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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 19, 1923
Page
7
Mrs. Alice Mann of Regina Saskatchewan reports rapid improvement after taking Tanlac for fatigue poor appetite and insomnia. She says her strength increased her nerves calmed and sleep improved and endorses Tanlac as the grandest medicine she knows. The ad notes Tanlac is sold by druggists and cites over 25 million bottles sold.
Lieut. Lester Maitland set a 238 mph record on a three kilometer course. In fiscal year ending March 31, 33,000 cattle moved through North Portal to American markets. Port Arthur opens a 2,000,000 bushel expansion for Saskatchewan Elevator. CPR Western lines GM Murphy notes 10 percent March gains. Moscow Communists seize Char vok, Homel, Bobruisk and Minsk synagogues to clubs. Fritz Drum of Essen gets five years and 5 million franc fine for anti allied propaganda. Rufus Avery dies in Athens Ontario at 110. Queensland to reclaim 75,000 acres for wheat and wool farming. Ruhr coke shipments to France total 18,000 tons for Feb-Mar per Berlin statement.
The hydro commission offers free travel on hydro-radial lines to Ontario blind residents. Applicants must be bona fide residents and certified as totally blind by a medical specialist to receive passes via distribution to eligible individuals.
A reader from Loffion Ontario testifies that Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription restored health and strength after a period of weakness. She urges weak and ailing women to trust the remedy and recommends asking a local druggist or Dr Pierce's Laboratory for tablets or liquid form.
The Saskatchewan Dominion Experimental Farm study finds that on fertile prairie soils commercial fertilizers slightly raise yields for some crops but not enough to justify widespread use for common prairie crops. Potassium fertilizers show no benefit, while garden crops may gain value. Sixteen plots in a four year rotation were treated once every four years before the rotation.
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as spring cure enriching the blood and boosting nerves. It warns against purgatives and cites a testimonial from Miss S L McEachron of Nairn New Brunswick and lists Brockville Ontario as the company base and mail order source at 50 cents per box.
An English chaplain in the London Times notes Armenians among Asia Minor refugees near Athens who built mud brick houses and a school, electing a mayor, demonstrating practical self reliance. The piece also urges mothers to treat worm infestations with Miller's Worm Powders to prevent child health and growth impairment.
A Canadian Parliament tabled report shows 4000 farmers, ranchers and wheat growers designated as shareholders in chartered banks in 1922. Provincial breakdown lists Ontario with 1188 shareholders and Saskatchewan with 747, Alberta 216, Manitoba 830, Quebec 465, Nova Scotia 245, British Columbia 93, New Brunswick 65, Prince Edward Island 38, Yukon 3. Total Federal income tax from farmers reached 18,875 with Saskatchewan leading taxpaying farmers at 6,500, followed by Ontario 6,138 and Manitoba 3,438.
An attachment for a filling hose is invented to register air pressure in an automobile tire and allows relief without disconnecting the hose. The device promises easier tire maintenance and safer inflation procedures.
Provincial Dairy Commissioner P. E. Reed notes rapid winter dairying growth in Saskatchewan with January and February 1925 outputs far higher than 1924. Butter production rose from 229,400 pounds in January 1922 to 370,300 in January 1923, and February 1922 236,600 to 400,715 in February 1923. In 1922 creamery butter total reached 8,901,104 pounds, with farmers earning about $9.19 million that year. 1923 hints at further large increases, while numerous new silos and a Southwest Saskatchewan corn growers group mark further expansion.
A French scientist asserts he can determine a person's character by watching the motion of the human diaphragm through an X ray apparatus. The claim suggests a new method of personality assessment using imaging insight.
The catalog promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a tonic that cures local catarrh by acting through the blood to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions. It suggests that run down health worsens catarrh and offers free circulars from F.J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
A Swiss naturalist documented a pike that reached 267 years, living out its life as a prisoner in a fish pond. The species is noted for slow growth and exceptional longevity compared to other fish.
In Woodbridge Ontario a Mrs Epgar Simmons reports relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter promotes trial of the remedy and claims broad community endorsements across homes and neighborhoods.
A letter from G L Haggen of the University of Leeds argues the Canada United States fisheries treaty brightens the Dominion status issue. He says Britain must clearly recognize Dominion status as essential to imperial unity and that any restrictions on treaty powers should apply to Britain as well as the Dominions.
A Louisville Courier Journal item urges safety across seasons. It cautions against kerosene fires near kitchens, warns about stalking honesty at grade crossings, and stresses avoiding meddling in others affairs to prevent harm from a drunken joyrider.
An advertisement touts Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as highly effective claiming it halves asthma progress with repeated treatments. The copy asserts the remedy reaches the deepest breathing passages and drives asthma out, urging readers to have it ready for use.
A Texas to Canada migration trend centers on the Rio Grande Valley as Canadian agents advertise irrigated farms and lure settlers north. Reporters note many promises and excursions from Winnipeg, Regina, and Edmonton, but real sales and harvest results remain unclear. Several optimistic 'boomers' tout prospects, yet a local scout questions immediate fruit or alfalfa yields per acre.
The Canadian pulp and paper industry shows 100 mills active with 40 pulp only 33 paper only 27 mixed and 17 news print plants. Production is forecast at 1.5 million tons of newsprint in 1924 requiring over 2.25 million pulpwood cords for annual output. Minard's Liniment for Rheumatism.
During the first three weeks of March 1 to 20, 1,170 passengers arrived in Winnipeg en route to prairie centres, nearly tripling February’s 406 arrivals. January saw 296, and year to date totals reach 2,653 passengers to the three prairie provinces and British Columbia aboard Canadian Pacific Railway ships.
For years Mother Graves' Worm Ex Terminator has ranked as a reliable worm preparation and it always maintains its reputation.
Increased freight movement from eastern manufacturers to western agencies in the first ten weeks compares with last year. Much of the traffic covers delayed shipments, but a notable portion is new business for both railway systems serving the north shore.
The Dominion Government sanctioned sending 3,000 pounds of buffalo meat from the Wainwright park to the Blackfoot Indians on the Gleichen reserve to provide a taste of their traditional food.
A historic note describes Minard's Liniment claimed to relieve neuralgia. It also mentions a novel English device used in hotel kitchens that, operated by a crank, cleans and sharpens several knives simultaneously.
Alberta high grade seed wheat produced at the Edmonton Government plant was sent in two carloads to North Dakota and South Dakota farmers for seed purposes. A third car went to Steele Briggs Co. in Toronto. Operated by the Department of Agriculture the plant has already marketed nearly 10 000 bushels of high grade seed.
A classroom quip shows the exchange where the teacher asks to describe water and Johnny replies humorously that water is a white fluid that turns black when hands are placed in it. The joke highlights playful student misinterpretation.
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