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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1927
Page
2
The piece urges welcoming newcomers as Canada anticipates a record influx in the diamond jubilee year. It cites Europe’s upheaval easing emigration, Canada’s improved economy, and the need for rapid, lawful assimilation into permanent, productive residents with local councils and neighbors aiding settlement.
Lazarus Raikane, possibly the last survivor of Livingstone’s circle, lives in Vereeniging district Transvaal. Born in Pretoria district, he served Livingstone by tending sheep and drawing water. Records note Livingstone’s Kuruman trek in 1811, making Raikane’s age likely in his eighty or ninety.
Pilot Capt. A. S. Wilcocksen lifts a 6 ton night bomber to hover at 2000 feet above Crickte Road Aerodrome London NAV. He reduces throttle to achieve motionless flight then slows further and briefly moves backward relative to ground as observers note.
British ambassador to Washington Sir Esme Howard urged unity among English speaking peoples at a Washington Twentieth Century Club talk. He warned unity of heart requires no wars despite armament fears and called for focusing on each nation’s own defense needs. He also noted Britain cannot ignore Europe when preserving Anglo-saxon unity.
A health ad announces a remedy that claims rapid relief from rheumatism and lumbago, offering immediate comfort to sufferers and promising lasting ease through its formula. The copy emphasizes quick action and strong relief.
A Georgetown letter from F. E. Normand claims Nerviline cured crippling rheumatic pain quickly. He urges readers to obtain a five dollar bottle to find reliable relief and a rapid return to mobility.
Three distinct oils are being produced in the Turner Valley field near Calgary. Royalite No 4 and Vulcan yield naphtha and gasoline, while New New McDougall-Segur handles crude. The latter was producing 100 barrels per day by tapping, with a pump installation underway.
A testimonial from Mrs Hensher of Kingston Ontario details dramatic improvement after six boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills. She describes relief from back and limb pains, restored sleep and appetite, and recovery in her anaemic daughter. Pills sold by dealers or 50 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario. A free booklet Building Up the Blood offered on request.
A 1200 mile jungle route from Khar toum through Central Africa to Kenya is to be served by a large triple screw air liner designed in England. Based on a fast Air Ministry flying boat, the craft will land as a seaplane at many points along rivers lakes and swamps along the route.
The piece recounts Dr Forbes Ross’s view that cancer stems from potassium salt deficiency and that correcting this can reverse advanced cancer. It warns that refined foods and boiled vegetables strip minerals, causing potassium starvation linked to various illnesses, and promotes The Cantassium Treatment via Charles Walter of Toronto. It also references Dr Kelloge’s Asthma Remedy and notes the fiddler crab’s enlarged claw.
The British government guards a new infrared searchlight ray claimed to reveal enemy movements at night. Inventor John L. Baird and Captain O. G Hutchinson describe a system linked to television technology that could detect aircraft and scenes thousands of miles away, with defenders using it to track unseen nighttime approaches.
A dated ad line notes Hollo way's Corn Remover relieves painful corns while a quip on a chronic borrower contrasts with a claim that a woman's fading beauty reveals brains. The fragment reflects early 20th century humorous promotional copy.
A vegetable after meal tablet is widely used to prevent indigestion and sick headache. Millions also seek it as a mild laxative to ease bowel movements and leave a pleasant after effect. These pills are a doctor's prescription and sold by all druggists.
The notice touts Pape's Diapepsin as the quickest surest relief for indigestion gases flatulence heartburn sourness fermentation or stomach distress from acidity. A few tablets give immediate relief. Druggiers sell millions of packages.
The Department of Horticulture at the University of Saskatchewan announces a series of short articles for Saskatchewan gardeners. Topics include The Garden Area Planning the Home Garden Vegetables for the Home Garden Fruits for the Home Garden Annual Flowers for the Home Garden Perennial Flowers for the Home Garden and more. Articles will be mailed upon request to the university.
A Flemish scientist calmly claims women are less talkative than men in objective terms. He cites two facts: longer vocal cords in men require more energy to produce sound, and women have shorter vocal cords.
A cache of ad copy and short notes references Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for sores and coughs, a claim about butter or animal fat warding off tuberculosis, and a remark on a president’s mother who witnessed her son’s inauguration. The tone resembles a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper filler.
The speech from the throne in Toronto suggested advancing the northern Ontario railway toward James Bay this year. The line aims to develop the intervening country, not just reach the bay, and early results from Cobalt show broad mineralization extending northward, possibly to the bay shore.
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