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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 27, 1930
Page
2
A fragmented note describes a method touted for reducing body fat among English women. The text mixes garbled phrases with references to a product or regime and claims of improving health and appearance. The snippet offers little verifiable detail or authoritative guidance.
A compact world wrap notes Manitoba zinc endowment sent to Mayor Webb, Buffalo bank robber Kathleen Boyle paroled, a camp blast kills an infant in Sugar Lake BC, Canada plans fishing industry recovery, Rhodes surveys fishing marketing, Canada urges Australian goods, Lon Stone Hancock speaks in Victoria, CPR buys London hotel site, Putnam Weale dies from Chinese gunmen, Prince of Wales to visit South America for a trade exposition opening in Buenos Aires.
A recent Grassy Lake Alberta shipment to Winnipeg uses mining methods new to Southern Alberta. The coal, high grade lump, revives Grassy Lake exports after sending coal to Saskatchewan in 1909 and signals interest in future shipments. Also, James A. Thomson of Moose Jaw reports three Holstein cows with annual milk 13 657 pounds and butterfat 657.50 pounds.
Numerous remedies claim to ease constipation but many offer only temporary relief and can be harmful. Some include calomel and other drugs that linger in the body and may trigger joint pain and fatigue.
The warning urges not to run motors in closed garages and to ventilate, noting rising carbon monoxide deaths from 1924 to 1929. It advises getting victims into fresh air, starting artificial respiration, and possibly administering oxygen, as physicians claim no antidote exists.
A vintage sewing notice describes a girls pattern 916 for ages eight to fourteen with a fitted bodice square neck and a kilted front panel skirt. It notes fabric options dark green crepe wool, wine red covert cloth and dark blue jersey with red buttons, plus a matching enamel belt buckle. Pattern price is 25 cents and order details request name address and size.
A survey of creatures showing extraordinary lifting and boring power. The common snail, blusbottle fly, mason wasp, elephant, and piddock mollusk demonstrate feats: loads many times their weight, with the piddock silently boring through rock as easily as soap.
A fragment from a Sunday School lesson portrays Jesus instructing a rich young man to sell possessions and give to the poor. The man balks, leaves sorrowful, and Jesus warns of difficulty for the rich to enter the kingdom, while a dogged parable of obedience and warning follows.
The ad touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a harmless, effective antacid used for decades by physicians. It claims one spoonful neutralizes excess stomach acid quickly easing pain and promotes the product as a safe, widely available remedy sold in 50 cent bottles at drugstores.
Recipe lists 14 cups special cake flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1% teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1 teaspoon cloves, 14 cup butter, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 egg, 134 cups oatmeal, 4 cup milk. Instructions: sift flour with leavening and spices. cream shortening with sugar, beat in egg. alternate folding oatmeal and flour with milk. drop by teaspoonfuls on greased sheet and bake in a moderate oven for 18 to minutes. Makes 4 dozen cookies.
Winnipeg newspaper notes Riding Mountain Parts Crear Lake near Winnipeg and Riding Mountain as the new national playground headquarters. The Manitoba resort area on the shore of the lake is highlighted as the central hub for Canada’s modern park system.
This old recipe converts four cups cranberries with one cup diced apples. Add water then pineapple juice and rind from two oranges and two oranges' juice. Simmer until tender and clear, then fold in sugar. Pour into sterilized glasses, seal with paraffin after cooling.
The Journal notes Edmonton shows prosperity with telephones rising from 16124 to 16641 in a year, and a wholesale firm selling 30000 dollars worth of radio sets by September. EM Kindle of Canada’s Mines division receives a US National Research Council award for geological work. Olive oil lubricants are being produced in Spain.
The 1920 Canadian tobacco crop totals 36,712,100 pounds, grown on 41,391 acres with Ontario contributing 28,078,000 pounds, Quebec 8,490,000 pounds, and British Columbia 144,700 pounds. Ontario leads production while several million pounds have historically been exported to the British Isles, with a sizable export expectation for the current year.
The Arden Vancouver Salt Company plans a refining plant on False Creek to process about 10,000 tons of salt yearly. Raw material would come from California or Caribbean evaporation beds. Report notes the dairy-inspired cream separator method to extract petroleum from tar and sand. It cites columbian as a rare metal with roughly 25 pounds existing in various forms.
Horses from the Prince of Wales Ranch at Pekisko Alberta won eleven first prizes and one second at the Pacific International Livestock Show in Portland Oregon. The ranch entries captured all championships in the Clydesdale classes, with a second prize in one class where two horses competed. The Pekisko herd, stabled in a scarlet and purple section, had been heavily advertised beforehand.
The Canadian stand at the Ideal House Exhibition in Edinburgh has earned the gold medal for general excellency, outperforming 100 exhibitors. The Dominion Government Exhibition Commission prepared the stand.
A witty saying contrasts cautious marriage planning with later regrets. It mentions Glacier National Park known as the trail park and notes the area offering nearly a thousand miles of horse, foot, and fire trails.
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