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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 20, 1921
Page
7
The lace bark ice yields fabric from Jamaican trees used for caps bonnets and pots. Inner bark is soaked and separated, then sun bleached by water to produce lace. A South Sea tree bears fruit resembling freshly baked bread, hence its name the bread tree.
Public notices publish testimonials from well known people across America praising Minard's Line Ment liniment from Minard's Liniment Co Ltd. St John's and New York branch offices. The notices present endorsements of the household remedy as a premier product.
The Saskatchewan division of the Red Cross sent ten thousand dollars to Toronto as the first instalment in the British War Relief Campaign aiding destitute children and families in Central Europe. Also noted are advertisements for Parmetees Vegetable Pills touting their health benefits and a mention of the Tech Institute at Tamsk in Siberia.
Advertisement promotes Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as a cure for bilious headaches, indigestion, constipation, and liver disturbances. It claims neglected liver cause headaches and recurrent illness, promising restored vigor and regularity after use. The copy emphasizes well-known proprietary remedy status and urges readers to try the product.
The Bank of Montreal enlarges its board adding two nationally prominent figures Sir Lomer Gouin and General Sir Arthur Currie. Gouin, former Quebec premier, and Currie, renowned World War I general, bring long legal and military achievements to the bank’s expanded leadership.
Ontario shows 1919 population at 2 897 425 up 14 percent from 1918. Cities lead with 39 percent of residents while towns and other areas add small shares. Births fall slightly by 1 955 though total births near 62 774 with far more female than male births. Deaths total 34 010, down 9 028 from the prior year, reducing the per thousand rate to 119 from 153 in 1918.
The Hamilton Toronto highway commission reports success using motor snow plows attached to powerful trucks to keep the Ontario road open all winter. The experiment aims to clear the beau tiful stretch of road, one of the province's finest driveways, through snow and ice.
Clearings in Calgary rise to 438,073,277 with 1919 at 11,580, Edmonton shows a 62,000,000 gain, totaling 295,273,849 versus 233,000,784 last year. Both cities exhibit steady annual growth despite lower farm produce prices.
The Dominion reports a November excise revenue increase of nearly 8 million dollars, driven mainly by war tax stamps. Tobacco and spirits taxes contributed 2.1383 million and 74.14 thousand respectively, with total excise revenue reaching 15.423451 million dollars.
The notice praises Holloway's Corn Remover as both hard and soft coin remedies yielding to its action. It asserts complete safety in use and satisfaction with its effects.
The readable text mentions Zam Bah and Miss Belle Grast discussing burns and healing, with references to cold exposure and a man named Jonathan Beaton describing a fall and related injuries. The fragmentary note also cites various names and brief, unclear incidents, suggesting a past period health and accident context.
Beersheba town wells now feature Abraham models pumping gear supplying water. Seven wells reportedly exist with three confirmed, linking to ancient tradition and the Genesis era Well of the Oat.
Catarrhozone offers home relief for catarrh and colds by inhalation. The piney vapor delivers antiseptic vapors to the air passages, killing germs and easing sneezing. Breathing the pure healing vapor promises quick relief and safe, guaranteed results.
In a New Zealand office building, John Reeves, age about sixty nine, described as a former leader among Canadian courts, reflects on his life. He recalls his long association with judiciary figures and says hard luck follows, but he remains fond of work and the elevator job. He jokes that the land crab of Cubs travels faster than a horse.
Seventy seven people killed and about 200 wounded in fighting to capture Pin. Bolsheviks have shot 13,000 in Crimea per latest Russian reports. Thirteen autograph letters to Gen Monkton by Gen Woli to be sold in London auction in February. Aerial mail service trial between Borden and Toronto begun by Lt A E McLorie for the post master general. Two hundred fourteen lives lost in the wreck of the Santa Isabel near Villa Garcia. fifty six saved. H Mitton Martin appointed Belgian consul for Northern Alberta. former role covered Northern Alberta only. BC lumber exports by water in 1920 exceed 120 million feet, shipments to Australia, the Orient, India, UK and South America. Customs receipts at Fenton reach 1,712,704 for the year, up from 1,181,937 in 1919. Military raid on Carmelite Nuns convent in Dublin subúrb, search for letters and documents. Ontario civil servants plan deputation over regulation on outside employment. Montreal approves teachers pension fund with 1 percent employer share and monthly salary payments to fund. Last year 141 earthquakes recorded at the Victoria BC observatory. peak annual total since 1899. Laura Abbott, four, Swift Current district, died from burns after gasoline poured on a bonfire. child left alone in the house.
Minards Liniment touted for garget in cows stated as a veterinary remedy though the text is brief and cryptic. It notes a man praising his own judgment about using the product on livestock with casual confidence.
Mothers nationwide praise The Dr. Wills Medicine Co Baby Tablets as a mild laxative safe for infants. Advertisers claim no narcotics or harmful drugs and offer mail order at reasonable prices. Separate note discusses plant electricity and chloroform effects from a London university lecture.
J. S. McKinnon of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, Toronto, told the Vancouver World that if Canadians stand shoulder to shoulder as in the war and keep an optimistic outlook, present trade conditions will materially improve during the next few months.
Major-General Von Seceht, German commander in chief, pledges a new army dedicated to duty. He urges soldiers to keep sword sharp and shield untarnished, fed, and guided by honor and patriotism to rival the old force in efficiency.
The chief announced orders to movie censors to refuse permits for any photoplay depicting a crime, even if the ending shows the criminal punished, a move intended to curb theatrical depictions of wrongdoing.
Fragmentary notice touts a remedy for asthma and breathing difficulty. It urges quick action from readers, claiming life changing relief and urging purchase through local druggists despite unclear details.
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