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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1927
Page
2
A long discussion of rising automobile fatalities argues that driver recklessness, not car construction, carries most blame. It urges stricter traffic laws, better road design, and a public shift toward responsible citizenship to reduce deaths and injuries.
A humorous verse urges careful driving on icy roads. It pleads for safe braking and awareness of others, warns against drinking and reckless passing, and stresses attention to traffic signals. The poem ends with a remark about people intruding into others' affairs.
Large quantities of Douglas fir from British Columbia are to be used in Tilbury docks on the Thames in London. An order exceeding 16 million feet has been placed by Tilbury dock authorities with BC lumber mills.
The brief clash began when the Sultan of Zanzibar declared war on Great Britain in 1892 and ended after 49 minutes. The anecdote reflects how a single rapid event can disrupt a strategist's calm when thoughts scatter.
French excursionists under La Survivance Francaise will depart Winnipeg at 3 60 p m on December 17 by a special Canadian Pacific train with observation dining and sleeping cars. The trip includes Ottawa Montreal Shawinigan Falls Quebec Ste Anne de Beaupre Sherbrooke and other historic sites with receptions. Charles Marchand will join from Winnipeg. A French leaflet with full details is available through CP ticket agents.
An advertisement touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as a speedy remedy for a painful corn. It claims the corn shrivels and drops off within seconds and encourages purchasing at druggists, with a warning against substitutions.
Theo Feilden of London, Empire Trade League chief, arrived in Winnipeg and announced six Canadian locations approved for future British industry development. He noted the Empire Trade League aims to place large English corporations and is continuing site surveys.
An old advertisement urges households with infants to keep Baby's Own Tablets for common childhood ailments. It claims the remedy relieves indigestion constipation and fevers and includes a testimonial from Mrs. Morse Cabotte of Makamik Quebec. Sold by druggists or mail order for 25 cents per box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
The first movement of BC vegetables and fruit to New Zealand begins with 7000 sacks of onions and 4500 boxes of apples shipped to the Island Dominion. Women suffer from asthma in vast numbers and seek cures.
No fires this season in Manitoba and as dry conditions arrive air patrols will stay vigilant to keep the record unbroken. Woodsmen and campers have cooperated with Dominion and Provincial governments to reduce fire causes and planes will remain on duty until late October.
Negotiations through the Canadian Government continue for selling about a thousand Firnish Columbia horses to the Soviet Government. The herd will be gathered in the interior and routed via Montreal. A man’s troubles, when given a chance, are often heaped up. Belief in Sore Throat-Minard’s Liniment. 4 Ww.
Claybank Saskatchewan hosts a winter project by the Dominion Fire Brick and Clay Products Co with the University of Saskatchewan Ceramics Department. Ceramics engineer Y R Anderson will study refractories at the university and supervise the project. Anderson, an early Seco Ya ceramics graduate, has worked with the company since 1924.
James A. Paul of Langham Saskatchewan sends the first entry to the International Grain and Hay Show in Chicago from November 16 to December 1. He will exhibit Marquis wheat in the hard red spring class where past Canadian entries won prizes. Entries close November 10 with five extra prizes offered in the class.
Parents of pupils in Awre refuse to send children to Newnham School amid protest over a dilapidated bus. Gloucestershire Education Committee provides a so called luxury car bus, and the children return to class. An unrelated note mentions an alcohol free oil remedy, Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil.
Provincial authorities promise opening of a new highway south of Brandon next year. The route runs via Boissevain through Morton, the Turtle Mountain reserve to Dunseith North Dakota where it will connect with a major trunk highway.
The mother should use Dr Fowler's to ease teething and save the baby's lies. Marketed with put up by The Wilburn Co Toconte Ont.
Memorial notice honors British pathologist Adrian Stokes who died in Lagos after researching Yellow Fever as part of the Rockefeller Commission. It recalls his Dublin and London posts, Irish medical lineage, and his work to combat tropical diseases, while noting early radiology dangers of X rays.
The ex-German battlecruiser Moltke was raised from the sea floor near Cava Island and moved to Lyness after temporary buoyancy was achieved with floating docks on both sides. The operation marks a noted achievement by British salvors Cox and Danks.
Edward Simmington, a cigar maker, envisions an all metal monoplane with an 80 foot wingspan and 100 foot length that remains airborne by helium. He claims the design would eliminate nose dives and tail spins by auto righting. Motors and cabin sit beneath the fuselage to preserve balance.
A vintage advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as safe for frequent infant ailments. It claims Castoria eases constipation and diarrhea, is vegetarian, and gentle on the stomach. It advises consulting a doctor for real sickness and highlights a care booklet with every bottle.
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