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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1931
Page
6
A 1931 exhortation urges calm leadership as France and Marcus Aurelius are cited for keeping cool. The piece argues prosperity may lull, but storms come, and cool heads, steady hands, and united effort will steady the country and economy. It urges work, cheerfulness, and collective resolve through the year.
Mining engineers from Tokio Imperial University led by Dr Jisaburo Yokobori announce a vastly extensive gold field in For Treas. They estimate deposits at about 2.5 million dollars with about 150 miles of river, mountain, and plain siluvial gold beds.
Commerce department data show Canadians bought large U.S. potatoes and onions in the first wine months of 1930, taking about 43 percent of the potato crop and 40 percent of the onion export. Canada paid under one million dollars for early potatoes and under $200,000 for onions while countervailing duties were in effect.
Gold remains in strong demand with no surplus in sight. Analysts note continued global craving for bullion while Australia reports New South Wales exporting gold to meet rising needs.
A London to Toronto Globe cable reports a warning from the President of the Bureau of the International Entette against the Soviet five year plan. He says buying Russian goods funds dictatorship and famine relief, while selling to the Soviet government uses money of doubtful origin to finance the plan, a war machine harming workers and workers' prosperity.
Overwork and worry during the teen years spoil health and happiness. Dr Williams Pink Pills purify blood improve nerves and help run-down conditions. Miss Margaret Torrey of Indian Road Toronto reports a complete recovery from heart palpitations insomnia and poor appetite after using the pills, sold by medicine dealers or mail order at 50 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Miller's Worm Powders claim to exterminate intestinal worms and aid many child illnesses. They purportedly strengthen the stomach, curb loss of appetite, help with feverish conditions, and relieve stomach pain and griping common in children.
A Farmers' Advocate editorial argues for immediate policy to bolster farming as all other industries would gain from improved agriculture. It suggests that if farming prospers even modestly, benefits will spread more than a tariff as high as the peace tower on Parliament Hill.
A fragment notes a recent event at Balfour Technical School in Regina amid snow and ice. A mailman delivered a science catalogue from London advertising scientific equipment, with the writer mentioning an overseas gentleman's knowledge of the matter.
Leigh resident Mia Corcoran writes that after days of biliousness and headaches she found relief from Exeter's Little Liver Pills. She has used them nightly for three years as a regulator and now gives her five boys three or four weekly. Carters Little Liver Pills sold by druggists in 25¢ and 7¢ red packs.
A survey outlines new enactments in England affecting income tax rates, road traffic requirements, and Sunday business closures. It notes compulsory third party motor insurance, removal of private car speed limits, hospital fees for accident care, and Jewish merchants' Sunday operations with Saturday closings. The piece also mentions mental health provisions and ongoing state health insurance contributions for long-term jobless workers.
An advertisement describes a magnesium based product sold at drug stores that neutralizes acids and relieves stomach gas and indigestion, promising quick relief and a sweet, strong stomach. It targets readers suffering heartburn and acidity.
An Animal Report from the Federal Department of Agriculture notes fur farming faces depression but demand remains steady, with fur goods selling fairly even in late winter sales. The report suggests furs are a necessity in northern regions and overall market prices hold.
In youth Mr Mickleton was a pretty child his friends doubted it. He found a painting of himself as a small boy among lumber and showed it to his wife who proudly presents it to the maid Sarah who gasps and laments about growing up.
A fragmented OCR item notes callouses and GE inked marks with unclear context. The readable phrases hint at worn hands and industrial branding but no concrete event, date, or figure is established. The piece remains too garbled to extract a definite people, place, or action.
A wartime era piece cites Dr Julian P Thomas Winnpeg endorsing raw wheat and mats with vegetables as a year long nourishment plan. It recalls a ninety day raw wheat experiment, claims increased vigor and wealth, and ties diet to biblical anecdotes, while warning asthma will worsen without treatment and praising Kellogg asthma remedy to prevent chronicity.
A new forty two minute clock installed at Highbury, England, marks halves and full match time with black 1 45 and red 46 90. It sounds when time ends and can halt immediately if a player is injured. Weighing about a ton, the eight foot diameter clock runs by ordinary clockwork for precise match timing.
The 1929 domestic Canadian natural gas consumption was calculated to be enough to displace 640000 tons of coal. Exports from the United States to the Orient are again increasing.
Robert Cochrane of Grand Prairie Alberta received the Canadian National Railway cash prize at the Chicago international day and grain show for first place in the forld championship for 1990. Announcement by R English notes a top prize for italifa seed won by Nick Chielte of Ranier Alberta. Cochrane has long claimed Chicago championships, but this is his first as a grower of smoothy seed.
The passage notes that 1981 has two more Fridays the thirteenth than 1950, and 1931 will feature three such Fridays while 1930 had one. It lists February March and November as Friday the thirteenth dates for 1931.
Nearly 50 warehouses have been constructed at the Saloniki Free Zone in Breece, reflecting a surge in regional logistics capacity. The development underscores growing trade activity and economic expansion in the area, with firms lining up to lease space as demand increases.
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