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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 20, 1930
Page
7
In Wickfield Charmian and George K discuss John Carter whose life has slowed since a month ago. Charmian jokes about a broken heart while Salina notes Carter’s waning spirit and George hurries to speak with Grandma.
Charmian weighs selling the Wickfield home to support her grandmother and sister, with banker Uncle George K. arranging a purchaser while John Carter insists on sharing the burden. Charmian fears the sale changes the family legacy yet hopes for a lighter life and a better living room arrangement.
Charmian returns to find Grandma cheerful at the window after a doctor visit and a ride. Grandma praises the doctor’s car and recounts a trip to Eastboro. Charmian asks about supper and Grandma mentions new baby pictures and a note from Madge. To Be Continued.
H G Watkins leads the British Arctic Air Route Expedition proposing a Scotland to Winnipeg air path via Greenland Faroes and Iceland with limited water crossings. They will winter in Greenland for meteorological study while Canada weighs crossing Davis Strait and Baffin Land and onward to Hudson Bay and Winnipeg.
A Java despatch reports Anak Krakatoa, Child of Krakatoa, once 170 feet high, vanished beneath the sea amid Krakatao’s violent eruptions. From May to August 1883 two thirds of the island disappeared as fountains of fire erupted and a colossal wave killed about 20,000 people, its reach felt to the English Channel.
Sixteen members of Leeds 9th Boy Scout troop travel from Ottawa via Winnipeg to Jasper National Park with minimal gear for six weeks of roughing it. They will trek trails in the Canadian Rockies, plan trips to Maligne Lake and Columbia Ice Fields, and may climb Mount Edith Cavell under Dr. G F Norton's oversight.
An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as fast acting liniment for lame backs. It claims immediate skin absorption and tissue penetration to relieve pain, promising speedy relief and convincing results from use.
George Wright of CNRV Vancouver becomes chief of the Squamish Indians with the title Chief Flying Voice for aiding in summoning a dying chief’s daughter from distant British Columbia. The same report notes Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology received about 8 000 Hymopterous insects from Chile.
A sensational advertisement portrays Mother Graves Exterminator as a universal remedy for suffering children, claiming sure and lasting relief and urging anxious mothers to seek relief for their offspring.
A Johannesburg newspaper cites reliable sources predicting a radium famine as Congo ore nears exhaustion. Prices could rise from $60,000 per gram to double or triple within a year or two, signaling a severe supply crisis.
The piece urges reviving after harvest cultivation as a method to combat weed menace. It frames this as an oldtime technique worth reintroducing, presenting a practical seasonal suggestion for farmers.
A brief weekly note discusses Jesus prayer in Matthew and quotes Holmes Clarke and Clarke on humility and weakness. It argues true offering may reduce temptation and lessen trials by revealing human frailty. The piece invokes scriptural guidance and Christian teaching.
E F Gillis of Evanston It attempted to light a cigar with a mechanical lighter that failed twice. He then pushed violently and crashed into a tree, regaining consciousness in hospital to learn he survived with the lighter still in his hand.
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