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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 24, 1921
Page
2
The passage notes that lower quality goods yield greater profits while Red Rose commands higher pay for the grocer and is sold with lower profit. It asserts Red Rose represents the best quality choice for customers.
The piece argues public demand favored government ownership and operation of grain elevators in the West, citing Manitoba's mixed results and Saskatchewan’s successful farmer controlled cooperative model backed by government credit. It highlights loans, guarantees, and the expansion of cooperatives into creameries, livestock marketing, coal, and storage, claiming broad positive effects on rural life and markets.
Reports from Regina say northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba trappers face poor hide quality as warm weather keeps fur bearing animals from growing winter coats. Pelts gathered for spring trade are reported lacking and some hides are nearly hairless. Banks of the bush show wildlife still exposed as people react to scarce cold-season protection.
The Winnipeg Free Press reports two bank failures in North Dakota causing concern over capital adequacy. It notes one bank with capital around 25,000 dollars and another with about 10,000 dollars, illustrating fragility amid market strains and public panic.
A reader from Singersdorf recalls four years of heart and nerve trouble with fainting spells and bed rest. After two boxes of Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills she reports rapid improvement and urges others to try the remedy. Also mentions price notes and other medical claims in a fragmented ad-filled page.
February hazards from cold and poor ventilation create illness risk for infants. The Dr Williggis Medicine Co of Brockville Ont recommends Baby's Own Tablets to aid digestion and bowel regularity, sold for 25 cents a box by dealers or mail order.
Global figures from the Bank Association of New York estimate post savings banks hold enough to give every woman and child $13.58 per person. The world’s 146,277,394 depositors would hold a sum larger than Germany Austria Hungary Turkey and Bulgaria combined. The average worldwide deposit is $158.08.
The report claims many London clergymen earn less than ordinary laborers. It notes widespread wage disparity and hints at systemic undervaluing of religious workers.
A chaotic collection of short items covers deaths from sleeping sickness in New York, a $1,000,000 timber loss at Fort Ann, miners strikers in Kansas, Consuelo Vanderbilt planning to leave England, Ontario sheep quality stamping, Edith Rogers as Manitoba MLA, and rail baggage losses exceeding $5,000,000. Other notes include a health nurse in Sudbury, a Dallas wireless police link, immigrant tensions in Ontario, and talks of Anglo American unity at a conference in Ontario. The report also mentions British Foreign Office denials, Japan’s public baths, worm powders, and health claims amid scattered observations.
Perseus repre scriptions for advertisement magazine claim Dominion Express Company issued it in interest of its employees. Management says they had no knowledge of the magazine or its promoters and that any representation using the company name with undertaking was unauthorized.
In Tahiti serious crimes are punished by tattooing a mark upon the head of the delinquent. The practice details reflect colonial justice methods and local penalties for offenses.
Fragmentary OCR reads about a son enrolled, trips to New York, and references to curing, minutes, and sanitary locations. Text is garbled with names and places unclear.
Fragmented notice-like text mentions a quip about a tire and a line about Mal Minard's Liniment for Diphtheria, plus a claim on Bombay as the world’s most populated city and statistics on vehicles in the United States.
Fragmentary note depicts a mother on the phone scolding a baby and ordering groceries. She insists on a pound of fresh butter and two dozen eggs, threatening punishment if the order is not fulfilled. The text conveys a domestic scene with urgent maternal tone.
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