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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 11, 1929
Page
5
The piece critiques the 100 percenter ethos, labeling it a danger to civil progress. It cites Lady Astor and argues intolerance, narrow patriotism, and zealotry threaten unity, reform, and future peace across nations, with Canada as a focal example.
Washington physicist Cy Francis Jenkins plans flight tests of a new television apparatus. The device will reproduce wartime panoramas from an airplane using five screen tiles. Experiments aim to capture instantaneous countryside views for broadcast from headquarters and test the serial television eye’s reality.
A new process has been conducted with ground models from a fixed base, announced by officials. A Stin 00 junior cabin monoplane was specially built for practical test purposes.
Norton Francis, Canterbury chamber of commerce president, on a Winnipeg visit, says the Empire will absorb Canadian trade diverted by the United States tariff. He argues Canada should not raise its own tariffs but focus on aligning farmer and city industry relations in North America.
The incident notes a dug white oak losing an estimated 340 gallons of moisture in a single day. The event highlights unusually rapid water loss from the tree, with no further context provided.
A speculative device called Lafograph would measure audience laughter in plays and concerts. It would assign a numeric efficiency to a comedian or performance, signaling from titter to scream and offering an objective standard for success or failure.
The back muscles demand strong blood supply to avoid ache. Dr Williams Pink Pills are urged as a blood builder with Mrs F Fairbairn Ontario reporting relief after two boxes and full recovery after eight. She credits the pills for renewed energy and ability to work without fatigue. Purchases offered by mail for 50 cents a box from Brockville Ontario.
An advertising plan by Golomon and O Gulli van promotes plot sales in a suburb. O Gullivan-young encourages buyers to seize the moment with a Napoleon inspired line. Golomon questions capitalizing on such a figure for truth and value. Dr Thomas Electric Oil liniments touted for healing power and price. Saskatchewan agriculture machinery sales rise to about 50 million dollars yearly due to grain production.
Mrs Ray Fisher of Lebret Saskatchewan reports a month long summer complaint in her son with blood in stools and frequent vomiting. A neighbor suggested a bottle of medicine and after a few doses the boy quickly recovered his health and strength.
The new Labour Government of Great Britain initiates negotiations with Dominions on joining the optional clause of the world court statutes to submit questions of international law to the Permanent Court at The Hague. It also signals a resumption of diplomatic relations with Russia to boost trade with the Soviet Union.
A syndicate of eastern capitalists named the Carter Oil Syndicate is formed to drill for oil in Manitoba. The group has taken over 1,900 acres south of the Ochre River as part of its Manitoba expansion.
A vintage adish passage touts Minord’s Liniment for earache and Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy marketed as natural treatments. It claims the asthma product opens airways by vapor reaching affected passages and is sold by dealers nationwide.
The Manitoba Livestock Credit Company purchased 10 000 sheep, including 7000 Rambouilleta and 3000 Ox ford cross. Representative boards will be set up at major country points across the province to oversee distribution and operations.
A Roman wine fragment, excavated at Speyer in Germany, is dated at about 1 600 years old and shown as the oldest wine in the world. The liquid is partly solidified due to honey added by Romans. Minard's ointment remains in the medicine chest.
Frederick Wenaley 64 retires as chief of intelligence at Scotland Yard ending a career that began in Limehouse and covered Chinatown and the East End. He solved numerous murders and mysteries, sat at a chair by the river to study cases, and participated in famed cases such as the Whitechapel hunt for Jack the Ripper and the Sydney Street siege.
Advertises Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a remedy for croup and sore throat with relief for chest earache rheumatic pains and minor injuries. Describes it as a dependable staple for the family medicine chest and widely trusted by thousands.
The article notes Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye as Britain's oldest inhabited residence with parts dating to the ninth century. It also mentions a cheap worm exterminator sold at druggists for general use.
A character admits the job will be hard due to unpleasant customers. Another responds that they have dealt with such customers before. The punchline reveals the setting is a beauty shop.
Castoria provides comfort for fretting babies and ease for restless infants. It is touted as a safe vegetable product doctors approve for daily use and useful in emergencies for constipation colic and stomach pains. Some mothers keep an extra bottle to ensure Castoria is always on hand for children of all ages.
Richardson, 67, Britain’s oldest airman, flies solo from Norwich to Rotterdam and back. He dismisses fears and says courage isn’t rare, noting he began flying two years ago after quitting farming to stay busy.
A Canadian agency asserts the Arctic Islands cover more than 800000 square miles. The claim centers on territorial size and governance of the polar region amid exploration and sovereignty discussions.
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