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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 04, 1923
Page
2
Officials urge summer camps and cottages to promote outdoor living while guarding against waterborne disease fire and unsafe swimming. Parents should supervise children near water ensure clean drinking water and teach swimming, boating safety, canoes, and wildfire prevention during vacations. Continued learning and practical skills are encouraged despite the break from school.
The violin industry in Czecho Slovakia grows with about 4500 home workers. In 1922 output reached 133000 violins, plus 2160 cellos and 1200 double basses, all noted for high quality.
A Rio de Janeiro cablegram announces Phillips' Milk of Magnesia received the Grand Prize at the Brazilian Centennial International Exposition, signaling its world leadership. The notice contrasts this acclaim with regional slang and local verbiage about genuine cut-grass and a flyswatter test.
The Post Office weekly bulletin from Ottawa dated June 16 lists 1923 rates for newspapers sent by private individuals to Great Britain and Empire addresses. One cent for four ounces or fraction thereof to each address for Canadian newspapers and periodicals. All other newspapers and periodicals mailed by private individuals to those places two cents for each two ounces or fraction thereof to each address.
The Broome discovery yields a 101 grain double button pearl valued at $60,000. The chief pearling inspector notes it eclipses the Star of the West, 101 grains and valued at $50,000, setting a new benchmark in West Australia.
Austrian inventors unveil a near field automatic vessel detector using a pen sized light beam and selenium cell receiver. A passing ship interrupts the beam triggering a bell or recording device for coastal defense and smugglers pursuit. Tests between two Vienna outskirts points three and a half miles apart succeeded in daylight with a modest lamp.
Mothers face dangers from cholera infantum diarrhoea and dysentery in summer. Baby's Own Tablets are promoted to prevent stomach and bowel troubles and to aid recovery, sold by medicine dealers or by mail from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
In written replies to Commons questions Treasury Financial Secretary William Joynson-Hiebeks stated Great Britain paid about £11,464,000 for six months interest on American loans due June 15. He also answered no to whether a recent German gold shipment to the United States was credited to Britain's government in that country.
W R Bell district officer of Malaita governs with 54 000 natives under British law using two police boys. He balances strict justice with native outlook to avoid rebellions while maintaining order. Malaita spans 120 by 40 miles and the article notes worm issues in children vis a vis health.
A new flying wing aeroplane will be tested in England. The body is a lifting surface and will carry over a ton in flight. It is designed to be faster and more economical than prior types, with multiple engines and a 25 passenger saloon plus space for mail and baggage.
An Antwerp carpenter purchased an old painting from a secondhand dealer for a few francs. An Antwerp art expert identified the dated 1649 Rembrandt signature on the work. The piece is valued at about 2,000,000 francs.
The remark notes an impressed response to a lecture while acknowledging limited comprehension. A follow up asks for Minard and avoids other inquiries, referencing W. N. U. 1479.
Household hints for busy cooks. Apricot and raisin pie combines dried apricots and Sun-Maid raisins with sugar and flour, baked in a lattice crust. Cherry marmalade uses peeled red cherries with sugar and orange juice cooked to thick marmalade, sealed in sterilized glasses.
A long 19th century style ad claims summer complaint and prostration threaten infants, touts Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry as safest effective remedy. It cites a Ontario mother, Mrs Lafontaine, praising quick relief after two doses and says the product saves babies, priced 50c per bottle from The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto.
In a short exchange Pat questions the earth’s motion while his opponent challenges the idea as night falls. The dialogue then shifts to Catarrh and Dr Thomas Electric Oil praised for internal and external use with testimonials of relief.
The Imperial conference on education opened in London with the Duke of York presiding. Delegates from dominions and colonies, including Canada’s Peter Larkin, stressed global contact among educators and officials. Devonshire praised long term planning beyond present needs. An asthma remedy advert follows, claiming to clear symptoms and restore vigor.
Sir Robert Laird Borden argues in the Yale Review that world peace depends on public opinion upholding justice and on international cooperation via a system of periodic conferences. He notes the League of Nations has prevented wars, settled dangerous issues, and established a court, though it cannot guarantee complete peace.
A Perth County incident recalls a horse runaway and a driver thrown from a buggy with fatal injury. The piece notes the shift from horse to automobile as the dominant cause of traffic accidents and reflects on changes in news coverage since the car era.
The Rar Knight Ranching Company sold about 229000 pounds of woo crop to American buyers at 34 cents per pound. The deal involved roughly 75000 dollars, and the price is reported higher than the previous year.
The article highlights a friendly contest among Ontario Quebec and British Columbia for world dairy records. It notes Canada’s top quality dairy cattle and export gains while still importing millions of pounds of butter annually amid strong production of about 59 million pounds and exports of 3.59 million pounds.
Carpets manufactured on a paper mesh foundation are being produced in Germany. The statement notes the use of a paper mesh base in carpet production within the German textile industry.
Circular from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio promotes Halus Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy. It asserts the medicine influences the blood to treat mucous surfaces and improve overall health, offering free circulars and urging purchase through druggists.
The British admiralty has withdrawn nearly one hundred dreadnoughts cruisers destroyers and submarines from active service and sold them for breaking up. The discarded vessels offer insight into postwar naval downsizing and industrial reuse.
Stonomas' Electric Oil has sold for over fifty years and proven a blessing to thousands. It enjoys high favor across Canada and its quality has reached beyond the seas. Even if priced twice as high it would still be a cheap liniment.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt portrays a vain young man claiming his face as fortune and a witty reply from an outspoken girl noting Val will not owe income tax. The exchange highlights vanity and sharp social humor.
Advice claims white paint on bed springs prevents rust stains and protects mattresses. A corny aside notes the surface of the sun is 12,000 times that of the earth.
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