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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 26, 1930
Page
6
A dated health promotion claims fat loss through a salt product named Kroschra Salts to boost energy and endurance. It urges regular hot-water teases and dieting, promises vigor, and notes widespread Canada store availability with a 75 cent price.
Francis Watts died in Port of Spain Trinidad at 71. Alfred Duranteau praised Vancouver port as destined to be the greatest. Dr Charles F Colter died in Toronto. Prince of Wales plans South America visit to open a trade exhibition in Buenos Aires. No barriers to London building or CPR hotel, officials say. Ludendorff predicts a 1932 war and German annihilation. Canadian Chambers trade delegation hosted in Shanghai before Hong Kong voyage. Preparatory disarmament commission adopts article for total tonnage reduction. British dirigible R 34 took 108 hours Scotland to Mineola in 1919. MacDonald residence window broken at No 10 Downing Street. Louis Colville Miller 60 arrested for wilful damage.
A table-top flying trainer is used in London to teach student fliers. A real joystick, rudder, and throttle are fitted under the desk. A large model airplane sits on the table at eye level with an open rear case to simulate wind up to 70 miles per hour, and all control movements are recorded by the enclosed plane.
Silver Fox Breeding Canada pioneered captive silver fox breeding and remains a world leader. International visitors tour the Dominion for stock and guidance on similar programs.
Rev. G. Stanley Russell of Deer Park United Church Toronto told teachers the Victorian era possessed strong personalities, but mechanization eroded individuality. He warned typewriters reduce hand writing, cars injure walking, and war has become mechanized, urging renewed appreciation of the era.
A young Parisian reporter Alloucherie, traveling from Vancouver, intends to follow the 1898 gold rush route to Yukon and Alaska. He will study mounted police, prospectors, Eskimo and missionaries, aiming to gather material inspired by Jack London.
A simple dainty apron in one piece combines front and ruffle with a two section belt. Made for sizes small to large, pattern No C-892 in red white dimity or yellow gingham. Send 25 cents with name address and size to Fashion Bureau.
War correspondent Sir Phillip Gibbs urges a new overseas settlement plan led by the Prince of Wales. The proposal envisions a 100000 strong contingent of young men and their families forming colonies modeled on the Allied expeditionary force and guided by administrators engineers agriculturists and social organizers. Gibbs says the Prince could rally dominions and break political opposition by proposing this service to the motherland.
E. W. Wilson and a crew of three arrive in Nanaimo aboard the 25 ton fishing boat Lady Royal after crossing the Atlantic via the Panama Canal and Pacific ports. The voyage faced hazards including a two week period with only one cupful of water daily while 900 miles from land before a Matson liner Wilhemina found and aided the boat.
Twenty market gardeners in the Winnipeg region plan to build an all-year produce market in Winnipeg. The project will be conducted by the growers with each occupying a stall. The estimated building cost runs to about 35000 dollars.
The Saskatoon Dairy Co-Operative Marketing Association Limited announces expansion into the dairy business and invites eligible members to join. The story also notes a popular myth about hoop snakes being unable to bite their tails.
A devotional note centers on Luke 19 10 stating The Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost. The lesson references Luke 19 1 10 and Psalm 15 as devotional readings.
The passage recounts Zacchaeus the tax collector climbing a sycamore tree to see Jesus. Jesus ministers to him and declares he must stay at his house. Zacchaeus vows restitution and charitable giving, illustrating a conversion sparked by encounter and repentance.
E W Beatty chairman and president of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company announced plans to acquire a London hotel site facing Berkeley Square and Bruton Street. The 77000 square foot block will be secured soon with construction to begin after possession. preliminary plans by engineers and architects await the end of negotiations. The hotel will contain a minimum of six to seven hundred rooms.
Post Office Department announces winter air mail service for the Mackenzie River district for 1930 31. The new service replaces prior methods and promises more frequent, faster delivery with over twice the frequency and less than half the previous transit time. Herschel Island to Aklavik will use police patrols, Rae from Fort Resolution irregularly.
In 1919 touring automobiles entering Canada totaled 238000. By 1929 the figure rose to 4509000 as cross border traffic expanded significantly over the decade.
Historical speculation linked Arctic aurora with a scent perception, suggesting that the northern lights could be smelled as well as seen. Modern science questions this claim, noting no verifiable sensory data supports a smell association with auroras.
A sweet cherry cake roll recipe yields six servings. Mix sifted flour baking powder and salt cut in shortening add milk to form soft dough roll 144 inch thick cover with seeded cherries roll and slice into inch pieces bake at 425F for 30 minutes served hot with cherry sauce and whipped cream. Cherry sauce combines sugar flour cherry juice water and butter and is cooked briefly.
Prepare 1 junket tablet with 1 tablespoon cold water and 1 cup thick apple sauce divided among 6 dessert glasses. Pour prepared junket over apple sauce, then stand in a warm room until set about 10 minutes. Chill before serving. Add cinnamon or nutmeg to taste.
A wedding story in this issue includes an accidental boxing bout paragraph. The note says the assembled crowd greatly enjoyed the fight a slugging match from start to finish. The editor was briefly out of town.
A Berlin inventor unveils a reading machine that projects printed pages on a screen for family or audience reading. The projector enlarges pages from a postcard sized film, potentially replacing several books, though practical value remains to be proven.
An ad advocates addressing headache causes by correcting stomach acidity and digestive issues rather than sedatives. It promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a safe quick relief, claiming they soothe the stomach, stimulate bile flow, and cleanse waste from the bowels, with a price of 25 cents.
Six rural municipalities in Saskatchewan received combination seed cleaning outfits under a joint provincial and federal program in the first year of operation. The plan shares machine costs while municipalities provide the engine housing and transport gear. Also noted is a Danish murder record, with no executions since 1892.
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