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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 16, 1931
Page
2
Premier Ramsay MacDonald warned that national and personal self-sufficiency is fatal. He traced postwar failures to isolation, urging governments to base policies on interdependence and broad internationalism, citing debts, unemployment, and trade declines across nations.
A quotation argues Canada’s recovery hinges on world recovery. It asserts that lifting war debts and freeing global trade, plus thawing US and French gold stocks, will channel gold into the coffers of needy nations.
Surveys show federal bird sanctuaries preserve bird life. A 1930 census of ten reservations along the St. Lawrence River north shore records a 19 percent rise in all bird varieties since 1925.
Some 32,800 people toured the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria British Columbia during the year ended March 31 1931. The visits reflect growing public interest in federal science facilities and astronomy.
The New York Herald Tribune reports U S banking and business leaders discuss backing the Canadian dollar to ease trade. As the dollar falls prices rise against Canada, impairing competition with Canadian and British goods. The paper notes potential mutual benefits but avoids specifying methods.
England restricts Bible printing to Oxford and Cambridge presses and the King's Printer, citing profits from vast annual distributions. In the United States, publishing is open to all, with an Americanized version promised. The American Bible Society reports 34 million copies or portions sold or given away in 1930.
Ottawa reports the colonization program started last September by Minister W A Gordon has settled 42,882 people on farms. By Nov 30 1931, 6,040 families and 12,682 single men have been placed since Oct 1 1930 as settlers and laborers respectively.
H. L. Mencken remarks in a New York college organ that U S university students fixate on trivial matters. He claims most professors are not civilized and few students come from civilized homes, implying the college's cultural value tends toward zero.
The product claims to clear stomach and bowels of worms making children free from their ravages. It tastes sweet and is easy for children to take. It notes potential vomiting as a sign of effectiveness, not nausea, and emphasizes non-harmful composition.
Coins dating back over 900 years were found in a Szeged cemetery near Budapest. The pieces bear the image of King Stephen I, crowned in 1001, marking Hungary’s early independent kingdom era. The discovery lies near a Bronze Age burial site recently uncovered.
A Montreal industrial commission survey attacks importing millions in building materials from the United States, urging Canadian specifications checks to shift about half of the $27,000,000 yearly foreign business to Canadian factories within a year. The study, led by Norman Holland, will be mailed to Royal Architectural Institute of Canada members.
Field Museum researchers in Chicago used X rays on mummies to study health in ancient Egypt. The two year study suggests high rates of pyorrhea among 2000 year old people and notes childhood hygiene challenges with arthritis and arteriosclerosis common in elder findings.
A promotional note asserts the remedy stops asthma quickly by attacking the breathing passages. It urges readers to keep the product on hand for ready use and claims rapid improvement with repeated treatments.
An exhausted doctor remarks he does not like Blunt's wife but Blunt defends her as a good wife who cares for the children and the home, leaving the matter settled with resignation.
The 1929 census tallies 108012 Indians in Canada including men women and children. They worked beyond farming in hunting trapping lumbering fishing and transport. They held 1101175 acres fenced and 236028 acres under cultivation.
A historical notice cites infant worm problems as widespread and promotes Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as the best remedy.
The department of trade and commerce reports a rise in October retail sales for radios and musical instruments, candy, furniture, and general department stores. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes these larger sales suggest loosening purchasing and stronger economic conditions in the Dominion.
Entrance examinations in Manitoba schools will be abolished in favor of teacher recommendations based on pupil work throughout the term. Examinations that previously determined graduation from public to high school have been discontinued. Graduation will rely on teacher recommendations.
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