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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 22, 1927
Page
2
Canadians urged concerted mosquito control to eliminate breeding sites and ease disease risk. Campaigns in Ban Ottawa Winnipeg and Fraser River Valley draw on Panamanian example and Toronto Saturday Night guidance on life cycle and oil film control.
The University of Montreal faculty offers gold silver and bronze medals from the sixtieth anniversary committee for an open competition on the history of Canada. The essay subject is the worth of Canada's political liberties.
The faculty secretary requests manuscripts in English or French be submitted by November 1. Prizes will be awarded before December 1.
Sir William Mulock, chairman of a banquet for the Canadian Medical Association in Toronto, argues Canada should not welcome increased southern migration. He says many Americans are a weakness and that Canada should admit only those of good foundation stock, even preferring an empty house over a bad tenant.
A new airship passenger service connects Winnipeg with the mining region east of Lake Winnipeg and north of the Winnipeg River. If you can't do anything about it don't talk about it.
Canadian courts sentenced 17 people to death for murder in the year ending March 3. Nine were executed, five had sentences commuted to life, and three received new trials. About 759 inmates were in penal institutions with 548 parole refusals during the period.
A terse ad style note touts relief from neuralgia with claimed magical results upon application. It promises pain destruction and dramatic improvement, urging readers to try the unspecified remedy.
A testimonial from Mr Wwe Cheenway, once tied to the Castle newspaper, praises Nerviline as a twenty year staple in his home. He claims it relieves pain from earache toothache cramps and a disordered stomach and urges readers to try Nerviline at all dealers.
Professor Martin Menderechn argues the heart is not the prime life force, claiming body cell activity governs blood movement. The piece notes his Berlin University chair since 1899 and presents his extraordinary view on bodily motive power. It also touts Jot Welloge’s asthma remedy as a lasting relief for a decade.
Postwar changes leave over a million Europeans without a country as noted by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. The international relief chief cites passports under the League of Nations to ease distress and mentions progress in resettling Russian refugees in Argentina Brazil and Paraguay.
At the Canadian Seed Growers' Association convention in Victoria President Strange urged against federal subsidies for seed growers. He favored a system that identifies export crop products to benefit quality producers and noted Canada's field crops' strong world standing. The report by Peter Stewart shows yearly crop yields and inspections, with 635 members across provinces and praise for the young champion in wheat and oats.
The Fairchild Aerial Survey president Eilwood Wilson argues air transport could unlock mining and other industries in Canada where rail is unfeasible. He notes subsidies fund many European services and US contracts may cover costs, but new lines require assured demand. A stray ad for Mother Graves Worm Exterminator follows.
India will showcase a duck eye incubator model and hatchery display at the World Poultry Congress in Ottawa. The Indian National Educational Exhibit, led by the United Provinces Poultry Association of Lucknow, includes a peasant home model, clay figures of Indian people, and photographs on poultry breeding. A 1750 foot film Poultry Farming in India will be shown, with Mrs. A K Fawkes as official Indian delegate.
Canada posted a net debt reduction of 42 million dollars in the fiscal year ending March Sist 1927. Finance Minister Hen A Rebb estimated a higher figure of 51 million but fell short by eleven million. Over four years the debt has dropped by 106 million with maturing loans totaling 427,000 anticipated for redemption and refinancing at lower interest.
Commercial fruit growing in British Columbia began relatively recently with rapid orchard development in the last decade. By 1891 the province had 6 500 acres devoted to fruit, rising to 43 56% acres overall. The Okanagan valley is the premier district with BC apples shipped to British Isles and Europe. pears plums peaches apricots cherries and small fruits are grown widely.
A United States syndicate opens a feldspar and likely ore at a border mine on the US side while a Canadian claim also develops feldspar and tulien. The project may expand to a crushing plant if rock quality warrants. A third rail system proposes train safety and telephony. A Rabbit Lake land office opens for homesteads in Saskatchewan.
A half ton telescope reflector once built by Sir William Herschel and later replaced was found sealed in an iron case behind a cottage wall during renovations. The discovery confirms the long lost instrument once stored near Sleigh Lat years ago and believed hidden after the inventor’s death.
Mrs. George L. Swick of Welland Ontario touts Dr Williams Pink Pills for anemia rheumatism indigestion neuralgia and general vitality. She cites childhood recovery after scarlet fever and later relief from rheumatic pain and St Vitus dance symptoms in her son. The ad promotes the pills as a tonic and blood builder with 50 cent pricing from Brockville Ontario.
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