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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
2
A Fus wian expedition reports a secluded Siberian tribe called the Udeke living in virgin woodlands. They number around 1300, build bark dwellings, smoke from cradle to grave, and winter on animal fat. Neighbors include Russians, Burists, and Korean farmers in nearby river valleys.
The Privy Council Judicial Committee will soon consider whether women may be appointed to the Senate of Canada. The U S has informed the League of Nations of its radio accord with Canada. Dr Hugo Eckener denies Graf Zeppelin sale or negotiations for sale to the U S. Canada Ireland treaty on Fraser River salmon not to be ratified this session. Mike Bizbecke dies at The Pas when a wire cable snaps under heavy load striking him. Sir Colville Barclay British ambassador to Portugal dies in a London sanatorium after surgery. He spoke for the embassy at Washington in 1913 and was minister plenipotentiary to Washington in 1918. Twenty five British boys under Saskatchewan’s agriculture depart ment aid were among 174 passengers on Andania arriving in Winnipeg by CN. A slim line of railway steel from Cranberry Portage proceeds along the route.
An advertisement warns households with babies or young children to keep a box of Baby's Own Tablets on hand. It claims the remedy regulates the bowels, soothes stomachs, relieves constipation and indigestion, and cures minor fevers. A Canadian testimonial from Mrs. Moise Gabuites of Makamik, Que says the tablets helped a baby with indigestion and vomiting. Boxes available from The Dediam Medicines Co. Brockville Ont.
A loaf claimed to endure forever was baked by Mrs Bes Hough Bartlett of 89 with a legend dating Good Friday for 76 years. The conveyance notes the loaf and its preservation amid a curious lineage. A mention cites Moth Graves Worm Exterminator as a worm remedy for children. Two convicts joke about writing a sentence.
A mixed weekly recipe feature includes Honey Corn Flake Muffins using corn flakes graham flour and honey, baked thirty minutes yielding about thirty two muffins. It also details a sirloin steak dish, browned, baked with tomato puree honey and onion celery, then browned again. Background notes mention Sir Thomas Tait and Fort McMurray salt surveys, Winnipeg industry output, and a light exchange about a wife traveling to France, plus a remark on Germany's invasion pace.
Edmonton reports from the Canadian National Railways Colonization Department show about 1,000 new settlers with capital over one million dollars moving into the Peace River country and Northern Alberta since early year, with an estimated 1,500 more in April. First two weeks of April alone saw 312 settlers with $170,000, including individuals with $20,000 $14,000 and $12,000.
A dated health note touts daily baths and regular feeds for infants. It promotes Eagle Brand Milk as a premier infant food made from cow's milk and sugar and claims physicians endorse its quality and uniformity. The notice offers a free baby welfare book and Baby Record diary from The Borden Company in Montreal.
A Defence Department report details eight wireless stations across Alberta and northern communities including Aklavik Herecell Islands Dawson Mayo Fort Simpson Fort Smith Fort Resolution and Edmonton. Construction cost totaled 156 330 with annual operation at 98 258.
Scots Guards signaller George Siverwright who deserted his post near Buckingham Palace was court martialed and sentenced to 112 days of hard labour in a civil prison plus discharge from the army with ignominy. He claimed he was sleeping as the defense.
Southern Alberta reports a shipment of two and a quarter tons of apiary frames to the Riedel Honey Company plant in Taber from the Calgary Alberta Box Company. The notice urges forest conservation, warning we destroy forests four and a half times faster than they are replenished.
Reading outlines the ninth year of Zedekiah, the tenth month siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, the famine and fall of the city after eighteen months, the fate of the temple and royal buildings, and the destruction completed by Nebuzaradan.
Two Canadian male choirs Ottawa Temple Choir and Peterboro Mate Chorus placed second and third among 14 choirs in the International Choral Contest at a two day festival. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Glee Club won with 88 percent. Ottawa 87. Peterboro 85.1. The event drew 75 choirs totaling 4 000 voices under the Associated Glee Clubs of America.
Major Hugh A. Green, former director of fish supplies for the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, visits Ottawa from England to discuss a British firm purchase of large fresh fish supplies. The deal envisions about 1 000 tons weekly delivered to the British Isles by fast refrigerated steamers between the Maritimes and Great Britain. The Dominion government will also build a 30000 dollar bitumen plant at Edmonton to extract tar sands in the Athabasca district.
The Brandon Aero Club, a newly formed group, applies for a charter to engage in all forms of aeronautics and public airport operations.
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