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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 17, 1929
Page
6
The Canadian Red Cross Society note the cessation of its health magazine in 1928 while urging renewed public focus on prevention. They praise postwar health gains but stress individual responsibility to curb influenza and safeguard well being through simple precautions and steady attention to health.
The Ottawa League of Nations Society discussed a coast to coast membership drive set for April 16 1829 to promote League support across Canada. Canadian editors have shown strong interest in the League and the press is expected to aid the campaign labeled League of Nations Day.
The Fraser River loses its last picturesque stern wheeler as the Skeena is sold for use as a cannery tender and bunkhouse. The vessel ends navigation in the shallows and canyons, closing a link to the Cariboo gold rush era and British Columbia’s early river history. A stray line promotes Miller's Worm Powders for child worm remedy.
Includes scalloped corn and celery with layered vegetables and buttered crumbs, a rice with dates recipe, and a humorous traveler exchange. Additional lines reference a worm exterminator, a cannibal joke, and Canada dairy herd figures for 1926.
A steer bred by Prince Marshall bull and owned by Henderson of Lacombe sold to Jackson Brothers of Vancouver for 1.25 per pound, weighing 1250 pounds and fetching a record 1250 dollars per pound for an Alberta fed steer.
An advertisement promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic for teenage girls with pallor low energy and nervousness. It cites blood deficiency and reports from a user Dorothy Lamblin of Bush who says six boxes left her strong and urges others to try the pills from a druggist or by mail at Brockville Ontario.
The dialogue notes a fortune teller predicting wealth for Minard's Lini She and a counter remark about preferring a reliable payout. The quip concludes with a wry observation on life’s brevity and the slow accumulation of sense.
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited receives contract approval from the Department of National Defence for thirty four two seater Moth light aeroplanes and Moth seaplanes for Camp Borden and Vancouver. Most aircraft will have Handley Page automatic systems and metal fuselages. Six spare Gipsy engines included. value near $200 000 with assembly at Mount Dennis Ontario to be completed by March 31.
The article announces the revival of the Two Hundred Mile Dog Derby at The Pas with a 200 mile route from The Tas to the Fin Lon mine and back. It offers a 2000 dollar prize plus the Walter Goyne-Crant Memorial cup, featuring top dogs and drivers from North America as entrants prepare in March.
Dr Bawara argues that mechanics lead in intelligence with engineers second and business men third while actors preachers doctors and professors rank lowest. He defines intelligence as the ability to reach a reasonably correct condition from a set of discoverable facts and notes varying standards depending on the tester. New York World discusses the debate on measuring brain power and the example of Shakespeare cited to challenge fixed hierarchies.
An advertisement touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as instant and painless relief for corns, claiming thousands rely on it as the best remedy. The copy mocks dietary vanity and ends with a joke about a date gone wrong alongside a dubious Russia highway statistic.
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