Dibots were commemorated with a Union Jack unveiling as Judge Hoay of New Westminster spoke for the historic sites board of Canada. The crowd hailed Calgary’s founding as a community birth aided by the Mounties.
Figures from the United States immigration commissioner in Montreal show a drop in Canadian entries for permanent residence in the year ending June 20 1925. Border points from Halifax to Cape Vincent report 49047 entrants, down from 72624 last year. About 80 percent of the 49017 were Canadians. In a separate town a butcher displays a sign parodying milk from contented cows, advertising sausages from pigs that died happy.
A witty exchange notes a doctor’s demand to quit smoking and a punchline about giving up fifteen dollars, reflecting a humorous cash cost. Minard’s Liniment ad text appears in the snippet.
Optimism grows in western Canada as crop reports turn highly favorable. Historical data shows 1923 bumper yielding 452.3 million bushels valued at 293 million dollars and 1924 at 285.7 million bushels valued at 285,281 dollars. No definite U.S. or export country guidance yet. If world supply averages, wheat prices may rise above 1 cent per bushel compared with 1919.
The Doukhobors of British Columbia are said to have reached an almost unanimous decision to respect Canadian laws. Peter Verigin, the younger leader, is to usher in a policy of rigid compliance among the Russian community, following a mass meeting in Phillan. This comes as officials in Victoria report the development, described by Hon. J. D. MacLean. Columbia Your Home Medicine Chest highlights Dr Thomas Eclectic Ointment as a standard remedy for pain relief and treatment of sore throats, chest conditions, burns, cuts, and sprains.
Interview obtained at Vancouver from B. Wright of Deloro Ontario, manager of the Deloro Smelting and Refining Co, who arrived from the Orient. Wright sees great opportunity for increases in the export of Canadian wheat and lumber to Japan. He says Japanese business men favor better relations between Canada and Japan.
Reading Romans 5.1 9 and Acts 15 17 the lesson recalls Paul reporting God opening a door of faith to the Gentiles and the Jerusalem church debating whether Gentiles must be circumcised to be saved. A crisis emerges as Jerusalem members insist Gentiles become proselytes before baptism.
An old advertisement touts Nerviline as the fastest relief for chest cold symptoms. It claims powerful action to draw out inflammation and soothe the chest, promising rapid results and widespread sale for nearly fifty years.
A historical note extols the air mail service as a miracle of distance and time. It cites 6,931,631 miles flown from May 15, 1918, to June 2, 1924, with 14,984 trips and a negligible fatal-accident rate. Transcontinental links cut elapsed flight time to about 32–33 hours, a vast gain over rail or overland mail schedules.
The Empire Exhibition Fellowship allocates 50 Canadian agricultural college scholarships. Twenty five are already allotted, ten in London, with the remainder in Scotland and English districts. Recipients receive free passage to Canada, a year of education and maintenance, and will be placed in suitable land work there. A worm exterminator advertisement closes the excerpt.
An Austrian explorer asserts Ophir the gold land of Solomon once lay in Peru. Dr Von Mauch and Venediven describe Peru’s primeval forests and a Jewish-speaking Indian tribe, rumored to guard Ophir’s gold along the Huatla river, with white men long ago said to have carried off vast quantities.
The notice describes worm powders sold as a remedy to worms in animals, claiming they soothe the system, restore tone, and correct disorders caused by worms. It emphasizes pleasing results and general health benefits.
Sir Walter Schwabe KC told a musing lecture story about Commissioner Kerr at the City of London Court. Kerr recalled a quip quoting David in haste claiming all men are liars, remarking on years and tenure in the Tessure ety context.
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