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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 09, 1929
Page
3
A researed ad advises relief for excess acid with easy remedies and recommends Phillips Milk of Magnesia prescribed by physicians. It notes directions are available at any drugstore and emphasizes personal benefit from using the product.
A Berlin proposal suggests damming and draining the North Sea to link England with Europe. It envisions a coastal dyke along the ancient coast, a Channel dyke, and pumped-out waters creating new fertile land. Double levees would carry major rivers across the lowland to the sea, reshaping borders and ports including Hamburg.
In New York Anthony Fokker unveils plans for a giant passenger plane to be finished in six weeks. The craft would carry two people and run four 600 horsepower motors, crossing the Atlantic with ease. He foresees regular trans Atlantic service within five years but says planes will not overtake ships as major transport.
Looker-on in the London Daily Chronicle notes that Soviet attempts to suppress the wandering holy men called elders will meet strong resistance. The influent peasants and officials alike are swayed by staretzi who wield superstition in rural Russia, with some genuine preachers among them.
Trim the chops and cut very thick with sharp knife. Spt each chop without separating meat from bone. Cook onion in butter, then add mushrooms, salt and pepper. Stir in flour and stock, cook briefly. Stuff chops with filling, press and broil. If mushrooms unavailable, use bread dressing with more stock.
Flake one can salmon and mix with one cup diced celery then blend with boiled salad dressing. Layer on lettuce leaves, heap salmon in center, surround with olives and edge tomatoes. Place cottage cheese balls between tomato slices and position radishes with stems upward for garnish.
A Taber Alberta farmer Albert Green shipped 820 winter fed lambs to an eastern market selling for 12 000 dollars at 17 cents per pound. Additional Western Canadian lamb shipments are planned to meet rising eastward demand. A bachelor is defined as a man no widow wishes to marry.
A seven passenger Fokke plane will run from Fort George with summer pontoons and winter skis. Pilot Andy Cruickshanks will fly from Summit Lake with a Finlay Forks sub-base for fuel and stores. The line will ferry prospectors and miners across the north Arctic region and offer freight to camps. Also plans folding canoes for inaccessible areas and summer survey mapping north of Sifton Pass along the Laird River. Major MacLaren calls the venture a big boost for the mining industry. A Vancouver start from Dease Lake country is also planned to shorten travel for engineers and prospectors.
In Fres nessen s-Rungis a prison houses 1250 white masked inmates who live in silence. They wear numbered hooded outfits outside cells and may not speak except to nurses or wardens. Work eight hours daily eight reduced by skill. earnings fund small comforts. Govt contractors pay thirty two cents per day per prisoner with half credited to the inmate. Despite harsh rules many inmates seek transfer for sentence reductions of one quarter.
Senior officers in plain clothes cause trouble for ranks and files as Lord Byng visits a suburban station. A burly guard blocks entry and the chief commissioner asks for the inspector. The response hinges on the name Byng demonstrating the power of titles and recognition.
Entry counts show 1416 filings for two flat months, up from 1036 in the same period of 1928. Alberta totals 702 versus 502, Saskatchewan 595 versus 420, Manitoba 78 versus 74, and British Columbia 41 versus 30.
The Royal Northwest Mounted Police numbers only a few hundred men but patrol and maintain order across 1,200,000 square miles, with half of that area lying within the Arctic circle.
An Austrian scientist claims a method using an intense beam of short waves to treat milk. The process purportedly kills bacteria that cause spoilage without heating or cooking the milk, maintaining its flavor while extending freshness for three or four weeks.
A weekly devotional cites Matthew 6 28 urging trust in divine care. Margaret E Sangster exhorts heart and life to imitate lilies by shunning toil for beauty as Hugh MacMillan reflects on God’s justice, beauty, and concern for each human life despite mortality.
Auction of school lands within forty miles of Regina sold 196 of 381 quarter sections. Average price was $12.80 per acre, totaling $398,434.00. The sale covered local lands offered for public purchase.
George H Kilburn of the corporation working a large fertilizer industry at Trail discusses potash stored in the British Columbia mountains. The company offers free analyses of potash specimens to assist prospectors.
A glowing testimonial extols Baby's Own Tablets as a universal remedy for infants and children. It claims gentle laxative action relieves colic fever constipation and indigestion and aids teething. Mrs J H Bromley of Westmeath Ontario endorses the product and its care booklet. Boxes cost 25 cents from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
Saskatchewan is praised for diverse high grade clays, more extensive than any other Canadian province, signaling a potential rise as a center for a major ceramic industry after studies by the Department of Mines in Ottawa.
A census style note reports that more than 1,024,000 individuals share the surname Johnson across the United States. It highlights Johnson as a common family name, reflecting broad geographic and demographic distribution.
Fragmentary report notes a method to measure horn blasts with counts and timing. No clear event or sources are identifiable in the text.
The article notes seven seconds as the average time a fast train takes to pass a level crossing. Drivers rushed to beat trains risking life and limb, with some even paying with their lives to gain those seven seconds.
Though Canada was not the birthplace of Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil, it is the home of that famous compound. From here its good name spread to Central and South America the West Indies Australia and New Zealand where it is on sale and in demand.
The Man argues some marriages are luckier than others and his wife agrees noting he has her while she has him. The lighthearted remark contrasts differing fortunes within domestic life.
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