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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 03, 1930
Page
2
An old health ad claims Carter's Little Liver Pills help after meals by neutralizing sour tastes and mild stomach discomfort. It promises relief from gas and indigestion and urges readers to ask their doctor for the remedy.
A collection of short notes mentions the Earl of Seifton owner of Aintree Grand National course’s passing, Soviet wheat sowing totals, Beatty revealing a London hotel site, Lena River floods washing away homes, Dieudonne Coste receiving a major aviation award, a Montrose man finding a historic Washington death notice, future airplane home landings and a scratchproof steel, Windsor discussions on a western Canada goodwill tour in August or September open to non-members.
Extracts from Fridtjof Nansen's will reveal that one fourth of his fortune goes to the Nansen Fund for scientific work with $25,000 to be added to its grants. The fund directorate will manage the estate with interest benefiting Dr. Nansen's sister. The fund has supported polar and oceanographic expeditions in recent years. The Farmers Advocate notes political shifts with honoured farmers becoming premiers in Prince Edward Island and Manitoba, and a noted Aberdeen Angus breeder serving as Lieutenant-Governor.
A garbledOCR excerpt quotes Rev. C. E. Macartney railing against deChristianized Christianity and widespread dilution. The passage mocks jazz, elections, and weather as “dejurzed” and “detoxed,” illustrating faulty text with unclear references and fragmented ideas.
Dr P E Doolittle eleventh term president of the Canadian Automobile Association travels from Toronto to Vancouver covering 3163 miles. He joins the Golden Twilight caravan to the Cariboo district then plans to return east from Kamloops toward the Atlantic Ocean.
War books continue to flood Europe with massive output though dealers report falling sales. Russia stands out as the only nation not swept by the craze. The Imperial War Museum in London received an autographed copy of Journey's End, noting it already holds 50,000 war book volumes.
Fashion notes describe Pattern No 2063 featuring a youthfully styled silk crepe blouse with a suede belt, a box-pleated front skirt, and a seventh-eighth coat with woolen facings. Available in sizes 12 to 20 years, the pattern promises easy sewing and a cohesive mauve tweed to royal blue palette with optional velvet and silk accents. Pattern price 25 cents. Pattern Department.
Pattern order details from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave provide instructions for obtaining patterns. The text notes a pattern number and location but is incomplete.
Celebrations in July mark Manitoba's sixty years since joining Confederation amid reflection on early political battles. The Jubilee events review Manitoba's frontier disputes, boundary shifts, and relations with Ottawa, noting how debates shaped its 1870s emergence and subsequent governance.
The text notes the election of the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Saskatchewan for 1930 31, listing other officers and positions such as Deputy Grand Master M A Pletcher Colgate J M Clark Yorkton and officers F B Gray Regina H E Armstrong Regina Hugh Green Watson and J A Hagerman Unity. It also references a boundary extension and historical disputes shaping Manitoba and Western rights. The narrative shifts to remarks on swimming instruction popularity and anecdotes about a car owner, a boy and Dobbin.
Devotional notes recount the triumphal procession of Christ as the life and death of Jesus reshapes world history. It cites Carlyle Ruskin Arnold Shakespeare and other figures praising Christ and urging righteousness as central to human life and arts.
Henry Moeller of Wilste Holstein born 15 sailed as a clipper ship captain for Hongkong and later captained Lackawanna river barges and Hamburg America Line tugs. He retired to Hoboken in 1920 and died recently. his daughter placed his purple silk umbrella with carved snakewood handle beside his burial coat. Poland’s spruce forests cover about 1.9 million acres and the average person’s lungs hold 76 million air cells.
Dr. E Boomer of the University of Alberta told the National Research Council that Western Canada can supply gasoline from oil sands in Northern Alberta with unlimited quantities. A new method yielding light oils suitable for gasoline was credited to Dr Boomer and Dr A K Clark, and a semi commercial plant in operation suggests Western Canada will soon be independent in motor fuel production.
Weather brightens the need for proper infant feeding. Breast feeding is best but impractical for many. Eagle Brand Condensed Milk is recommended as a safe, digestible bottle food since 1857. It is simple milk and sugar and directions on the can guide preparation. The booklet Baby's Welfare from Borden Co. Montreal is offered free upon mention of this paper.
Commissioner MacKenzie of the Salvation Army, back in Australia from China, says more than 200000 Chinese have starved in Northern China since January. He adds that 80000 Chinese wives and daughters were sold for two to three dollars to feed the rest of their families.
A fragmentary dialogue depicts a pawnbroker constrained by law while a specialist admonishes him to engage with business. A contemporary quip notes men ousting draughtsmen as salaries shift work ethics. The text mixes legal constraint, gendered work commentary, and ironic exchanges.
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