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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 09, 1930
Page
2
This ad promotes Philips Milk of Magnesia as the premier remedy for excess stomach acid. It claims fast relief two hours after eating and discourages crude methods. Sold by drugstores with physician endorsements for over 50 years.
A London naval conference opens aiming to cut naval burdens and deter war. The piece notes strong ties between Britain and the United States, calls for land armament reductions, critiques President Hoover's budget emphasis on a larger army, and argues that preparedness breeds war while urging public pressure for disarmament and League of Nations efforts.
A man asked for complete works of Edgar Wallace at Engl ah Morary. He recalled a striking sight in the reading room a squadron of men with long steel rods on which wooden bound Edgar Wallace books hung, resembling vegetable sellers’ poles. About 200 volumes were noted.
A fragmentary note references very early Edgar Wal lace poems written in the Masefeld manner, now completely forgotten. The text hints at literary experiments blending Wal lace with contemporary verse forms, suggesting vanished works that scholars have yet to recover.
Dr H H Elliott commissioner for northern Manitoba reports a good fur season as first returns from trappers indicate rising catches after years of decline. He credits new provincial fur trade regulations for improving the trade and notes a substantial increase in active trappers versus 1928. The article includes a stray dialogue unrelated to the report.
Alfred E. Smith, skyscraper builder, plans a 1100 foot Empire State tower topped by a 200 foot mooring mast for Zeppelin airships. Passengers could descend to the street in seven minutes, bypassing Lakehurst. Smith seeks Navy engineers help and hopes Shreve, Lamb and Harmon and Goodyear Zeppelin consult on the project. Empire State, Inc directors foresee transatlantic, transpacific, and transcontinental airship lines and a possible voyage to South America in the future.
Canadian mothers seek safe effective remedies for children and praise Baby's Own Tablets. Mrs. Howard King of Truro Newfoundland touts the product and news notes it is sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 29 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
A Canadian National Railways report states 5 352 000 fish fry were moved this year for deposition in Western Canada waters. Shipments include pickerel and trout varieties like Loch Leven, speckled, brown, salmon, rainbow, Kamloops. Miller's Worm Powders are promoted as painless worm remedies for children.
The Hotel Cecil, a landmark between Strand and the Thames, is sold for about 7.5 million dollars to serve as headquarters for a great oil and gasoline corporation. The 600-room hotel, with eleven banqueting halls, was created by Jabez Balfour and served as RAF headquarters during the war.
In a brief exchange, the speaker jokes about being in the hospital for censorship related work. The line references a project titled censored 2 and mentions having several important parts as a tongue in cheek remark.
The Canadian National Railways announced the completion of a coast to coast broadcasting circuit from Edmonton to Vancouver. The first program on December 19 featured the Hart House Sting Quartet in Toronto, signaling improved eastern reception for Pacific coast listeners. The system enables instantaneous speech across the Dominion and plans three hours weekly on the Atlantic-Pacific network plus future commercial programs.
Dr A G Doughty received a cache of March 1870 letters to and from Louis Riel during the North West Rebellion era. The collection includes copies of acts from Rupert's Land's first legislature, such as a 50-man military force at Fort Garry with pay and rations. The documents, obtained in York from relatives of a British soldier, illustrate how historic papers wander and resurface in unexpected places. They are now in the Dominion Archives, regarded as highly valuable.
Pocket Screen stops noise, an invention by Leon Theramin, a Russian inventor. He envisions ether wave music applications in industry and music, and a Theramin orchestra with a color light scale to keep unison. Paris plans steel houses built in eight minutes with full amenities.
PB Nobbe of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada urged traveling scholarships to foster a distinct Dominion style among students in Montreal Quebec Toronto and Batavia it urged support from model government auspices and proposed a British School in Rome as the first scholarship.
Early American prose recounts Mose and his wife Mandy finding fault with a doctor’s strict sleep rules. Mose laments how Ab’s meals will be managed if he cannot eat fried chicken every evening, revealing practical humor and social tones of the period.
A terse note claims the earth population reportedly doubles roughly every 250 years. The second fragment bizarrely asserts nearly 4000 tons of flies were used in China this year to make soup, followed by an unclear phrase about a sore threat linked to “Neode Misard.”
A satirical note on dieting from Harper's Magazine mocks the plethora of dieting theories. The piece portrays how readers are bombarded by contradictory advice from self-proclaimed experts and famed doctors, leaving the dieter overwhelmed and discouraged.
Sale of farm seeds in Saskatoon grows as J. H. Speers projects pedigreed seed sales have quadrupled in two years. He recalls that five years ago about 10 percent of farmers knew pedigreed seed and its procurement, now about 50 percent understand. prospects for further expansion remain strong.
The article touts Dr. J D Kelloggs Asthma Remedy as uniquely effective with steady relief and growing reputation. It notes ostrich feather exports from South Africa totaling about 15 million dollars annually in past years.
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