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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 15, 1931
Page
3
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a cure for acne and blemishes. It claims the product provides six vital minerals missing from modern meals and detoxifies the body by taking a dose in hot water each morning before breakfast, promising sparkling skin and overall health.
The winter cruise of HALCS Vancouver started January 26 to Pacific ports. Major-General Harboard of RCA says television will be a commercial proposition within five years. Canadian art to be shown at the British Empire Trade Exposition in Buenos Aires in March and April 1931. Deer pests in parts of New Zealand prompt extermination plans with various remedies proposed. Mansion House in London, dedicated 1753, is empty for modernization. An international highway from Alaska to Argentina is being protected by governments and clubs. Saskatchewan fisheries annual catch near 10 million pounds and about 1,400 men employed. Elk from historic northwest herds will be allowed to multiply on Queen Charlotte Islands. Kenora Fire Department named best in Ontario for towns under 25,000. Galt and Sturgeon Falls also noted.
Flowerpot Island in Georgian Bay has been placed under the national parks branch of the Department of the Interior. Located at the north end of the Bruce Peninsula, the island is named for two rock formations resembling flowerpots. Erosion by the sea threatens their bases, so parks staff will reinforce them to prevent total loss.
Professor W. F. Hess of Vienna reports discovering a ray from Milky Way stars that passes eighty inches of lead with only half its strength lost. He says the ray is ten times as penetrative as the strongest radium ray and may reveal new physics about cosmic radiation.
A Montreal scientist argues against excessive noise in society while noting that the loudest sound comes from a clock in a store that does not advertise. The remark blends social commentary with a quiet commercial observation.
Saskatchewan officials announce Crows Nest rates to Churchill will cut wheat shipping costs by about 12.24 cents per bushel, with average 20.4 cents per 101 pounds saved across Saskatchewan towns. Freight experts, ministers, and CN will file schedules and seek tariff approval to apply to flour, oatmeal, and mill products, benefiting Hudson Bay Railway shipments.
A new oil find is reported on Thomas Powley’s Readlyn Valley farm in Saskatchewan. Water shows a greasy substance that ignites after separation. sandstone reveals fossilized leaves, indicating ancient forest. Mud geysers occur at several spots while CP Railway cuts through the valley. inspectors note drilling requests but village restrictions apply.
The Swedish state railways planted over 5,000 fruit bearing trees and bushes last year and nearly 200,000 trees to date, making the government railroad board a major gardening establishment in Sweden. Trees are tended by railroad employees. New grain exhibition building planned for 1932 World Grain Exhibition and Conference. Also notes on mosquitoes in Montana, choleraforma discovery, ancient manganese glass color, and a London show rabbit valued at $5,000.
A Sunday school lesson on Luke 3 outlines John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness urging repentance and baptism as purification, not mere belief. It contrasts John’s baptism with church practices, highlights the harsh rebuke to Pharisees and Sadducees, and emphasizes fruits worthy of repentance as proof of sincere change. Monotone devotional reading from Isaiah and Luke supports the theme.
An initiative seeks a long lease from the Provincial Government to stock a small lake with commercial fish like whitefish and lake trout. The aim is to supply the general market with fresh-water fish, with harvests expected three to four years after stocking.
Brazil unveils its first automatic hydro electric plant five miles from Juiz de Fora as turbines run without attendants after a Brazilian official switches on the substation. A business dispute over money owed remains unresolved and Canada’s 1929 fisheries output totals 53,518,521 dollars.
A Thornton Heath man, Victor Hills, credits Carter's Little Liver Pills with relief from long standing constipation, headaches, and indigestion. He calls the treatment a red letter day and urges others to try the product available in 25 and 75 cent red packages at druggists.
A Cranbrook area quarry four miles west of the city on the Canadian Pacific right of way is expanding production. A trial shipment proved satisfactory and six stone grades are offered with blacks and greens in demand. Stone resembles Scandinavian high grade tombstone and veneer materials. Dehydrated apples from Bulmans Limited to Batavia Java show strong demand with a tripling reorder. Soviet Russia population estimated at 150 million.
Waclaw T Szymanowski and Robert Allan Wicks report to the Society of American Bacteriologists that short electric waves in the 1.9 and 3.76 meter bands at about 158 million and 80 million cycles per second diminish the potency of diphtheria toxin produced by the bacteria. The finding notes that the same radio waves were earlier linked to artificial fever in humans. England’s 1801 census put the population at 8,883,000. The remark concludes with a philosophical line on enjoyment versus effort.
Investigations by the Industrial Development Board of Manitoba's special committee lead to two new industries for Manitoba. The province will manufacture frames, previously imported from the east, and also produce comb foundations and honey extractors. The report notes manganese initially found use as a coloring matter.
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