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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1931
Page
2
A columnist critiques rapid reading claims by a university professor noting a reader could skim 12,960,000 words yearly yet urges valuing quality over quantity. Reading should balance recreation, information, and pleasure, savoring style and ideas, pausing to understand unknown terms, and thinking deeply rather than chasing sheer word counts.
At the annual sales conference in the Royal York Hotel Toronto Mr Arthur M Wilson secretary treasurer reported Salada tea sales rose despite 1930 being a low mood. The figures showed a tremendous increase and the largest year the company had ever experienced.
Canada fertilizer production in 1929 totaled 2,256,780 dollars for complete fertilizers. Additional output from other industries included cyanamid ammonium sulphate animal tankage ground bone and fish fertilizers totaling 12,090,785 dollars.
Miss Rose Grifin of Ashern Manitoba reports five years of heart palpitations and sleepless nerves after a shock. After taking three Gaxes she improves, calling the remedy wonderful. She urges others to try Milburns Heart and Nerve Pulls, sold locally or by mail from The T Milburn Co Ltd Toronto Ont.
General Electric built an observers platform in West Lynn Massachusetts to aid astronomers tracking stars. Operated by an electric motor with a nearby push button, the device rotates to let the observer change position. Suggested by Dr. Harlow Shapley, it will be installed at Harvard’s Boyden Station in Bloemfontein South Africa for use with a 60 inch telescope.
Nerves out of gear cause irritability and ill temper as health wanes. Tired wives and overburdened breadwinners suffer digestion problems and fatigue. Dr Williams Pink Pills claim to build red blood, improve digestion, and strengthen nerves, offering energy and happiness. sold by dealers or for 50 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brackville Ont.
Police surrounding the Gardeners Arms at Nelson Street and High Friars Street in Newcastle investigated voices heard in the bar. The wireless set remained on after closing, broadcasting Dean Inge. Also promotes Miller's Worm Powders as a remedy for stomach worms in children.
Burns & Co. Ltd announces a new canned soups factory to be established in Calgary, the first west of Winnipeg. The venture aims to replace imported soups, which Alberta alone buys at about 750,000 annually, with locally produced products on the market early next year. Persian Balm promises a smooth, fragrant skin treatment for women.
Airmail and transport pilots in Chicago await results of U S Bureau of Standards experiments. If successful, continuous ultra high frequency radio automatic warnings will be transmitted within a three mile radius to prevent gerontane collisions.
Brief note asserts Los Angeles rests on land once occupied by an Indian village and reflects on permanence of settlements. The remark frames urban growth as tied to historic Indigenous presence, prompting reflections on place and history.
Right Honorable Stanley Baldwin laments personal losses from the iron and steel sector and denounces financiers as he recalls shares falling from three pounds to twenty pence. He defends his longtime industrial commitments while urging honesty and true workmanship in British business.
Reports from Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachments to Edmonton document starvation and tragedy in the North. A young American, James Eldon Michaels, 25, from Albany California, left Hay Lakes March 17 1930 and was found December 12 1930 in a trapper cabin, starved with notes. A baby, James Higelak, died November 7 1929 after a rifle discharge in Coppermine River cabin. W E Butler drowned near Fish Lake after a fall flood, with emaciated dogs returning to camp of Indian Sanderson. he was last seen October 11 1920. Sores heal quickly advertisement for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil.
Courts rule Whitney Warren memorial inscription may not be restored to the rebuilt Louvain library. The piece criticized American generosity and calls for a gentler epitaph, noting the architect’s dream is now a faded memory.
A feature on the Vatican describing its immense wealth and vast collection. It notes 80 grand stairs, 11 000 halls, tens of thousands of paintings and priceless objects. It cites a single painting 33 by 66 feet and suggests figures like Rockefeller or Ford could not purchase its treasures. It presents the Vatican as beyond outsiders' knowledge.
California study shows drivers with two or more years on the road account for the highest accident numbers. Experts suggest overconfidence as a factor and propose a public safety push to remind skilled drivers to stay cautious. Toys valued at over 700000 dollars were imported into Canada from the United States in 1930.
The ad proclaims Kruschen Salts as a global health tonic used daily to improve digestion, purify blood, and boost vitality. It emphasizes a six-salt formula taken with hot water each morning and a modest diet and exercise routine.
Hon. W. A. Gordon, federal mines minister, said Canada’s mineral industry acted as a stabilizing factor during the depression. Despite 1930 price lows, production rose and profits remained reasonable, signaling Canada’s rise as a leading mineral producer with vast unexplored areas still to prospect. The banana’s native home remains unknown, though grown widely in tropics.
An advertisement promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a trusted antacid for excess stomach acid. It claims rapid neutralization of acid, immediate symptom relief, and cautions to purchase genuine Phillips’ brand, 50 cents per bottle, with complete directions enclosed.
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