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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1930
Page
2
A thoughtful look at progress as a constant, rapid, unseen force shaping dress, travel, technology, work, commerce, and daily life. The piece urges pausing to compare past and present to gain perspective and to keep pace with ongoing evolution across industries and society.
Walter Houser a lodger in a Berlin suburb apartment was arraigned after he stretched a violin string under the ceiling and played it for hours daily with a bow. He then hung a vacuum cleaner upside down from ceiling hooks. The court fined him 200 sharks and ordered repair costs.
A child narrator presents a humorous fable about the mule, noting its sturdiness, four-legged gait, and the odd image of wings on the side of its head. The passage mocks stubbornness and hesitation, reflecting a playful early attempt at description and critique.
Bermuda official Hon. S. S. Sparling reports exports rising from zero to 50 000 cases last year and estimates 100 000 this year with tripling next year. He discussed Canada West Indies service with Canadian National Steamships and praised Canada’s budget for allowing winter vegetable entry. Also advertises Milers Worm Powders for children.
The latest mail boxes for letter delivery will be installed on rural district buses in Ireland. Trials start on four Belfast terminating lines where boxes are cleared and mail handled through the Belfast post office.
C E Harvey of Winnipeg, retiring chairman of the prairie division of the Canadian Manufacturers Association, states that Prairie Province manufacturing valued at 340 million dollars in 1929.
A white paper shows the London breakdown on May 8 over unrestricted Egyptian immigration into the Sudan. Negotiations on most points proceeded, with long talks on Suez Canal defense. Egyptians first demanded concentrating British troops on the east bank, then agreed to west bank troops, but could not agree on Sudan.
To the woman in the home illness is almost a calamity. Many a woman keeps on with her duties when she is ready to drop. Anaemic and badly need help the health aid Dr Williams Pink Pills provide. Mrs Paul Rail of Coin du Blanc Quebec reports renewed health after six boxes. Pills sold by medicine dealers or by mail 50 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Postwar era sees more than one third of the world under new flags as fifteen nations shift banners after World War I. A red, white and green flag now flies in India where independence from Britain is proclaimed, joining Russia Germany and China in color changes.
A promotional notice extols Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a swift relief for attacks. The advertisement claims the remedy quickly controls suffocation and that users rely on it, noting it is sold everywhere.
Hon Charles Stewart announces Supervisory Mining Engineer C C Ross will travel to major mining centres this season. He will organize office and field parties and assess prospector and company needs to advise the Minister of the Interior on the industry's future.
The Sas katchewan forestry service planted 250 acres of embryo forest in the Prince Albert region with 2,000,000 nursery seedlings, chiefly jack and white pine, in what is claimed as the province's largest transplanting program. John D. Rockefeller has given over $750,000,000 in benefactions over his life.
London plans a May unveiling of a new statue honoring Marshal Ferdinand Foch. The ceremony will feature dignitaries and a formal dedication, marking a tribute to the Allied World War I commander and his role in shaping postwar cooperation.
The Canadian Pacific Railway London offices publish an artistic booklet Those Magic Isles featuring England Wales Scotland and Ireland with photographic illustrations and vivid country life scenes. It serves as a comprehensive Old Country guide for travelers and a souvenir for voyagers with references to St Lawrence Water Boulevard to Europe used by many passengers on CP Steamships Empress and Duchess lines.
Captain A W Stevens, an air corps photographic expert, extends his long distance record by capturing Mt Rainier from 270 miles away while flying 20 000 feet above Crater Lake Oregon. The shot, taken with Lieut John Corkille piloting, used liquid oxygen at 20 below zero and shows mountain ranges reaching Rainier 14 000 feet high. He compares long distance shooting to moon photography and notes aiming then firing with luck. Douglas Egyptian Liniment touted for toothache and neuralgia and other ailments.
The Toronto Globe praises Western pragmatism, noting Saskatchewan's purchase of a weed polluted farm to transform it into a flourishing example. It argues demonstrations cost less than lectures on weed control and endorses Mother Graves' Worm Exp exterminator as a handy proven product.
J W Hughes of Kelowna shows rapid grape growth with 500 baskets in 1927, 2,500 in 1928, 20,000 in 1929, and an expected 46,000 this year. A winery offers $100 a ton for Concords.
France forecasts a substantial increase in crop yields for the current year compared with last season. The ministry cited favorable weather, improved planting, and rising output expectations across major grains and field crops.
Investments along the national rail network reached 74.1 million dollars for new industrial plants in 1929, with additions totaling 33.36 million. Grand Trunk Western lines added 11.73 million for new plants, while western Canada saw mining and cold storage growth including 10 million spent by Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting and Sherritt Gordon Mines. New elevators and oil warehouses added 1.33 and 0.48 million respectively.
A lady motorist on the Hamilton St Catharines highway cut in front of another car triggering a crash that damaged three vehicles injured four people and led to three lawsuits totaling four thousand six hundred fifty dollars in settlements to seven claimants.
The Topographical Survey of the Department of the Interior, a Dominion Government agency, creates maps for various uses. It uses standardized sheets where practical, with scales adapting to available information and intended purpose.
A German gardener showcased a method to inject phosphorous into plants at the Berlin Flower Show. Cacti of various forms were inoculated, and the luminous material concentrated in the spines, making them glow like glow worms in the dark.
A reflective note argues that social habits and conventions stem more from the wish for travel enjoyment and leisure than from essential need. It suggests people adopt traditions to gain pleasure, status, or status signaling rather than necessity.
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