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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 11, 1930
Page
7
Nick and Gay linger on a moonlit night while Mary Maxwell visits Mrs Halliday to judge her home and maid Julie Nipps. The scene shifts to a porch conversation, revealing social manners, gardens, and a subtle undercurrent of competing domestic spaces in Bakersville.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to take Carter's Little Liver Pills after meals to neutralize gases sour and acid stomachs. It claims relief from indigestion, cleanses the digestive system, and provides a tonic effect, recommending a 25 cent package from a druggist.
A dialogic scene unfolds as Mr Halliday intrigues a woman who ignores him while he smirks at her. Julie arrives with a tea wagon prompting a playful misread of a baby carriage. Nick notes children would disrupt their careers, and the moment ends with a teaser that the story continues.
A lively travel vignette describes a motorcar traversing a new cement road with no washboard, scenes of roadside commerce, a curving path to a country house, and a back seat dialogue about direction. The narrator reflects on the sense of adventure, memory, and the joy of exploration during a joyful hour on the road.
Valuable data on Canada’s birds is gathered through National Parks of Canada in Ottawa and the Department of the Interior with the U S Biological Survey. Birds are banded with dates on their legs to trace migrations year after year, largely through voluntary cooperators.
The column reflects on parenting changes as civilization advances and notes Hull England with 300000 residents replacing gas street lighting with electricity, illustrating urban modernization in progress.
Canada paid Captain Otto Sverdrup sixty seven thousand dollars as recognition of his Arctic research services and for delivering original maps diaries and records. Sir George Perley acting prime minister cabled the British minister to Oslo with Canada’s regret at Sverdrup’s death.
The chrysanthemum, once a rare oriental flower, spread rapidly in Canada and the United States after 1861. Varieties multiplied into a spectrum and the flower became central to many shows, with the first English-speaking display in Norwich occurring about a century ago.
A report notes arsenic, though deadly, is a vital trace element in life. Dr Orton of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Plymouth found oysters exceed legal arsenic limits and other molluscs and crustaceans similarly violate the Food and Drugs Act, challenging how the toxin is perceived.
The article recalls St Swithin creating a ten families one poor person ordinance and the unions seen to it work was found quickly and the ward was helped off the dole. It notes public opinion then was less tender toward idleness and contrasts with today. It also touts Persian Balm as a skin care product promising a lovely complexion and soothing effects.
Hon. W. R. Clubb announces Manitoba Public Works awarded coal contracts for 29,509 tons at a total of 152,625 dollars. Only Western Canadian coal will be used. Minister Clubb states the measure aims to secure regional supply.
A short humorous item notes how Minard's Liniment is praised for sore feet while a store joke unfolds about a charge account. The exchange features a back and forth on the growing usefulness of the product and a sly financial quip.
Report by W H B Hoare of the Department of the Interior notes 9 000 to 10 000 musk oxen roam northern Canada including Thelon sanctuary near Great Slave Lake. Hoare cites Melville Island as home to about 4 000. Greenland herds about 1 000 to 1 500, with Canada totalling around 12 900 per an appendix by R M Anderson.
The Prince Albert to National Park road is now all gravelled and all weather, with Sas katoon to Prince Albert gravelling nearing completion. The Prince Albert Board of Trade praised the project as valuable for the city. P W Mahon highlighted the cost and benefits, while hopes for a Big Bend hydro power unit were voiced.
Dates and nuts are chopped and mixed with sugar eggs melted butter lemon juice flour and salt. The batter is spread in a greased shallow pan one quarter inch deep and baked at 225 degrees for about 30 minutes. Cut into strips and rolled in powdered sugar while hot.
A simple cranberry dessert uses junket tablets water and cranberry jelly or marmalade. Prepare according to package directions, set in warm room to firm about ten minutes, then chill. Top with cranberry jelly and optional sweetened whipped cream.
Forty years since the final spike in the CPR project, the enterprise once deemed unlikely to profit has prospered, earning praise for its sustained success and the anticipated efficiency it brought to the railway system.
A Canadian scientist unveils a method to produce silk fiber using carbon dioxide and water, outlining a potential eco friendly route for high strength textiles. The breakthrough suggests scalable lab to textile applications pending further testing and commercialization.
A devotional note quotes from 2 Corinthians and two poets Mathilde Blind and Robert Collyer. It contrasts sowing sparingly or generously with the promise of harvest and daily bread, asserting that generous giving yields divine returns across time. The passage blends religious verse and moral exhortation about patience and fruitfulness.
Great Britain recognizes Norway's sovereignty over Jan Mayen, a barren Arctic island between Greenland and Norway. The Norwegian claim, issued in a royal decree dated May 8, follows historical discovery by Henry Hudson in 1607. The island measures about 34 miles by 9 miles.
A safe and sure medicine praised for children troubled with worms. The notice highlights a remedy named Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as an effective treatment option.
A Washington project designs a glider with seven large link sausage shaped tubes forming the wing frames. Each side uses three tubes for the main body and a fourth tube supports the tail surfaces. The craft, designed by Taylor McDaniel, will weigh about 125 pounds.
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