Five Roses Flour Sparks Talk of Health in Kids
A newspaper note praises Five Roses Flour for boosting children's appetites and health, claiming robust meals reduce need for medicine and inviting readers to try a sack themselves.
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
2
A newspaper note praises Five Roses Flour for boosting children's appetites and health, claiming robust meals reduce need for medicine and inviting readers to try a sack themselves.
A brief notice states Fawcett becomes successor to D Williamson in a local business. It mentions a dog named King and a bra ndle bull terrier with trimmed ears as possibly stolen or trayed. Additional lines advertise sale of folio cards and cats with private sale terms and cash-only payments.
Vancouver sheep at 6.50 to 7.00, cattle 3.50 to 5.00, hogs 6.70 to 7.00. Montreal stock prices: choice stock at 4% to 4% cents, good at 3 to 4 cents, medium 3 to 3.5 cents. London cattle dressed weight 11 to 12 pence per pound. Winnipeg hides 64 to 67 cents, tallow No 1 4.5 cents, No 2 3.5 cents, cattle market steady with moderate demand.
The piece argues Conservative candidate C. A. Magrath, linked with the Galt Company, would shift public lands policy if elected. It claims the company sought a million acres under irrigation terms, faced Liberal rejection, and accuses Magrath of shifting roles to defend corporate access to land.
A letter to the Medicine Hat News argues that Liberals place more emphasis on public welfare than Conservatives who allegedly favor corporations. The writer questions candidate Magrath on whose interests he supports and notes changing political issues amid high prices and corporate power.
The fragment provides sums and year labels 1906 to 1909 or 1907, noting large totals such as 1,193,453,797 and increases around 231,000,000. It references five year periods and comparisons to 1896 and 1904, with mentions of expansions and profits amid stagnation.
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