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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 25, 1928
Page
2
A Saskatchewan Province column urges safer driving and public attitude changes as motor vehicle use rises. It cites US and Ontario and Alberta data on accidents, argues roads alone cannot prevent crashes, and endorses a nationwide Safety First campaign to reduce human error and fatalities.
The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, speaker in Northern Ireland, aboard the Empress of Scotland in Quebec, plans to tour Canada coast to coast. He noted little change in Northern Ireland's economy beyond Belfast shipbuilding gains. Also cited: Byrd Antarctic expedition aims for self rescue with three planes and modern radio, ensuring inter‑section communication and organized relief if needed.
Canada schedules National Fish Week from October 24 to November 4 following the annual Canadian Fisheries Association meeting in Montreal. A broad publicity drive will precede the event as organizers emphasize national awareness and outreach.
Ernst Vierkoet ter and George Young prepare for the Third Wrigley Marathon at the Canadian National Exhibition. Vierkoetter trains on Lake Ontario and aims to improve last year’s pace. Young is noted for size and steady swimming. The sea wall course will attract huge crowds as entries near last year’s total.
Summer months bring cholera infantum colic diarrhoea and dysentery risk to children mothers should act quickly and guard babies. Baby's Own Tablets aid stomach and bowels and are safe sold by dealers or mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont priced at 25 cents a box. London adds 75 double deck omnibuses with pneumatic tires this year. Mother Graves Worm Exterminator is also offered for worm removal in children.
The Canadian Wheat Pool with 142000 farmers continues to add members. In one day this month head office contracts covered nearly 100000 acres of grain. Farmers sign five year contracts to market all wheat through the pool. The pool controls half Western Canada's wheat and averages over a million dollars in daily sales. It is claimed to raise farmer prices without raising bread prices.
The branch railway from St. Paul de Metis extended to Elk Point in 1927 and plans to reach Hiensburg this year. A 40 mile northeast line to Bonnyville is expected to have steel laid near Ashmont. The nearby Saddle Lake Indian Reserve has over 50 families settled, under the Land Settlement Branch, marking a successful settlement in a fertile 50 miles square district.
Earl W. Davidson, a railway telegraph operator from Terre Hill Pennsylvania, has devised a phantom radio that uses a crystal and three tubes to turn any loudspeaker into a broadcasting microphone. He demonstrated the device in New York and reports reaching neighbors up to fourteen miles as broadcasts from Chicago Pittsburgh and New York fill the air.
Simple punch recipe uses four lemons one pint of ginger ale and about one and a half pints of water with one cup sugar. Dissolve sugar in water then mix with lemon juice and ginger ale. Pour over ice in a pitcher and stir. Stand a few minutes before serving. Serves six.
A compact recipe for a meat and raisin salad with gelatine, celery, and a mayo garnish appears beside an advertisement for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil claimed to relieve pain. The text also notes a proverb about burying the hatchet and digging up an axe.
The Canadian Silver Black Fox Association reports forty thousand silver black foxes registered in Canada from various fox farms over the past year. Saskatchewan registered 793 pups, while other Dominion regions have higher proportions. Miller's Worm Powders claim to quickly attack and expel worms and act as a beneficial medicine for children, improving digestion and overall health.
A somber note recalls a popular Scotch physician, sensitive about his age, who died suddenly. Friends urged mourners to expect a secret on the casket plate, but the inscription merely read Dr. Caleb McNabb, with office hours listed from 2 to 4. The text ends with a Sunburn reference and a product cue for Minard's Liniment.
The Canadian Historical Association erected a cairn in Lethbridge on July 18 to commemorate Alberta’s first coal mine opened in 1872. The ceremony recalled a father of Confederation and Westward settlement with local societies and the Natural Resources Department of the CPR Board of Trade, city council, and others participating.
A fragment notes granite monuments of the Egyptians crafted with copper chisels and mentions a confirmed bachelor who prefers settling affairs out of court.
Winnipeg pioneer aviatrix Eileen Magill, a member of the Winnipeg Flying Club, soars to a height of &,000 feet in a Moth aircraft and tail-spins for the first time since her solo flight.
The report states an average Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta farm size of 258 acres with 147 acres in field crops and 86 acres in wheat valued at 14 401 dollars. An ad touts Holloway's Corn Remover promising speedy relief. A moral note claims spendthrift people are miserly.
The Reichstag passed a broad amnesty allowing thousands of prisoners to be released. Among those freed are Imperial Army deserters sentenced by Kaiser's court martial. The bill drew opposition only from Bavaria’s Folks party, and the Reichstag adjourned for the autumn session.
An odd ad line claims “We avenue baby at our house and it's street times as noisy” while noting a boy who proves as smart as his mother predicts, a local home scene described in quirky phrasing.
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