Grocer Recommends Red Rose Tea Despite Lower Margin
The grocer would profit more from selling other teas but he promotes Red Rose for its superior quality. He admits the profit on Red Rose is lower than on his other teas, yet keeps recommending it.
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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
2
The grocer would profit more from selling other teas but he promotes Red Rose for its superior quality. He admits the profit on Red Rose is lower than on his other teas, yet keeps recommending it.
The article traces wartime funding in Canada through new direct taxes, excise taxes, and the arrival of an income tax. It critiques excess profits taxes and early war loans, notes the impact on producers, and argues for fair administration, simplified collection, and targeted reform of Canada’s income tax system to reduce complexity and perceived dishonesty.
Judge Cohalan of New York told a Chicago dinner hosted by the Committee of One Hundred on Ireland that the British Empire must be dismembered for world peace. The Times questions what he may have been drinking and what would have happened to the Statue of Liberty without the British fleet in 1914.
Exclusive of 89 million gallons used for street flushing firefighting and other communal needs Winnipeg consumed four billion two hundred fifty million and forty thousand gallons in the last nine months of 1920. The total cost recorded was $147,291 in a report from the Superintendent of Waterworks to city authorities.
The heart of a watch relies on a balance wheel and brass rim pieces to offset temperature-induced expansion. The wheel pulsates about 430 000 times daily and must endure wide temperature changes from body heat to below zero.
An old advertisement touts Putnam's Corn and Wart Extractor as a simple painless remedy to remove corns with nightly and morning applications. It claims guaranteed results and a price of 25 cents at all dealers, urging to refuse substitutes.
A colonel questions the youth about his hopes for the future. The youth replies he has none at the moment, saying tomorrow is his girl's birthday and his worry is the present. The exchange highlights a somber mood as personal plans clash with concern.
A vintage advertisement touts Baby's Own Tablets as a gentle laxative for infants and children. It claims to relieve constipation, sweeten the stomach, and aid natural sleep, with safe ingredients free from opiates. Sold by medicine dealers or mailed from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario for 25 cents a box.
Early British currency prior to Anglo Saxon arrival followed Phoenician coin designs introduced by traders. The note highlights cultural influence on coinage from Phoenician sources before local minting traditions developed.
A South American rheumatic remedy is touted as a wonderful medicine for acute and chronic rheumatism lumbago neuralgia and related ailments. The advertisement asserts cures in 1 to 3 days and notes availability at druggists. It ends with a skeptical remark about knowledge and ignorance.
Mothers emphasize readiness with Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil to treat sudden croup in children. The ad highlights its prompt action and versatility, presenting it as a valued domestic medicine based on experience.
Colonel Gibson writes to the Globe about the company’s long standing program to conserve forests. The firm maintains a dedicated reforestation department and spent 100000 last year on planting. A nursery grows over half a million seedlings to be transplanted on Crown lands.
The Smithsonian Institute reports a skull found in Central Montana belongs to the great ape lineage but not a monkey. No monkeys are known to have lived in the United States.
A critical analysis argues North Dakota's banking collapse shows risks of political interference in finance. It notes high bond rates failed to attract investors while neighboring states offered cheaper rural credit, urging caution for proposals of government banks in Canada.
Procaine, a synthetic local anaesthetic, replaces cocaine in dentistry. It diminishes pain by desensitizing nerve branches rather than targeted spots, enabling nerve blocking. The American development and domestic manufacture of synthetic anaesthetics ended wartime shortages.
The Bank of North Dakota once the sole state controlled central bank and depository for public funds faces liquidation. It grew from the Non Partisan League program with 2 million capital and 26 million in deposits, but its downfall follows failed political banking and bond sales. Businessmen doubted a state run bank could sustain extensive credit to farmers and large projects.
The American Consul at Vancouver reports British Columbia pulp and paper exports to the United States in 1920 at about 10 million dollars. Exports to the Philippine Islands totalled 195,269 dollars, up from 66,269 in 1919, and to the Hawaiian Islands 26,100 dollars, up from 1,311 in 1919.
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