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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 21, 1925
Page
6
The report notes mourning symbols worn by attendees, with men in black ties and women in crepe bands. The text discusses repeated practices and references a tour and civic themes, highlighting a public appearance amid solemn observances.
Amid reports of near universal shift toward a gold standard, Britain leads by reversing old policies. The move lifts the pound, promises stability for trade and industry, and could boost Canadian exports while easing wartime debt pressures. Officials cite two prerequisites: European financial resolution and worldwide adoption of gold basis for full progress.
Britain imported cheese from Canada over the past five years totaling 939 million pounds. Canada supplied about one third of Britain’s cheese, with annual increases, and Canadian cheese priced roughly four to eight shillings per hundredweight higher than New Zealand cheese.
A garbled report notes James Living refused a secretary role in the Mod exation League and declined farm duties and business ventures. The text references diverse topics from races of the world and speculative outcomes, but words are fragmented and unclear.
Reports say Baron Byng will be invited to serve a second term as governor general of Canada. His current five year term ends in July 1926, and it appears likely he will remain. Speculation centers on his successor, but the decision rests with him.
A humorous exchange at a meeting ends with an embarrassed elder proclaiming he cannot lead in praise. The casual remark highlights a lighthearted, self-deprecating moment as observers reflect on perspective in a small community. Also notes a fact that 900000 gallons of cod liver oil are produced each year.
A trained nurse explains how chest colds ease by morning with simple remedies and rest. The report notes a rapid improvement overnight as coughing and wheeze diminish under care.
Nerviline is touted as a quick absorbing home remedy for chest colds pain in the side stiff neck and toothache. Nurse Carrington endorses Nerviline life Meal Statement and asserts it eases and relieves discomfort. The product has been a staple in thousands of Canadian homes for nearly fifty years with a 35 cent bottle offered today.
Miss Susan Lower of Hornsey died weeks ago and left an annuity of 150 dollars to Miss Kate Wenham, an employee at Oxfont Street department store. The gift honors many courtesies Wenham recently rendered Miss Plomer who waited upon her for ten years. Wenham was unaware the customer was wealthy.
A reader from Sorrisbury writes of two years of heart and nerve trouble with shortness of breath and fluttering in the chest. After starting Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills, relief and improved stamina are described, noting easier stair climbing and regained breath.
Milburns Heart And Nerve product promoted for heart ailments. The Talisburn Co. Ltd. Toronto advertises Ti & N. Pitts for sale at drug and general stores, labeled as the supplier.
Imperial Oil Company will drill for oil across a line from Fort Norman on the Arctic Circle rim to the Alberta Montana border this year. A drill party will begin northward as soon as navigation opens this spring, advancing into Alberta and Northwest Territories fields.
The French government plans a vast aeroplane base at Cherbourg sixty miles from the nearest port on the English coast and 150 miles from London. Built to deter a European war within ten years, it will house underground monster flying machines armed with gas bombs. A catapult system will launch machines into the air, avoiding the need to bore fields for aircraft.
The article argues wolves should be eliminated in settled districts and game preserves after weighing benefits and harms. It cites a federal agriculture bulletin noting wolves kill many deer, moose, and other game, harass sheep, and threaten livestock in inhabited areas.
A fragmentary note recalls that in 1825 David Douglas, surveying the Oregon territory for the Royal Horticultural Society of England, first encountered the tree later named after him. His journal records specimens measuring 48 feet in circumference and 227 feet tall, reflecting early impressions of the Douglas Fir in British Oregon.
A jumble of notes mentions a tunnel under the Thames and a dock project on the River Fe in London. It also advertises Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for injuries and colds, along with a light anecdote about a mistaken tipping incident at a house party. War pensions costs in Britain are noted as down from 1920 levels due to remarriage of war widows.
A meeting of the Board elected officers including honorary president EH Macklin president JH Woods first vice president Norman Smith second vice president G Fred Pearson general manager and secretary Miller as the official.
Miss Kat Hughes, famed short story writer and journalist, former vice president of the Canadian Women's Press Club, dies in New York. Her career spanned Canada and the United States with influential writings on western settlement and native races. she previously served as Alberta provincial archivist and assistant to the agent general in London.
The Scottish board of agriculture notes a dietary shift before the war as Scots increasingly choose ham and eggs for breakfast, replacing porridge and oatmeal. The trend shows housewives avoiding porridge while favoring heartier, simpler meals for sustenance.
In Nuld Ontario Special report Mr Edward Dupuis says one box of Dodd’s Kidney Pills gave him relief from kidney ailments rheumatism backache and nervous headaches He reports a second box cleared his condition and credits the pills with strengthening kidneys removing impurities from blood and improving overall health to a sound body and pure blood.
Reported Memorial Day activities note participation by the Fifth Royal Black Watch Highlanders of Montreal in the American Legion parade in New York on May 80. The British Great War Veterans of America announce an official reception and entertainment by the New York nation for Canadian veterans. Marksmanship practice is required for Argentine male citizens aged 18 to 45, cited as yielding world-class marksmen.
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