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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 03, 1925
Page
3
Local notices report dances at the Park Pavilion and Stampede events at Elkwater Lake. Residents including the Williams, Montgomery, Foley, and Morrison families are noted for holidays, visits, and moving plans. Several readers travel to Banff, Vancouver, and Suffield, with various social updates and upcoming sales at Miss Morrison’s.
A 30 day trial promises to strengthen thin underweight children and support recovery after illness or suspected rickets. The ad cites a dramatic gain of 120 pounds for a 9 year old in seven months and lists retailers like Pingle Drug, Boyan's Drug Store, Aberdeen Drug Store, and other druggists. The product contains cod liver extract from first class vitamins and sells as 60 tablets for 60 cents with money back guarantee if no benefit.
Redcliff schools report top performers Margaret Selhorn Grade XI and Isabel F Cox Grade IIX in the recent departmental examinations. Other items mention a season end sale at Miss Morrison's, visits by Mr Jack Roach and Mrs W Lauder, and social notices from Vancouver and Stampede week events.
The record notes Clifford Ernest Park was unintentionally omitted from the Grade II list though he passed four subjects. L Vance Macdonald also omitted but passed six compulsory subjects with French optional. Gladys Mae Finley and Bill Halliday achieved four of six Grade IX subjects and all six required Grade IX subjects respectively.
A vintage advertisement touts Tiz for aching tired feet promising quick relief from burning swelling and soreness. It claims removal of corns calluses bunions and raw spots with a money back guarantee and urges purchase at drug or department stores.
Barbara Gertrude Cavan known as Baby Cavan died July 28 at age 1 year 6 months 23 days. Her funeral at Nott's Chapel was led by Rev J W Morrow with four young girls bearing the flowered casket: Givon Appleton Mabe Toborn Grace Adams and Frances Laut. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Cavan and buried at Hillside.
A brief review notes Grmenne's eighty page book surveys Canada with stats on cities populations wheat output in 1924 and government revenue. It praises Victoria as a beauty and Vancouver harbor, details the Triangle Route linking Victoria Vancouver and Seattle via the Princess Kathleen in CP Coastal service.
A short memorial tribute details the passing of Baby Cavan described as sweet and beloved by friends. Names of mourners and families sending floral tributes appear, followed by a devotional verse expressing grief and hope for eternal peace.
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