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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 09, 1924
Page
14
An old newspaper page features an ad for CATARRHOZONE claiming quick relief for catarrh and sore throat. It markets large and small sizes at $1.00 and urges purchases by mail from The Catarrhozone Co Montreal. The piece blends product promotion with anecdotes and a tangential discussion on farming, economy, and rural aspirations.
In a reflective exchange, speakers discuss the early settler lifestyle, education for children, and the challenge of schooling near Spruce Creek. They consider sending youngsters to nearby towns, while hoping for a local school and a stable, productive future for their community and region.
In a warm reminiscence set on a farm near Herringtons, the narrator recalls the June heat, grain growth, cow bells, and milking memories. Nearby, social entanglements revolve around Mr. Macleod, Phyllis Carsdale, Jean Mowbray, and Jim Cameron as gossip and affection complicate a quiet summer.
A shipment of over 209 bales of Manitoba straw is sent from Winnipeg to Havre France via West St. John and Canadian Pacific Lines. The straw will be made into pulp by Devains Process Co in Grenoble and shipped back to Winnipeg to assess straw quality for potential western pulp mills.
The Kansas City Star notes that savings and insurance deposits grew by one billion dollars in the last year, with life policies totaling eleven billion, bringing total life and savings in American hands to fifty five billion. It suggests continued spending but argues the rise in deposits reduces danger of financial extravagance.
The piece contrasts earning as a reward with collecting as a constant chore. It notes that top earners may be poor collectors and vice versa and suggests rewards come in many forms with the occupation’s pleasure being significant.
British Columbia exhibitors dominated the Pacific Northwest Potato Show in Spokane winning top prizes in the certified seed and miscellaneous classes and collecting multiple awards across other divisions.
Alberta expects about 3000 pounds of Allaswede clover seed to be threshed this year. The hardy clover was developed at the University of Alberta and resists winter hardiness seen in some varieties.
A reflective piece notes the loneliness of wealth in urban life, where abundance does not guarantee companionship. The author contrasts wealth with social proximity, suggesting even the powerful feel isolation amid crowds.
The passage contrasts a man buying gifts at a ten cent store with not drinking to feel generous and another man with a narrow mind offsetting that by long arguments. The text mocks cheap generosity and verbose reasoning as compensations.
The dondor is described as weighing from twenty to twenty five pounds and is identified as the largest bird that files.
A brief note describes women restoring faded items and garments, reviving shabby drapery and clothing. The piece highlights reuse and sewing craft, urging readers to mend and refresh garments rather than replace. It emphasizes practicality and thrift in household management.
Diamond Dyes offers 15 cent packages with simple directions for any woman to dye or untold faded fabrics. Choose any color at the drug store and refresh garments without prior experience.
The Bee Division at Ottawa finds early winter temps around 48F best, with 42 to 45F later for restlessness. Bees need darkness and undisturbed conditions, good ventilation, and controlled humidity via air shafts and dampers. Bring bees out when mild weather and Willows bloom, preferably late afternoon before a good flying day.
The New York Herald argues true solitude comes from being left alone and is easier in large cities than sparse districts. In crowded places a stranger attracts curiosity, yet one can freely ponder and commune with the Infinite, as shepherds did in ancient Palestine.
The secretary of the Canadian Seed Growers Association estimates market supply of registered and No 1 seed: Wheat 264,014 bushels on 12,612 acres. oats 61,249 bushels on 8,560 acres. barley 17,025 bushels on 836 acres. corn 4,269 bushels on 338 acres. Most seed produced in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
A brief note references a phrase about using language to foster pleasant dialogue. It suggests an emphasis on courteous speech and mutual respect in communication.
The note discusses difficulty meeting payments under easy installment arrangements and the impact on buyers who rely on such plans. It highlights financial strain and possible consequences for missed payments.
A Toronto meeting of the Em pre Club hears Commissioner Howard Statchbury of Alberta urge Ontario to source hard cost from Alberta to retain millions for Canadian needs. He claims Alberta coal, seen as good, will boost job creation and allow Ontario to buy more eastern goods, while noting American coal ads mislabeling Kentucky coal as Alberta coal.
An advertisement touts Danderine as a six cent hair tonic that restores life to neglected scalps. It promises to stop shedding, fix dandruff, and revive thinning hair with a refreshing non greasy formula available at drug stores.
Chickens ordinary brown Leghorn chickens bought a farm for Lee Smith and his wife in Barton County. They used the poultry profits to lend money, Smith took a farm hand job, and the couple built a sizable flock. They averaged about 60 percent egg production for several years during peak egg prices.
A recurring advantage cited for many historic castles is exemption from property taxes, a feature praised as a financial relief amid maintenance costs. The rule is noted by heritage groups seeking preservation funding and clearer taxation guidance.
Professor R H Goddard of Clark University is building a rocket designed to reach about 59 miles above Earth. It will carry instruments to record conditions at that altitude and include an automatic chamber to trap rarefied air at the zenith. The craft is described as firing at roughly six miles per second.
A short ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest, most effective relief for indigestion gas and acid stomach issues. It claims immediate relief from heartburn sourness and fermentation with just a few tablets and notes millions of packages sold by druggists.
A moral note from E A Heos urges children to stop saying I cant be bothered and to help at home and in the community. It argues that caring for family and neighbors fuels progress and happiness, contrasting caring and laziness with examples of chores and duties.
A distinguished citizen Dr R V Pierce pictured above offers Golden Medical Discovery a blood medicine and stomach alterative. It clears the skin beautifies it and improves circulation with pimples and eruptions vanishing. The ad urges druggists to stock it or send 10 cents for a trial package to Dr Pierce Laboratory Bridgeburg Ontario.
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