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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 22, 1930
Page
2
The essay argues not all rural youths fit farm life and that mechanization, science, and better management will shift many toward other industries. It notes Western Canada’s diverse resources and urges educators to prepare youths for future opportunities, balancing tradition with evolving work prospects.
Dr. Howard T. Barnes seeks satisfactory arrangements to protect Canadian interests as he plans a two year stay in Russia. A Soviet commission studies his ice destruction method with engineers supervising. Barnes holds an honorary professorship at McGill and heads a Montreal research institute. a replacement principal must be appointed before departure.
The text explains that a diamond, a lead pencil, and coal are all carbon in different forms, just as ice, liquid water, and water vapor are all the same substance in different states. It asserts that many things around the world appear different yet are really the same material in various forms.
A 1930 summer feature outlines daring plans by Britons to attempt major stunts. Alec Traf ford of Birmingham aims to fly a glider across the Irish Sea from Holyhead to Dublin. J Hazzard seeks to cross the channel on water using inflatable bags and shoes with a bicycle pump, aided by a mid channel quick lunch counter.
Overwork and household worries can cause nervous debility with fatigue, irritability, insomnia, tremors, and palpitations. Avoid sedatives. Dr Williams Pink Pills build up and enrich the blood, restoring appetite, nerves, and strength. Available by mail or from medicine dealers at 50 cents a box.
The new egg candling and processing plant at the Pacific Coast Terminals Limited is now in operation preparing eggs for storage and candling them at the rate of 500 cases a day.
Miller's Worm Powders claim to clear worm infestations in infants by acting on the stomach liver and bowels. The remedy allegedly improves appetite biliousness and other internal disorders caused by worms and enables children to thrive once treatment starts.
A London shop in East Ham reports strong demand for rental overcoats during a cold spell. The service charges four cents a day with a small deposit, with many customers renting for just a single day. Also, a note from Asthma Remedy user claims lifelong relief after years of suffering. The product is sold by dealers or via wholesalers.
Special timber cruises to establish the true value of timber holdings and the transfer from wild land to timber land categories in British Columbia have increased the assessed value from 18222 7 in 1927 to 2581970 in 1928.
A vintage ad copy touts Catarrhozone as a soothing pine scented inhalation remedy. It claims inhalation clears bronchitis, catarrh, colds and irritated airways in two seconds, with healing bal sams distributed through the breathing apparatus.
Catarrhozone removes all traces of the disease with no nasal blockage headaches or buzzing ears. Two months' guaranteed treatment priced at $1.00 with a smaller size for 50 cents available at all dealers.
Colonel Lorne W. Mulloy a blind veteran of the South African War and a practicing lawyer based in Iroquois Ontario is famed for his fast tracked law studies. His pleadings are in Cornwall with early work as a defense lawyer in murder cases.
Campers Carry Minard's, Resting Place of Statesmen Lord Balfour’s desire to be buried on his own estates recalls the variety of attitudes statesmen have adopted towards sepulchre in Westminster Abbey. Bonar Law and Gladstone both rest in the Abbey alongside the Pitts, Peel and Palmerston. Disraeli preferred a country church, and Salisbury and Lord John Russell chose ancestral burial elsewhere.
A standard remedy for scalds and burns. It soothes pain and speeds recovery from injuries. Also helpful for cuts bruises and sprains and relief from inflammation. A bottle at home or stable saves doctors fees and veterinary charges.
Rough roads force constant use of pedals and controls causing a painful new ailment among drivers. Doctors treating sufferers urge car makers to supply heel mats of soft material, especially for racing cars.
Quick relief for scald feet corns and warts offered by Douglas Egyptian Liniment. It relieves inflammation and removes proud flesh providing fast soothing effect.
An investigation by Canada's Department of Mines finds Saskatchewan's sodium sulphate deposit at over 100 million tons of natural hydrated salt. It could meet the Dominion's needs with surplus for export. The salt cake is chiefly used in making sulphate or kraft pulp.
A provocative maxim urges choosing actions beyond obligation to gain freedom. It frames autonomy as the courage to act beyond constraint, challenging readers to break routine duties and pursue self-directed choices despite pressure to conform.
Washington students contribute ten cents each and teachers twenty five cents toward buying 85 acres on the U S side for an international park at Blaine near the border. Vancouver Trades and Labor Council heard from Bellingham delegates that the project could become the first international park, with a Canadian side land gift urged and annual July second celebrations proposed on both sides.
The piece notes that since the October stock market crash no economists or financial experts offer optimism or a forecast of improvements. It argues that no one truly knows what lies ahead and that cheerleading for good times is unfounded.
Mark Twain notes two life moments when men fail to understand a woman one before marriage and one after. The item references Minard’s charts used by Burns to analyze historical travel and climate data.
An advertisement extols Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the safe and effective alkali antacid for quick relief from excess stomach acid. It claims one spoonful neutralizes many times its volume of acid, leaves the stomach sweet, and stops pain within five minutes. The copy urges buying genuine Phillips' Milk of Magnesia prescribed by physicians for fifty years.
The German delivered floating elevator in Rouen weighs about 2100 tons and is used to unload dredger barges onto land. It features two barges linked by an endless chain with 47 buckets each holding around 560 liters. A Vermicide product called Mother Graves Worm Exterminator is praised for saving children. In Saxon marriages the bride’s shoe to be touched on the head symbolized the groom’s authority.
The Netherlands is believed to be the leading exporter of rayon in the world on a per capita basis.
A claim ties Minard's healing spray to an ancient promissory note dated 2100 years before Christ and credits its invention to the Babylonians. The piece presents a sensational historical linkage without corroborating sources.
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