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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 04, 1928
Page
2
A historic royal proclamation designates April 22 to 28 as Canadian Forest Week to stress forest value for Canada's economy and water power. Authorities warn against fire carelessness and wasteful logging, urging sustained, patriotic conservation efforts to protect timber, watersheds, wildlife, and tourism.
A 1900s Outlook dispatch reports Tibetan women holding three husbands each while a man named Amouki leads about five hundred men to Lhassa protesting polyandry and female sovereignty. The banner reads Striking husbands of Tibet with phrases Down with the tyranny of women and Abolish polyandry. The outcome remains unknown as the group has not yet returned.
The Saskatchewan Government promotes a community school scheme to teach adult European immigrants language history and agricultural methods of Canada. The program aims to integrate newcomers through structured courses and practical instruction.
Saskatchewan and Alberta hold between five and six million acres of leased range lands. The figure highlights extensive grazing areas under formal lease agreements managed by provincial agencies and ranchers.
National advertisers spent 225 million dollars on newspaper ads in 1927 per the bureau of advertising of the American Newspaper Publishers Association. About 353 companies spent 122.5 million, led by 57 auto firms with 33.595 million. Food advertisers used 21.045 million and 14 tobacco firms 15.26 million. An ad for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil touts external and internal uses for cough relief.
Immigrant prospects hailed as success assured in Canada’s prairie region. Warns that settling there tests character, but rewards include fertile wheat lands, cattle, warm homes, fuel, lavish meals, and access to autos radios telephones and power with diligent workers.
A spring health appeal promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood building nerve tonic to combat winter fatigue. The ad touts new red blood, restored energy, and relief from tiredness pale complexion headaches rheumatism and nervousness with testimonials and mail order pricing of 50c a box from The Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
W S Woods reports 65 percent of settlers in the Calgary District have paid or secured payments for the year ending June 30 1928. Over 513 000 dollars collected of 765 000 due with security on wheat pool assignments to cover deferred payments on more than 200 000 bushels of wheat. Officials call the showing especially good. Also noted is a French astronomer’s prediction that the sun will keep heating and lighting Earth for 150 million years. An aphorism about intelligence follows.
Tests with powerful lights and special instruments show one in ten horses have defective sight. Racers fitted with odd shaped spectacles improved quarter mile times by up to three seconds. Sight clearly affects a horse's speed across various conditions.
A statement highlights the belief that serving and protecting every Turkish citizen is central to the faith's social ethos. It stresses inclusivity and communal responsibility across diverse communities in Turkey.
Lord Grey of Fallodon opens a Leeds institute and pays tribute to the late Prince Lichnowsky, German ambassador who urged peace in 1912 and 1914. He urges honoring those who tried to avert war and notes the need for future generations to remember their efforts. London Times. The commentary then notes Miller's Worm Powders claim to expel intestinal worms and repair damage.
Earl of Elgin urged Scotland to adopt a Canadian hospital system in Victoria Hall Helensburgh describing a single large hospital with private paying wings and non paying patients. He showcased limelight views and emphasized access to top doctors and up to date equipment. Holloway's Corn Remover claims roots removal.
A science note describes the circulatory route of a blood drop from the heart through the body and back, noting the entire cycle takes about thirty seconds on average.
Colonel Bishop VC was guest of honor in Germany where famed aviators, including Udet who downed 62 planes, praised his war record of 72 German machines. He was invited to lunch at the Aero Club and made a member of the German Ace Association. Bishop quipped that he deserved the honor for crashing more British planes.
A British market report from J. Forsyth Smith states that Canadian apples will be marked as Canadian under the Merchan dise Marks Act. The change will require both retail and container markings on imported fruit. Dr. Kellogg's Asthma remedy is promoted with claims of effectiveness and longstanding service.
Fred T. Roberts Jr, twelve, is among the nation’s youngest inventors. He earned seven patents after his first invention at age ten. His latest tool lifts cars without placing a jack under the axle, using a 19 inch bar and a spring clip to position the device, conceived while changing a tire in mud for his mother.
The premier of Britain at the outbreak, the British commander on the main front, the German ambassador to Britain in August 1914, and Marshal Diaz the Italian commander-in-chief all died within a few weeks.
In Madagascar many residents live 20 miles from water sources and obtain beverages from local cactus plants or consume milk. The detail highlights rural water scarcity and coping strategies in villages.
Mrs Keith Miller and Captain W N Lancaster completed a 14000 mile flight in a two seater Red Rose from Croydon England to Port Darwin Australia. They started October 14 and faced mishaps including a broken nose for Mrs Miller and a cut lip for Captain Lancaster at Muntok Banka Island. After repairs they continued toward Sydney Australia.
In Alberta preparations unfold as Denver and Toronto interests announce test wells northwest of Calgary near Cochrane and in the Suffield field southern Alberta. Both projects are closed corporations with no stock offered for sale. A domestic scene follows with a family remark about a wedding misstatement involving Mr Flubdub being blindfolded.
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