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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 14, 1927
Page
2
The article extols Western Canada wildlife including wild ducks geese prairie chicken and moose as a vital attraction and food source. It urges strict observance of hunting laws and criticizes irresponsible shooters while calling on residents to act as unofficial game guardians to preserve the open season and prevent extermination.
The Waggoner triplets Abraham Isaac and Jacob, all seventy one, say they are the oldest triplets in Tennessee and perhaps the nation. They live within ten miles of each other and have never needed a doctor. They do not smoke chew or drink.
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A new nationwide air express system marks aviation's shift from stunt flights to everyday commercial use says R E M Cowte of American Railway Express. The text notes older grooms, a witty exchange about marriages, and mentions experiments to speed mail by planes dropping aboard liners at sea.
Dr. R N R Brown, president of the Geographical Section, told the British Association of the Advancement of Science in Leeds that there is no evidence whites suit permanent residence in the tropics. He said colored races will occupy warm lands and the white tide will move northward toward Arctic seas, reshaping current settlements.
A touted remedy for corns claims instant relief and pain removal. The advertisement urges customers to buy Putnam's Extractor from their druggist and decline substitutes.
Dr. G. P. Bidder proposed that humans evolved from jellyfish ancestors. In a Leeds address to the British Association, he said our love of dancing poetry and jazz stems from metabolic rhythm inherited from early flagellates.
An advertisement extols Baby's Own Tablets and Toby's Own Tablets as safe remedies for common childhood ailments. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Zepherin Lavoie of Three Rivers Quebec praising digestion, growth, and sleep, and notes worms harm children. Miller's Worm Powders claim to exterminate worms and repair intestinal injury.
Edouard Branly, famed as the father of the wireless and inventor of the condenser, has labored for fifty years under dire conditions. His only assistant is an elderly woman who doubles as his laboratory chief and housework helper, while Branly earns about $75 a month and supports his family by occasional medical practice. The piece uses French papers to argue for higher pay for scientists who sacrifice for progress.
A French Air Union plane now operates daily between Paris and London with a cold luncheon service including hors d oeuvres lobster duck veal ham salad cheese fruits and coffee. The crew includes a pilot radio operator cook waiter and ten passengers. The craft, one of Europe s fastest at 335 miles in two hours, plans an electric stove.
The article notes renewed cable strength after predictions of wireless supremacy. It highlights Marconi’s 26 year milestone, the 315 753 pounds value of UK cables in four months, and the advent of permalloy a nickel iron alloy enabling over two thousand letters per minute versus three hundred on older cables. New tech drives tolls down, keeping cables competitive.
The Rt. Rev Edward Burroughs urged a ten year scientific holiday provoking amazement and amusement in British circles. Sir Daniel Hall likened the idea to a business man forced to stay in bed to save costs. The Duchess of Atholl defended steady pursuit of knowledge, while Sir Oliver Lodge warned against halting progress and foresaw a future era of philosophy.
Engineers surveying the Kahuama stream found a bearded hermit at a large waterfall. He stands in the falls and mumbles as he worships a local god. He lives in a hidden woods tent and buys food with unexplained funds. Locals recall a second hermit who vanished.
Mrs D Leavitt of Back Bay New Brunswick reports relief for her ill children from cholera cramps and stomach pains after using Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry. The Milburn Co Toronto markets the remedy. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil remains popular as a trusted health product.
A psychology professor asserts brown eyes signal a weak will and black eyes signal a weak defense. The note contrasts medical use with a jurist’s claim while addressing a broader crime statistic: about 300 million dollars worth of automobiles are stolen annually in the United States.
The article notes Scots are thick skinned and can take humor about themselves. It contrasts protests against Jewish and Irish jokes with ongoing jokes about Scots, who laugh at penuriousness and golf tales. It suggests laughing with people who share the humor.
Canadian flour manufacture for six months reached 16 319 328 barrels with a little over half exported. For the year ending June 30 exports totaled 65 101 452 dollars. Exports to the United Kingdom climbed from 2 219 212 barrels valued at 21 699 802 in 1926 to 24 085 189 dollars in 1927.
Trade Commissioner Stoward Stutchbury told Alberta delegates in Toronto that Canadians must embrace a slogan to promote domestic goods. He urged self conviction before exporting and urged Women’s Institutes to boost Canadian products, noting the crime of marketing Produced-in-Canada. A robin nested on a Chicago porch mop, and Hindus object to calf killings in the Gospels. Don’t associate with constant quarrelers.
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