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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 13, 1930
Page
3
An old style ad claims Phillips Milk of Magnesia neutralizes excess acids without taste or risk. The product is marketed as pleasant, efficient, and physician approved for 50 years, with full directions on every bottle and availability at drugstores.
Doctor Edward Howe visits the Old Davis House where Charmian Davis recalls her family heritage. The scene recalls the house’s century old symbolism, the shop behind Grandma Davis’s window, and Charmian’s memories of a life tied to ancestry, windows, and community.
A vintage advertisement urges taking Carter's Little Liver Pills after meals to neutralize belching and sour stomachs. It claims relief from gas and indigestion, cleansing the stomach liver and bowels, and offers a 25 cent package from druggists.
The passage recalls Grandma Davis cherishing Grand a Davis poems in a family home built by ancestors. She reads a clipping nightly, proud when a poem appeared in the Eastboro Telegraph. Charmian and Grandma remain in the big house, home to them, a legacy and source of pride despite other lacks in the girl’s life.
H H Melanson, long time railway executive, is named assistant traffic vice-president of Canadian National Railways with Montreal headquarters. Announcement by R L Burnap and approved by Sir Henry Thornton notes immediate effect and duties assigned by the vice-president. Melanson’s rail career spans Intercolonial and Canadian governments, with leadership roles as general passenger agent and passenger traffic manager, plus a stint as president of the American Association of Passenger Officers.
The Journal reports a new fish processing facility to be built in Edmonton for cleaning, filleting and freezing. A. C. Duclos, president of Edmonton Cold Storage and director of Pacific Coast Terminals Cold Storage, is cited as the source.
A Norwegian whaling fleet near the Axt arctic ice is aided by two seaplanes to locate whale schools. Years vary in whale finds, and aircraft with wheels, pontoons, or skis may boost search range. A wireless signal will call the fleet when quarry is spotted.
If there is a baby in your home keep a box of Baby's Own Tablets. They aid stomach and bowels, relieve constipation and indigestion, correct colic and diarrhoea, ease teething pains, and help with fevers and colds. A Canadian mother praises their effectiveness. Sold by medicine dealers or 25 cents a box by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
The survey marks the Fourth Meridian as the Alberta Saskatchewan boundary extending nearly seven hundred miles from the International Boundary to Lake Athabasca in a straight line under the Surveyor General. Miller's Worm Powders advertised as a cure for intestinal worms in children with claims of restoring health.
Looker On notes in the Daily Chronicle that French and German are the cheapest languages for translation. Italian and Spanish are clearer, Dutch and Scandinavian languages follow in cost order, while Greek, Russian, Romanian, Hungarian, Serbian and Czech sit higher. Lithuanian is next, and Finnish remains the dearest, costing about eight times French.
The Portland Isle quarry that supplied the stone for England’s cenotaph is exhausted. Wakeham Street marks its location but the site’s gear has been moved away. Red poppies bloom among the debris, risking the site being forgotten.
The Calgary building permits for 1883 totaled 11,417,194 dollars, up from 6,302,142 dollars in 1928. The weekly herring catch at Yarmouth, England, exceeds 2,006,000.
A fragment from a weekly reflection urges devoted service to God as Lord and urges the youth to answer duty with consent. It cites Joshua, Emerson, and Francis Bacon style meditations on religious trust and daily life. The excerpt contrasts divine voice with human duty amid sincere repentance and interwoven lives.
A display at the Dominion Experimental Farm Fort Vermilion Alberta on the Peace River features thirteen wheat varieties eight oats five barley two flax and two rye from last season. Notable wheats Garnet Red Fife Marquis while oats include Banner Leader Victory and two bull-lost varieties Laurel and Liberty. Samples show strong roots sturdy stands plump heads with rapid ripening for Marquis. Exhausted From Asthma and Dr Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy are advertised with health claims.
A. H. Miller of the Dominion Observatory reports measurements this year showing the polar diameter is 26 miles less than the equatorial diameter, suggesting the earth is flattened at the poles with a heavier middle.
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