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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 17, 1919
Page
3
An advertisement touts Dr Hamilton's Pills as a complete cure for kidney disease and related symptoms. It claims dramatic relief for back pain dizziness headaches and urinary issues. The pills are described as a vegetable remedy sold in yellow boxes for 25 cents.
A British committee report outlines aims for postwar air supremacy and civil aviation expansion across the empire. It emphasizes potential commercial routes, needed international agreements, and notes military considerations may override civilian goals.
General Maitland predicts big air ships of the B 14 type could transform air travel. He notes airships’ larger size allows longer flights without fuel stops, silent engines, sleeping quarters away from power plants, and safe low altitude cruising for better passenger views.
In Montreal, John Rae of a London firm says Britain will look to Canada for flax as Russia and Belgium pause supplies. He notes Canada must supply a good quantity of flax and handle it well from sowing to finished product, offering exporters a strong market if Canada can compete.
A readable fragment describes Cape Prince of Wales as the stormiest spot in the world with perpetual winds and a 2210 foot mountain. Eskimo villages below the mountain live underground to escape the winds while driftwood from the Yukon supports their homes. On the northern side a village keeps reindeer and sells meat to ships. An unrelated dialogue fragment about a job offer is included.
July 13 Sunday School lesson outlines Jesus authority over heaven and earth, the apostles’ duty to teach and baptize, and the promise of guidance. It then covers Philip preaching Christ to the Ethiopian eunuch, the meaning of baptism, and the eunuch’s joy after confession and baptism.
The English aviator Alcock, who piloted the Vickers Vimy from Newfoundland to Ireland, has lived his life around flight since 1909 at age 17. He designs and builds machines and centers his work on flying. He loves aviation and is radiantly happy when starting and finishing each flight. He values frankness over duplicity.
A Saskatchewan reader from Pilot Butte describes severe nerve weakness after a shock and credits Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills with restoring strength after six boxes. The ad promotes the remedy as a tonic for the nervous system and heart, priced per box and available by mail from The Milburn Co. Limited, Toronto.
A 19th century attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon, led by Salomon August Andrée with Strindberg and Frænkel, vanished after launch on July 11, 1899. Search parties found no conclusive clues, with rumors of a “great white house” and starvation tales remaining unverified.
The sundry civil appropriation bill provides vigorous steps by the federal government against bomb throwers and radicals plotting to overthrow the government. The Senate appropriations committee raised the Department of Justice general suppression of crime funding from 1.4 million to 2 million dollars monthly and added 300 thousand dollars for a special deportation enforcement fund.
At a Shoreham dinner for the Canadian air force officers the pilots reflected on a recent achievement and the prospects of setting a new aerial record. The gathering highlighted camaraderie and pride in the force.
At Lambeth Palace the Archbishop of Canterbury lauded American prohibition as a landmark social reform. He noted Americans pursue strict policies with no half measures and predicted a dry nation from coast to coast if laws and practice align, urging continued enforcement despite dissent and vested interests.
Paris reports the treaty between the allied powers the United States and Poland is public. Poland agrees to protect minorities against discrimination assumes part of the Russian debt as assigned by the inter allied commission and supports postal railway telegraph and other conventions aiding national standing and cooperation.
A vintage beauty tip explains mixing juice from two fresh lemons with about three ounces of orchard white to create a skin lotion. Strain to remove pulp, bottle, and shake to make a quarter pint of lotion that keeps for months. Apply daily to face neck arms and hands to improve smoothness and tone.
A testimonial advertisement from Ramanson Bates & Co. Limited in Toronto touts Dev Chase's Ointment as a cure for piles. It claims immediate relief and long term cure, citing endorsements from a pastor and a Mr Berry in Walkerton Ontario, urging readers to try the product to avoid surgical operations. The notice emphasizes mail order availability and the cost of one cent per ounce.
A joint initiative by Wesley College and Manitoba Agricultural College will run July 28 to August 9 at Manitoba Agricultural College. The program features speakers from religious, educational, and agricultural fields including Dr George Albert Coe Union Theological Seminary Prof O H Benson V W Jackson G V Wood Rev Prof Hetherington J B Reynolds Miss Kelso Dr Anderson Rev Dr Baird Rev Dr Riddell Lieut Colonel Wm Grassie Winnipeg.
In the House of Commons, A Bonar Law says no successor to the Earl of Reading has been chosen. He notes government has proposed several candidates but none accepted the ambassador post yet.
Berlin report says Dr. Von Bethmann Hollweg, former German chancellor, formally requests the allied powers place him on trial in stead of the former emperor. He announces he assumes responsibility for Germany's acts during his term and places himself at the disposal of the allies. The remark follows a quip about theoretical philosophers.
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