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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 03, 1929
Page
1
The article argues that budgets for health and preventive services are investments funded by taxes. It notes limits to what science can conquer and urges citizens to ensure adequate funding for health departments to reduce disease burden and protect public welfare.
A new Ottawa bulletin details stem rust as the era's top threat to Manitoba and Saskatchewan wheat, causing yearly losses of tens of millions. It notes spore windborne origins from U.S. fields, discusses plant breeding efforts, and shows sulfur dusting from an aircraft as a control method.
The column records visits and gatherings around Grand Narrows including Mrs Burrell hosting, Mr P Sloan’s sawing Bee, and weekend visits by Mr and Mrs Maguire Togo Mrs Pearson and Mr Cox with local families. It notes Ada Lester's recovery, Manitoba Co-operative Dairies sign up in Makaroff district, and the Junior Local annual meeting with 1929 officers elected.
In 1928 Alex Taylors Hatchery Winnipeg held a poultry promotion awarding prizes for early laying pullets and high chick yields. Winners include Miss Agnes Curtin Cruik Sask with a 3 month 9 day S C white leghorn pullet, Mrs W Drader Dunrea Man for 100 chicks, and others from Manitoba Ontario Alberta and Kenvil Manitoba.
Roblin locals report a January 10 card party under Rebekah Lodge auspices at the town hall with 35 cent admission. Also noted is a December ad for a Westinghouse Battery Console Radio priced at 167 dollars tubed. A quiet Roblin wedding followed at Naseng Baptist church on December 12 for Eva Luelé Currey and Norvel F. Petty of Winnipeg with a reception at the couple’s home afterward.
Unclear OCR fragment shows numbers 21st 305 752 660 775 397 591 28 899 662 187 10 564 267 associated with a community hall draw. No readable names or dates beyond that.
Public auction to sell the north east quarter of section 30 in township 28, range 28 west of the principal meridian Manitoba. Includes a log stable 17 by 19 feet a frame granary and a partial cultivation history. Twenty percent cash balance per terms to be set at sale by Taylor Colwill vendors solicitors Portage la Prairie Manitoba. Dated December 21 1938.
Milch cow for sale due to freshening soon. Contact J Arnott Jr at phone 55 3 Roblin for details.
Taylor's Hatchery offers guaranteed live baby chicks including Leghorns and Rhode Island Reds with a breeding program. Orders received by February 1st include a free catalogue from 862 Furby Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Canadian novelist Ralph Connor records a half French half English sea chanty sung by a métis voyageur in the Northwest. Ulysse Paquin of Montreal will perform the piece at Vancouver with a chorus of pure French Canadian chanties. The festival aims to showcase diverse maritime songs and origins.
The Rural Municipality of Shell River announces sale of lands for arrears of taxes and costs under the Public Schools Act. On February 9, 1929 at 2 PM in the Roblin Municipal Office the lands listed with arrears and costs will be sold by public auction if unpaid. Descriptions cover NE 6-29-29, NW 4-29-29, and other patented lands with totals shown. Dated December 1928 in Roblin Manitoba.
Notice lists service for Section 7-96-28 through T. L. McNeill in Roblin.
Polland China hogs offered for service and sale by George H. DejaMare Phovp 55-19. Prospective buyers may inquire at the farm or contact the seller for details on pedigrees and availability.
An advertisement claims Adlerika relieves gas and digestive discomfort after first use. Mrs Glenn Butler says gas issues persist despite eating, while Irwin L. Mitchell, a local druggist, endorses the product and its ability to remove waste from the system.
Shipments over the Dominion Atlantic Railway in Nova Scotia rise to 2.168 for a period, while Montreal grain deliveries hit 210,600,000 bushels season highs. A new Banff Calgary road shortens the highway and attracts western visitors for a robust Winter Carnival. Buffalo culling at Elk Island Park trims herd size, with meat destined for pemmican to serve Northwest Eskimo communities. The Duchess of Atholl sails to Tristan da Cunha with supplies, a notable feature of the passenger cruise.
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