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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 29, 1921
Page
6
The Blaisdell family reacts to a rumored one hundred thousand dollar legacy from their late Cousin Stanley. Hats and Mellicent debate how to spend the windfall while planning a public reveal and considering future implications for relatives and status.
An ad touts Dr Harothton's Purifying Medicine and Hamilton's Pills as cures for weakness headaches and poor appetite. It promises cleaned systems regulated blood strength and daily vitality. The snippet mentions dealer price 25 cents and distribution by The CocaCarbozone Co in Montreat.
Canadian Trade Commissioner H A Chisholm says Cuba, Mexico, the British West Indies and Latin America offer virgin markets for Canadian manufacture. He highlights brushes, boots, textiles, road building gear, autos, trucks, foodstuffs, canned goods and fish, noting the British West Indies as a key entry point. Success there could spur trade ties with Costa Rica, Panama, Central America and Mexico.
A historical excerpt notes the banana as a curiosity in the vegetable kingdom. It describes the plant as not a tree nor a typical herb, reaches up to thirty feet, has no woody core, and bears heavy bunches on a dwarf stem.
People moving from place to place are prone to diarrhoea due to water change, climate and diet shifts. The report notes prompt treatment as essential, though details are cut off in the fragment.
A vintage advertisement proclaims Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry with claims of health benefits and a 76 year reputation. It notes availability from The T Milburn Co Limited in Toronto and directs buyers to see price in a separate bone.
Great War Veterans plan to inaugurate a Armistice Day memorial badge wearing red poppies in Canada this year. Poppies will fund relief for French war orphans and support distributing centers via GWVA branches and churches nationwide. Madame Guerin originated the idea in the United States last year.
The 1920 Fraser River and Puget Sound sockeye catch totaled 10 percent of 1913 levels, with 1913 valued at 40 million dollars. The Dominion Fisheries Branch warns drastic action is needed to seed spawning beds and prevent exhaustion in coming years. Big years include 1905 with 1,862,942 cases and 1919 with 1,610,152 cases, while 1918 hit a low of 67,672 cases.
A Petrograd issue titled For the Volga Peasant, priced at 1000 roubles per copy, funds relief for famine victims. General Brusilett argues famine is a greater evil than war, threatening Russia's peasantry and the nation’s very existence despite a still-standing Soviet State and federative republics.
Callamanta asserts the only woman railroad president in America citing Mrs. Coral Williams of the Florida and Alabama Railway, a line about 200 miles long. Georgia counters, insisting Williams is the sole genuine woman president in the industry.
The Lancashire village boasts the wealthiest status among English townships for wartime saving. This year it saved £31 4s 84d per head, a lower figure than last year's £4 13s per head. The Cooperative Society alone distributed £20,000.
Regina Man reflects on sharing experiences and fears of selfishness in recounting personal trials. He recalls distress from indigestion and breathing issues, finding relief after using Calne and praising Ta mlae cold by leading deoxaists.
From the London Morning Post the piece warns that Britain's victory relied on the Dominions, and the empire now faces an internal peril from Bolshevism. It argues a shift in economic thinking as wages and production must align, saying wealth must be sown to reap rewards and condemns neglect of productive effort.
A playful exchange about golfing rounds and better or worse players appears in Spare Moments. The dialogue touches on gender equality theories and the suffrage movement’s progress, while a stray note mentions the Barbary horse as an ancestor of the thoroughbred, supposedly from the zebra of North Africa.
Frank D Johnson a 72 year old Brooklyn builder still erects homes alone. For 50 years he worked long days and now is building a single house on Gravesend Avenue. He survived a lightning strike last July and keeps working, orally claiming his life of trades and self reliance while urging support for local merchants to strengthen the town.
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