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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 1919
Page
7
The document notes about 30,000 bushels of wheat and 9,008 bushels of oats expected to be harvested on Indian lands in Alberta and Saskatchewan this season. It mentions 15,000 bushels of wheat from reserves in Alberta and some in Saskatchewan, with most oats grown in Saskatchewan. The harvest results from a government led production campaign among the Indians in recent years.
An article quotes Harmsworth defending British policy toward Persia and denying any prospect of a protectorate. It argues Persia sought Britain’s aid to reestablish stability, while Britain would not intervene beyond friendship plus mentions public figures and a subsequent, unrelated ad for Dr Williams Pink Pills claiming health benefits.
Old fashioned spelling bee at New York Chautauqua drew many casualties as a list of participants was released in installments. Victims included professors, ministers, lawyers and doctors, with the final ten being white-haired elders. Some argue past schools were better spellers. others say spelling improves with age.
German colonization syndicate led by Baron von Dem rossche Haddenhausen, once a German official in Argentina, buys land for incoming Germans. Eldiario says 12,000 hectares have been acquired and cables exchange with Berlin. The article adds unrelated quotes about gender and social reception.
Relectric Oil has endured for about thirty years in Canada and beyond. It is praised as a superior liniment with no equal in the full list of liniments. Its high favor and effectiveness are asserted, claimed to be worth more than its price.
Imperial Oil company chief geologist Charles E Tay announces a new Alberta drilling campaign after a geological survey by twelve crews in the foothills. The plan is to start southwest of Lethbridge as soon as a rig is ready, with test holes along the eastward anticline from the International Boundary to the McKenzie River basin.
An amendment to the Commonwealth Immigration Act was introduced in the house of representatives. It provides that no persons of former enemy parentage or nationality shall be admitted to the commonwealth for five years. The note references Minard's Liniment and distemper in Australia.
American buyers, attracted by lower rents and better land, push into Manitoba within 100 actos of Winnipeg, driven by the Grain Growers Securities Co. report. Scouts note Barkley Alley BC soil quality and rail access, while about land prices from 10 to 15 dollars per acre.
ITA Stevenson reports Canada far ahead of the United Kingdom in industrial retraining for disabled ex soldiers. About 11,000 in Canada trained under the vocational branch versus roughly 15,000 in Great Britain, with Canada claiming stronger outcomes and broader occupation coverage. In Toronto MORE men receive instruction than in London, 2,600 trained locally. In Odessa, Bolsheviks driven from the port as Soviet forces retreat across Ukraine per British War Office notes.
A hotel keeper recounts buying a horse said to have incurable ringbone for 30 dollars, curing it with 100 dollars of MINARD'S LINIMENT, and selling it for 85 dollars. The tale notes liniment profit and oddities around royal photo permissions during a 1915 coronation period.
A Bucarest dispatch says Prince Charles renounces his claim to the Romanian throne after a secret marriage in September 1918 without royal consent. Reports from Paris and Vienna claim he wounded himself in the leg following pressure to depart Romania, while King Ferdinand seeks a new Scandinavian or European match for Charles.
Major General SC Mewburn announced at a dinner in Sir Arthur Currie's honor that Currie has been elevated to full general for Canada and named military councillor to the government. The cabinet council approved the promotions, ratified by the governor general, making Currie the first Canadian corps commander to hold the full rank.
The laptime council will soon discuss raising a blockade on Russia as Echo de Paris reports. The council will confer with Marshal Foch on the volatile Silesia situation and may order allied troops to occupy key towns there.
The article stresses genuine Bayer aspirin, warning against imitations and noting that true Bayer tablets are marked with the Bayer cross. It cites Canadian ownership, U S origins for some components, and war era concerns. It also mentions Ta kashi Hara’s remarks on China restoration timing amid Japanese actions in Shantung.
Manitoba public school teaching staff about 3,300 will receive a wage increase when they resume classes in September. The raise totals roughly $165,000 for the fall term across the division, improving overall salaries for the upcoming school year.
Report from Port Said says the Suez Canal is blocked after the Italian cruiser Basilcata sank near Port Said following an explosion. The sinking halted traffic and prompted naval authorities to assess salvage and safety measures.
A historical notice claims catarrhal deafness cannot be cured, citing a controversial remedy and claiming a tube treatment could restore hearing. The text mentions medical charges and rewards for cures, with references to doctors and institutions, reflecting era medical claims and scarcity of reliable treatments.
Former emperor William, living at Amerongen, has purchased the Doorn estate and house near Utrecht from Baroness de Beaufort. The property lies about five miles north of Amerongen en route to Utrecht, according to de Dagblad.
Irwin Davis harvested fifty four tons of hay from twenty acres on his irrigated Coaldale Alberta farm. Sold at thirty dollars per ton the crop realized eighty one dollars per acre. The average yield was two and seven tenths tons per acre. Residents wonder about returns from the next two crops this season.
German press and public fear a monarchist counter revolution fed by the Entente after a new coup in Hungary. The theory holds the Entente allied with the Habsburgs to topple a moderate socialist government and push Hungary toward monarchy, with wider European repercussions.
Saskatchewan now has at least 47 239 cars in use, with Ontario ahead only due to population size. The automobile industries of Canada report that car ownership in Saskatchewan has roughly doubled every two years since 1912, reflecting rapid adoption in the province.
A vintage ad extols Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a remedy to worm infestations that disrupt an infant's sleep. The copy links seasonal ailments to the product, noting the caregiver's rough work from lawn mowing to coal shoveling.
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