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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 25, 1931
Page
2
The article outlines the risky choice facing prairie farmers as they plan 1931 sowing. Wheat prices remain below production costs, and a global surplus threatens profits. It urges careful, individual judgment, thrift, and adaptation, suggesting partial sowing, weed control, and reliance on good seed while acknowledging government aid may be temporary.
Fragmentary notes link Hawaii's landscape to ocean basins while a corny fact states Americans eat 18 pounds of tomatoes yearly. A joking line mocks Einstein’s relativity and suggests light has weight, reflecting odd quotes in a collage of trivia.
The article extols carbon as a fundamental substance forming many materials from soot to diamonds. It explains carbon enables others to combine into diverse compounds used in petrol medicines bread and meat. Carbon’s unique electrons underpin its role as the foundation of life on Earth and beyond.
After eating distress gas sourness and bloating Bisulated Magnesia offers quick neutralizing relief. Relief is certain and gratifying almost instantly after the first dose and a few cents buys it from any good druggist, lasting a long time.
A German scientist invents a non breakable mirror made from wood. The wood is soaked in caustic alkali then immersed in metals and chemicals, dried, and rubbed with lead tin or zinc to achieve a brilliant polish.
An old advertisement touts Dr J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy as ever reliable and effective. It claims steady growth in sales each year and urges readers to act now to prevent future asthma attacks.
The Halifax Gazette marked Canada’s first issue printed on a half sheet. Modern papers need 60 to 100 pages, eight columns across and 28 inches deep to provide the information the public requires.
An old advertisement extols Persian Balm as essential for refined women. It promises swift absorption with no stickiness, a delicate fragrance, and a velvety complexion. It claims to soothe rough skin from wind and weather and make hands soft and white.
A London department store distributed 2.5 million dollars in orders to wholesale houses in a single day and soon ran large newspaper ads inviting the public to buy the entire lot in a week, signaling an aggressive sales push.
An advertisement promotes Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as effective for croup relief by reducing inflammation and loosening phlegm. It is also said to help sore throat chest earache rheumatic pains cuts bruises and sprains and is considered an indispensable family medicine chest.
The total highway mileage open for traffic in Canada at the end of 1929 reached 390,060 miles, an increase of 8,083 miles during the year according to official figures.
The safety-pin is said to have been used by the Romans and early Egyptians and differed little from those in use today.
An English engineer named M. Thompson who escaped a Russian prison is cared for by the British Embassy in Warsaw. He reported working in a Russian factory, being arrested by the O.G.P.U., held in Tomsk, and escaping to Warsaw by walking and riding under trains, ending his journey after being found hanging under a Moscow–Warsaw express.
A sequence of exchanged lines shows Lemuel and Samuel trading barbs about driving and safety. Samuel delivers cautions about traffic lights and watching the road while Lemuel faces admonitions about car purchases and repeated mistakes. The fragments resemble a roadside chat or comic dialogue.
Fort Smith white hunters protest policy restricting beaver trapping while Indians and half breeds are allowed to trap. At a recent meeting several trappers argued the privilege should extend to white men as well.
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