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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 08, 1931
Page
3
Advertisement style notice promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a quick safe remedy for excess stomach acid. Claims relief from indigestion headaches gas and heartburn within minutes. Ends with urging to buy genuine Phillips presented by doctors, available as a liquid, not tablets.
The first month’s operations in Alberta’s lands and mines department yielded 138203 dollars in revenue. The International Fisheries Commission warns of halibut depletion in the north Pacific. Ontario’s highways department reports gasoline taxes totaling 10756000 dollars for the year ending October 31. The British Museum and University of Pennsylvania announce tomb discoveries from the third dynasty circa 2400 B.C. Germany’s cigarette use reaches 32800000 annually, cigars 100 per person. A Canadian trade delegation visit to the Orient is praised as boosting China and Japan trade, per G I Barr. The pope receives a dictation apparatus from Thomas A Edison and awards a Papal gold medal. Trans-Atlantic telephone service now links the British Isles to all Canada and Mexico, expanding beyond major cities to reach North America including Cuba.
British Columbia police use a seven station short wave radio system to handle 3600 messages totaling 180000 words in the first year. Victoria headquarters stay in touch with posts from the Yukon to the international boundary. Ship to shore phones at Cardiff and Swansea connect fishermen and ship crews for about 55 cents daily. A quip notes misery compares rheumatism in one leg to both.
All Tingey models are created and sketched in Paris and the patterns are made in New York. A versatile coat pattern for children size 2 to 8, with options in Spruce green or navy suede trim. Send 25 cents to Fashion Bureau with name address pattern number and size.
Pattern order notice from Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermott Ave Winonipeg lists Pattern No Nuane Towh with instructions for readers seeking specific designs. The text primarily provides ordering details and the organization name and address.
Reports at Moose Jaw annual ratepayers meeting claim the city is in better financial shape than peers of similar size in the Dominion. Alderman Johnston forecasts a tax decrease next year. Dairymen of New Zealand are installing electrical equipment.
Miss Theresa Bavary of Gallingertown Ontario reports prolonged insomnia and fatigue eased after using Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills. She regained health with a few weeks of treatment and a peaceful night’s rest. Pills sold at drug and general stores with price available from The Witter Co Ltd Toronto Ontario.
Captain Richard Burton Deane, late Royal North West Mounted Police superintendent at Regina in 1884, died December 13 in Diano Marina, Italy, after a long career spanning Canada India England and Italy. Born in India he joined the Royal Marines before moving to Canada in 1882. He published the first manual of the mounted police and a history of the force.
A. Hector Cadieux of the Canadian Pacific Railway Investigation Department was chosen president at the Montreal Police and Fire Chiefs Club annual meeting. A week later he led the fifth annual banquet at Place Viger Hotel with Mayor Camillien Houde as guest of honor, highlighting close ties between CPR police and city forces.
Will Treble Advertising A concern that markets cereal foods says it will triple newspaper advertising next year to spur sales and lift business in 1931. It argues that despite unemployment most people can still afford essentials and that advertising informs the public and stimulates buying. The piece lists current ad rates for leading magazines and periodicals to illustrate advertising value.
Dr. Pierre Z. Rheaume of Montreal reported at a Paris convention of La Societe de Chirurgie Francaise that European recognition of Canadian methods is growing. He highlighted the value of specialist anaesthetists and noted nurses and internes are universally deemed essential elsewhere.
Indian chief White Horse Eagle claiming 109 years tells Chicago newspapermen that he only sleeps four hours daily. He travels home to Osage territory in California after a Europe visit and cautions that people sleep too much, making the blood sluggish.
The chief petroleum producing areas in Canada are the Turner Valley field in Alberta and the Petrolia Enniskillen Oil Springs and Bothwell fields in southern Ontario.
Sunday school lesson traces Jesus growth from infancy to manhood using Luke 2 40 52 and parallels with John the Baptist. It cites Isaiah 11 1 9 and notes Jesus gradual awakening to duties family and community roles in Nazareth and Jerusalem temple scenes. A Nevada alfalfa field planted 27 years ago still yields seed.
Dr Arthur Torrence of London plans a February expedition to Africa to locate a people of dual sex near Lake Chad. He cites prior attempts in Nigeria in 1924 and 1926. He believes the first human beings were of dual sex and hopes to prove their long existence by uncovering skeletons.
Mr. R W Wade secretary announces the mail ballot closed December 15 1930 electing directors for the Maritimes Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia Names named by province include A S McDowell Judique North N S George Gordon Oak Lake Man W C Heron Huntoon Sask John Wilson Sr Innisfail Alta Geo R Ball No 2 Strathcona Alta Leonard Higginson No 2 Sardis BC Ontario and Quebec directors to be chosen at provincial meetings in February.
Reported by industrial physicists, the carburetor invented by John Juhasz of New York allegedly eliminates deadly gas by converting exhaust. It allows gasoline, kerosene or fuel oil in engines and features three carbureting chambers with separate nozzles and multiple outlet holes per nozzle. The device was submitted to engineers for evaluation, with optimistic claims but lingering skepticism about its practical use.
John Henry Roung, who has lived in Canada for 70 years since arriving from Germany in 1855, filed for naturalization. Judge Thompson has favorably reported his case to Ottawa officials. Prairie Provinces total wealth estimated at 7.38 billion dollars, 25.51 percent of Canada’s total per the Industrial Development Board of Manitoba.
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