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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1928
Page
6
English traveler Morley Roberts argues in On the Old Trail that Canada might one day move south to annex the United States, driven by economic pressure. He concedes Canadians laughed at him, but asserts a powerful northern nation could expand into the south.
The piece jokes that annexing the United States or Canada is equally unlikely and laughs at the idea. It argues imperial schemes offer little humor to politics and that the notion of annexation should be revealed as ridiculous.
Aged woman living alone in England left a crowded house packed with furniture and goods. At 83, Miss Baldwin reportedly led a quirky life buying at auction sales and changing her hat several times daily, yet suffered from no room for a bed.
In 1927 Canada produced 18,672,705 pounds of wool, up 62,870 from 1926. Provincially, Prince Edward Island 513,882. Nova Scotia 1,480,541. New Brunswick 873,724. Quebec 4,958,418. Ontario 9,926,001. Manitoba 765,609. Saskatchewan 87458. Alberta 3,033,181. British Columbia 717,892. Indian Reserves 17,410. A postal card mailed by Pauline Frier from Boston on February 3, 1908 reached Helen Sharp in McLeansboro after 20 years, covering 40 miles.
Sailors spar over command aboard the vessel as a recruit blurts out a playful refusal. The captain asserts his authority while a rival idea of a game lightens the mood.
Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson told Chicago executives that a thriving Arctic civilization of commerce and industry will emerge in upper Canada and Alaska. He cited Winnipeg’s wheat handling and vast Arctic grazing lands, plus new air routes linking Chicago London and New York to the Orient via the north.
In Brussels a curious incident unfolds at a toll gate as King Albert, famed for Laeken life and motorbike commuting, reveals no license or identity papers. Officers request documents, he presents a personal letter, address triggers recognition, and he is allowed to pass.
Premier John Bracken will lead a new Manitoba Mines and Natural Resources department with Prof RC Wallace of Manitoba University as commissioner. The department will oversee mining grants, assaying aid, prospectors courses, mineral exhibits, publications and industrial development, plus power and exploration of natural resources. Bracken will relinquish the telephones portfolio. W R Clubb may take it on as extra duties.
Two Canadian destroyers Champlain and Vancouver are expected to depart England for Canada on March 20. A robbery at East Selkirk saw a safe with $4,000 taken from a general store. A bill to amend Dominion notes would establish more branch offices for note redemption. Warsaw plans negotiations for loan repayment and conversion of pre war foreign loans. British Columbia cites $160,000 in lost freight-rate relief in a legislative hearing. Group Captain J S Scott resigns from RCAF to join a financial firm in Ottawa. US export gains to Canada near $100 million in 1927 trade data.
Denis Tooke, former Royal Air Force pilot, aims to repeat a solo feat in a light aeroplane by flying from Vancouver to Halifax after a record 7000 mile England to India journey. He plans a sequence from Montreal to New York testing a new engine in a Waco Ten before a cross‑continent run to San Francisco and back to Vancouver.
Four University of Arkansas freshmen gave erroneous answers about Charles Lindbergh in a freshman history quiz. Responses included beliefs he was a 15th century Swedish prime minister, a German WWI general, Bolshevik leader in Russia, and the Allied World War I breakthrough at the battle line.
Wm Hollis of Birmingham England reports long term benefit from Gin Pills learned in Montreal ten years ago. He says the remedy eased pains in the back swollen feet and hands brick dust urine and persistent headaches with poor appetite and irregular kidneys.
Golden Text asks who can command nature as Jesus does, with Mark 4 35 57 and devotional reading from Prim 10 L The Storm. The lesson notes Jesus weary after teaching, rests in a boat as a pulpit becomes a pillow, and how relaxation after work is essential. A sudden windstorm tests the disciples as waves threaten to flood the boat on the Sea of Galilee.
In Washington methods weigh the earth and revise its mass from the long accepted 6 150,000,000.000,900,000 tons to a lighter figure of 6,553,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The note ends by suggesting these large numbers may not affect daily concerns like incomes.
The two piece suit features a tunic with a V front vestee and shaped collar. Patch pocket on the upper left, cuffs at long sleeves. No 1499 in sizes 2 4 6 years. Size 4 uses 1% yards 36 inch fabric and 1% yards contrasting per instructions. The pattern and book offer fashion guidance and individuality with a 19 cent price.
Pattern order guide lists location at 175 McDermot Ave in Winnipex and provides pattern number details for purchaser requests. It outlines steps to identify the correct Pattern No and complete the order form with quantity and shipping info.
Premier JE Brownlee declared in the Peace River country that at least 12,400 acres of prime wheat soil could yield about 180 million bushels annually. He noted the region produced 9 million bushels from 300,000 acres this year with unusually heavy yields per acre.
Raglia at Golden Lake describes years of nervousness and heart trouble with sleepless nights. After using a box of the medicine, he notes a great change and newfound ease, with others confirming improvement. The seller lists a price of 80e per box.
Takakkaw Falls in Yoho National Park British Columbia towers over Niagara in height, standing more than twice as high. The landmark sits in the picturesque Yoko Valley area attracting visitors to this famed provincial park.
An advertisement extols Fletcher's Castoria as a safe, purely vegetable remedy for infants, promising harmless relief from constipation, diarrhea, and fever while aiding natural sleep. It emphasizes no bad taste and warns that only Fletcher's Castoria is legitimate.
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