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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
3
The Hon Edward Brown, provincial treasurer, announces a ban on assessment at institution commissions in Manitoba. The new semi judicial commission will equalize assessments across municipalities, making Manitoba the first Canadian province to enact such powers.
Mr Earnest Clark of 338 King Street Ont states three years of nervousness insomnia headaches neuralgic pains and fatigue. After seven boxes of Dr Chase's No Food he reports full recovery and gratitude to Dr Chase's Nerve Food priced 80 cents a box with dealers in Edmanson Bates & Co Ltd Torquay
F Elford Dominion poultry official announces continued egg laying contests under the experimental farm system. Contests start Monday morning November 1 at Brandon Indian Head Lethbridge and Ottawa venues. Domination and other prizes at stake across western and Ottawa regions.
Copies of several treaties were laid on the table by Acting Secretary Rowell including the Czecho Slovak and Serb Croat Slovenes agreements, the arts trade convention, liquor traffic in South Africa, and the Berlin and Brussels acts conventions. Canada was represented by Sir Fd Kemp as overseas minister.
Patented health ad touts Cascarets as a cure for constipation headaches biliousness and indigestion. Claims readers can avoid calomel salts or harsh pills, stay well and feel splendid with inexpensive Cascarets used occasionally.
After devastation from the war, France reports progress in rebuilding. Rail lines nearing use, bridges rebuilt, roads repaired, and farmland resumed as peasant life slowly returns. Large-scale reconstruction continues with thousands of houses and agricultural facilities restored or under construction.
Ancient Inca irrigation canal by Viracocha is 315 meters deep and 650 kilometers long, spanning Huancavlica and Ayacucho. It transformed Castrovilleina and Cangallo into pasture land, cutting through high Andean terrain with no machinery.
An advertisement extols Reena's Heart and Nerve Pills as relief for stressed readers overwhelmed by modern business life. Claiming to restore energy and enable work attendance, it urges purchase through mail order from The T Milburn Co. Limited, Tor.
The article notes a renewed Spanish effort to nationalize and rehabilitate Moroccan Jews, led by the King of Spain and supported by prominent statesmen across parties. It mentions recent inaugurations and official invites for Jewish leaders to return and resume positions in the evolving governance of the land.
Editor and American Legion week call for contributions to the poet's hospital care. The note mentions arranging ambulance and poet ready, with traffic policeman in Chicago placing the first automobile on Michigan Avenue in 1895 and Minard's Liniment for sale nearby.
An advertisement touts Danderine as a remedy to stop hair loss and restore vitality. It claims the scalp calms, cleanses, and nourishes roots, resulting in thicker, brighter hair after a few applications. A bottle costs only a few cents in drugstores. The piece also notes a recent ocean depth change near Central America due to earthquakes.
Victoria cadets under compulsory home defense train for sport as General Brand promotes senior work with athletics. Battalions brigades and training units join in sporting competitions to foster skill discipline and clean rivalry among citizen soldiers.
A 1919 era illness notice details lingering influenza effects including weak blood and nerves. It cites Andrew Marty of Bathurst New Brunswick sharing recovery from a severe 1918 flu, praising Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood builder and curative tonic. Pills offered by mail or local dealers.
Mr Lade ee of Kirkman Creek Yukon reports Western Stock Ranch of Southern Alberta shipped two ewe lambs and a ram to him. He says the Alberta bred sheep are very hardy, enduring 45 to 50 below zero, and they are fed well at night in a warm shelter though outdoors by day. He claims to be the first man to start a sheep ranch in that country and plans to buy more stock this summer.
In a London House of Commons debate Andrew Bonar Law said Britain may claim compensation from the United States for delays in turning over German ships allocated after the peace conference. He noted losses from retention of ships and the Imperator after service for the U S and said representations had been made to Washington by the British minister of Shipping.
An old advertisement promotes Halls Catarrh Medicine from J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. The ad claims cures for nasal mucous surface ailments and systemic relief tied to catarrh and related symptoms. The tone is typical of period patent medicine pitches highlighting efficacy and quick relief.
A shipment of purebred Scotch Clydesdale stallions has reached Calgary Alberta imported from Scotland. They were purchased by Andrew Dollar a noted Alberta horse breeder. The note mentions historical references to Columbus and early roller skates without clear connection to the main event.
A note extols peanuts as a body building nutri tious food, saying they provide more heat and energy than one pound of sirloin steak and exceed it in nutrients. The ad praises Fowlers Wantmore Salted Peanuts as especially good.
The Lethbridge Weyburn line widening will fill the gap and completion is planned, according to C Coleman general manager of PLR western lines.
A fragmented notice describes Minard's Liniment touted to cure burns and other ailments. It mentions a caution about a married man not being quick enough to scrape red raspberry jam mixed with rhubarb from a luncheon cloth. A stray sentence references European car prices and ore extraction methods.
An wartime health column urges outdoor exercise to build the perfect physical man. It promotes cleansing routines, kidneys care, and limited meat alcohol tea, plus Dr Pierce products like Pleasant Pellets and Anuric to boost kidney function and energy.
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