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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 15, 1931
Page
2
A vintage advertisement promotes milder relief for excess stomach acid. It claims a single spoonful in water neutralizes many times its volume, with quick relief from head throb and heartburn. The copy urges readers to obtain the genuine doctor recommended liquid version, not tablets.
The Alberta government reports $138 208 in first month revenues for its new lands and mines department. Ontario’s highway tax receipts for the year end show $10 756 000. A British Museum and University of Pennsylvania expedition uncovers a 2400 B C burial of a great king. Germany’s cigarette and cigar consumption per person runs high. A Canadian trade delegation visit to the Orient could boost China and Japan imports and exports. A trans Atlantic telephone service now links Britain with all of North America.
British Columbia police operate a seven station short wave wireless network in its first year handling 3600 messages totaling 180000 words. Headquarters at Victoria maintain contact with coastal and international boundary areas using the system. Ship to shore telephones boost Welsh fishermen’s lines at Cardiff and Swansea allowing captains to call owners brokers and relatives for about 85 cents daily.
Reports from Moose Jaw annual ratepayers meeting claim the city is in a better financial position than peers of similar size in the Dominion. Alderman Johnston predicts taxes may fall next year.
A versatile children's coat pattern from Young Tingey features styles in spruce green wool blends and navy blue suede trimmed with fur and red accents. Available in sizes 2 to 8, the pattern is hand cut and ready for immediate delivery. Send 25 cents with name, address, and size to Fashion Bureau.
The veteran Royal Northwest Mounted Police officer Captain Deane died after a long career that included serving in Canada from 1882, leading in the Riel uprising and Lethbridge coal mine dispute, and writing the force manual and a history of the mounties. Born in India, he later lived in England and Italy.
Will Treble Advertising, a cereal foods firm, will triple newspaper ads next year to counter low mood and unemployment. The execs expect higher sales and a profitable year in 1981 by offering compelling stories and accurate information about products at reasonable prices to stimulate buying power.
The highest advert rates listed are Ladies' Home Journal at 9500 dollars per full page, followed by Woman's Home Companion 9400, Delineator 9200, Pictorial Review and McCall's 8800, Saturday Evening Post 8000, Collier's 5500, True Story 4500, and Liberty 4250. This outlines leading periodical pricing for full page placements.
John Henry Roung, born in Germany and living in Canada, filed for naturalization with Judge Thompson's favorable report. Roung arrived in 1855. The Industrial Development Board of Manitoba estimates Prairie Provinces wealth at 7.38 billion dollars, 25.51 percent of Canada total.
A. Hector Cadieux assistant chief of the CPR Investigation Department was chosen president for the coming year at the annual meeting of the Police and Fire Chiefs Club of the Montreal district. A week later Cadieux presided over the fifth annual banquet at Place Viger Hotel with Mayor Camillien Houde as guest of honor.
Dr. Pierre Z. Rheaume, Montreal delegate for the Association des Modins de Langue Francaise, reported in Paris that the convention praised the Canadian method of using specialist anaesthetists. He noted nurses and internes are still deemed essential, a contrast to practices abroad. Chief White Horse Eagle, age 109, urged others to stay awake and sleep only four hours daily while passing through Chicago en route to California.
The Turner Valley in Alberta and southern Ontario’s Petrolia Enniskillen Oil Springs and Bothwell fields mark promising petroleum regions. The report highlights their potential despite varying exploration histories.
A WBAY school lesson reflects on Luke chapter two and Isaiah, recounting Jesus at age twelve in the temple. It traces his gradual awareness of life, earthly relationships, and duties, noting Joseph and Mary’s pilgrimage to Jerusalem and Jesus’ stay to engage teachers. An aside mentions a Nevada alfalfa field still yielding seed after 27 years.
Dr. Arthur Torrence of London plans a February expedition to Africa to locate a dual sex people near Lake Chad. He cites earlier attempts in Nigeria in 1924 and failures in 1926 due to desert nomads and storms. He believes original humans were a dual sex being and seeks skeletons to prove this.
Mail ballot closed December 15 1930 electing directors for the Maritime Provinces Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia. Appointed A McDowell Judique North NS George Gordon Oak Lake Man W C Heron Huntoon Sask John Wilson Sr Innisfail Geo R Ball No 2 Strathcona Alberta Leonard Higginson No 2 Sardis BC Ontario and Quebec directors to be chosen at February provincial meetings.
John Jubasz of New York reportedly invented a carburetor claimed to eliminate carbon monoxide. The device allows gasoline kerosene or fuel oil in autos boats and engines with three carburting chambers and separate nozzles per chamber and five outlet holes per nozzle.
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