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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 06, 1930
Page
3
An advertisement urges parents to trust Castoria for infant ailments citing Chas H. Fletcher’s signature as genuine and claiming the product eases colic feverish discomfort and constipation while remaining harmless for infants and children.
In a sunlit Wickfield scene, Doctor Carter introduces a prospective boarder, John Carter, to Grandma Davis and Charmian. The talk covers room choices, attic charm, and Grandma’s warm judgment on the young man’s manners while Charmian gauges his fit and the river view.
A reader from Stewarie Ontario reports recovering from severe influenza with heart palpitations after using about six boxes of the product from The T Milburn Co Limited of Toronto. He states the remedy helped him greatly and expresses gratitude for finding it.
Charmian and John Carter discuss a local figure named Jim who is attracting attention by pursuing a "green hat." Charmian dismisses the idea of revenge, claiming Jim is harmless and the town is curious about his actions. The scene ends with a promise to continue.
A Canadian astrophysicist Dr J B Plaskett director of the observatory near Victoria has made a startling discovery about the movement of the world sun and celestial bodies. The Royal Astronomical Society awarded him its gold medal, first time to a Canadian. He proposes that the earth rotates on its axis 28000 miles daily and orbits the sun at 181 miles a second. He describes a fourth motion linking earth sun moon and stars in a vast circle whose centre lies toward Sagittarius and would require 47000 years for light to reach Earth. He suggests the universe travels around this distant centre at about 300 kilometers per second and notes speeds far exceeding modern aircraft.
Turkish President Kemal Pasha abolishes the name Constantinople in what is described as an un Turkish decree. The metropolis is renamed Stamboul as Angora inaugurates a building program with parks avenues and nightlife growing. The note ends with a satirical aside about Holloway’s Corn Remover and a neighbor buying a radio.
Hundreds of Soviet workmen erect a new granite and malachite mausoleum near the Kremlin to house Vladimir Lenin. Lenin’s embalmed body is moved to a mortuary chamber as a hermetically sealed glass case is prepared, with dedication set for October 1930 marking the revolution’s thirteenth anniversary.
The February and March Canadian stormy weather harms babies and young children by confining them indoors. Mothers are advised to keep a stock of Baby's Own Tablets to guard against colds, regulate bowels, and ease teething. Sold for 25 cents a box by The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario. The piece notes an 18th century medical text on diseases of artificers.
A humorous Western newspaper quip contrasts high life aspirations with a low income standard, noting in jest that many keep up a Rolls Royce lifestyle on a flivver wage. The Boston Transcript quote frames the “great mystery of life” as love versus social mobility.
Short inspirational quotes on speech and self control from Colossians and Joseph Joubert urge grace and civility. Noting Edward Arnold and William Ellery Channing, the piece frames temperate speech as a social virtue.
The piece notes a skeptical era where prophets warn of an end in September 1930 yet people still lease property for long terms. It also promotes Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as a trusted remedy with years of use and strong reputation.
Marked progress in local industry during 1929 is shown by building permits totaling 306 600 dollars, more than double the 116 876 from the previous year. Notable additions occurred at the Maple Leaf Milling Company plant and Medicine Hat Greenhouses Ltd.
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