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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 11, 1926
Page
2
A columnist reflects on the phrase there isn’t time and argues the value of purposeful living. The essay urges healthful recreation, avoidance of worry, and steady effort toward personal and societal advancement, noting life is brief and time spent is irreplaceable.
Disputed plans for the British cruiser Suffolk vanish from the Portsmouth Navy Yard amid secrecy over her armament. The incident echoes a recent theft of submarine K-2 plans. The report notes public unrest after a religious argument and mentions palmistry as a separate business of the palmist.
Mr and Mrs John A Stundebeck migrate with nine children aged two to nineteen to Humboldt district. They purchase 960 acres, bring several thousand dollars, and equipment valued at 3500 dollars. They traveled by house mounted on a motor car and motor truck, embodying a modern prairie schooner.
The League of Nations has a radio equipped Pullman car built for emergency use to transport members to troubled areas when needed. This device aims to expedite travel to crises and bolster response capabilities.
Exports from Canada to Australia reached 2 498 732 dollars in March with about half for automobiles and pairs. A tame elephant consumes more than a thousand pounds of green fodder and twenty five pounds of unhusked rice daily.
The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool assumed control of the Saskatchewan Co operative Elevator Company Ltd. The first payment of 1 500 000 by certified cheque followed a 500 000 deposit before the April directors meeting. Total purchase price for the elevator system stands at 11 059 310.47 under the arbitrators award.
Advert says Nerviline quickly soothes Lambago and rheumatic aches. It penetrates tissues, drains congested blood, and relieves pain fast. For stiff joints and swellings. Available at dealers for 35 cents.
A reported experiment claims a female cricket calling via a telephone excited a male cricket at the other end of the line, suggesting crickets communicate through a vocal language. The account presents the episode as evidence of cricket phonetics and social response in insect communication.
The ad claims anaemia weakens vitality and nerves and promises rapid improvement from Dr Williams Pink Pills. It cites Mrs Herbert Nagle of Ludlow NB who says the pills cured her dizziness headaches and weakness after other medicines failed. Order by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont at 50 cents a box.
Regina issued building permits valued at 1 728 619 dollars in the first half of 1926, rising from 907 466 dollars for the same period in 1925. The strong activity signals continued urban growth and construction demand in the region.
The report states several Chinese generals have issued edicts threatening the death penalty for any soldier found smoking opium, a strict measure aimed at curbing narcotics use within the ranks.
Kathryn Newell Adams president of the Constantinople Women’s College says Turkish women lead a vigorous suffrage movement and clean up the city. They campaign for prohibition, organize trade schools, convert mosques into centers, run mothers clubs clinics milk stations and place beggars into honest trades.
The article argues Britain cannot feed itself, relying on two fifths of its needs from domestic resources. It calls for stronger imperial support, noting Australia and South Africa beef, West Indian sugar, and Canadian wheat are diverted or underutilized, risking reliance on foreign supply. The piece stresses London’s view of a united empire.
Miss Yoneko Yamaguchi, an armless painter who holds brushes between her teeth, won top honors at the Peeresses' School exhibition in Tokyo. Her obi paintings drew prices up to 500 dollars. The piece notes she was to have been a geisha and recounts a tragic family history involving an insane father.
Gloucester's J. C. Price known as the strong man of the west bends a four inch nail and a horseshoe bar held in his teeth. He recently lifted 430 pounds from ground to knee. Price is a 30 year blacksmith, 43 years old, 5 ft 10 in, 223 pounds with a 50 inch chest. It Bids Pain Begone claims Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil relieves neuralgia and lumbago.
Romania's Queen Marie has adopted Romanian peasant dress to save costs and aid practicality. She only wears European silks or satins at court ceremonies or grand state occasions, even strolling in Bucharest in the hand embroidered costume with gold red or blue designs, a kerchief, apron, and red leather boots.
Nineteen year old Jack Cooper of Calgary rode Dynamite to victory in the Major Fred Brewster challenge trophy event at the Jasper Horsemen's Association show. The contest took place at Henry House Flats in the Athabasca Valley marking the association's first annual show.
The article explains how invisible ultra violet rays create vivid tints and brightness on materials, enabling striking stage effects. It notes early demonstrations by Professor R. W. Wood of Johns Hopkins and subsequent uses in palimpsest deciphering and vitamin research.
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil advertised as a standard remedy for prompt treatment of scalds and burns. The text claims quick pain relief and speedy recovery, also effective for cuts, bruises, sprains and inflammatory pains. It suggests a bottle at home saves doctor and veterinary fees.
A patient confesses to a dentist that he avoids treatment not due to illness or finances but because he is a coward. The anecdote frames dental neglect as a moral failing rather than a practical barrier, highlighting fear as the core obstacle.
A dispute over the publication of the new British American rum accord in London may intensify in the United States if governments keep provisions secret. Kellogg says the arrangement is neither a treaty nor a convention, avoiding Senate ratification and formal public disclosure.
The advertisement urges readers to use Holloway's Corn Remover for relief from corns. It contrasts the uninformed who endure pain with the knowing who apply the remedy for swift relief.
A man urges caution before marriage saying the net of conjugal bliss must be properly stretched on the other side. The quote frames matrimonial risk with a humorous, wary tone.
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