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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 17, 1931
Page
2
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty plan a world circumnavigation in a single mono plane, aiming for less than ten days. They evaluated risks and spoke in New York saying they are not afraid, citing auto hazards as more likely than engine failure. Gatty is an Australian navigator.
Governor Sir Edward Grigg argues the old sense of adventure endures in new forms within science, industry, and global enterprise. He cites Arctic submarines, high altitude balloons, Canadian aviation, and the Canadian Pacific Railway as proof that bold exploration continues to drive progress and national resolve.
Dr A H Desloges of Quebec at the American Psychiatry Association convention in Toronto linked a 14 percent rise in insanity in his province to stock market losses and urged government protection for uninitiated investors as a mental health measure. The prior year saw a 5.5 percent increase.
Brigadier General Sir Charles Delme-Radcliffe described an improved photogrammetric aerial survey method to the Royal Society of Canada. Developed in Italy, the technique uses overlapping aerial photographs to achieve speed rivaling stereoscopic air surveys and accuracy comparable to transit surveys. It promises a major advance over current Canadian surveying practices.
Mrs Wm Diotte of Glensandfield Ontario describes chronic heart trouble and weakness eased after two boxes of Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills. She heard a testimonial from a friend who had similar relief and now recommends H N Pills to others.
Recipe text details chocolate ice box cookies with flour soda and sugars, melted unsweetened chocolate or coconut, and chilling before slicing. Yields about 6 dozen cookies from an 8x8 inch pan lined with waxed paper. Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 5 minutes.
A recipe for raspberry gelatin dessert with raspberries and almond scented whipped cream accompanies an advertisement for Persian Balm described as a youth elixir. It claims skin benefits and cosmetic uses for women, including softening and whitening the hands. The text blends food directions with beauty product pitches.
R Robertson of Robertson Co. Limited Vancouver reports B C apples rising in popularity in the United Kingdom and the Continent after surveying market demand. He says demand abroad is steady and likely to grow.
The text promotes Miller's Worm Powders as preventing worm related ailments in children. It notes high child mortality from worms and claims the medicine sustains strength, helping children resist illness and endure life.
An Italian in Rovereto offers ten thousand cups of coffee as payment for a small second hand motor car. Payment was to be instalments at the seller’s convenience. The car was delivered in exchange for a promissory note, with coffee cups transfer and note negotiable.
Berlin unveils Europa House claimed as Europe’s tallest business building. At eight stories and 180 feet, it houses 30 shops 450 offices halls a hotel restaurant pool and post office. Neon lighting night roof garden dance floor express elevators move 3000 passengers hourly.
Senator G. D. Robertson will conduct a coast to coast unemployment survey with the western leg led by the unemployment service superintendent and the relief director. He will meet provincial and municipal representatives and gather rural condition data, with a full government report to follow. Notes also mention Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as a common infant remedy.
Geo. Riedell of Riedell's Honey Ltd Taber says large shipments of Alberta bees will be sent to China next fall after the honey season. He cites strong demand, noting China spends about 1 500 000 yen yearly on bees imported from Japan.
Slump in soy bean price in Manchuria aids Japanese and Korean farmers enabling purchase of bean cake fertilizer. Demand at new prices drives many Chinese factories making bean oil and cake to resume after years of idle periods with new plants planned.
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