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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 17, 1930
Page
2
A wartime mood frames a Christmas message urging resilience and inner strength. The author calls for gentleness, shared love, and steadfast principles to endure hardship and foster brighter, happier homes in Canada this season.
British officials debate Moscow radio broadcasts as propaganda. H. B. Lees-Smith notes Russia not bound by international wavelength rules due to absence from the Washington conference. Foreign Secretary Henderson previously warned Moscow broadcasts aim to incite English workers to join a world revolution.
A Hudson Bay Railway station at Mileage 250.1 will be renamed Boyd after Capt. J Errol Boyd of Toronto, the first Canadian to fly the Atlantic. It was formerly Linklater, but postal rules blocked reuse due to Saskatchewan’s Linklater post office. Minister R J Manion announced the honor.
The chief gold source in Canada is the Porcupine and Kirkland Lake districts in Ontario. These quartz deposits account for more than 83 percent of the country’s gold output.
The article explains that bones consist of two primary substances, proteins and minerals, forming their structural framework. It notes how proteins provide a framework while minerals give rigidity, enabling bone strength and growth.
The CN Railways travelling panorama 200 feet long and 15 feet high won the Grand Prix at the Antwerp Exhibition as announced in Winnipeg. The display featured illuminated transparencies of Canada's landscapes and life, including wheat production scenes and a working model of locomotive 6100, drawing thousands of visitors.
Rev. Edward Gordon Selwyn is chosen to succeed the late Rev. Dr. Hutton as dean of Winchester England. Selwyn, 45, has 11 years as rector of Redhill Havant Hampshire and served as a World War I chaplain, cited in despatches. He is a noted classical scholar and editor of Theology journal and has been select preacher at Cambridge and Oxford.
The advertisement claims Douglas Egyptian Liniment relieves barber's itch and ringworm quickly and surely, promising relief for even obstinate cases.
The U S Bureau of Education reports college graduates earn 56000 to 112000 more by age sixty than high school only workers. A four year degree adds 77 to 155 dollars per day in value over a lifetime.
Professor J. C. McLennan and assistants from the University of Toronto conduct experiments at Blacksmith Rapids in Northern Ontario with Mines Department cooperation to develop a new radio transmission medium. The project photos the Northern Lights to study whether aurora activity causes static in reception and aims to reduce it to negligible levels.
Australia’s cabinet considered a Vancouver report predicting Canadian markets would be flooded with Australian butter. No official declaration was made, but officials and politicians doubt such a flooding will occur. Trade commissioner L R McGregor had already said there was absolutely no danger of a Canadian butter glut.
A special monthly bulletin on the wheat situation worldwide is issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics agricultural branch under Minister H H Stevens. It aims to keep Canadians informed on production and consumption in Canada and major countries and will include a cable service with overseas trade commissioners.
Commissioner Peter White announces under the Combines Act that the inquiry into Famous Players Corporation and 22 other distributors and theatres may probe whether imported films contained propaganda affecting Canada’s national life. No evidence was presented at the Toronto opening session ordered by Labor Minister Gideon Robertson after a preliminary Combines Act probe. Millers Worm Powders claim to clear worms from child stomachs and bowels, taste pleasant, are non injurious though may cause vomiting as a sign of effectiveness.
A new camera lets entire pages of newspapers be copied onto small photographic paper. A roll of film under three feet can capture a full newspaper. Dr. Thomas P. Martin of the Library of Congress has a projector to display the newspaper at natural size.
An old advertisement promotes Mr Liniment Caneer as a remedy to relieve cold symptoms. The copy touts quick comfort, suggesting it soothes aches and congestions, reflecting early 20th century patent medicine marketing.
Over 80 farmers in the North Okanagan district have filed applications with the British Columbia Department of Agriculture to inspect their crops for seed exhibit preparation. The aim is to showcase at the Worlds Grain Exhibition and Conference in Regina in 1932.
Charles C. Teague of the Federal Farm Board told the American Farm Bureau that the current business depression cannot last long. He noted farm loans totaled 303 million with 119.9 million repaid and 183.4 million outstanding as of 1930 and warned surpluses in wheat and cotton require production cuts either voluntary or forced by prices.
Saskatoon radio announcer Geoffrey Bartlett was describing a stolen car when a 12 inch steel bolt smashed through a ground floor window and struck the wall. He shouted for Stan to call police. the assailant fled before officers arrived.
The Vancouver Star argues for a simple enactment granting British born persons who become Canadian citizens full Canadian citizenship in every sense. Without such a law, no English Scottish or Australian citizen in Canada can be sure they may return after leaving the country as of right.
Joseph Sekulich of Jugo Slavia and Pearl Dudley of Bangor Maine arrived in Saint John to begin a four year trek toward a world walk. They will reach Halifax next, completing an eighth of the journey. Their route includes Halifax to Glasgow then Scotland Ireland England and continental Europe.
The New York state experimental station at Geneva reports a pure bred Jersey herd milked by machine for 23 years, the longest continuous milking for such a herd. Annual yield averages 7,300 pounds of milk and 400 pounds of fat per calendar year for animals over two years old.
Persian Balm preserves and enhances women’s natural beauty. It tones and rejuvenates the skin, giving a smooth velvety texture and a youthful charm to every complexion. Delicately fragrant and indispensable to dainty women, especially for soft white hands.
Katherine Morgan teaches in New Albin Iowa with 20 pupils. Nineteen share the Hammel name and are cousins.
Bank of Montreal reports no losses from securities depreciation and maintains ample provisions for losses. President Sir Charles Gordon notes agriculture and wheat’s impact on Canada’s foreign trade, while predicting Canada will lead a return to prosperity as the economy stabilizes.
Canada expects France to import a minimum of seven to nine million bushels of Canadian wheat over four months, with potential rise to 15 percent foreign wheat in blends. Minister H H Stevens notes negotiations in Paris and possible May 1 total around 20 million bushels, aiding export prospects amid a 1930 crop surplus of 200 to 250 million bushels.
A Department of Agriculture report estimates per capita beef consumption in Canada at about 60 pounds yearly. For Montreal’s population of 1.25 million, demand equates to 37,500 tons annually, with 125,000 cattle needed at 600 pounds dressed weight. Toronto with 750,000 people needs 22,500 tons and 75,000 cattle. Only 30 percent meets government grade quality.
The Vigidis departed Cardiff with 835 200 gallons of Cardiff drinking water and 1615 tons of potatoes. She sails 1000 miles to the Antarctic to serve as provisioning ship for 20 whaling vessels.
The 1930 salmon pack in British Columbia totals 2,163,712 cases, about 100,000 more than the previous peak set in 1926. Comparisons show 1929 at 1,389,476. 1928 at 2,035,629. 1927 at 1,360,634. 1926 at 2,065,451.
At the Kimberley diamond mine in Africa diamonds have been brought from a depth of 2600 feet.
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