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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1929
Page
4
Marcus Dail takes a party to New York club where Al Stone loves Molly the ballad singer. He writes a love ballad for her but she rejects him as a waiter. Blackie pushes Al to sing to Molly with Grace the hopeful cigarette girl cheering him.
In a crowded room Al, beside the pianist, sings a heartfelt ballad to Molly. His nerves fade as he eyes Molly amid chatter and Marcus, and the crowd grows quiet, the pianist praising his bold performance as he delivers the chorus with soul.
Mrs S J Jago of Canoble New Brunswick reports a severe diarrhoea attack in her three year old son eased after using a medicine from The Tafilburn Co Toronto. After the second dose he improved, later fully relieved. The family, including husband and others, continue to use it.
Al Stone a comic waiter unexpectedly captivates the room with a ballad that abandons standard technique. Molly and Marcus recognize the power of his voice while Grace grieves her unrequited love and Blackie offers quiet support. The crowd erupts as Molly conceals the source of the hit.
Louis Bleriot pursues a commercial trans Atlantic air service using a hybrid flying ship. The vessel combines a surface hull and marine engine with wings and aero engines for airborne travel. In emergencies it can descend and sail as a surface craft toward a liner or shore station. Trials of the first flying ship are eagerly awaited.
The piece notes a modern batch of anniversaries and highlights the 350th anniversary of adopting the fork as a table utensil. It suggests some customs are relatively recent and worthy of celebration.
A massive indigo plant near Tokyo is planned as one of the world’s largest. The project costs over 3 million dollars, requires three years to complete, and aims to produce about 1000 tons of indigo annually.
Two Japanese individuals are estimated to hold about 250 million dollars apiece. Their wealth places them among the nation's richest, with reports highlighting substantial holdings and influence in business.
The Banting Research Foundation grants awards to Winnipeg physicians and researchers. Dr B Chown studies kidney disease in children, Dr J Jackson researches the thyroid gland, and Dr W E Brown Jr with Dr Allan Kennedy explore gas anaesthetics. Other recipients include Dr W D M Lloyd on heart disease, Paul Egnatof on brain cells linked to blood pressure, and E Frame plus F Muse grove on spleen anatomy and uric acid solubility. The foundation honors Dr F G Banting by funding medical research nationwide.
A reporter recounts a LA to NY trip via air rail links showing pilots using ground radio reports to detour storms. They avoided three converging systems near Albuquerque and sped around lightning, reaching Clovis ahead of dark, illustrating safer air travel.
The District of Columbia Traffic Bureau reports 28 of 859 arrests for traffic violations since July 1 were women. The data suggest women are about thirty times as skilled as men at driving, countering old stereotypes.
Advert says Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy cures asthma after long illness. It claims lasting comfort, peace of mind, and sound sleep. Drugstore supply available.
A reflective line asserts that believing oneself indispensable is a sign of false certainty. The statement cautions against ego in professional and personal roles, urging humility and awareness of limitations.
The origin of California’s name is traced to a Spanish term meaning hot furnace. Historical accounts connect the phrase to early explorers and legends describing the land as a fiery, sunbaked region.
G P Hamsworth, Canadian National agent in Hong Kong, notes Chinese youth adopting Western ideas in Hong Kong and Shanghai. He cites flapper fashion, bobbed hair, silk stockings, fox trots, English foods, and cinemas while stressing continued respect for parents amid cultural shifts.
Mothers keep a box of Baby's Own Tablets at hand for hot weather stomach troubles cholera infantum and diarrhoea. The tablets relieve these ailments or prevent them in well children. Guaranteed harmless even to newborns and sold by dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville.
Dick Douglas a famed Boy Scout who crossed Canada by rail says he shot two hundred Kodiak bears in Alaska during a month long trip. He notes one hundred ninety eight were photographed and two killed, with a largest bear estimated at 91 feet. He plans a book on his Canadian and Kodiak journeys and stopped at Jasper National Park en route to Montreal to photograph wildlife.
Rev W H Taylor reports rapid restoration from fatigue and weight gain after a three week trial of Ironized Yeast. He describes improved strength, disappearance of tiredness, clearer skin, and asks readers to try the tablets with a money back guarantee.
The note blends devotional verse with a prayer by Robert Southey and a Christian exhortation on prayer. It ends with an advertisement urging Holloway’s Corn Remover as a safer, more effective solution to remove corns.
A bottle floated 2,500 miles for 434 days before being found in North Queensland. The overboard drop occurred October 7, 1927, from a British vessel in the Pacific north of the Johnston Islands. It carried a request to return to the British Meteorological Office as part of a data gathering effort to track sea currents aboard 494 ships.
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