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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 06, 1930
Page
3
A fragmentary reading blends an old time patent medicine pitch for Castoria with a longer fiction scene of Grace and Al at a club. The passage shifts from nostalgic parenting ad copy to a backstage moment on Broadway where Al sings "Always" to Grace, amid crowd chatter and fading stage lights.
Al Stone a singing waiter at Blackie Joes New York club marries Molly Winton then learns Grace Farrel loves him. After fame as a songwriter he and Grace marry at the Little Church Around the Corner. They plan to live in California as Broadway fades and travel the world.
Students of Easier Indian life in Canada can obtain rare painted buffalo hides within 19 miles of Ottawa. The Dominion archaeologist of the National Museum announced he sought painted robes and was shown one owned by a resident of East Templeton Quebec. The unbaked hide bears a printed design and shows sinew thread patches dating before white contact.
A Calgary power company built over 800 miles of new electric transmission lines in 1929, delivering electric light and power to cities towns villages and hamlets across Alberta, fueling growth and development in the province. Forest cover notes 22 percent of California and the bat is the only mammal capable of flight.
A vintage ad promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a vegetable laxative and liver stimulant. It claims to ease headaches dizziness and biliousness by stimulating bile flow and improving digestion. Red and green packaging variants are noted with 25¢ and 75¢ prices.
A Geneva-based International Labor Bureau survey reports 4 billion dollars invested globally in moving pictures, with the US owning about half. It notes 225,000 US employees and thousands of artists, German firms at 4,000 workers, French studios employing 1,000 workers plus 1,000 technicians and 4,000 supervisors, and about 70,000 in England. The study aims to inform future labor conventions and address hours, health, safety, and child employment.
Justice L A Cannon of the Quebec Court of Appeals is appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada to fill the Magnault vacancy. Announcement by Hon Ernest Lapoi Minister of Justice after a cabinet meeting in Ottawa. No successor named yet for the Quebec Court of Appeals.
Port Louis reports five deaths from shark attacks in the Bay of Tamarino after a waterboat capsized in a squall. Six shark fishers were aboard. all but one managed to swim toward shore two miles away before being attacked.
William A. Delano, president of the New York branch of the American Institute of Architects, urged London architects not to erect skyscrapers. He warned Americans are being crushed by the structures and that Britain should not copy this phase of American civilization.
A mother’s constant joy becomes a guiding duty as she treats minor child ailments with Baby’s Own Tablets. The tonic claims to cleanse the bowels ease digestion and relieve colic teething pain and constipation without opiates. Sold for 25 cents a box by Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario via dealers or mail.
A provocative note argues against the idea that women chase fashion while men resist. It contends that male attire changes are rare not due to a fundamental psychological difference but mainly due to luck and convenience. The piece dismisses calls that gender dictates style norms and stresses shared human concerns with appearance.
A pawnbroker operates on a large scale in Prague, lending money on automobiles trucks and tractors. Loans run at 50 percent of appraised value, with the vehicle kept in a designated garage owned by the pawnbroker and the borrower paying garage rent during the loan.
A garbled snippet notes a gramophone factory output would theoretically take over 1000 years at nonstop play. It cites Japan’s population growth in a strange figure and mentions a banyan tree sheltering 7000 men. An unclear phrase references a grandmother and arts.
A brief reflective note quotes Romans and Townshend on loving God and seeing events as guided for good. It compares sunshine and storms to growth, urging patience, trust, and gratitude in all life’s trials, with references to Clarke and self-improvement through faith.
A brief exchange reveals He calling a show clean and wholesome while She expresses indifference. The dialogue suggests muted enthusiasm and lack of strong opinion about the program.
Fossil remains show prehistoric elephants exceeded modern sizes, indicating greater bulk in ancient times. Key evidence comes from skeletal remains and skull measurements, illustrating a long history of megafaunal elephants before present. Modern elephants are comparatively smaller in build.
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