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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 09, 1927
Page
6
A report notes a discovery of a possibly rich lead, zinc, silver and gold deposit in Northern Manitoba. The piece mentions Lieut-Col. BR. G. Thgekray MLC, who served in the Great War, dying recently in Quebec.
Baron George Franckenstein, Austrian ambassador to Great Britain, says the chance of a new world war is very remote. He notes the last war was a colossal catastrophe from which the world has not fully recovered as he speaks in Canada about sending Austrian peasants to farm lands there.
The piece notes that since the Imperial Government granted Canada postal control on July 1 after 78 years, the service has grown to a $45 million annual revenue and handles stamps worth $35 million. It emphasizes mail and financial transactions as core to daily life and suggests a weeklong suspension would reveal its true value.
A country boy suffers severe headaches and a doctor prescribes ice in a calico bag tied over his head. He promises to return soon. The mother reports the headache is gone but all the mice are dead.
Elaborate preparations outline the coronation set for November 1928. An early 1929 date announcement will be made to the spirits by the Preparatory Committee. In Kobe in February a ritual will select the sacred rice field via tortoise shell burning, followed by a ceremonial planting by maidens with court music.
A health alert describes general debility from thin red-blood deficiency and urges building rich blood with Dr. Williams Pink Pills. It claims improved appetite and vigor as new blood stimulates organs, citing Mrs. J Potter of Winnifred, Alta, and notes pills cost 50 cents per box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
An advertisement from Hon. George S. Henrys highway safety committee urges pedestrians to walk on the left facing traffic. The column notes many have no sidewalk, and Christmas and New Year’s Day will again burden fathers hardest when holidays fall on Sundays.
A letter from Harry H. Buss of Egmont B C praises Gin Pills for curing a 17 year back problem after trying hot poultices and other remedies. He claims two and a half boxes let him work again and urges others with kidney related symptoms to try the product. The ad notes 50 cents a box and the National Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada Toronto as supplier.
A New London to New York venture plans 32 knot 20 000 ton liners to cross in four days. Experts question profitability due to energy and fuel costs despite possible mail payments and low Shipping Board financing. Air travel, led by Lindbergh and Champlain, could push fares lower than the liner’s minimum, challenging the new project.
Turkey conducted its first census with residents confined to homes on Friday to prevent opposition. The process recorded names ages religions languages professions health and education, aiming to quantify the population while easing tax fears.
Latest figures show 6,327 Indian pupils enrolled in 74 residential schools and 8,455 pupils in 70 Indian day schools across Canada. Numbers in both school types are steadily increasing.
A light exchange centers on choosing a horse that performs one action at a time. The groom confirms the horse will walk trot and canter, while the rider insists on a single-task capability, highlighting a preference for simplicity in riding.
A brief exchange between Molly and a professor set in a London stage moment. Molly pleads for music while the professor worries about disturbing neighbors after a cat poisoning incident last week.
The Sunday School lesson surveys Hosea chapters 6 11 and MM with devotions from Psalm 34 65 19. It contrasts Israel’s past divine grace in Egypt and Canaan with present idolatry and urges a return to true religion. The author highlights God as a father and as one guiding with cords of love drawing all to Himself.
Airmen report Hudson Straits lack ice on Oct 27 extending navigation beyond initial expectations. Officials had predicted ice drifting from Fox channel by Oct 1, but current conditions suggest open water into November or perhaps December with minimal weather variation and less fog than the St. Lawrence gulf.
Col J L Ralston Minister of National Defence announces a license for a public customs air harbor to the City of Lethbridge. The flying field lies within city limits and is easily accessible, marking the second such facility in Alberta after Edmonton.
Canada advances oblique aerial photography for mapping remote areas. The Topographical Survey Branch of the Department of the Interior acts as central clearing house with over 95,400 photographs on file. In the United States about one hundred tornadoes occur yearly causing 250 deaths and eight million dollars in property damage.
Nova Scotia earned the most points to win the Imperial fruit show central challenge cup at Manchester. British Columbia placed second with 91 entries, while Ontario and Quebec won few prizes, in the seventh annual event now exclusive to Dominion provinces.
Alexander Mackenzie of the Canadian National Carbon Company told the Canadian Advertisers Association that newspapers should form the main cogs of any advertising campaign. He warned that some fools and their money are hard to part from, though laughter may hide a groan.
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