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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1927
Page
4
Three local businessmen hear stark statistics on preventable illness and deaths. They learn that forty to fifty percent of health costs and losses stem from avoidable cases, totaling millions yearly for Canada. They vow educational action to mobilize public support and preventive measures.
Canada supplies talc diatomite and kaolin seen as potential cosmetic raw materials with Madoc Ontario Talc and Vancouver Island deposits noted. Radio is now a routine part of life with a growing national market nearing half a billion dollars and expanding broadcasting reach nationwide.
Chicago department store president T. W. Ketty told the convention of the National Electric Light Association that newspaper advertising yields far greater returns per dollar than any other form. The sentence appears in a Winnipeg Tribune clipping as part of the report.
The text notes the Princh telegraph service has covered expenses since its takeover by the post office fifty four years ago. It advices that steady progress is wiser than rapid, circular movement.
A Tit Bits writer cites Air Commander E M Maitland on the Atlantic vastness seen from the R 34 during the 1919 England to America crossing. At 6009 feet visibility should reach eighty five miles, yet no ships were visible across about 19 200 square miles of ocean.
The text warns that dangerous to fool with automobiles caused 7 000 deaths in the last year, up 400 from the prior year, with Fourth of July incidents yielding 196 deaths and 3 179 injuries. It argues gunpowder engines high tensioned cables airplanes and other modern devices are risky unless operated by trained experts in a systematic way.
The Alberta fox industry saw about 600000 dollars in pelts profits this year as fox numbers rose from 3000 to roughly 6000 across 76 ranches. Reports from the Fox Breeders' Association estimate rapid growth amid increasing demand and production.
Sir Austen Chamberlain, British foreign minister, said in Paris that the League of Nations Assembly fostered sensible progress in disarmament and international security. He noted the league is not yet ideal but gains confidence, with decisions at the last assembly offering hope for near term improvement.
The passage notes how Chinese culture uses poetic labels for ordinary items and actions. It cites examples like mushroom as fairy umbrella and oranges as golden balls, and describes hush money as the phrase to scatter sleep.
The article outlines wintering bees as a key to Canadian apiculture. It recommends brood, lush stores, prolific queens, and fall feeding. Outdoor wintering requires large, tight cases with windbreaks. cellar wintering needs insulation, a 45 to 50 degree Fahrenheit range, darkness, dryness, and ventilation. Do not disturb bees after placing them in winter quarters.
The piece asserts strict enforcement of reckless driving laws regardless of the offender’s origin. It argues traffic regulations must be upheld for public safety and that motorists who flout rules deserve penalties, without regard to home or status.
Public health guidance from a medical association article outlines how the infantile paralysis germ may spread and emphasizes practical protection. It urges keeping children away from outbreak areas, sun exposure, proper diet rich in vegetables and milk, thorough washing of raw foods, cleanliness, and fly protection to build resistance.
War minister H. Toroshiloff tells a Moscow congress that Soviet women will mobilize and train for military action if necessary and will fight beside men on the battlefield. The delegates discuss reforms to improve women's status across the Soviet Union.
The tradition of striking bells aboard ships began with the half hour sand glass. Each time the glass was turned the bell rang to mark time.
Western Canada grows in popularity with European and Russian nobility. Lords and ladies arrive to prospect and invest in Alberta and Saskatchewan ranches. Notable guests include Lord Rodney and families guiding large farms near Fort Saskatchewan with English and French aristocrats showing interest in ranch life.
The article contrasts invention driven by practical aims with discovery sparked by curiosity. It cites failures and costs in pursuit of profit, mentions Sir Charles Parsons and the steam turbine, Bessemer’s steel process, and Barr and Stroud rangefinders. It notes misjudgments by government and industry and ends with reflections on the Rugby wireless station and trans-oceanic telephony.
Mecca is being modernized with concrete paving around Kasbash the central shrine of the great mosque. A pump has been built over the sacred Zeinzem well supplying water for construction. Roads toward Mecca are being surfaced for motor traffic.
Experiments at Morden Manitoba on tobacco growing during the past summer were entirely successful despite adverse weather. All indications point to a satisfactory production under normal conditions. John L Sullivan held the heavyweight boxing championship lower than any other fighter from 1 4$2 to 1892.
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