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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 24, 1923
Page
6
A provincial note warns that neglecting small details like grading potatoes, proper mail addressing, weed control, and fire safety accumulates into vast costs. It argues carelessness drives losses for Saskatchewan farmers, postal services, and communities, urging frugality and attention to minor matters.
Dr D W Morehouse acting president of Drake University and renowned astronomer announces a new star designated B D Plus 34 deg 980. He first exposed a photographic plate on April 1 and the faint object was recorded. It has since developed a nebulosity described as a rare astronomical phenomenon.
A humorous Pearson's Weekly fragment portrays a backchat scene where a father misunderstands a child’s aside about thunder. The youngster clarifies the joke, revealing the line about a man who can’t hear thunder and plays on deafness as a punchline.
The British Government complains of wireless pirates. A ringlets pirate is a person who installs a wireless receiver set with a textbook and ingenuity. He breaks the law without a license and faces a fine up to 10 pounds and up to 12 months in prison under the Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1904.
A fragment notes a playful question about blushes on girls faces and the idea that running would stir up too much dust, citing a parakeet as a quirky aside. The item conveys a light, humorous tone without further context.
The Sulgrave Institution notes that relations between the United States and Britain are fundamentally strong. It argues disputes are often settled by arbitration, making war morally outlawed. Public mood swings and self-styled friendship measures are seen as overblown, with both nations wary of flattering rhetoric. The N.Y. World.
An early medicinal ad touts Dr. Hamilton s Pills as best for women with mild ailments. It claims kidneys respond quickly, pain in back and side eases, breath improves and color returns, preventing congestion and restoring health. Sold at dealers for 25 cents.
British authorities study a slim metal saloon described as a feather weight alloy coach. It would run on railway tracks with day and night accommodation and be backed into a station. An engine would then take it to an aerodrome where it would lift onto wings and machinery, swapping rail wheels for aeroplane chassis.
A testimonial touts Baby's Own Tablets as a home remedy free from opiates, gentle yet thorough laxative for constipation, indigestion, colic, colds and simple fevers. A Quebec mother says the products are essential and urges every mother to keep a box, available from Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario by mail for 26 cents.
Johns Hopkins psychologist Professor Dunlap questions what psychology reveals about participants in endurance dancing contests pie-eating events and amateur theatricals He notes curiosity about why various groups join competitive activities and hints psychology may become intriguing Providence Journal cites his remark and a quip about Rogues being found out
An early 20th century advertorial touts Catarrhozone as a cure for colds and catarrh claiming it prevents progression to consumption. It promises rapid nose and throat relief, clears nasal discharge, and strengthens breath with a $1 treatment and a 5c small size, sold by mail from The Catarrhozone Co. Montreal.
Optimistic outlook for western crops toward 1924 as elevator companies in the three prairie provinces plan over 200 country elevators this spring and summer. Expenditure nears 2.25 million dollars with lumber and stone making up a large share. Winnipeg lumbermen report orders in hand and work slated soon. Regional estimates place total prairie head of the lakes investments around a million dollars for terminal elevators and enlargements. The Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator Company plans 25 new elevators while current operations exceed 350 units.
A Pointe Bleue reader credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with relief from kidney trouble and related ailments. He says before use he could not walk, but after taking the pills he feels well again. The endorsement stresses the pills as a straightforward remedy for kidney issues and related disorders.
Trinity House authorities in charge of lightships and lighthouses around the English coast decide to station important lightships with wireless apparatus, displacing the signal gun used for years to call lifeboats or warp ships in danger. Ontario Honey Production sees over 400 beekeepers holding shares in Ontario Honey Producers Co operative Limited, with output between three and four million pounds of honey, about half the province’s honey crop.
The article urges lifelong dental hygiene from infancy, stressing two daily thorough brushings with clean water and mild toothpaste or powder. It advises each child to have an individual brush, proper brushing motions, cleaning between teeth, gums, tongue, and cheeks, and to avoid medicated dentifrices.
Saskatchewan will add about five hundred miles of rural telephone lines and gain roughly five hundred subscribers by year end 1923. The plan focuses on extensions to existing systems with about forty extension applications approved and two new firms formed plus reorganization of an old company. The boom is muted by farmers paying off current lines and a well served province. Miller's Worm Powders claim to quickly relieve intestinal worms and support youthful health.
An air pursuit over the Damascus Baghdad route halted a car packed with gold smuggled from France. A fighter plane armed with a machine gun chased the vehicle after word of the escape reached authorities. The occupants fled to rocks but were captured as police and customs officials arrived.
Mrs. Thamar Smith of McGee Street Toronto reports dramatic relief after taking Tanlac four years ago. She describes prior stomach trouble and heartburn, says Tanlac restored her health, and notes many on her street praise it. Tanlac sold by druggists.
The Canadian Department of Marine and Fisheries announce radio and radio-telephone gear on Marine Department vessels to observe and broadcast movements of mackerel schools. Inshore fishermen with receivers will access moving fish schools via radio channels. The notice emphasizes stick-to-one-thing success.
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