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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 19, 1930
Page
2
An advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a long trusted antacid. It claims a single spoonful neutralizes excess stomach acid, relieves pain within minutes, and emphasizes genuine Phillips product prescribed by physicians for 50 years.
The article surveys Canadian immigration amid rising public concern, noting shifts from open to restricted policies. It weighs central versus provincial control, emphasizes middle-ground reform, and calls for careful study of economic social and religious factors shaping future intake.
The Bureau of Dairy Industry of the USDA says discarded milk bottles greatly raise consumer bills. The annual milk bottle bill nears 30 million dollars with 20 million wasted after bottles leave dairies. In a large city last year junkmen salvaged 20 million bottles from dumps worth over 1 million dollars.
The ad claims swollen joints and rheumatic pain stem from weak watery blood and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as restoring red blood. A testimonial from A Dickle of Milton Nova Scotia describes severe hip and leg pain relief after using the pills, with continued improvement and no recurrence. Pills available locally or by mail for 50 cents from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
G. M. Hutt development engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway said in Montreal that agricultural product values have quadrupled in twenty years while mine and forest outputs have tripled fisheries have doubled and developed water power has increased sixfold.
W. L. Caldwell & Co. announce a new Calgary plant costing about 40000 dollars to manufacture woollen goods. The project would double the current plant capacity, which now processes the equivalent of 15000 fleeces annually, with a second similar section expected later.
The December output from Ontario gold mines totaled 33,383,169 dollars, up 485,692 from November, as reported by the Department of Mines.
A curious excerpt notes that Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator is not for children yet effectively does its work. The text uses whimsical comparisons about animal behavior to imply reliability and promptness in pest control.
A new British Columbia telephone project will connect Vancouver and Victoria by an additional 35 speech channels within two months. Two direct Vancouver Calgary services start this spring, with southern BC linked to the Crow's Nest line by year end.
Claim that there may be other corn removers but complete satisfaction comes only after using Holloway's Corn Remover.
The Indian population of Canada increased by 3 118 over the past five years per the five year census of the Department of Indian Affairs. By the end of 1929 the population stood at 108 012.
The 1929 farm output in British Columbia totalled 61 million dollars, a new record. This marks an increase of 5 million dollars from 1928.
Mitchell Ontario story of Mrs F Station who suffered weakness, leg pains, headaches, and sleep loss after twin birth. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength, gained weight, and could work again. She plans to recommend the remedy to others.
Courtney Riley Cooper, American novelist, returning from Churchill on Hudson Bay, urged Americans to broaden knowledge of Canada. He criticized prevailing impressions of Canada as barren and frozen, recounting harsher cold experiences as a reporter and praising Canadian police as part of shared heritage between Canadians and Americans.
A nostalgic recipe extols Caramel Pudding using unopened Eagle Brand Condensed Milk. The method involves boiling a sealed can for two and a half hours, cooling, removing the ends, and serving with whipped cream or nut meats.
A 1917 English invention Windolite, a cellulose acetate coated with galvanized wire mesh, is waterproof airtight and flexible. It transmits ultraviolet rays aiding health and growth for poultry and humans and costs less than ordinary glass. Dr J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy is advertised as a dependable relief for asthma sufferers.
Tablets from the Nile region show early Egyptian marriage contracts with the husband as author. The 590 B.C. text promises a bridal gift of four dollars in gold and a reciprocal duty to wife with grounds to part at a cost of 17 dollars.
Miller's Worm Powders claim to purge stomach and intestines of worms without discomfort. The makers urge mothers to use the preparation to restore strength and vigor in children and shield them from worm-related debility.
Minard's The Great White Liniment. Using a photo electric photometer attached to the telescope at the Dominion Observatory Ottawa, brightness of a star can be measured to within half a percent. The instrument mainly tracks changes in variable stars.
A London dispatch reports nine surviving widows and 13 children of Abdul Hamid, former Sultan of Turkey, secured 50 million dollars after five years of legal action against a 1.5 billion dollar estate. Greece reportedly offered 50 million to former harem members living in Europe. The Aegean Financial Trust, Ltd. aims for 1 billion from Iraq.
Gordon Thomas of Royston British Columbia grew a nasturtium plant from a garden seed saved in 1928. Planted March 10 1929 on the south side of his house it produced nine ounces of seed and 1278 blooms. The plant rose to 14 feet 4 inches and bloomed until November 11.
Clyde D. More of the Ohio State Journal suggests a humorous twist in the revised Uncle Tom's Cabin with Eliza crossing the river on an electric refrigerator.
Employment in Canada in 1929 exceeded prior years with 6,700 firms employing a monthly average of 1,020,635 people. By December 1st the Index stood at 119.4, ten points above the year's start, per the Bureau of Statistics.
Deaf readers are told that Canadian Acousticon Ltd has perfected a new Acousticon model with a dime sized earpiece. The firm offers a free 10 day trial and will send the device to interested individuals for home testing.
At a special meeting the Toronto Humane Society discussed recommendations to tighten enforcement of criminal code sections on animal treatment. Attendees included representatives from other provinces led by Miss Marshall Saunders of Alberta. A note mentions a mink catching up to 80 fish in one night.
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