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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 23, 1929
Page
3
Madeira issued twenty one one day Portuguese stamps to raise funds for a local museum in Funchal after Lisbon granted the permit. The issue followed a prior 1898 Vasco da Gama centenary time with similar stamps. The article links stamp publicity to advertising value for large and small businesses.
An article notes Saskatchewan's new health unit modeled on Quebec successes to reduce deaths and disease. It highlights public health experts praising modern systems and the goal of lowering mortality through proactive community care at a modest cost of about thirty five cents per person per year.
The fragment notes growing debate on the Channel Tunnel with arguments mirroring past objections to ironclads breech loaders and railways. It outlines three stages of opposition: initial disbelief, claims it defies scripture, and final acceptance after success.
A tax office clerk sent back an incomplete form with large red ink crosses. The reply from the client stated there is no red ink tolerance and signed off as your faithfully.
The Soviet government plans to boost large state and collective farms to restore the agricultural position of Russia. Ekonomicheskaya Zhizn reports farms ran deficits, totaling about 40 million roubles by January 1928, with 90 percent showing deficits. Eggs cost 15 cents on a farm south of the Urals, while 60 percent of Communist managers have only one year of experience.
A caller asked a householder if a man was home. The widow answered that he was not and recalled seeing him last at his funeral. When asked who she was, she replied I am his remains and closed the door.
The use of power per capita rose from 43 to 83 horsepower as Canada’s population grew. The per inhabitant consumption increased by more than 46 percent between 1820 and 1927.
The fragment lists names in a damaged OCR line leaving unclear context. Readable bits reference individuals or entities but no complete event or action is identifiable for a definitive summary. Further text needed for a coherent card.
Medical experts at Connaught Laboratories plan a unique experiment using human blood to develop a serum against infantile paralysis. Health Minister Forbes Godfrey announced arrangements to draw blood from up to 280 people who had recent acute polio, with payments by the Department of Health.
The article ranks fur durability from otter to coney and mole and notes care issues and redyeing risks. It adds a light aside about cleaning and renovation limits and a child's birthday party quip about dancing with girls.
A vintage advertisement mocks Sunday as doomedday and markets Mixard’s Liniment as relief for tired sires. The odd phrasing reflects period promotion language and humor in a likely classified page snippet.
Miss Hollingshead, after three years in California with doctors Godspeed Clausen and Babcock, presented notable cytology findings on tobacco hybrids at the A A S meeting in New York. She will join Winnipeg’s Rust Research Lab to work with a plant breeding specialist on rust resistant wheat varieties.
A 300 foot steel tape varies in length with temperature. Investigations by the Physical Testing Laboratory of the Topographical Survey in the Department of the Interior show the tape expands or contracts by several inches as temperatures change within Canada.
Thousands of mothers report Baby's Own Tablets as a safe preventive for childhood ailments and a remedy for sickness. Mrs Donat Ploudre of Tingwick Quebec says they keep her two children in perfect health and she always keeps a box at home. The tablets regulate the bowels soothe the stomach and banish constipation and indigestion and ease colds. They are sold by dealers or by mail at 25c for 8 tablets from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A compact devotional column quotes Whittier and Chadwick on death, memory, and moral strength. It reflects on guidance from the living and the dead, urging steadfast duties and inner cheer through hardship. The text weaves biblical allusion with reflective verse on influence and virtue.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a discussion about the ice man losing his job and a person who collects installments on an electric refrigerator. The exchange hints at economic strain and local attitudes toward debt collection in a historical context.
Dr. Donald Armour of Cobourg Ontario received an unanimous nomination by the Medical Society of London for its presidency. He is the son of the late Hon J D Armour former Ontario chief justice and would be the first overseas graduate to hold the post in the society’s history.
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