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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1931
Page
2
A columnist takes a brief vacation from grim economic talk and shares clipped wisdoms. He cites essays on perspective, mistakes, perseverance, humor, and unemployment, urging readers to seek nature, rest, and forward focus while keeping hope alive.
The Department of Agriculture imposes movement restrictions on poplars and willows from the Maritime Provinces and parts of British Columbia due to the satin moth. A ban on pine wood imports is in place because of insect plagues, with white pine blister rust blocking all five leaved species, and Austrian, Scotch, Swiss mountain pines prohibited due to the European pine shoot moth after infested shipments were found.
Pears are peeled and simmered in a syrup made from white sugar vinegar cloves and stick cinnamon for twenty minutes until tender. Pack into clean jars, fill with hot syrup, seal, and label.
A recipe for cucumber relish combines cucumbers onions peppers and vinegar cooked to a clear finish and sealed in jars. An advertisement touts Miller's Worm Powders claiming painless effective worm destruction with immediate improvement.
The Canadian Medical Association urges early summer health checks for children starting school in autumn. Address vision, ears, tonsils, and teeth to prevent later heart and kidney disease, and ensure proper treatment without delay. Also mentions Persian Balm promoting skin care and vanity use.
K Fukuma, a Japanese journalist, defeats a west to east challenger in a round the world race using regular travel methods. The claim was relayed in a letter received in Vancouver by J J Forster, CP Railway passenger agent.
In 1867 BC had 40 factories with 13 sawmills and 11 flour mills, all in Victoria. By 1901 the province ranked fourth, now third, with about 725 establishments. R. H. Arnott of the Vancouver Board of Trade notes the strong future for Greater Vancouver as 60 percent of BC manufacturing lies there.
A bottle of Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil is promoted as a remedy for coughs colds sore throat sprains and wounds. The advertisement claims it reduces swelling heals cuts contusions and acts as a medicine chest in itself.
The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Britain carried letters posted in London at 6 15 p m July 28 to land in Montreal and be distributed by 10 30 a m August 3 a total time of 5 days 16 hours and 15 minutes with sacks picked up at Father Point by Canadian Airways planes.
A new electric device measures the exact sheer quality of silk stockings. The instrument evaluates translucence with a standardized reading, offering a scientific method to judge fabric fineness.
Premier J. T. M. Anderson announces small revisions to the authorized text book list for public and high schools in Saskatchewan. Principal changes affect grade 11 and grade 12 literature selections while the chief literature text remains unchanged.
Senator Sir Thomas Gratten Esmond argues that Canada and the Irish Free State should forge a mutually satisfactory wheat trade, noting Ireland’s heavy wheat imports and suggesting a treaty similar to deals with New Zealand and Australia. He plans to pursue the subject on returning to Dublin.
Alberta Natural Resources completes regulations under the acts for administration of Alberta resources in a special Alberta Gazette issue of about 300 pages. A series of pamphlets will follow with separate regulations including new homesteading and fishery rules and items on forestry reserves timber placer mining petroleum gas coal quartz mining fur farming grazing leases and permits.
An advertisement touts Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a solution for asthma sufferers. It claims relief of restricted airways and prevention of future trouble, presenting a hopeful note for those plagued by asthma.
A complete survey of all pasture lands in Canada will be conducted by Prof. L. E. Kirk of the University of Saskatchewan. The appointment as Dominion Agrostologist was announced in the House of Commons by Hon. Robert Weir the other day. The rest is opinion on women’s dress offering no factual local detail.
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