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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1928
Page
6
The article urges public adherence to road safety as motor vehicle use explodes. It highlights congestion, higher accident risk, and calls for self discipline, law obedience, and common sense to prevent crashes, urging drivers to maintain brakes and lights, stay alert, signal, and yield to traffic.
The Bible again leads as the world's best selling book with 182 pablishing a new record in 1797 copies sold. The annual report notes 168 sanctities and dialects published last year and the first complete Bible in the Luba Lulua language for Belgian Congo’s 2,900,000 Bantu natives, aided by the Society. Canada reports 150 convicts serving life terms in its prisons.
A Toronto, Ontario report notes a mother of seven beginning to use a vegetable compound for nerves and stomach trouble, claiming positive changes after the first dose. The item presents a personal anecdote about remedy effects and ongoing usage.
A Winnipeg Norse celebration预计为夏季最大聚会 将汇聚约二万五千来自中西部及加拿大西部的侨胞 该活动由明尼苏达州州长克里斯蒂安森与北达科他州州长索里率领的北美挪威侨团参与 同期举行挪威丹麦新闻界年会 预计有约五十名编辑出席 包括政府教会及公民机构代表 现场还将见到挪威贵宾团 讯息以保守派口吻呈现并含多则街头对话与笑话
Noted North American author May Christie, now married to J S Mazzavini, is photographed aboard the White Star liner Megantic as she departs for England after ten months on the continent during which she penned two 76,000 word novels and a fort.
An old newspaper advert extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood enriching tonic to aid indigestion. It cites Mrs George W Johnson of Lesquile NS who recovered after using the pills, noting relief within a few boxes and no digestion troubles for a year. A free booklet on diet is offered with requests to the De Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
British Columbia produced hops from 1 037 acres in 1927, nearly doubling 1926, the largest yield in industry history. At 22 cents per pound the crop valued at 456 280 dollars. An additional 332 acres bore in 1928 as the province expanded.
The University of Alberta plans a new laboratory and greenhouse for plant pathology and plant breeding in the field crops department this year. The project enables a cooperative effort with the federal Department of Agriculture and the National Research Council on root-rot disease. New staff include Dr A W Henry leading plant pathology, Dr G B Sanford handling dom lab pathology, and Dr O S from Minnesota directing cereal breeding. Aamodt will split time between Europe and campus, Fryer remains in charge of forage crop breeding. Disease resistance research emphasized.
Cranberry Portage Manitoba has sprung up near the Flin Flon Railway with a population around 100. A board of trade forms as warehouses rise and mining claims advance within a mile. A major municipal body is expected soon, signaling rapid growth and importance to the region.
British Columbia will deploy specially trained fire fighters to Combat seasonal blazes in Salmon Arm and surrounding areas. Experts will lead the effort with updated methods learned in school to reduce hazards and fight flames effectively. Also notes a record muskrat shipment from Lindsay Ontario to Antwerp aboard the Beaverdale.
The New York Times reports Dr SA Vor Soschecky, inventor of radium paint linked to five New Jersey women’s slow deaths, shows clear illness signs today. His teeth are gone and fingers black from radium necrosis. He helped develop the radium formula in the United States and served as an official of the U S Radium Corporation, which recently settled with the five women for about ten thousand dollars each plus life annuities and insurance for relatives.
A compact vintage collection shows economical pudding with tapioca, brown sugar, butter, and lemon flavors baked to a light finish. It also offers crisp cookies with a thin flour roll, sugared finish, and quick oven bake. The note mentions that 20,000 passengers have flown a commercial airline without an accident, reflecting a broader experience theme.
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