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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 17, 1924
Page
2
A tired business man vacationing at a Western Canada lake resort observes wildlife gathering for future needs and reflects on his own life. He compares instincts of animals to human planning, realizing he must secure his family with insurance and prepare to aid his town and country, not just pursue wealth and pleasure.
Construction on the Port Arthur Winnipeg link of the trans Canada auto highway has begun under Road Engineer Meader of the Ontario Northern Development Branch. Surveys are finished and plans include widening the Port Arthur Nipigon link with completion promised this year. Wooden bridges on the Port Arthur Duluth international highway will be replaced by concrete. The Ontario Government undertook seventy miles of new road work in this district this summer.
A business man asks his secretary to fetch two tickets for Twelfth Night at the Blank Theatre but is told the company will be in town only six evenings. The quip notes the secretary could not secure tickets for the night specified.
The London Daily Chronicle argues that modern progress lowers infant mortality and disease risk in Glasgow slums compared with past middle class conditions. It claims health and life as state treasures, asserting that longer productive years show improvement and good governance is real progress, not a delusion.
Ten years ago grapefruit was rare in Europe. Now it is rising in popularity in England as a breakfast fruit with large imports from the United States and brokers in London noting a steady increase.
The article notes that an ant brain is about the size of a darning needle head and that ants typically live eight to ten years. Some captive specimens have reached fifteen years of age.
A historical notice highlights Fletcher's Castoria as a long standing pleasant substitute for strong medicines like Castor oil and Paregoric. It emphasizes no narcotic content and that proven directions appear on each package with broad physician endorsement.
A German scientist sees future aircraft powered by human effort, not engines. He cites glider experiments as encouragement and envisions a light yet strong bi plane with the flyer seated at the center and using legs for propulsion while hands guide and steer.
The Outlook writer denounces cameramen and interviewers chasing the Prince of Wales into private spaces. The piece argues royalty deserves privacy like others, noting the King Queen and Princess Mary face similar public oversharing on private visits. Royalty is long-suffering but resents portable cameras.
The worm exterminator claims its action is fully effective yet mild, able to drive worms from the system without injuring the child.
Immigration officials report 851 entrants at Windsor port in August with 410 Canadians returning from the United States and 386 refused admission. At Walkerville 56 admitted, 45 Canadians coming back from the United States mostly from Detroit, while 134 were rejected. Officials attribute the flux to cross border trade shifts and jobs in the United States.
The text explains that undigested food can ferment and poison the system causing dyspepsia with flatulence and sour risings. It claims toning the stomach and improving blood quality restores digestion, appetite, and nourishment. Dr Williams Pink Pills are advertised as a remedy available from dealers or by mail for 50 cents per box.
A New Yorker returning from Paris notes the city’s beard culture with about forty styles tied to professions from cook to judge. Barbers used razors sparingly and wielded curling irons, while hair dye, brilliantine, and perfume topped the look beneath French silk hats.
The Earl of Balfour urged in the Lords that the League of Nations has sparked a new collective spirit among nations. He argued disarmament could come gradually as fear and jealousy lessen, and urged continued faith in the League despite its maimed, partial form.
A historical notice notes women in clerical and stenography fields have better marriage prospects than in general office work, while school teaching is deemed unsatisfactory in this respect.
An advertisement touts Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor as a cure for foot sores callouses and pinching coins. It describes a hot foot bath followed by the Extractor and claims quick relief. The product is priced at 25 cents and marketed to readers of Geakers.
Rev. W. Gladstone Walton notes radio reach across Ungava and Hudson Bay shores. Mails to Ungava are sparse, but traders and settlers hear city news early. A Rupert House trader learns of his wife’s post surgery progress via radio reports from Pittsburgh. A French criminal faked dumbness and insanity for 15 years to dodge prison.
Winnipeg editorial notes western creameries won about 90 percent of prizes at the Toronto Canadian National Exhibition. It credits government and cooperative organization, quality prairie grasses, and climate for superior butter and beef, predicting western creamerys rise to world standard. Worms in children warned. Miller's Worm Powders claimed to exterminate worms and repair damage.
Western Canada hosts a series of Social Welfare Congresses by the Social Service Council of Canada from October 13 to 24. Eight national reputations plus local speakers address vital issues like the underprivileged child, welfare, delinquents, social diseases, drugs, and mental defectives with discussions after each talk. Simultaneous sessions occur in Vancouver Victoria Calgary Edmonton Regina Saskatoon Winnipeg Brandon on listed dates.
After long prospecting in the Philippines the Standard Oil Company abandons its workings on the Bondog Peninsula of Luzon. Three wells drilled to depths up to five thousand feet failed to show any oil.
Fannie Hurst, arriving in Paris from Moscow, described Soviet Russia as chaos with bleak squalor and fear, noting Leningrad and Moscow resemble slums yet with widespread poverty. She shifts from pro-Communist tones to claims she will abandon the soapbox as she reevaluates her views.
The Vancouver Province notes Vancouver’s population rising from 100 401 in 1911 to an estimated 247 128, supported by water and light customers. Wheat exports were zero in 1912 then 54 619 188 bushels last year. Ocean-going vessels visited rose from 144 to 827. Manufactured product value grew from 17 470 000 to about 300 000 000. Toronto Globe.
An arrangement allows a radio receiving set to be started at a specified time. The system uses an alarm clock to trigger the radio, enabling automatic on at a chosen hour.
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