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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1928
Page
2
Tests on Cana dian crude shale and on bitumen from bituminous sands show these materials are important reserve sources of motor fuel. Gasolene yields reach 18 to 20 Imperial gallons per ton of shale and about 40 percent by volume of dehydrated bitumen. Other products include valuable coke and high calorific value uncondensed gas. Gasolene from shale is good and that from bitumen exceptionally good.
The piece argues Western Canada shows even wealth distribution with rising per capita wealth driven by land development and new homes. It notes widespread improvements in farm life, better utilities like telephones and radios, increasing auto ownership, and investments in roads, schools, and community facilities as evidence of progress and higher living standards.
Canada exports apples to the British Isles rise this season with 183062 barrels and 515322 boxes shipped, up from 1927 totals of 143012 barrels and 211943 boxes and 1926 totals of 160144 barrels and 403025 boxes, per the Department of Agriculture fruit branch.
Canada’s potato crop is estimated at 54.585 million hundredweight for the year, up 1.27 hundredweight? from 46.458 million last year and 3.577 million above the five year average, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
Britain asserts its role as the world workshop for aircraft ships and locomotives. The statement highlights national strength in manufacturing and exports across key transport industries amid ongoing industrial growth.
After meals many suffer sour stomachs or indigestion caused by over stimulated stomach nerves and excess acid. The remedy is an alkali that neutralizes much more acid than its volume. Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia offers a tasteless dose, pleasant and efficient.
Advertisement praising Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the standard effective remedy for excess acids. Claims doctors have trusted it for 50 years and that results are instant. Encourages buying genuine Phillips' product prescribed by physicians with full directions on each bottle.
Early teens is a vulnerable period for girls when rapid growth saps strength and anaemia may develop. Watch for peevishness languor headaches pale face breathlessness and palpitations. Dr Williams Pink Pills are advertised as the cure with testimonials and mail order details.
Alberta hail insurers request amendments to the Insurance Act to extend policy acceptance time from 24 to 48 hours. With 50 plus companies in the province, losses reached about 120 percent of premiums, while Saskatchewan saw 92 percent. Brace notes farmers should engage year round, not just mid summer, to keep insurers in the field.
The British foreign office stated there is no revival of the Anglo-Japanese alliance and that the Washington agreement remains the basis. Britain also affirmed commitment to consultation and cooperation with other powers on China.
Recipe notes for this week include a chocolate junket made with a package mix and milk. Melt marshmallows in a double boiler, dissolve confectioners sugar in boiling water, then blend with the marshmallows. Combine with the chocolate junket and chill before serving on ice cold junket.
The R-100 will undertake a trial flight to Cardington Bedfordshire with a possible hop to the United States if successful. Officials anticipate advances that could transform air travel and hint at reducing petrol use for dirigible propulsion. Also noted are gender imbalances in several countries with England showing over two million more women than men.
Two pounds cabbage sliced or finely chopped with a dressing of eggs cider vinegar water sugar salt butter and flour mixed and cooked then cooled and folded with cream. Also notes Wise mothers keep Mother Graves Worm Exterminator on hand. Nickel ore near Sudbury Ontario now raised and smelted at 1.5 million tons yearly with over 150 million tons in reserves.
A compact notice noting Minard's Liniment for cold relief. The line hints at a product claim and a period style tone, suggesting a traditional patent remedy or household remedy promotion.
A linguistic expert forecasts English becoming the dominant language worldwide within five decades. The analysis highlights cultural spread, education, and media as drivers, noting regional shifts but emphasizing English as the likely lingua franca for business science and diplomacy.
The Veterinary Director General reports a fiscal year rise in slaughtered cattle 1,147,255 sheep 608,805 and hogs 2,596,138 under Meat Inspection Division. Ontario leads with about 38.74 percent cattle 45.87 percent sheep and 47.09 percent swine with Manitoba third. other provinces follow in order. Figures exclude livestock slaughtered locally by butchers and traders.
Lord Lovat's plan brings 100 boys aged 16 and 17 to Saskatchewan in early spring 1929. Empire Settlement Committee selects them to be housed at the University of Saskatchewan hostel where they will be trained and supported with government funding shared by Imperial, Federal, and Provincial authorities. Also promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a top athletic lubricant for muscle and sinew relief.
The Geodetic Survey of Canada under the Surveys Bureau of the Interior provides latitude longitude and elevation data for all surveying and mapping work in the Dominion.
A humorous exchange notes a young lady asking an old salt about the sea serpent while he clarifies he is a teetotaler. The vignette reflects Prohibition era tone and playful wordplay.
Four month old infant develops a red itchy rash with blisters and sleepless nights. After five boxes of Cuticura Ointment and three cakes of Soap, symptoms disappear and healing occurs. Mrs. Canning of Clarksville N S signs. Promotional note for Cuticura products and free samples.
The Civic Land Department of Calgary negotiated land sales totaling about 85000 in October, the highest monthly total since 1922. With millions of dollars of land still available for sale, the department is a permanent part of city services and year totals are expected to rise.
An advertisement claims Miller's Worm Powders remove worms from the system and create healthful conditions that prevent worm outbreaks. It asserts the powders ease a child's restless ness and pain, offering comfort once the cause is removed.
District Superintendent reports 1 106 400 acres of vacant crown land were set in central and northern Alberta in 1928. In Peace River country 4 131 quarter sections were filed, and in the Edmonton District 1 456 homesteads and 78 soldiers grants were taken out.
Application of Holloway’s Corn Remover removes callosity roots cleanly while causing no flesh injury. Separately English courts now see about sixfold more divorce cases than before the war.
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