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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
6
The piece urges public spring cleanup campaigns in towns and cities to remove trash and filth from winter accumulation. It links cleanliness to reduced disease from flies, protection from moths, and lower fire risk, arguing these efforts boost civic pride and spur further home and civic improvements.
The Saskatchewan government announced the sale of one million dollars of four year bonds at 102.20, yielding a net provincial cost of 3 7 percent. The note states the bond issue aims to support fiscal needs while urging rural communities to undertake coordinated farm cleaning and waste removal efforts. Europe hosts about a hundred universities as context.
An article argues that Canada suffers high fire losses per capita and costly premiums. It cites National Board statistics noting many fires start from preventable causes and praises cleanliness and rubbish removal as key prevention. It calls for citizens to adopt early spring cleaning and avoid delay until government Clean-up week.
An old advertisement promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a mild laxative aiding digestion and soothing a fretful baby. It claims quick relief from constipation and indigestion, promising a happy baby and a smile in every dose. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail from The Dr Williams Medville Ont.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics data for the week ending April 23 1920 shows declines in wheat and oats across public elevators in Canada totaling 2 503 535 bushels with wheat and oats forming the largest share. Public terminal elevators fall by 1 666 280 bushels while interior terminals rise slightly in wheat by 113 857 bushels. East coast public elevators drop due to shipments from seaboard ports. lake port elevators await ships from Fort William and Port Arthur. Atlantic ports Portland and Baltimore show drops in wheat by 232 069 bushels. oats barley flax unchanged. An increase in inspected carload totals occurred for wheat oats and barley, while flax rye and screenings sites show a slight decrease. Sixty one percent of wheat graded No 1 Northern and better.
Norman Criddle announces a new entomological circular from the Ottawa Department of Agriculture on grasshopper control in the prairie provinces. It outlines poison bait preparation and application, claims pellucid locusts as the native invaders, and notes the bulletin is free on request from the Ontario publications branch.
A vivid advert promises Danderine will save hair and double its beauty by restoring color vigor and vitality. It urges readers to buy a bottle at drug or toilet counters to refresh the scalp curb dandruff and reduce falling hair quickly.
The Manstova egg laying contest at Brandon experimental farm shows W. H. Howe of Winnipeg leading with 882 eggs from ten outs in 26 weeks from a pen of Anconas. White Wyandottes, previously leading, stay second and third as G. F. Thompson of Minnedosa and Ile T. Lund of Stonewall hold the next spots. The top single bird record is a white Wyandotte owned by Thompson with 120 eggs. the best weekly pen report is 59 eggs by Symington's Rhode Island Reds.
Advertising line proclaims Minard's Liniment as a lumberman’s trusted aid while noting a bluff may work briefly if it fools the audience. The phrase hints at marketing bravado and skepticism about claims in a trade context.
The piece argues that preserving soil productive power is a moral obligation to both present and future generations. Farmers must leave fields in better condition than they found them, else they rob posterity. agriculture carries a duty to improve productivity for successors.
Dominion entomologist Dr. A. E. Cameron reports ongoing work at the University of Saskatchewan to develop internal parasites as a biological control. He says standard methods will be used again this year but anticipates parasite development by 1921 may end grasshopper plagues.
A woman narrates a dramatic improvement after using Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. She details years of fainting spells and poor results from doctors and other medicines, then credits two boxes with improving her condition and urges others with heart trouble to try the remedy. The ad notes pills cost 50 cents per box and are sold by dealers or mailed from The T. Milburn Co. Limited, Toronto.
Hundreds of settlers are expected in the Nechacko Valley in spring as major landholders pooling thousands of acres plan to bring crops next season.
In B C Colsa Francois and Stuart Lakes districts owners totaling 160000 acres sold to 12 prairie farmers who will run sheep. Manitoba rancher bought 3200 acres near Stuart Lake and optioned 5000 more. A Victoria resident acquired 2040 acres on the Necesle river. Swiss farmers from Zurich’s agricultural college plan settlement in the province, focusing on dairy.
The Medicine Hat Board of Trade pushes for two new irrigation districts south and east of the town, covering about 15,000 acres of irrigable land. Surveys have been done, plans prepared, and projects submitted to the provincial government.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges receipt of fifty pounds conscience money from S.O.S. The amount, though large in context, appears small compared with sums owed by others whose consciences do not deter their disgorgement. A lone figure, possibly Montecal Gaz, is noted amid the fragmentary report.
Reports state Handley Page aircraft conducted over 300 bombing raids without a single machine lost to engine failure. Many bombers returned riddled with shrapnel and torn wing fabric yet landed safely. Stability of design credited for 71 percent salvaged airframes and crews.
Storage facilities in Winnipeg will hold coal from Drumheller Alta. Capacity rises from 10 000 to 19 000 tons. This marks the first instance of Drumheller mine coal being stored in Winnipeg.
The British monarchy remains the axis of our political system across Britain and self governing Dominions. The American president may wield autocratic power, but the British throne anchors a stable constitutional framework amid imperial and commonwealth ties. Aa is also noted as a river name in Continental Europe.
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