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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
3
An old London report notes the city not crowded this season with fewer visitors than expected. It states room exists for modest visitors as major stores focus on business rather than sightseeing. White flats are rentable but overall tourist demand is waning.
A cryptic and garbled note references an umpire and family health concerns, mentioning a Worm Externir ator and the idea of driving worms from a child without harm. The fragment suggests a discussion of medical action deemed effective but potentially risky, in a vague context of a mother and graves.
A Danish port boast centers on the arrival of a vessel hailed as the world's largest motor ship with a length of over 464 feet and a deadweight capacity in the thousands of tons, highlighting a major maritime milestone.
Century Magazine lauds a city’s riot of color with walls in lavender sap green robin's egg maize yellow and saffron. The article praises the kaleidoscopic range and the entrancing, ever-changing op art-like vibrancy across blocks.
A Saskatchewan province projection suggests 1919 wheat cashing certs will yield $32,000,000 more nationwide. Western Canada could gain between $0 and $70,000 in increased returns, while critics lament misled farmers who sold certificates cheaply. The Wheat Board's work is praised amid these tensions.
A fragmentary line reads SAY DIAMOND DYES est ii te ma amet yee with unclear context and no identifiable event or individuals to recap.
An old advertisement touts Freezone a tiny bottle from a druggist to lift corns instantly without soreness or irritation. It claims the product removes hard corns between the toes and alluses with no hurt, suggesting it solves corn problems quickly and cheaply.
The article notes Europe cannot pay for food and risks shortages as France, Britain, and Austria seek wheat from Canada, Australia, and South America. It forecasts gradual improvement as exports resume and Western producers fulfill demand for the coming year.
A garbled ad-like fragment touts Halls Catarrh Medicine with constitutional treatment claims and blood surface effects. It hypes general health improvements and offers a $100 reward, naming vendors and assorted mis-spellings, without verifiable details.
The article states about one and a half million dollars of the new savings certificates offered in February have been taken. Certificates run three years and come in denominations of 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 dollars, yielding six percent to the investor, with sales continuing at banks and money order post offices.
The Boys and Girls Club program shifts to the education department for school agriculture. Harry Saville is appointed assistant in school agriculture for the clubs, a University of Sishatehiewam graduate with a BSA. In 1916 F W Bates led Rural Education and School Fairs in Sas atchewar.
Fragmentary note speaks of dread released and renewed hope, mentioning a doctor and preparation on land. No clear event, date, or names readable. Indicates a personal or medical context rather than a public notice or report.
A new plant at Billiam-on-Tees near Stockton completed during the war will shift to private operation for ammonia and nitric acid production. It is England’s first such facility using German methods, with chemists from the Munitions staff backing the project. The investment totals about 10,000,000 to 25,000,000 and the government will be reimbursed through spending and new capital. The piece also notes a historical aside about the Oxus changing course before 1000 and returning its bed in 1878.
A Toronto Telegram quote discusses the eight hour day on farms versus business sectors. It notes farm work adapts to weather and rainfall while business life pursues the motto Never put off till tomorrow that you can do today.
A promotional note on digestion links blood nourishment to digestion health. It touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy, claiming they strengthen the blood and improve digestion, offering a mail order from The Dr Williams Medicine Co in Brockville Ontario. The ad urges readers to buy at 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50.
A Canadian audience sees diverse moving pictures reflecting local life, including a Toronto beaver scene, beaver dam action, and protests over American influence in cinema. The feature highlights Canada’s cultural portrayal and political debates amid wider broadcaster competition and Indian community representations.
The piece argues that war between England and the United States would destroy global order and Ireland’s future. It warns Irish freedom activists favoring war are England’s worst enemies, urging mutual patience and understanding to solve the Irish problem under threat of hostilities uniting England and Ireland against foreign dictation. It notes English sentiment could harden and threaten justice for Ireland, with a brief aside on royal correspondence and a London clash over domestic harmony.
The Hindustan region hosts the world’s smallest honey bees, known as pic florea, with honeycomb cells the size of a pinhead and year round activity. In contrast, a giant bee race creates combs six to seven feet long and weighing 300 to 400 pounds.
An ad promises instant transformation of dull hair into a soft glossy mass using a small bottle of Danderine and a gentle rinse. It claims dust dirt oil removal, life and brightness, and adds a scalp tonic to prevent dandruff while promoting growth and strength.
The public debt of Great Britain requires £400 to £1,000 raised annually in taxes to pay interest and sinking fund, while money returns to creditors. The text argues the net effect is not a true mortgage on the nation despite government borrowing and debt servicing, noting the complexity of transfers and taxation.
The text argues that Irish people are pawns in a centuries old game driven by unseen interests aimed at England’s destruction. It claims Ireland’s hatred of England is manipulated by hidden players and outsiders, leaving locals without agency in the dispute.
A letter signed by nearly 30 prominent New York women protests the Washington pickets and public burning of the British flag before the treasury. It asserts the flag’s wartime symbol of civilisation and calls for postwar reconstruction and renewed Anglo American kinship.
Pigs on alfalfa pasture thrive and grow with one third less grain than in dry lots. Home grown grains replace costly concentrates, reducing overall feed costs. Twenty to twenty five spring pigs can be pastured per acre from May 15 to September 10 without harming the alfalfa, with light hay harvest possible.
A dated note from Wilfrid Gagne at the Central Hotel on August 3 1904 reports that several veterinaries failed to improve a patient named Mi Gents I Reliey Age With Min. No permanent benefit achieved.
A man reports a steam filled room from the laundry proprietor and faces a $1.50 surcharge described as a Turkish bath. The note mentions monks introducing silk manufacture in Europe in the sixth century after learning the craft in China.
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