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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
3
Ohio State University library purchased thirteen day tablets dating 400 to 2400 B.C. found in ancient Babylonian cities. One tablet lists daily animal sacrifices. others are letters, business communications and receipts for animals. The item includes a joke about prohibition among readers.
A first group of German nationals in Sydney has left by the steamer Willochera as part of wartime repatriation efforts. The move marks the initial phase of Australia’s return of Germans to their homeland.
A parliamentary table shows 398 divorce applications since confederation with 58 petitions this session and 42 divorces recommended. Several cases had fees remitted or partially remitted. Final plans outline three new farm schools at Youngstown, Raymond and Gleichen to boost fair work, aiming for winter completion.
Manitoba creamery butter continues to ship to New York with a carload graded and dispatched recently earning 60 cents per pound to consignors.
Advices from Tokio say a submarine tunnel under the Shimonoseki Strait will begin this year and be completed in 1928. Estimated cost is 10 million dollars with two years for geological studies and plan drafting. Japan will send engineers to the United States and Europe to study Western tunneling feats. The seven mile tunnel will include one mile fully under sea.
The amended Liquor Act gives the Alberta government power to set prices charged by druggists for prescriptions. The price-fixing action has not yet been enacted and will be covered by an order in council soon.
The supreme economic council appoints a committee to study liquidation of world food control and how to meet economic problems after the upcoming harvest. Members include Herbert Hoover Lord Robert Cecil M Clementell Signor Crespi and Baron Emil de Cartier de Marchienne of Belgium.
Thousands of mothers across Canada express gratitude for Baby's Own Tablets claiming safety for babies. A division Saskatchewan mother cites satisfaction and loyalty, while promotions note the product contains no opiates or narcotics and is government analyst guaranteed. Sold by dealers or 25 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Quebec.
At a Cold Storage Association dinner Sir Joseph Broadbank said British ships now offer 50,000,000 cubic feet of refrigeration capacity, greater than ever despite U boats. Food Controller G H Roberts noted since 1918 UK stored never less than 32,000,000 tons of produce, more than half meat.
An enthusiastic testimonial from Miss Mary McCoy of Algoma Mills Ontario praising Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills for curing fainting and weak spells. The letter claims six years of relief and recommends the pills, priced 50 cents a box, available from The Milburn Co. Toronto.
A British newspaper recounts readers naming the wheel as the world’s greatest invention. Sergt H Jordan of the 19th Hussars Aldershot won a guinea prize for noting wheels drive steam, loom, motors and most everyday devices, and imagining a world without wheels.
A young woman touring a famous house with guests admired the peacocks in the grounds. She asked a gardener if the birds shed tail feathers, and he answered slyly that they are obstinate yet shed them readily at the sight of a quarter.
In a rapid response, Redbils quickly neutralizes the threat from Secezici. The intervention ends without further incident as healing progresses and orders return to calm.
A fragmented ad touts Catarrhozose as a miracle cold remedy. It claims quick relief from sneezing and throat trouble and suggests aristocrats and ex royalty used it. The piece notes a guaranteed cure and urges purchase at dealers, with bizarre misspellings and scattered testimonials.
Ottawa Professor Tool e of the Guelph Agricultural College presented cost of producing butter beef and pork to the cost of living committee. He based his figures on tests of 437 Oxford county farmers for the year ending February 28 1918. Milk cost 2.17 per 100 pounds to produce and 2.10 to 2.75 under better management. A western range owner was urged to explain the rise in steer prices from 40–45 to 100–125 for similar weights.
Lord Milner, addressing the Colonial Emigration Society, urged the UK and dominions to actively guide emigrants via direct channels and better settlement in new homes. He stressed close government cooperation and practical support for emigrants' success abroad.
The vacancy from Dr. J. H. Grisdales promotion to deputy minister of agriculture is filled by E. S. Archibald BUA Dominion animal husbandman. Archibald has served as acting director of experimental farms for the past year and is noted for success.
The fragment cites a remedy titled Five Bromo Quinine and references a signature BW Grove. It mentions a "One Day" cure and a possible product or treatment labeled 306.
The article traces how British naval ships reuse names like Elizabeth and Tiger across centuries. It notes Elizabeth ships dating to 1514 and a shift to Queen Elizabeth in 1912, then links the Tiger name from a 16th century vessel to modern battlecruisers, illustrating enduring nomenclature in naval history.
A clipped exchange from the Chicago Tribune shows Albert questioning another person about playing with Dickey. The lines reveal concern that Dickey may not be well enough to come out, reflecting a social scene and health note in a brief overheard dialogue.
Alberta school fairs expand sharply with Vermilion district set for eighteen events Olds with sixteen and Claresholm fifteen while last year totals were far lower. Also notes a health ad pitching Parmelee's Vegetable Pills for stomach problems and reports an infant death toll amid a Waverly baby home outbreak in Portland Oregon.
A short note notes MINARD'S LINIMENT as the sole remedy requested and kept for sale, with a cryptic signature listing PEPEARLIN FULTON and a partial location Neassat Bay, Be.
The London Daily Chronicle notes aviators can spot fish shoals from the air over the sea and suggests trained observers be used on major grounds to signal trawlers below. The piece also mentions a London movement to revive flogging to curb rising violent crimes.
A plan supported by Count Brockdorff-Rantzaty seeks purchase of foreign newspapers, notably in Russia, to spread German propaganda. The scheme allocates 62.5 million dollars, with 12.5 million to be contributed by the government per Scheidemann's recommendation.
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