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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 30, 1930
Page
4
The ad promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a tasteless, safe remedy for sour stomachs and excess acid. It claims quick relief within five minutes, notes its invention and physician endorsement for 60 years, and urges readers to obtain the genuine product with full directions from any drugstore.
The Young plan protocol was signed at the second Hague reparation conference. Canada reports 12 430 post offices in operation last year, down 48 due to rural free delivery. London notes a budget cut, Ottawa banks impose 50 cent fees on overdrawn cheques. Salvation Army leaders in Europe, George Mitchell, dies in London after 40 years’ service. Gen Bramwell Booth executors ordered to transfer £1 000 000 to General Higgins. Brandon Aero club beacon lights Western Canada air routes guiding night fliers.
Estimated to stockholders nationwide, Canadian corporations paid about 250 million dollars in 1929 in regular and extra cash dividends. The figure reflects actual disbursements from over 500 listed securities and widely held issues. In the last quarter, roughly 10 million dollars more was added to regular payouts.
BC canned salmon is shipped to more than thirty nations with an annual marketed value exceeding 13 million dollars. The note adds a price comparision, saying the American gallon is one seventh less than the English. A smoker quip mentions a smokeless Tokio Pakku, Tokio.
Building permits in Canada reached a record high of $235.66 million in 1929, up eight percent from 1928 and surpassing the combined totals for 1920 and 1921. The previous peak was $219.11 million in 1928, with figures released by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
A semi sports dress in mauve red printed rayon flat crepe features a molded bodice with turnover collar and scarf tie, flat hips with side pockets, fitted sleeve darts and flaring cuffs. Leather belt, circular flaring skirt, sizes 14 to 38 bust inches, with classroom options in army blue wool crepe and other fabrics. Pattern price 25 cents.
Pattern ordering note from Winnipeg Union at 435 McDermot Ave. includes pattern number and size name. likely an ad or instruction clamped to a postal or storefront notice. read as clerical guidance for customers seeking pattern items.
An early 20th century note explains ultraviolet sunlight essential for plant and animal health. It promotes growth and prevents diseases in poultry, with Windolite, a flexible unbreakable glass substitute, allowing UV penetration for sunlit confinement and healthful benefits in Canada.
An article notes that the year 1929 may actually be 1933 or later according to an eclipse record. Bible history places Jesus’s birth during Herod the Great’s reign, who died in 4 B C, with a lunar eclipse the night before. This suggests Jesus was born not after 4 B C and perhaps earlier. Astronomers can date past eclipses precisely, pinpointing the day and hour of Herod’s death eclipse.
British Columbia farm production totalled 61 million dollars in 1929, a new high. The rise over 1928 was about 5.01 million, with gains across all agricultural and horticultural sectors. The Okanagan fruit region contributed 8.25 million, dairying reached 12.5 million, and poultry returns topped 6.0 million, up nearly 0.2 million.
At a British Association meeting Sir Albert Kitson recounted how a Gold Coast prospector dug a hole seeking iron ore and unearthed a vast manganese deposit. A geologist identified the ore and showed the discovery ranks among the world's richest manganese deposits.
Moran and Mack, the Two Black Crows, star in their first all talking Paramount film Why Bring That Up. The movie follows their rise to fame with sketches, a lavish musical show, and Evelyn Brent in a plot that ends without a marriage. Showings at the Grand Theatre, Regina, February 3 4 and 5.
Religious text excerpt emphasizing seek first God's kingdom and righteousness from Matthew 6 33. Includes lesson scope Matthew 6 1 34 and daily devotional reading Psalm 245 1 2. Focus on spiritual priorities and guidance for faithful living in a devotional context.
The lesson explains genuine charity and prayer as private acts between a person and God. It contrasts almsgiving and public holiness with sincere devotion, noting public display yields only earthly rewards while private prayer in secret earns heavenly recompense. It cites Jesus guiding believers to seek privacy for sincere communication with God.
A March Ottawa conference of livestock interests will explore ways to boost production. Minister of Agriculture W R Motherwell, recently ill with pneumonia, expected to attend. Deputy Minister Dr Grisdale likely to preside. Also noted is a local dentist and Pullman Porter exchange about an extracted tooth.
The Royal Bank of Canada held its annual meeting noting a record year with total assets at 1,001,442,741 and deposits at 772,067,768. Sir Herbert Holt urged a nonpartisan advisory council to stabilize prosperity amid moderated recession expectations. C E Neill proposed leveraging rising U.S. tourism to boost trade by over a billion dollars, while Morris W Wilson reviewed the 60th annual report.
The New York World notes that in 1790 only 16 million spoke English, with 12.6 million on the planet. Today nearly 200 million speak English, dominating settlement across Australia, North America, Africa, and Asia. If the language group embraces duty, its global influence will be potent.
Professor Hans Friedenthal of Berlin University reports a new antiseptic named metaiodin that combines iodine with oxygen. It is described as non stinging on open wounds and suitable for antiseptic use.
A bridegroom fainted during a recent wedding causing a twenty minute delay but the ceremony continued. A cynical correspondent notes the groom has not learned to faint thoroughly, implying the mishap lacked dramatic impact.
The Canada Gazette announces the appointment of L. J. Howe deputy commissioner of lands for Manitoba and R. Matheson assistant commissioner of Dominion lands as investigators into land values held as security for farmer indebtedness from seed grain and relief advances. L. P. O. Noel, Dominion Lands agent at Winnipeg, may act in Matheson’s stead when needed.
The assessment commissioner reports Port Arthur now has 20092 residents, up 730 from the previous year.
General Smuts stated at Oxford that Africans are the only happy, good-tempered, care-free people he has met, claiming no other race is so easily satisfied. The remark contrasted with broader colonial attitudes and sparked debate among attendees.
The new sewing machine drastically increased output, enabling one worker to match the work of sixty done by hand, marking a turning point in shoemaking efficiency.
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