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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1923
Page
4
A long discussion stresses that farmers must insure crops and property to avoid ruin from storms droughts and pests. It praises Wheat Pools for stabilizing prices while urging weed control and municipal action to clear road allowances and enforce by laws to improve yields and profits.
A report by the Ministry of Health notes cancer death rates have tripled in Britain over generations while deaths from tuberculosis and other diseases show substantial reductions. The inquiry team warns against quack remedies and cites ignorance about cancer causation and cures.
A terse notice from Shanghai seeks a Chinese applicant with four years of English experience for a Nipr clerk job. Salary no object. The fragment hints at a blunt, matter of fact posting amid stray phrases about healing and rage.
The people of Sault Ste. Marie praise editor and publisher J. W. Curran as the Soo Daily Star shows a new press. A citizen committee led by Mayor Dawson seized the plant for a special edition underscoring the city's goodwill. The piece lauds the editor for years of service and the paper as a public asset. The Toronto Star notes the sentiment as well.
The text traces how early humans used a shield and weapon in one hand, forcing the other hand to become the fighting arm. It argues that training and brain control shifted toward the right side, with right-handed individuals often prevailing. Across ages, the right hand grew more proficient.
Montreal annually contributes to the Dominion treasury through excise stamps, with receipts estimated between 24 million and 25.6 million dollars, roughly 46 percent of total Dominion Government revenue from this source.
A brief note reports relief from sour stomach and bad breath after treatment. Gas belching and indigestion were also quickly subdued, leaving the patient comfortable. The source notes rapid improvement without further complications.
An advertisement touts Dr Hamiltons Pills as a cure for weak stomachs and poor digestion. It claims the product clears wastes, normalizes digestion, improves health, and boosts spirits, sleeping, and work, selling in 25c boxes for general family use amid a line about social disdain for road hogs.
In olden days rheumatism was seen as inevitable with age and treated with liniments. Now it is a blood disease, and rich red blood helps defy it. Dr Williams Pink Pills claim to restore blood richness, aiding many who suffer from rheumatism, available 50 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A teacher graded essays on physiology and hygiene and found a sixteen year old’s reply to the question of the proper bathing time. The student answered that the proper time to bathe is in the summer time, reflecting the era’s humor and schooling tone.
Reports say Swiss farmers arriving this year are performing well and advancing in farming. About seven percent of arrivals are farmers by trade. More arrivals and pennies are expected. London’s tallest building stands at 1119 feet.
A simple white sauce method combines butter substitute flour water and milk with salt and pepper. Melt fat, blend with flour then whisk in liquids until thickened. Pour over vegetables or meats and keep warm for ten minutes. Serve with asparagus beans peas Brussels sprouts or potatoes.
Dr Frank Crane portrays Canada as rapidly modernizing from a vast, inhospitable past to a rail linked, farm rich nation. He cites Saskatchewan wheat output, prairie land area, proximity to railroads, and strong, progressive people resistant to socialist ideals. The piece emphasizes opportunities from Winnipeg to Calgary and the Dominion’s untapped potential.
Infants infested with worms suffer great misery and possible constitutional weakness. Miller's Worm Powders claim to clear stomach and bowels, prevent recurrence, and repair organ injuries caused by worms to restore soundness.
Readers are invited to start the new serial in this issue titled Margaret Anne a story of human interest. The opening instalment promises broad appeal and easy accessibility for a wide audience.
The Australian Government plans a 72 cent per bushel wheat price guarantee plus 16 cents for freight and handling, yielding about 90 cents net return per bushel, a level Western Canada producers might find acceptable. The Canadian livestock and swine sectors have surged in northern Alberta, now tallying over two million head. In 1922 the British Museum drew 979,297 visitors, up 78,000 from the prior year, with Sunday attendance at 60,000.
A dated kitchen guide gives measurements for an eggless mayonnaise using Borden's St. Charles Milk salt mustard vinegar and various oil. Mix seasonings with milk then whisk in oil and vinegar until smooth. Store in a covered jar, keep in a cool place, and thin with more milk if too thick.
An old advertisement touts Nerviline as deeply penetrating and fast acting for sprains bruises and joint stiffness. It claims relief for rheumatism and lumbago and even Neurviline for internal or external pains urging readers to buy a large 34 cent bottle from their dealer.
Divers have recovered nearly all the thirty million dollars in gold bullion from the Laurentic wreck off Donegal Ireland. Only a few bars remain, with 43 expected to be raised, plus nearly five million in silver. The divers used a divining spear with a dial to locate gold, a method refined since 1920 after decades of work beginning in 1918.
Parties of surveyors and chemists work on Westegina Beach and Onglebright deposits to estimate and classify sodium sulphate deposits within the province under J H Cole regeater chemist of the Dominion Department of Mines.
President Coolidge deems practical obstacles to world aircraft building limits larger than the earlier Washington Conference failures. The text also notes rainfall and sheep densities in Australia and Argentina, including a rural magistrate interaction and an apparent weathering of a beech tree over two centuries.
The bath in Iceland, famed for over six centuries, was built by chieftain Snorre Sturleson. It is a perfectly circular 16 foot diameter stone structure with a cemented interior, stone seating for thirty, and water fed by a hot fountain 500 feet north via an underground aqueduct. The bath remains pristine through a controlled inflow and outflow system.
Canada's trade within the Empire rose in the 12 months ending July. Exports to Empire partners totaled 487,899 dollars, compared with 354,992,074 dollars a year earlier. Imports from Empire countries for the same period were 195,811,10 dollars, vs 153,185,584 dollars previously.
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