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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 21, 1931
Page
6
An old health ad advocates Kruseben Salts as a weight loss aid. It claims taking half a teaspoon in hot water before breakfast, plus diet and regular exercise, will reduce fat and increase energy. It touts six salts for vitality and endurance, and notes drag stores across Canada sell Kruseben Salts for 76 cents per jar.
An inter provincial conference will meet in Ottawa this autumn to discuss taxation boundaries. The harbour inquiry by Sir Alexander Gibbs will cover New Westminster and Vancouver. Cuba trade with Canada not yet agreed though Cuba considers proposals. Dr Harriet Clisby dies at West Kensington at age 100, once the world’s oldest woman physician. A Leeds conference proposed on poor experience and remedies by J H Thomas. France to have its own legation buildings in Canada per C A Henry. About 10 000 Toronto Irish Free State Hospital sweepstakes tickets seized. Indian farmers in prairie provinces plant more wheat than spring 1930 per W M Graham. Attlee says penny postage not to be reintroduced soon. Spanish history allows women to vote in next election. government says all citizens may be candidates.
The graduate school of Yale University announced 176 fellowships and scholarships valued over 130000 dollars, funded by gifts exceeding 2000000 dollars, for the 1930 1931 study period. William F. Hanna of Winnipeg will research genetic relations of Tilletia Levis and T Tritici the fungi behind wheat blot. Edith M. Mason of Victoria BC will study the life and works of Collin D Narieville.
Canadian bond sales for the year to date total 211193356, compared with 191969321 for the same period last year and 140814686 for the year before. Purchases by Canadian financial houses amount to 147006386, American firms bought 59787000, and British buyers 4100000.
English golfers shift to the American no coat approach embracing lighter attire and fewer outer layers in response to changing preferences and weather conditions. The move signals a stylistic change amid evolving standards in the sport.
One Canadian out of every three dies ahead of his time. The author argues diseases are preventable and urges Canadians to support public health, vaccination, and regular medical exams to reduce deaths from diphtheria typhoid fever tuberculosis cancer and other illnesses.
The ninth application for divorce in 50 years reached the legislative council where no divorce law exists. A special bill must pass the council and the House of Keys, then be sent to London for royal assent and final promulgation at Tynward Court in the open air.
A one pound weight on Earth would weigh about 27 pounds at the Sun’s surface, reflecting the Sun’s much stronger gravity compared to Earth. The comparison highlights how gravitational force scales with mass and radius in stellar environments.
The large Fashion Magazine presents patterns No 951 561 191 102 and 284 with sizes from children to adults. Details include bust measurements yardage for 39 inch and other fabrics and contrasting trims. The issue highlights Paris spring styles and sewing lessons with book price 15 cents and patterns 25 cents.
Devotional text outlines the preparation for the Passover in Jerusalem with Jesus directing Peter and John to a guest chamber. It highlights the Lord's Supper, the breaking of bread, and the cup as the new covenant, plus the startling betrayal announcement and reflections on suffering, community, and faith. The piece closes noting Wicklow, Ireland's search for housing its poor.
A complete set of new pictorial postage stamps for Southwest Africa arrives in the royal collection as a gift to King George. The presentation, made by South Africa’s high commissioner C T Water, marks the first definitive designs issued in the mandated territory. Artists were selected from South Africa, with engravings and printing by Bradbury Wilkinson in England.
A dessert favored by visitors to Portugal described with butter, brown sugar, egg, grated raw carrots and lemon peel. It combines flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and ginger, then bakes in a buttered pudding pan for an hour and serves warm with pudding sauce or cream.
A recipe for beef loaf uses 142 pounds of round beef, water, vinegar, sugar, sage and thyme, Worcestershire, salt and pepper, simmering, cooling, mincing, and molding. The second note claims icebergs contain no salt due to glacier ice formed from snow, followed by a quip on illiteracy and gullibility.
Canada produced 2 504 000 tons or 36 percent of global newsprint in 1930, nearly double the United States, the next largest producer at 18 percent. Great Britain and Germany each at about nine percent, with Newfoundland and Japan at four percent each. The six nations together supplied about four fifths of the world total of 6 975 000 tons, and Canada held a larger share of exports.
Women fanciers display over 70 varieties including plain and fancy mice with numerous cross breeds. Notable results include white mice with black eyes, silver and tan, black and tan, and a rare blue mouse. Proceeds benefit charity. A separate Argentina decree requires toothpaste to be analyzed approved and registered before sale.
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