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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 14, 1929
Page
2
The Dominion Provincial and municipal authorities unite to cut railway crossing deaths as motorist recklessness rises. Data show 369 Canadian National cases, with 40 percent due to driver negligence. calls urge either building overpasses or licensing drivers to curb danger.
The New York Times reports negotiations underway for mass production of a $200 baby auto sold via mail order. Inventor James B. Martin of Garden City New York features a car with independent wheel mounts integrated into a reinforced body using rubber aviator cord.
The inventor describes a suspension using wheel suspension rather than a spring. The new car features a sixty inch wheel base, much smaller than the 1021 inch base of the smallest U.S. production model. He asserts the vehicle will achieve 50 miles per gallon and plans to ship it in a weatherproof packing case with a hinged door that can function as a garage.
Commander Edward P. Thompson recounts six years in the famine ridden Ruanda district of the Belgian Congo. He says living are too weak to bury the dead and corpses line roads while survivors move to nearby districts. He blames drought and Bahutu farming for the three year famine.
A Perth woman leaves her entire estate of 10000 dollars to reduce Great Britain's national debt, handing a final act of philanthropy to a public financial goal.
The St Thomas Times-Journal discusses King George granting a barony to Sir Robert Baden-Powell enabling him to sit in the House of Lords. It notes his founding of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides in 1908 after a notable military career. It also discusses farming prospects and the idea of chain farming as predicted by Milton W. Anderson, with farmers potentially becoming branch managers on large, centralized farms run by big owners.
A testimonial from Mrs. M. Cross of Richmond Que describes relief from nervousness and dizziness after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. The ad states the pills enrich the blood and strengthen the nervous system, claiming noticeable improvement and cheerfulness with continued use. Price is 50 cents per box via mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The editorial notes the average car lasts seven years, often shorter than owners expect, and contrasts automotive durability with older horse-drawn coaches. It recalls long-lived buggies and cabs and their modest maintenance costs.
The U.S. Bureau of Standards announces a new soundproof airplane cabin aimed at reducing motor rear noise. Experts believe the innovation will remove a major drawback limiting passenger transport growth.
E. W. Beatty named chairman of the British Empire Games Committee of the A A U of Canada for the Hamilton Ontario event in August 1930. Members include Joe Loudon John Leslie and regional branch chairmen C B Chessman H R Davison J W Hamilton and others with James A Richardson and W J Blake Wilson on the general committee. Mother Graves Worm Exterminator approved by children as a palatable effective remedy.
The London Daily Telegraph argues British manufacturers in Canada and other Dominions lose trade not from inferior goods or high prices but from hiding their light. Firms must promote their products actively, reach buyers, and abandon the belief that advertising is a luxury. Mahomet must go to the mountain.
There may be other corn removers but you will not be completely satisfied until you have used Holloway's Corn Remover.
A guest at a banquet jokes about the col onel being named warden of a large prison. The dialogue contrasts hiring by influence versus starting as a convict and rising through the ranks. The exchange hints at intrigue around appointment and careers in prison administration.
Speakers include Right Hon L C M Amery Hon R B Bennett and E W Beatty addressing delegates on the theme Our Canadian Economic Partnership. Alberta Premier Brownlee BC Premier Tolmie US Chamber President Butterworth and others join discussion on federalism agriculture transportation and partnership.
Miller's Worm Powders are sold widely at low cost and trusted to expel worms and ease worm-related suffering. Mothers praise the remedy for child relief and affordable access at chemists and drug shops. A stray joke contrasts visiting freedoms between a guest and a host.
A 1915 adding machine was built and displayed at the Panama Exposition. It featured a capacity of forty columns or within ten duodecillions of a single unit.
Calgary Aero Club and Great Western Airways officials announced more than fifty local fliers have graduated since flying began last September. Three more Calgary airmen secured pilot licenses under Inspector H C Ingram, Western Canada Civil Aviation.
A carrier pigeon triumphed over the telegraph in a race to the same overseas destination. Two messages were sent, one by telegraph and one by pigeon, and the pigeon arrived first ten minutes ahead of the telegram.
A humorous exchange features Freemeter the Poet declaring poets are born not made and Worrimore the Editor quips that if poets could be manufactured they could be prohibited by law.
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