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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 07, 1922
Page
3
A garbled advertisement describes a lamp claiming 94 percent efficiency and safety tests by the US Government. It mentions a prize offer and various incentives, promising a path to earnings of 250 to 409 dollars per locality.
A jumble of world items notes Aldeenan Teesh Hoskin’s death in Vancouver and a street demonstration in Whuntyee over milk prices. Reports cover a British naval incident, a Canadian robbery in London, and talks on railway electrification in the prairies.
A mid text report recounts a liner voyage toward New York with officials and a Portuguese captain seen near the Americas. It notes excitement aboard and mentions a timetable moment during the journey and a potential change in course.
An English language ad style piece urges women to keep blood red and pure using Dr Williams' Pink Pills. It features anecdotal testimony from Mrs. Cota Conrad of Broad Cove NS, praising improved headaches, appetite, and general health after use. Also notes availability by mail in Brockville Ontario and mentions a drill about false doctrine in schools and Indian officers traveling to British Columbia.
The article describes ritual ordeals used to determine innocence in Africa. It mentions judgment by lot in West Africa and a water ordeal with crocodiles, and a Central African smoking test using a large tobacco pipe with peppers, both claimed to clear suspected individuals. It also advertises a wound remedy oil.
Reports describe a surge in nickel shipments from the International Nickel Company plant near Sudbury and discuss renewed demand. The text notes electricity shortages affecting Siam and Bangkok hotels, with multilingual notices warning if power fails and promising replacements. A north country livestock train sets a record for cattle moved via the Pesce River line.
A fragment notes refined fabric design blending Canton crepe with an overall Japanese-inspired pattern. The description highlights elegance and cross-cultural textile motifs, suggesting a fashion or craft feature from a historical page.
An old advertisement touts Putnam's Painless Corn Exactor promising quick corn relief. The copy also mentions widespread mining activity in the Kenora District Ontario with claims being prospected and sampled by engineers and financiers in Toronto and Montreal.
Fragmented text suggests a quirky local notice or column mentioning a Mrs Motorist and Mr Motorist, a pest control product Mosher eaves Norm Exterminator, and a sand air fest. The passage blends humorous asides with household remedies and local events, but readable facts are sparse.
Saskatchewan officials confirm threshers must post warning cards under The Noxious Weeds Act. MoM notes Section 5 applies to threshers with liens to secure payment, while Section 2 remains in effect. Crops Branch directs compliance in Regina and machine tagging.
Ex Sergeant Kilts, a former Pulliam employee and Buckingham Hon football center, survived major battles from the Marne to Verdun. After war injuries left him paralyzed from the waist down, Queen Mary purchased a 61 by 21 inch panel screen as a gesture of sympathy, delivered to Kilts’s Kilmar nock home.
Provincial report shows 2729 homestead entries in Saskatchewan for 1921, higher than 1726 the prior year. Nationalities listed include Am 567, Australians 1, Austro Hungarians 21, Belgians 15, Chinese 2, English 272, Finns 22, Germans 11, Norwegians 74, Poles 29, with several other groups noted.
Ontario gold mines produced about 1 775 009 dollars in July according to preliminary estimates, a new high in the province’s mining history and up 10 dollars from June. Kirkland Lake Proprietary oil mills were at full capacity, handling roughly 175 009 tons of ore.
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