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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 17, 1930
Page
4
A historical ad copy touts Catarrhozone as a cure for coughs catarrh and throat irritation. It claims rapid relief by delivering balsamic vapor to the lungs and chest, easing soreness and loosening phlegm. Sizes priced from 25 cents to one dollar, with warnings against imitations.
Canada doubled civil aviation activity in 1929 according to National Defence figures. The S S Boothic Arctic cruise aims for Melville Island beyond the western reach of steamers. W H Tomkins, 68, longtime West pioneer and Rial rebellion veteran, died in Winnipeg. Montagu Norman reelected Bank of England governor for 11th year since 1920. J R Nesbitt of Shoal Lake receives honorary Manitoba Agricultural College diploma. Toronto council asks police to ban a debt collection car with flashy driver. Ralph Hull and Ralph P D James of Vancouver win $1,000 math scholarships from University of Chicago. No repeat of provincial trainee program for Ontario farms. entrants to be placed under United Church, Dominion, or railway schemes.
Mayo Foundation experts find rheumatic people can sense approaching rain. The text notes tasteless odourless Canadian spruce wood is in demand for food containers and musical instruments like organ pipes piano boards and violin backs.
Dr Florence Barne Lambert, prominent London County Council member, is named chairman of the Central Public Health Committee. The panel will oversee infirmaries, hospitals, and institutions formerly run by the Metropolitan Asylums Board and public ambulance services. The shift takes effect April 1 as Boards of Guardians end.
An archaeologist notes many English caves remain to be studied with potential finds. In Derbyshire this summer at least a dozen caves were opened revealing human jaws bones cave bears and giant elk antlers. The digs promise light on prehistoric periods and broad insight into early man and fauna.
Pattern No 3376 offers a pale blue and white dimity dress with a white organdie capelet collar and blue grosgrain ribbon. Sizes 2 4 and 6 years, options include gingham linen and organdie fabrics, skirt is gathered with a scalloped hem, pattern priced 25 cents.
General Electric engineers in Schenectady read and reproduced the San Francisco Call-Bulletin front page three hours after printing. The full page was transmitted via a new automatic carbon receiver over short wave links from 2000 miles away, signaling future facsimile transmission potential.
Professor Alfred A Michelson hosted a gathering of famed scientists at the Quadrangle Club to honor radio tube inventor Dr Lee DeForest. The guests waited in vain as Michelson failed to attend. Dean Henry Gale then stepped in as substitute host and luncheon continued with cold soup.
Mrs Joseph Price of Red Pine New Brunswick reports heart and nerve trouble years ago with numb cold hands and feet. She states taking the product advertised led to no recurrence. Price 50 cents a box sold by druggists dealers or mailed from The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ont upon receipt.
Western Canada Airways officially launches the first passenger air service across the prairies with new Winnipeg to western city routes. Officials quote rates as about railway fare plus one half, aiming to attract travelers to the swift sky route across the plains. J A McDougall notes the move and company officials expect growing public use.
Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta will combine their exhibits for the World's Poultry Congress in London next July. The joint display will occupy 36 feet of frontage and will be the largest provincial exhibit.
Tests at the Forest Products Laboratories show a wire wrapped around the centre of a butter box doubles its strength. A light note adds that middle-age offers many vim remedies if time allowed, hinting at vigor ideas.
Advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a safer solution to headaches. It warns against bromide-based remedies that offer quick relief but harm the heart, and claims headaches stem from indigestion and toxic stomach matter. It urges correcting the cause by stimulating digestion.
Two pounds veal browned in butter with carrots onions pepper bay leaf and cloves simmered in water until tender. Stir in heated cream thickened for gravy, mushrooms and peas. Season with salt and paprika. Serve over chow mein noodles.
A fruit salad recipe outlines layering pineapple on lettuce with orange sections arranged to form a domed appearance. A cherry rosette crowns the fruit, with two diamond green pepper pieces on each side beside the cherry, and French dressing served alongside.
Within less than three weeks death claimed two of Ontario's oldest men. James Wilson, a 109 year old Black resident, died at his home in Welland. Two weeks later James Hendley of Peterboro County died in his 109th year at St. Joseph's hospital.
Golden Text from Matthew 6 12 asks for forgiveness of debts as we forgive others. Lesson centers on Matthew 18 15 35 teaching reconciliation steps and mercy. Devotional reading follows Psalm 32 1 7 highlighting forgiveness and cleansing.
The passage explains Jesus guidance on handling offenders by first addressing fault, then rebuking with witnesses, and finally involving the Church. It emphasizes forgiveness without arithmetic limits, citing Peter’s question and the instruction to forgive seventy times seven, illustrating mercy through examples and poetry.
Carloads of horses are being assembled at Moose Jaw yards under the Saskatchewan Co-operative Live Stock Producers Limited. The horses will be fed for a few weeks to improve their condition before sale, allowing buyers to inspect and select teams. The piece also notes gasoline saving devices and advises a good pair of shoes. An old temple bell has been restored to Japan by a Swiss museum as a loyalty token to the League.
Bishop W A Geddes and Mrs Geddes completed a 2000 mile Arctic air trek from Aklavik to Edmonton in 17 hours flying time. They traveled with Commercial Airways pilot Capt. W. R. May, leaving Aklavik in 35 below zero and passing Fort McPherson Fort Good Hope Hay River Fort Simpson Fort Chipewyan Fort McMurray before reaching Edmonton.
Taxpayers numbered 137,101 in the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929, paying a total of 38,122,323.25 dollars. This marks the largest amount collected by federal authorities to date. In 1926 there were 215,277 taxpayers who paid 55,571,961.57 dollars.
Scot bargains with an Ironmonger seeking a cheaper moose trap. He rejects the offered price as too high and insists on a device that will kill the moose before it can eat the cheese. The exchange hints at a rugged frontier humor and practical hunter pragmatism.
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