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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 17, 1928
Page
6
A narrator recalls using Zam-Buk to treat a scratched leg and a knee injury. The balm allegedly removed inflammation and pus, healed without scars, and even aided a nutty sore. The user credits quick relief and urges readers to buy Zam-Buk at fifty cents.
Saskatchewan seed growers forecast higher demand for next year. Dr S Parkes Cadman reports on a massacre claim in Kansu China. Canada exported 23.8 million dollars in alcoholic beverages to the United States in the year ending August 31. Over 1,000 Saskatchewan seniors receive old age pensions with 2,000 more under review. Captain T P Worshop, dies in Kamloops at 64. US mines report TNT surplus put to industrial use. Dr Gerald Webb urges women to wear shorter garments to prevent pneumonia. By Oct 8 Saskatchewan issued 100 439 auto licenses. total licensed cars 116 036. Reichswehr orders officers to avoid functions with royal toasts. Mayan cloth dated 2,000 years old found in America.
Estimates put U S visitors leaving from 100 million to 400 million dollars yearly in Canada. The Royal Bank of Canada cites 1927 U S visitors at 275 million versus 140 600 in 1925. Quebec expects 4 25 000 cars this year, Ontario much higher but shorter stays, with about 3 000 000 U S cars entering before year end. Canada invests millions in roads to handle growth.
An advertising feature extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a stomach and nerve tonic. A Selkirk Road resident recounts years of indigestion improving after three boxes and urges others to try the remedy. The ad notes availability from The Dr Williams Medicine Co and a free booklet offer.
The piece extols a metal called aminum as a light, bright, rust free and adaptable material. It highlights Rose Tea packed in this modern metal container and notes its flexible uses.
The lesson titled Christian Stewardship explores giving oneself to the Lord as in 2 Corinthians 8.5 and 2 Corinthians 8.1-9 15, with a devotional reading from Psalm 95.1-7a.
Paul recalls the Macedonian churches Philippi Thessalonica and Beroea whose poverty yet joyful affliction produced abundant liberality for the Jerusalem saints. Their self giving under trial shows generosity comes from God and devotion to the Lord and to Paul as his envoy.
The frock features a pointed bodice and plaited front skirt with a shaped collar and long sleeves gathered to deep cuffs. Pattern No 1576 comes in bust sizes 34 to 42 inches, with yardage details for 39 or 54 inch materials and contrast trim. Also offered is a Fashion Book priced at 10 cents.
Winnipeg order guide lists a pattern service at 175 McDermot Ave. The notice mentions a “Name see see” and asks readers to send patterns by letter from the Winnipeg organization.
The Prince of Wales has traveled extensively, and by January he will officially have visited 27 countries. The list includes Canada, Australia, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Malta, Gold Coast, British East Africa, Kenya, Tanganyika, Rhodesia, Nigeria, Basutoland, Sierra Leone, Malaya, the West Indies, United States, Argentina, Chile, Egypt, Spain, France, Belgium, Uruguay, Central America, China, and Japan.
Alberta Wheat Pool builds a new Vancouver terminal, capacity 24.5 million bushels, boosting coast storage to 5.3 million. The facility near Second Narrows Bridge joins existing Prince Rupert and Vancouver government terminals, with patronage returns of about one million dollars to pool farmers for 1927 28.
Recipe notes for a lamb souffle using soft bread crumbs white sauce eggs parsley chopped lamb salt pepper onion. Make white sauce, mix with crumbs and meat, add egg yolks then fold in stiff whites. Bake in buttered dish in a water bath twenty to twenty five minutes in a moderate oven. Serve immediately.
A recipe instructs making lemon junket with stewed prunes, milk, an egg white, and sugar. Prunes are sieved, whipped with a wire whisk, then junket powder dissolved in warm milk is poured into glasses to form a custard like top, set in a warm room, nutmeg grated on top, and chilled before serving.
Officials of the Saskatchewan Registered Seed Growers Association in Moose Jaw are named as leaders and organizers of a province wide seed grower body. The notice lists key positions and participating chapters across Saskatchewan.
An Aberdonian jokes with his wife about town shops being closed. A shipping clerk encourages a young worker while the foreman praises him, but the worker prefers praise from the boss.
A Scotsman in Greenland reportedly keeps his thermometer inside to avoid freezing. The anecdote notes Scots are said to be untidy yet favor whisky neat, reflecting lighthearted stereotypes about Scottish habits.
Experiments near Stuttgart used ground mounted flame throwers to create gas clouds that obscured an entire industrial area from hostile aircraft. Planes could not detect buildings through the opaque screen while observers and photographers noted the cloud’s effectiveness though its composition remains secret.
A New York tale shows John D. Rockefeller advising a young man. He says start by buying a gold watch only to later switch to a gun metal one and restart toward a motor car. The moral stresses persistent effort over quick gains.
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