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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 26, 1928
Page
7
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Sir Harold Macintosh of London and Wong was elected president of the Worlds Sunday School Association at their Los Angeles convention. Paul Lundberg, who rescued General Umberto Nobile, received a medal and promotion to Captain in the Royal Swedish Flying Corps. Australia seeks a 25 million dollar loan in London to settle British migrants. A new weather bureau will be set up at the Quebec citadel per Mr Patterson of the Toronto meteorological service. Captain Herren Koehl of the Bremen is awarded the Austrian golden cross, republics highest honor. The first English water concert broadcast in 1907 is cited from British Admiralty files. Working men and women in Illinois own 18 percent of stock in state corporations, per James D Cunningham. Belgium proposes Charles Evans Hughes for the Hague Court to fill the seat from John Bassett Moore. Rickshaw coolies organize a union against the new motor bus service to suburbs. Duke Schiller’s air pilot license with Transcontinental Airways was suspended for six months after a St Mobert near Montreal crash.
War veterans urge nationwide observance of Armistice Day tenth anniversary on Sunday November 11. The Amputations Association of the Great War asks provincial and municipal bodies to tell citizens to honor the day in memory of the fallen. Also included is a note on Canada’s 1927 livestock pedigrees and a misfit slice of unrelated text about an heiress.
At a dinner of the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers in Winnipeg Pattern No Advertising Medium, Sir Harold Mackintosh of the coffee firm declares that a business is known by its advertising. He warns humor should foster public laughter with the brand, not at it, and asserts the press remains the best form of publicity.
The Canadian National Railways through its land settlement association reports 1595 farming families placed on 243272 acres along the Great Lakes to Pacific Coast, with British American and Northern European settlers bringing in capital around one million dollars. Most activity occurred in northern Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta, aided by homesteading or easy terms. The year shows over two million more acres sown in field crops due to new land and settlement stimulus.
Pattern details a one piece long dart fitted dress with inset vest and circular skirt front, sash bow, for ladies and misses. Sizes 16 to 42 bust. Material estimates in yards given. Price 25 cents the pattern. Fashion Book offered at 10 cents.
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A Canadian party led by Mrs Milington Drake toured Denmark visiting Kolle Kolle farm and the Danstrup pig station to study Danish cattle breeding and hog crossing. They met King Christian and shared impressions before visiting Ribe. In Britain they evaluated the Ministry of Labour training farm at Weeting Hall Estate aiding unemployed youths into farming and other trades. The trip ended with a Buckingham Palace reception and a return across the North Sea.
The Canada Colonization Association reports it is within about 300 families of its 3000 target for settling on privately owned farms. Since January 1, 1925, it has placed 2,679 families on 650,357 acres, with 335 families on 64,114 acres settled by May end. Ontario leads with 71 families on 2611 acres, followed by Manitoba 54 on 14,383, Saskatchewan 97 on 20,132, Alberta 88 on 25,652, and British Columbia 25 on 1,336 acres.
May homestead entries on Dominion lands in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia total 96 versus 640 last year. Manitoba 44 versus 71 in May 1927 Saskatchewan 265 versus 287 Alberta 517 vs 265 and British Columbia 79 vs 17. Five month total 2 385 up from 2 198. Manitoba 207 Saskatchewan 1 221 Alberta 2249 British Columbia 208. A man always thinks that appearances are deceitful when they are against him. No one is truly law abiding until he has learned to rule himself and to obey the voice within Scotland will have a modern dialect dictionary.
A returned soldier from Fenner Alta recounts chronic dysentery after overseas service. He says a doctor doubted cure but a local pharmacist urged trial of a remedy and the writer notes subsequent treatment details and outcome.
In Antioch the church named five Grecian Jewish leaders Barnabas Lucius Manaen Symeon Niger and Paul to guide the early mission. Their selection followed worship and fasting as they sought guidance for a forward move into the Roman Empire with John Mark in tow.
The Post Office Department contemplates gradual extension of airmail from the east to the west with Montreal to Winnipeg as the initial section. Flyers are testing the best route and whether aeroplanes or hydroplanes suit the service. Winnipeg contracts are planned for next year with later expansion theories under consideration but no definite steps yet.
Hungary plans a Millennium monument in Budapest to honor wartime dead. A single large stone will bear 1914-1918 and 658000 names, with twenty other inscriptions. The structure signals hope of reunification and will stand before the Millenium monument.
British scientist Dr EE Fournier DeAlbe predicts a century ahead with cotton clothing glorified by chemical treatment, linen vanished by nitro cellulosic paint, and as new fabrics blend calico strength with chiffon transparency. Swimming outfits may be paper or sprayed on skin. Wireless will be compulsory in homes and bricks replaced by glass. Houses light up with daylight through transparent materials. Gardens will reveal mastery over vegetation enabling new flowers and fruits.
Mrs. F. Q. Chase of Edmonton amasses a varied and valuable collection of old coins and rare books. Her coins include two Ronan coppers of Augustus, a New Brunswick halfpenny of 1813, a U S copper of 1842, and George IV copper. She owns a copy of the London Times dated November 7, 1805 with Trafalgar battle and Nelson’s death, a miniature England history from William the Conqueror to Edward VII, printed on fine paper, and Dickens’s The Chimes in a tiny one by one and a half inch volume. The frontispiece shows the new House of Parliament.
Ruth Brittain argues that over handling infants leads to nervousness in older children. She warns against treating babies as toys and suggests limiting handling, using Castoria for upset nerves, and notes high Castoria sales and a claim of a motherhood book with every bottle.
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