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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1922
Page
7
The article notes 120000 automobiles in Canada in 1920 covering road mileage over 1.65 billion. Steam and electric railways carried 629.1 million passengers, while automobile passenger mileage reached 252 million equivalents. Squire of the Canadian Good Roads Association provides the figures.
Advertisement touts Nerviline as a strong penetrating remedy for back, limb, and side pains. It claims quick relief where other remedies fail, noting the oil free sinking in action that reaches deep tissues and drives away pain. The piece also references a dramatic personal scene and a separate Minard's Liniment mention.
Greenwich Observatory notes the Pons-Winnecke comet will not be visible to the naked eye and will pass Earth in June at a safe distance of about 12 million miles. Worm infestations in children can cause convulsions and sometimes death. Mother Graves Worm Exterminator offers protection.
In Lucerne a town of 46 000, electricity powers most needs with seven bake houses, 1000 electric motors, 350 electric stoves for heating, 2000 electric cooking stoves and over 5000 electric irons in use among residents. Only about twenty houses lack electric light.
The 1921 Alberta amusement tax yielded 181 102.68 dollars to the provincial treasury, up 10 894.39 from 1920. General department revenue reached 1 698 349.39, up 69 866.79. Amusement tax net weekly 3 482.74. Corporations paid 539 899.72. Motor Vehicle Act 718 551.50. Mine Owners Act 275 928.54. Coal Mines Act 6 016.94. Theatres Act 22 592.50. Railway Mileage Act 110 900. Companies Ordinance 27 046. Auctioneers and Peddlers Act 8 750. Auto licenses sold 29 552, up 1 857 from 1920. 614 companies incorporated with capital 21 995 601.13.
Government Experimental Station Oregon reports discovery of four distinct smut and rust immune wheat varieties by B. E. Stephens and assistants. Hybrid lines are produced by crossing resistant wheats with productive local varieties for promising results. A Port Arthur project awards a 1 500 000 bushel annex to Harnett and McQueen to reach 3 500 000 bushels by 1922. French president to be provided with an official airplane.
Twenty heavy horses from a Moose Jaw ranch were shipped north from Vancouver aboard the steamer Princess Mary for Mayo and Whitehorse in the Yukon.
Do not use harsh purgatives this spring says an advertiser for Dr Williams Pinks Pills. A tonic strengthens blood and nerves to curb fatigue and skin eruptions and improve appetite. Testimony from Miss S L McEachron of Nairn NB supports the claim. Sold by dealers or mail at 50 cents a box. six for 2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A playful exchange between Mr. and Mrs. Sadiron centers on jelly flavors and the idea that labels distinguish them. He jokes about tasting labels, while she notes labels identify the flavors.
Catarrh is described as a local disease worsened by constitutional conditions. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is a tonic taken internally to act through the blood on mucous surfaces and aid nature in restoring normal conditions. Circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
A historical note asserts that in Kurdistan divorce is extremely easy as a husband can declare I divorce on three times and end the marriage, with the act carried out by a single verbal pronouncement.
Fashion note describes a black dress with a capelike back suitable for business or sport use. A black straw hat with quills completes the ensemble, emphasizing smart style for milady.
A brief mock dialogue from London Opinion features a policeman asking if a child lost his mother and why he failed to hold her skirt, with the child replying through stuttering to explain he could not reach it.
Many testimonials praise Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil for respiratory disorders. The best proof is experience as the oil is recommended to sufferers with confidence of relief. It will allay inflammation in the bronchial tubes.
The Provincial Game Board received a consignment of live quail from Spokane to release in the uplands district. The birds were exchanged for Mongolian pheasants and another shipment is expected from the Eastern States in exchange for pheasants.
A historical piece reports on an office boy study of 1748 youths. It lists activities such as reading movie magazines, stamping their names, watching doors, collecting stamps, typing phrases, sleeping, and thinking. It notes many findings remain unknown to bosses.
A British steamer used wireless direction finding to locate an SOS from a stricken Atlantic ship after 36 hours on deck with no food. Initial ships failed to pinpoint the position due to error, but the rescuer arrived in time to save most of the crew before the vessel foundered.
A High River Times quotation argues that standing up for the weak against bullies and opposing oppression brings enemies, while preferring safety betrays public duty. It claims editors, candidates, and editors alike meet opposition when defending rights.
Advertisement urges readers on the verge of a nervous breakdown to seek a remedy that quiets the nerves strengthens the heart and rebuilds the system. It lists symptoms such as insomnia head aches low mood frightful dreams restlessness and social dread before promoting a treatment.
Mrs M Damgand of Youngs Cove Road NB writes of relief from heart and nerve troubles after using Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills. She reports nervous headaches dizziness and loss of appetite improving after a second box. Price 50c a box available from The T Milburn Co Toronto. Mexico rope soled shoes gain England distribution and dry weather comfort noted. Fire ranks second among US accidental deaths.
The Colville River in Alaska is sliding sideways along an eastern hill range. Its western bank erodes deeply while the eastern shore widens into a broad stony beach, suggesting the river sits part way up a tilted slope after crustal distortion. The river seeks its former level, explaining its unusual path toward the Arctic Ocean.
The New York Canadian Club seeks to raise membership to 2,500 and proposes a new clubhouse as part of its expansion plan.
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