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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1928
Page
8
The article argues war is a state of mind and that widespread talk of peace fosters actual peace. It cites Supreme Court disputes as a model for settling conflicts and urges outlawing war as a means to resolve international disputes. It emphasizes peace talks arms reductions and treaties to build a global peace consciousness.
Eight irrigation projects cover 400 446 acres in Southern Alberta with 188 930 acres irrigable. The Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District has doubled occupied area in two years and tripled production and population.
A cooperative effort with forestry farms at Indian Head has planted 165000 trees in 167 Saskatchewan school grounds. The initiative includes 67700 rapples and 60850 carragana. A speaker quips about toasting Mr Jobson with a brief speech. A British scientist predicts future men may be born toothless.
The medical aid caravan is dispatched by the provincial department of health and led by Dr. R. T. Washburn of the University of Alberta Hospital. The beacon casts a beam of about 500 million candlepower as it tours the region.
Learn to neutralize excess acids with Phillips Milk of Magnesia. This tasteless alkali promises instant symptom relief after a small bottle is tried. Get the genuine Phillips Milk of Magnesia, prescribed by physicians, with full directions at any drugstore.
A South African councilor reports a general council of the Transkeian Territories unanimously urged allowing the Union Jack to fly with the Union flag on magistrates offices in executive territories. The councilor urged respect for the Union Jack, noting its historical role in ending slavery and its connection to the Union flag.
Mothers urged to keep Baby's Own Tablets for common childhood ailments. Claims include stomach relief, regulated bowels, constipation relief, and teething ease. Tablets are said to be opiate free and safe for infants, sold by medicine dealers or mailed postpaid for 25 cents from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
A survey shows Alberta Sask natch ewan and Manitoba farmers hold many horses and thousands of tractors with tractor use rising while horses remain common. Miller's Worm Powders advertised as a highly effective vermifuge for children, claiming no purgative needed and thorough action.
A Jenny biplane piloted by E J McKeown landed safely from about 2000 feet in a test at Travey California using a parachute over 100 feet in diameter. The parachute opened fully and the pilot reported only a slight jar with no major damage to the aircraft. The device, invented by Charles Roderick of San Francisco, aims to protect passengers in disabled planes.
J H H Thompson chief engineer of the Blarvoni Wireless Company spoke to Montreal branch members of the Engineering Institute of Cannada. He described wireless progress with a telegraph operator in Drummondville sending 150 words a minute to Dorchester England and showed early beam equipment, noting 15 year old stations are obsolete and that beam systems direct all sending energy in a new direction.
Seed growing becomes a new industry on Vancouver Island with sweet pea seed selling in England at 3 to 4 shillings per pound above California seed. The Duncan farm leads with about two tons produced yearly, employing 15 to 20 women for picking cleaning and packing seed of high quality.
When Holloway's Corn Remover is applied to a corn it kills the roots, the callosity comes out, leaving no injury to the flesh.
Bermuda onions have been successfully introduced into British Columbia and will be grown for early markets from sets imported from the Southern States. Last year eighteen acres were planted at Kelowna in an experimental way with satisfactory results. The onions cured well and yielded eight tons per acre. The acreage has been greatly increased this year. The crop should begin to move to market about July 1. Some men are sentenced to hard labor for life and some do it of their own accord in order to make cuds most.
Lord Kylsant chaired the White Star Line meeting in London outlining the Atlantic express mail service plans and the Belfast passenger motor vessel of 26 000 tons due in fall 1929. He highlighted Canada routes from Liverpool to Quebec Montreal and new services from London Havre Southampton to Quebec and Montreal.
AB Aerotransport announces three years of operation with no injury, damage, or loss to merchandise or mail. This year 622 of 640 planned trips were completed on subsidized service linking Stockholm Helsingfors Malmo and Amsterdam and it assists a German firm on the Stockholm to Bern route. The line may become part of a London to Leningrad stage.
The article touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Ointment as an excellent muscle lubricant for athletes. It claims it renders muscles and sinews pliant relieves soreness and strengthens them for strains and stresses. It cites long time users testifying to its value.
The first crop report of the Canadian Pacific Railway shows increases in grain acreage in the Lethbridge Railway division with rye up by more than half. The article notes the common idea of pursuing wealth after securing sufficient funds.
An old home remedy touts Muld per pound fluid rules for first six months and two ounces per pound thereafter. It claims water can ease feverish spells and suggests Pietcheralastoria for persistent issues. The ad notes a vegetable origin and a sixty dose bottle with EH Fletcher signature on the packaging.
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