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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 06, 1931
Page
2
Relieved stomach discomfort from excess acid is claimed to be quickly neutralized by a tasteless spoonful of Phillips Milk of Magnesia in water. The advertisement touts its 50 year standard status with physicians, immediate effect, and no after effects, urging buyers to seek genuine Phillips at drugstores for 50c.
The House of Commons gave third reading to a bill extending two years for start and finish of the Edmonton Dunvegan and British Columbia railway main line from Spirit River and a branch of Central Canada Railway to the Alberta northern boundary. The route is planned generally westward for about 102 miles to near township 78 or 79, range 1 west of the sixth meridian in British Columbia.
The essay questions if the British North America Act 1867 suits modern Canada and whether Dominion and Provincial powers should be unified or redefined. It notes nine provincial jurisdictions, disputes over radio control and corporate regulation, and calls for a conference to modernize the constitution akin to Australia and South Africa.
Mrs Wm Diotte of Glensanda Ont describes long heart trouble and weakness. After trying remedies she used Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills on a friend's recommendation and felt relief. She bought two boxes and recovered, urging others with heart trouble to try the pills. The ad notes mail order and general stores for purchase.
In a fashion tip a reader explains lowering the hem of a short skirt then redying the entire dress after bleaching. She endorses Diamond Dyes for rejuvenating fabrics with smooth even long lasting color and notes friends think her items are new after dyeing.
A field survey shows pale western cutworm eggs may hatch after light rains and warm spells, challenging winter kill assumptions. Farms with volunteer grains or weeds show feeding, suggesting reseeding or summer fallow. consider early spring cultivation and sowing late barley or oats after mid June. Information sources include Dominion Laboratories in Canada and regional universities and agriculture departments.
Worms fret infants and deprive sleep. Mother Graves Worm Exterminator promises stomach and intestinal relief to restore healthfulness and quiet nights for babies.
Four Royal Canadian Mounted policemen at the British Empire trade fair in Buenos Aires received two riding horses each for personal use. The donor is not named in a Buenos Aires cable but the Argentine government is believed to be the source. The Mounties are Sergt J R Paton M C of Victoria B C Constable Carstairs Medicine Hat Alberta Constable Carmichael and Constable C G Fairman of Ottawa. Earlier reports said Argentines favored the Mounties among local horsemen.
J. S. Woodsworth, labor M P for Winnipeg North Centre, told the Toronto League of Nations Society meeting that Canada has not fulfilled eight hour day, living wage, child labor elimination and workers rights provisions of the Versailles treaty. He cited census figures showing Canada employs far more children than the United States with 23 per 1000 under 16 in Canada versus 13 in the U S.
Miss Edith May Lyons of the Department of Zoology at the University of Manitoba receives a bursary from the National Research Council of Canada. She will qualify for her Master of Science this spring and will continue post graduate research at the University of Toronto next year. Sweden plans railway electrification to avert unemployment for at least two years.
About 20,000 new peach trees are expected to be planted in the Oliver district of British Columbia this year as part of a regional horticultural expansion.
Plain and light sewing wanted at home. Work sent any distance with charges paid. Good pay. Send stamp for particulars. National Manufacturing Co. Dept. 6, Montreal.
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