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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 18, 1924
Page
2
A historical critique urges drastic measures to curb postal, fire, weed, and railway safety lapses. It cites 100000 misaddressed items, heavy fire losses, and needless costs, urging strict enforcement and damages for negligent individuals to protect taxpayers and hardworking citizens.
A youth jailed for throwing stones received a stern sentence while a Los Angeles judge took a harsher approach by ordering a motorist to copy out the trade accidentatories for six months. The piece notes a citywide press fault lines and the hope the speed fiend keeps off the gas after serving.
The article notes a prospector named Maral, 86, claiming to be the world’s only real cave man. He has lived in a Cripple Creek cave for five years, describing a 30 foot long chamber too low for standing. It mentions postal safety rules about cargoes and honeybees in transit.
Alberta Keystone Victory and related firms push exploration in northern Alberta. The Victory well shows favorable indications as work continues. Canadian Petroleums, after acquiring large federal leases, plans further activity on the Williams well with $360,000 already spent to date.
Saskatchewan produced 1,787,056 pounds of creamery butter in Jude, up 41,056 pounds or 2.4 percent from June 1923. January to June 1924 output reached 6,109,090 pounds, vs 4,423,016 pounds in the same period 1923, a gain of 868,074 pounds or 15.5 percent.
The Westminster Gazette reports Britain’s Vickers Company is assembling 140000 machine guns for Japan and Scraton Company is handling a large order for a special tractor to be shipped soon. The article also notes a misquoted or garbled line about a man proving himself intellectually superior to women and a stray fragment about Joyen’s population.
D W Norris Milwaukee philanthropist runs a 42 acre farm near Mukwonago housing sixty seven boys aged 6 to 16 from broken homes or homeless backgrounds. The Norris family and staff provide real home life with tasks in stock care crops and market work while offering recreation education health and maintenance away from traditional juvenile court supervision. Some boys have traveled abroad with the Norris family.
A vintage health note urges mothers to guard a growing girl's health during puberty. It links pallor headaches and anaemia to nourishment sleep and outdoor exercise. It touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy to boost blood, appetite, and vitality, available by mail for 50 cents per box.
Rh A Gordon of Edmonton proves strawberry culture 300 miles north of the boundary. One hundred plants from Ontario wintered well, bloomed heavily and yielded fine, firm fruit. He reports success with cherry, plums and crab apples. Also notes Swet and palatable Mother Graves Worm Exterminator is acceptable to children and effective.
Mrs Audry Ship pam and companions made the ascent of Mount Robson in fourteen hours despite thick fog at the base. The party achieved the first motion pictures on the peak, the highest in the Canadian Rockies, with limited visibility only a few feet ahead.
A German firm Mertens patents a method to make paints and inks that conduct electricity for printing. The goal is to allow printed slips with Morse symbols to be read by the blind via electrical contacts, enabling telegraph-like communication through audible signals.
Sir Valentine Chiro, former London Times foreign news director, warned in Williamstown that the color issue in India could cause a grave estrangement of its best elements. He argued England cannot rule by sword and that a united, intensified color problem could drive India toward a final breach with the West, threatening reform efforts and occidental influence.
Britain's claimed strongest boy Brown aged 19 marries sixteen year old Dorothy Dawes at Lewisham. The couple then perform feats at a Catford hospital fair including lifting a van, breaking iron, and supporting two men on a board while the bride lifts a 56 pound dumbbell and helps on a joint display.
A report claims an Indigenous woman nicknamed Indian Lucy living near Camp Curry in Yosemite Valley is about 120 years old making her one of the world’s oldest women. She rarely appears to tourists, walks with difficulty yet retains memory of events from a century ago and recalls witnessing early white settlers arriving in the valley.
Frank E. Hand, vice-chief of a fraternal society, warned in Chicago that without rapid action illiteracy and alien influence threaten US civilization. He cited 10 million illiterates or nearly illiterate and 14 million foreign-born residents, urging English instruction and citizenship education for immigrants.
An advertisement touts Dr. J. D. Kelloges Asthma Remedy as a fast acting solution to asthma symptoms. It claims the remedy offers relief and comfort, urging homes with asthma to acquire the product for immediate benefit.
The U S Department of Agriculture estimates 2 093 billion bushels of wheat will be produced in the northern hemisphere this year, 10 to 13 percent less than last year, led by reductions in Europe and absence of exportable surpluses in North Africa. The United States and Canada remain major producers except Russia and China.
Alberta to Ontario coal shipments on the federal aid plan will be postponed due to lack of time for arrangements. Premier Greenfield, Hon. Charles Stewart, and Henry Thoroton reviewed the project, noting no Ottawa action on the proposed $200,000 aid and stressing price cuts by Alberta producers if government transport support is to be funded.
The New York Evening Post notes Kipling’s choice of “Leathern Gate” for the door to a London steak and chop house at the British Empire Exhibition sparking a small controversy, likening it to his prior naming of Canada’s “Our Lady of the Snows.”
The dialogue features Joe and Jim Yeo discussing a bear encounter. Joe asks if his brother was cool when meeting the bear, and Jim replies that he was so cool his teeth chattered.
Dr R Schiffmann offers Asthimadur with a nationwide Canadian and local druggist distribution. A money back guarantee promises instant relief or full refund, with free samples available to those who request them. The claim cites patients deemed incurable prior to use and asserts no risk to buyers.
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