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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 27, 1930
Page
6
The piece argues governments, corporations, and individuals must confront a global low mood by pursuing relief, employment programs, and reform. It notes Canada will spend over 100 million to create temporary work, stresses the need for productive, permanent measures, and cites optimism about economic thinking and research guiding future recovery.
The British Dominion Power Syndicate proposes blocks of Nelson River power from the White Mud development in Northern Manitoba to Winnipeg. Sir Reginald Brade sent the offer to J. G. Glassco for the city hydro system. Starting 1935, 20 000 to 100 000 horsepower blocks would be available with very cheap transmission costs. A full report will go to the civic utilities commission at its next session.
A mother pushes her daughter Beatrice toward an advantageous match with a wealthy landowner. If Harold proposes tonight she should coax him to speak to her mother, and if he neither asks nor acts, Beatrice is instructed to relay her mother's demand for the talk.
Miss Mary C. McLelland of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind states that half of childhood blindness is preventable and that blindness prevention should be taught in schools. She supports larger type in textbooks and notes a committee led by Dr. Fletcher in Winnipeg to consider publishing such a book and survey sight saving classes in major cities.
A German tested television transmitter projected clear motion picture like images to spectators thirty miles away. The system used a sharp lens and a phoroelectric cell to convert 50,000 light points per second into transmission on a six meter wave, letting viewers observe actors with utmost distinctness.
A vintage health ad advises women beyond middle age to prevent colds by toning blood and restoring strength after illnesses. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a reliable tonic that builds red blood, steadies nerves, improves appetite and digestion, and helps withstand fall and winter. Sold by dealers or 50 cents a box by mail from Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
British Columbia apples now have a regular market at ports on the east coast of South America. F C Garde, manager of the Empire Shipping Company Limited, cites experimental consignments last year and this year's growth of 400 percent as the basis for expansion. Miller's Worm Powders claim effective pest control with thorough cleansing of the intestines. Siam Entry For Grain Show: Siam plans official representation at the Regina 1932 World Grain Exhibition.
About two thirds of a million dollars have been spent by the City of Trail on civic improvements during the past seven years, according to figures from city hall.
A London auction house in Lower Thames Street sells unclaimed goods from the King's Warehouse. A cask labeled contents unidentified contained ambergris worth about 50 dollars per ounce, totaling over 30 thousand dollars. A small box described as seabird eggs held a Great Auk, later auctioned for 1,800 dollars.
Berlin plans an audible museum under the Ministry of Posts to play a diverse collection of phonograph records. It will include Count Zeppelin's 1908 voice and snippets from Edison, Marconi, Lindbergh, and other notable figures, plus sounds from various lands. Also mentions a small-town payback story and a medicinal asthma remedy advertisement with claimed safety and effectiveness.
Peace River Alberta, once deemed unsuitable for farming, now produces thriving wheat and grains. Bacon hogs are shipped in carloads to Vancouver where major buyers include Vancouver Department Stores. The region has produced notable grain prize winners Herman Trelle and Joseph H. B. Smith, both Alberta farmers.
A safety league for Saskatchewan was organized after a government and provincial sports group meeting at Regina's parliament buildings. Lt Governor H. W. Newlands was honorary president, A C Stewart named president, with officers including Premier Anderson and several local mayors and judges among vice presidents.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports September coal imports at 51.578 tons of Russian anthracite, with overall coal imports up 12 percent versus the five year average. Domestic output reaches 1,129,883 tons, down 92 percent from the prior five year mean. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia mines contributed varied totals.
The text notes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil originated in Canada and gained fame beyond its borders. It claims the product is now on sale and in demand across Central and South America the West Indies Australia and New Zealand.
The piece notes how German advertising often uses English slogans that may be unclear. A resort promises “a cure that cures rheumatism, gout, sciatica, neuralgia, golf, tennis and fishing,” illustrating how rhetoric gains flavor while clarity suffers.
A historical note explains the phrase from wooden wheels days. Holes for spokes allowed braking by inserting wood to stop rotation, showing how the expression came to mean hindering progress rather than adding strength.
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