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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 10, 1931
Page
6
A writer on vacation with scissors and paste shares collected wisdom from pocket editions. He aims to lift spirits by printing brief maxims on resilience, humor, persistence, and nature. The piece contrasts summer hardship with the restorative calm of lakes and woods, urging hopeful action over despair.
Senator Sir Thomas Gratten Esmond of the Irish Free State notes potential for Canada to sign a mutually satisfactory wheat trade agreement. He argues Ireland buys three quarters of its wheat abroad and Canada could mirror deals with New Zealand and Australia. He plans to study the matter in Dublin after a fishing trip in Quebec.
A Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Britain carried letters posted in London at 6 15 pm July 28 to Montreal, where they arrived before 10 30 am. Canada Airways planes then picked up sacks at Path Point, totaling 5 days 16 hours 15 minutes.
Alberta announces a special Alberta Gazette issue publishing complete regulations under the acts governing natural resources administration. The 300 page volume includes homesteading and fishery rules and sets out regulations on forestry reserves timber mining petroleum and gas coal quartz mining fur farming grazing leases and permits with further pamphlets to follow.
The article notes that Canadian band No 50 on a Swainson hawk, killed in Argentina months ago, was attached in 1929 by Glen and Jack Schwedinger of Halkirk, with Jack Miner of Kingsville, Ontario, confirming the bird’s migratory path.
The Department of Agriculture bans movement of poplars and willows from the Maritime Provinces and parts of British Columbia to curb satin moth spread now advancing in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. It also blocks import of several pine wood varieties due to insect plagues and bars white pine blister rust entry, denying five leaf species from all countries. Importations of Austrian, Scotch and Swiss mountain pines are prohibited after infestations found in recent shipments.
A practical pear preserving guide lists 4 quarts pears 2 pounds sugar 2 cups vinegar 44 ounce stick cinnamon 44 ounce whole cloves Peel pears and boil syrup with sugar vinegar cloves and cinnamon for 20 minutes Simmer a few pears in syrup until tender and pack into jars with hot syrup Then seal jars using adjusted covers and proper sealing methods
A recipe lists ripe cucumbers onions and green peppers chopped with water then simmered with vinegar sugar and seasonings until tender and clear. The page promotes Miller's Worm Powders claiming gentle effective worm destruction with no stomach disturbance and immediate improvement.
Provincial and Dominion leaders indicate relief for unemployed by enabling affected men to restart farming on small farms. Farms available at manageable prices with land and buildings, plus winter food and clothing aid. Government action would save money and ease unemployment, replacing city relief with farm self sufficiency. Also a dental asthma advert cites Dr Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a relief for sufferers.
A complete pasture lands survey in Canada will be conducted by Prof. L. E. Kirk of the University of Saskatchewan. The appointment as Dominion Agrostologist was announced in the House of Commons by Hon. Robert Weir, Minister of Agriculture. A new electric device measures silk stocking sheer. MU.
The health service urges parents to medically examine children before autumn school start. Those needing care should see a doctor and dentist to prevent future handicaps. Do not delay treatment for vision, hearing, tonsils, or teeth as these can affect heart and kidney health later. Persian Balm touted for skin care and charm.
Eighteen dairy and breeding goats moved from British Columbia to Nova Scotia in the Dominion Livestock branch first eastward shipment. The group includes three purebred Saanen bucks, three Toggenberg grade does, and twelve Saanen grade does. Bucks sold for 50 dollars each. does about 25 dollars. Selection led by Arthur Morton. One buck related to Echo of Deerfields, a world milk goat that died in Victoria after 4240 pounds in 365 milking days.
A vintage health claim describes Dr Thomas Selectric Oil as a remedy for coughs colds sore throats sprains and wounds. The text touts its broad relief including swelling sores cuts and contusions, presenting it as a portable medicine chest in one bottle.
In 1867 BC had 40 factories, 13 saw mills and 11 flour mills, all in Victoria. By 1901 BC ranked fourth, now third among provinces with about 725 establishments. R H Arnott of the Vancouver Board of Trade notes the figures point to a bright industrial future for Greater Vancouver where 60 percent of province’s manufacturing firms are located.
Travel around the world from east to west, K Fukuma, a Japanese newspaperman, defeats a colleague who went west to east in a race using only regular travel means. The claim was relayed in a letter received in Vancouver by J J Forster, steamship general passenger agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
An incoherent, fragmentary OCR passage recounts a pursuit involving a dog named Scottie and a rough scene on water. It references tracking, a tramipedel event, and a captain named Jimmy, with multiple garbled phrases and stray names.
Canada saw a decade of growth in egg farming with 25,044,870 laying hens last year producing 278,255,753 dozen eggs valued at 74,837,092 dollars. Ontario leads with 13,500,000 hens followed by Saskatchewan, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba, and British Columbia.
Premier J. T. M. Anderson announced updates to the authorized textbook list for public and high schools in Saskatchewan. Principal changes involve literature selections for grades 11 and 12, with the core text retained.
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