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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 04, 1925
Page
2
A 1925 immigration policy essay urges selecting physically fit and mentally sound settlers, urging provinces and local communities to back newcomers with needed services. It warns against Canada becoming a dumping ground for the disabled and stresses self-reliance, permanent residence, and regional cooperation to build population and future prosperity.
Primitive land within twelve miles of the North Pole, North Greenland, described as a land without laws. Men rule with hunting kaotves, women keep household utensils, and property rights do not exist. Stone houses belong to no one. if an Eskimo family finds an empty house, it becomes theirs until they leave.
The annual Taber irrigation district report shows a 26900 dollar surplus for the year. This surplus allowed a rate reduction from 2.00 to 1.50 for the previous year.
Junkhead A. J. A. van Panhuys, a 6 ft 9 in Netherlands Legation official in Paris, married Miss Vera Craven of Eastbourne at the Chapel Royal Strand England. His father is lord-in-waiting to the Queen of the Netherlands. The bridegroom towered over the bay trees on the chancel steps. The bride is of medium height.
Immigration circles claim the Canadian government may ease entry limits, with about 4000 newcomers allowed to enter starting in March. The report notes this as a rumor and cites no official confirmation.
Municipal welfare office uncovers earnings of beggars in Leipsic with daily take of 15 to 25 dollars for seasoned beggars and 1000 marks weekly for a blind woman. Brothers claim higher returns from street concerts and sad stories. A school trains children in dole faces to boost takings, with shares paid to the school director.
Mothers nationwide acclaim Baby's Own Tablets for children. praised for relieving stomach derangements, constipation, indigestion, colds, fevers, and teething discomfort. Sold by druggists or mail order at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The Associated Growers of British Columbia announce the launch of a sales agency to handle all fruits and vegetables. The group will sell its own products through its own men, with branches planned in Vancouver Edmonton Calgary Saskatoon Regina and Winnipeg.
Dread of asthma causes misery with nightly attacks and constant anticipation. Dr J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy offers immediate relief and wards off future attacks, leaving sufferers in peace and happiness once believed impossible. It is inexpensive and sold almost everywhere.
Dr Wilder B Bancroft of Cornell University told the local Rotary Club that advances in wireless and radio reduce fog worries and that chemists will likely find methods to dissipate fogs and make clouds produce rain, he said in the talk titled Chemistry and Service.
Prince George will depart for China with the Eastern Squad ron to be stationed there for about two years. He is likely to receive an early promotion in the ordinary course of events, which could hasten his return, placing him back in a little over a year.
A statistician warns that penmanship could disappear in fifty years if typewriter use continues at current pace. He argues time patience and eyesight would be saved and valued far more than the art of handwriting.
The item notes a product called Sore Feet Minard's Litiment with reference to W N U 1566. It appears as a brief notice or catalog line, listing the product and a code, lacking broader context or endorsement.
Dr. W. T. Grenfell plans a 2500 mile voyage across the Atlantic in the Strathcona II, a steel yacht, to replace a lost vessel. The trip will supply coal, carry necessities to Labrador stations, and ferry ill or injured people to Grenfell’s hospitals. The voyage aims to reach Arctic Eskimo country where no sea transport exists.
Kevin O HIGGINS, vice president of the Irish Dail Eireann, moved the second reading of a treasonable and seditious offences bill. The measure makes permanent the law against rebellion in Ireland and replaces the expired Public Safety Act. The bill is not retrospective and only covers possible future trouble. He said such laws exist in all countries, with death penalties for war on the state, and the government will not tolerate rivals to state authority including pretenders to the presidency.
Russia has placed large orders for modern fighters in Holland France and Britain with Fokker the Dutch designer. The contract covers over a hundred Napier-Fokker planes built abroad yet fitted with 450 horsepower Napier engines indicating Britain’s lead in aero engine design and construction.
Factory warnings note workers may keep carbolic acid for wounds but advise Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as a faster non scar causing alternative. It warns against caustic burns and promotes the oil as a safe first aid solution.
The Canadian National Railways reported 1924 net earnings of 17,244,251 after operating costs. Chairman Sir Henry Thornton announced results showing gross receipts down 17,547,305 from the prior year but with 14,360,907 in operating savings, yielding the net figure.
City councilman 8. R. Lewin proposes a tax on bobbed hair to balance Bath's budget. He notes a historical powdered hair tax among 17th century ladies and suggests the bobbing levy could function as a form of poll tax.
A report notes mink theft now includes animals raised for fur. P. E. Cameron imported six Quebec mink and keeps them at Eagle Heights in British Columbia, where he also owns a pair of Alaskan silver foxes.
Millions of British employees receive wages tied to a sliding scale that adjusts with changes in the retail prices index. The system moves wages up or down as inflation rises or falls, affecting families across the country.
The United States naval dirigible will perform a round trip cruise to England this summer carrying mail, as announced by navy department officials.
The annual British army report for the year ending September 30 notes 30 000 enlistments and re enlistments, 878 fewer than last year, with Northern Ireland a strong recruit source. Emigration to the dominions hurts army life and many recruits are lost to it. Regular army strength totals 215 343 and territorial reserve 44 809.
C P Browning manager of the Britannia Mine told the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy convention in Vancouver that copper’s prosperity linked to mining in BC will persist. He cited new electrical uses expanding demand and said producers worldwide will be taxed to meet it.
The Sunshine Trail highway from Butte Montana to Alberta is being extended to Edmonton making it the northern terminus of the famous route.
Food from airplanes saved three Swiss alpinists marooned eight days on the Barnia Mountains top hut. Storms prevented landings, but fliers dropped corned beef and nan tak from the sky and hurled supplies to the stranded men daily until rescue teams arrived.
Mrs Nellie Bagan of Gilbert Plains Manitoba says seven years of kidney trouble and hospital care ended after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She urges others with head to knee ailments to try them, claiming renewed energy when kidneys were at fault and blood circulation improved.
A short dialogue shows Tommy claim I am the ninth letter of the alphabet. The teacher corrects him stating not I. The exchange captures a playful classroom moment.
A remark on gaining lasting reputation by predicting events a hundred years in the future. The idea suggests that certainty of foresight can elevate status and credibility beyond ordinary reputation.
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