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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 23, 1922
Page
7
The text extols Gillett's Lye as a versatile cleaner for soap making, dishwashing, sink and refrigerator cleaning, garbage cans, and drain pipes. It claims to remove grease, smoke stains, disinfect, and keep kitchens and baths clean, economical, and effective with over 50 years as a standard.
Montreal will move clocks forward one hour on April 30 and back on October 1 as part of daylight saving adoption.
Awakening from cramps and sudden pains, buyers are urged to pay thirty-five cents for Nerviline. The ad claims it quickly relieves cramps, stomach gas, diarrhoea, neuralgia, chest cold, and sore throat, promising no more than thirty-five cents in all stores selling medicines.
Saskatchewan livestock totals show cattle numbering 1,563,332 in 1921, up by 29,280 from 1920. Milk cows lead gains at 421,706, about 70,000 more than the previous year, per the Provincial Department of Agriculture.
In Rio de Janeiro engineers undertake the removal of about 7,000,000 cubic yards of earth and rock from Morro do Castelo to form space in the southern metropolis. The project, described with illustrations in Popular Mechanics, uses methods from pick and shovel to steam shovel and a dummy train, while rumors claim gold near an old convent summit.
Advertises Diamond Dyes as simple for anyone to use on wool silk cotton or mixed fabrics. Claims dyeing will restore worn dresses waists coats and draperies with no streaking fading or running and advises checking material type with a druggist.
An Edmonton Bulletin critique notes Britain paid 22 million pounds to France for docks buildings and trenches used in World War I operations. The piece argues it marks an unusual case of one nation renting battlefield trenches from another and cautions it was not France’s battle but Britain’s.
A saying notes that prophets lose respect at home when they repeat warnings and claim prior correctness, suggesting audiences tire of repeated certainty and admonitions.
A motor truck is described with a designed body that travels to unload bricks neatly. The mechanism aims to drop the load in an orderly fashion, improving efficiency in brick delivery.
A brief health notice promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a mild laxative to regulate constipation in infants. A testimonial from Mrs. Joseph Dion of Ste Perpetue Quebec claims the tablets cured her three month old's constipation, noting the child is now fifteen months and healthy. The Dr Williams Medicine Co. of Brockville Ontario sells the tablets for 25 cents per box through dealers or by mail.
The St Augustine Florida post office building is believed to be the oldest such structure in the United States. Archives of the Indies in Seville record the King of Spain purchasing it in 1694 from former Florida governor Gonzalo Mendez for 10 000 dollars as a residence for Gov Pedro De Yderra and successors. He noted the governor’s house was over the sea, cold and damp, and two former governors had died there.
An old promotional piece touts California Fig Syrup as a universal remedy for sick children. It claims a teaspoon clears constipation and restores playfulness within hours, urging mothers to demand genuine product from druggists and warning against imitations.
A fashionable indoors frock features a square neck yoke and a waist fulness at the shoulders. The skirt meets the blouse at a lowered waist with black embroidery and a slender patent belt. Versions in cotton crepe or linen suit dressier occasions. Oil ad touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as widely trusted and effective.
Mrs. A. Duncan Regina Beach donated a 200 year old Scotland history and fossilized sea fish found in 1884 six miles west of Bulyea to the Saskatchewan Natural History Museum. Frederick Bradshaw received them. the history by George Buchanan remains in good condition. Fossils found 40 feet underground during prosperous Bulyea prairie digging.
Lake Superior covers 31,200 square miles making it the largest stretch of fresh water on earth. The vast lake is a defining geographic feature for the region and a key freshwater body in North America.
The Edmonton Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway reports nearly 1.5 million bushels of wheat oats and barley moved from Peace River and Grande Prairie since September first. Rail cars total nine hundred five carrying 778,624 bushels of wheat 676,983 of oats and 100,699 of barley. Corns are painful growths. Hollo way's Corn Remover will remove them.
The Mennonites in Southern Manitoba have pursued melon growing with success in watermelons and muskmelons. Experiments at Morden Experimental Station show good flavor in hot years but poor in cool years. The superintendent sees melon growing as a viable commercial proposition, noting Mennonite work and minimal required care.
The Provincial Minister of Lands reports BC water-borne lumber exports in 1921 surpassed 188.009 million feet, about 44 million feet above 1920. A large share shipped to Japan and China, signaling a robust timber trade. Minard's Liniment is mentioned in a stray line.
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