21 Jun 1930
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 21, 1930
Page
1
An advertisement promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a long trusted antacid effective against excess stomach acid. It claims one spoonful neutralizes multiple volumes of acid, providing quick relief within minutes and a pleasant tasting formula prescribed by physicians for 50 years.
Editorial and reporting update from the Saturday page with notices from the News Department and Advertising Circulation units. Mentions job department activity and circulation figures as of June 21 1930.
Miss M. J. Goudie of the local High School staff begins a series on Birds Common Around the City of Medicine Hat. Today's article covers yellow plumaged birds and hints that future installments will be worth clipping and saving for reference.
Manitoba Free Press notes G V I’s humorous take on Hon Bob Rogers at the Conservative convention. Rogers hammers home safety from rattlesnakes as a metaphor for Canada’s future, urging turnout and support while the delegates wait for ballots.
The piece notes the salt tax, inherited from old rulers, was 55.50 cents in 1924 after a 1923 doubling. It raises about 24 million dollars for 320 million Indians, averaging 40 cents per family yearly, while many live on mere cents daily. Critics call it heavy on peasants and hindering agriculture. reforms or replacement with a cloth import duty are discussed.
The piece explains British salt monopoly in India, high taxes and production costs, and how Gandhi leverages salt as a symbol of native grievances. It notes government control of salt manufacture, imports, and postwar tax decisions directed from London, with funds once earmarked for major public works.
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