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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1922
Page
2
An editorial argues Canada faces tough conditions but progress rests on individuals. It condemns “Let George do it” attitudes, urges full hard work, self-reliance, and confidence in institutions, and warns soft times breed hard times. The focus is personal initiative over government or corporate action.
A new reading book is planned for primary grades as a committee of provincial experts met at the Department of Education in Edmonton. John T. Ross hosted the meeting with representatives from the four western provinces including Miss A. Gertrude Jackson of Calgary.
An old advertisement touts Freezone as a remedy for corns. A tiny bottle costs a few cents and promises quick numbness and easy removal of hard corns, including between the toes, without soreness or irritation.
Alberta representative Miss E E Rankin Sas katoon Saskatchewan Miss Rebecca Rogers Winnipeg Manitoba Miss Kinsley British Columbia form a standing committee on the reading matter. A new primer by Miss E M Burnett of Edmonton Normal School was prepared and examined by the committee using contemporary ideas of early reading for young children.
Over 50 000 people in Saskatchewan viewed twenty six educational films distributed by the Provincial Government during 1921. The films, issued free of charge, covered topics from tree planting to household science and livestock selection.
It is estimated that over the decade history of mining in Northern Ontario the various mines have contributed more than $750,000,000 to the wealth of Ontario.
The text notes Maxine Eliott is now the only actress with a theatre name in New York. It urges readers to keep smiles and kindness for home while presenting a public sentiment about fame and generosity.
A large scale shark tanning plant is planned on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Two boats will be engaged in operations. Shark hides will produce high quality leather for gloves bags purses and shoes. Shark oil will be refined for medical uses and lubrication while fins will yield gelatine.
The article promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood builder to cure indigestion and nervous dyspepsia caused by thin watery blood. It cites improved appetite and energy, notes pills contain no harmful drugs, and provides ordering details from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A Copenhagen experiment lays down a 220 yard stretch of rubber paving claimed to last fifty years. The noiseless rubber pavement near the Savoy Hotel in London has drawn global tourist admiration but is deemed too costly for widespread use. Toronto Star.
An advertisement touts Dr J D Kellogg’s asthma remedy as highly effective with thousands of cured cases and relief for severe asthma. It claims to end suffering quickly and promises easy access to the treatment.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports Great Britain paid 19,672,500 including 18,300,000 principal and 1,372,500 interest as the second installment on the 122,000,000 debt from wartime silver purchases. A May 15 payment of 12,200,000 will halve the debt, with full liquidation by May 1924 under the agreed plan separate from 5,000,000,000 in war loans.
For centuries China safeguarded silk culture and wealth, exporting silk to India, Persia and Arabia as it sheltered the secret of its production.
Miss Mary Anne Dews a Dewsbury cloth weaver has been appointed as a justice of the peace, becoming a mill girl magistrate in her town.
A British inventor's daylight apparatus uses an umbrella shaped reflector with colored patches to reflect and filter light. Variations include two perforated layers and radial color strips to expose precise color areas, producing an exact daylight imitation.
N T Bowman advertising manager at the Toronto Telegram returns from a tour of Eastern U S cities and says American firms find sales conditions better in Canada. A large firm using equal newspaper space reports U S sales down 14 percent while Canada declines only 6 percent. A toilet specialty maker also sees Canada as superior and has begun a major Canadian ad campaign. Bowman notes agencies and advertisers in the United States are increasingly focusing on Canada.
One of the most interesting export orders received by a Canadian manufacturer was booked by Casavant Freres, Limitee, of St Hyacinthe, Quebec. It is for an organ to be installed in Paris next September. The instrument has three manuals, 40 stops and over 3,000 pipes.
A Muskogee Oklahoma grocer sues the Daily Phoenix for damages claiming lost business due to the newspaper carelessly omitting his advertisement in a single insertion.
Female students at the San Francisco high school of commerce have instituted a ban on wearing silk hosiery during school hours citing dress code standards and modesty policy.
A Hamilton Ontario reader reports major relief using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for her daughter aged thirteen to fifteen who suffered monthly pains dizziness headaches and backache. The letter praises the remedy and grants permission to publish as a testimonial.
David Wellington of Harperusa Manitoba, a drug clerk, credits Tanlac with curing five years of rheumatic fever and severe body ache. He describes initial relief after the first dose, gradual stomach recovery, and complete rheumatic relief, urging others to seek Tanlac from reputable druggists.
English physician Dr Leonard Williams claims a three day water fast boosts health and youthfulness. He says fasting cleanses residual body matter left from ordinary eating and reduces minor ailments, supported by his personal and patient observations.
The text offers practical notes on cooking and food prep including sifting flour for lighter pastries, boiling rice in milk with sugar and cinnamon, using cocoa as a milk substitute, adding baking powder to mashed potatoes for lightness, salting water for hard boiled eggs, and easy shell removal after cooking.
A government assisted passage program brought 342 domestics to Saskatchewan from the United Kingdom. Total loans advanced under the scheme amounted to 29263 dollars, with 24190 dollars repaid to date.
Mr. L. R. Littlefield of McNairy County Tennessee has 234 direct descendants comprising 77 grandchildren 133 great grandchildren and 14 great great grandchildren. Mrs. Littlefield is 92 years old.
Quebec's dairy sector shows higher production in 1921 with 42,575,392 pounds of butter produced up 939,881 pounds from 1920 worth 15,431,962 dollars. Cheese output reaches 53,525,706 pounds up 1,362,985 pounds valued at 8,188,983 dollars. Creameries number 674 with 00 160 cows supplying them.
A health product claim states no one must endure corn pain with Holloway's Corn Remover, marketed as a fast solution to remove corns and relieve discomfort.
The dialogue features Mr. Newgilt mentioning prior work in oil and rubber stock trimming while noting he has funds to pay for a colored crayon portrait, reflecting a humorous exchange on artistic services and finances.
Mrs Kathleen Whillans of Toronto says she suffered a severe backache and could barely do housework before using Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The remedy eliminated her pain and restored her health, and she endorses it as the best medicine for women.
Orillia Ontario woman credits Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription with curing years of back pain nervousness and digestive disorder after nine bottles. She praises the remedy and urges others to request a trial package from local druggists.
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