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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 27, 1930
Page
2
A columnist shares a “gems” feature from The Valve World about a widow who learned gratitude after losing her husband. The piece argues life’s value comes from perspective, urging daily actions to grow, help others, and cultivate happiness rather than dwelling on loss.
The Lake Placid Club displays a dazzling ice illumination this season with an 18-foot star outlined by 150 yellow bulbs and the club initials in red and green bulbs at the center, frozen under five inches of ice on the club rink. An octagonal nine-story tower in Naning, China, dating from the fifteenth century is faced with porcelain.
A compact aphorism suggests life resembles a theater where most people play shifting small parts behind the main acts. It reflects on social behavior and the effort to stand out in crowded public life.
Sir Alfred Yarrow a veteran shipbuilder claims to have introduced the first typewriter to Britain. He recounts how in 1876 Remington sent machines from America, one was dropped into the dock mud, recovered, cleaned, and later used by a shorthand writer who could also play the piano.
The Southern railway has secured stock and arranged with Imperial Airways to maintain an air service. This collaboration aims to avoid wasteful competition between rail and air transport, signaling a coordinated transport plan between the two modes.
London authorities have prohibited advertising through flags and banners displayed on streets. The rule aims to reduce visual clutter and maintain city aesthetics. Enforcers will cite violators and seek corrective actions.
Canada leads with eight national parks covering over 12 000 square miles nestled in the Rocky Mountains. Jasper Park in Alberta spans 4517 square miles, while Bay Wales is the biggest. New Zealand features Tongariro and Fiordland parks with dramatic lakes sounds rivers and the famed World’s Wonder Walk from Lake Te Anau to Milford Sound.
Mrs Leo Bedard of Quebec City describes severe weakness after childbirth three years ago. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for restoring health after using ten boxes. The ad urges readers with poor blood or weak nerves to start taking the pills and notes availability by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
Sugar is distributed in Washington in liquid form through pipes instead of bags. A gravity pipe from the refinery moves the white syrup to a tank car or truck, then to the buyer’s plant where it is pumped to a distributing tank. The method uses a high purity carbon yielding refined syrup directly from the raw material.
Advert says Holloway's Corn Remover relieves pain and curbs corn discomfort with a potently effective formula. It claims to have its own power for quick relief and lasting comfort.
Common laundry soap can prevent sticking in drawers and windows and help wood hold nails without splitting. When mixed with stove blocking it reduces work and improves results. Rubbing soap around fingernails before using blacking aids cleaning of nails.
Mrs Richard Cyantron of Birchtown Quebec reports improved nerves and appetite after using Pinkham remedies including the Blood Medicine and Liver Pills. She says the products helped her whole system and she will answer letters from women asking about the medicines.
The Vatican mosaic works, a centuries old Rome studio, plan to sign and donate a copy of Murillo's Immaculate Conception valued at 25 000 to the Roman Catholic University in Washington DC. Masters praise generations of patient craft as 27 000 color shades and meticulous piecework explain why mosaics take years to finish.
A vintage health note extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for croup relief and loosening phlegm. It claims quick aid for sore throat chest earache rheumatic pains cuts bruises and sprains and notes widespread family use.
A historic note describes silk quality rivaling silkworm output produced from spruce wood and other wood derived goods. The draft mentions terpene processes for linen, inoleum and dynamite, plus gramophone records from a flour made of wood and news print sheets over twenty two feet wide created at a rapid rate from one machine in the Handbook of Canada.
The publisher claims Miller’s Worm Powders are as pleasant as sugar and non repulsive. They allegedly cause vomiting in an unsound stomach but this is presented as cleansing action, not harm. The product is marketed as reliable for clearing worms from the system.
On February 9, 1930 Germany’s women writers marked the 1000th anniversary of Hroeswitha birth in Hamelin. The Saxon noblewoman became the Fatherland’s first poetess and lived as a nun at Gandersheim convent near Hamelin, the Pied Piper city.
Saskatoon water works department reports a net surplus of 31717.59 for 1929, up from 18561.54 in 1928, with annual revenue totaling 214241.16. The figures reflect the department's financial performance for the year.
The 1929 fish catches off Canada in the Atlantic and Pacific totaled 1,024,221,000 pounds with a value of 26,170,350 dollars. The figure highlights the scale of the fishing industry and regional output for that year.
A brief dialogue snippet presents a terse exchange with one speaker urging candidness and the other asking for continued verbal engagement through the evening. The fragment hints at a social interaction or domestic moment without broader context or attribution.
Miss Yvonne Sutherland and Miss Margaret Sutherland donated one hundred Eskimo and Indian artifacts from the Mackenzie River district to Strathcona Ethnological Museum at McGill University. The items, dated before white contact, include hunting tools, bone and horn needles, bows and harpoons, bone fish hooks, ivory canoes, skin money tokens, and decorated articles. The collection also features a willow root fish-net and three highly decorated native costumes, with only two older women in the Mackenzie Delta still knowing the net’s making method.
The London Daily Herald reports a new British Antarctic expedition organized under Commander Frank Worlsey, former Endurance skipper. The ambitious venture may include aeroplanes, aims at commercial and scientific goals, costing about £25,000.
An advertisement extols Persian Balm as the unrivaled toilet requisite for dainty women. It claims to soften beautify skin white hands cool and refresh, reduce roughness, and absorb quickly without stickiness, creating subtle elegance and charm.
An extortion attempt used a carrier pigeon and letter demanding money. A plane tracked the pigeon and photographed its landing site, revealing the sender. The culprit, an unemployed miner from a local pit, was identified by police at the target’s residence.
The Mayon volcano is described as the Fujiyama of the Philippines in contemporary accounts, likening its symmetry and prominence to Japan’s Mount Fuji. The label appears in period reportage to emphasize Mayon’s striking silhouette and significance.
Advertisement touts Catarrhozone as a rapid inhaled vapor remedy for colds bronchitis and sore throat. It promises instant breathing ease with a warm fragrant mist and claims to banish congestion and irritation.
No trace of the disease remains after Catarrhozone is used. No more nasal clogging headaches or buzzing ears. Two months' treatment guaranteed, price one dollar, smaller size fifty cents, available at all dealers.
A new high toll record was set for one directional traffic through the Panama Canal on January 18 1930 with $86,665 collected from fourteen ships sailing Pacific to Atlantic. The lead vessel was the Virginia of Panama Pacific Line with $1,210 in tolls. Average toll per ship was $6,190.35. The prior one directional high was December 8 1928 when $86,224.78 was collected from twenty-two Atlantic to Pacific ships.
Southern Alberta Beet Growers Association and Canadian Sugar Factories Limited reach an agreement at Raymond to plant between 13 000 and 14 000 acres of sugar beets this spring with a target of around 80 000 tons of beets sliced this fall.
Diamond Dyes claim simple use with true bright colors for dresses drapes and lingerie. They tout no spotting or streaking and even colors that resist a re-dyed look. Priced at 16c at all drug stores, the ad argues perfection costs less and urges no substitutes.
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