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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1929
Page
6
Black you have ever seen offers a blue dyed product marketed as the highest quality dye for silk and wool fabrics. It claims to dye linen rayon or blends and warns the blue package is for silk and wool only while a general package covers every article. Dealers stock the different packages.
Al Stone the singing waiter and songwriter of Blackie Joe's discovers Molly Winter a ballad singer and helps her rise to fame. Molly marries him yet loves John Perry as Al advances to master of ceremonies at Club Bombo. The three navigate love, jealousy, and public scandal.
An advertisement extols Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the premier, tasteless remedy for excess stomach acid. It promises fast neutralization and lasting relief from pain two hours after meals, urging readers to learn and use the product now.
Molly faces jealousy and moral conflict as Al pampers their baby Junior while Molly questions her marriage. John Perry notices hidden tensions during a staged anniversary scene, and Molly feels unworthy while confronting a surge of anger and longing. The scene ends with a teetering, unresolved tension.
An advertisement urges parents to use Mother Graves Worm Exterminator to treat children for parasitic worms claiming to restore strength and vitality.
The United States Bureau of Biological Survey oversees 1400 amateur ornithologists who band legs on birds. A notable Arctic tern flew 10 000 miles straight from Red Island Labrador to Natal South Africa in three months, while a robin covered 2100 miles from Crystal Bay Mina to Pachuca Mexico in eighteen months.
A study surveys fallacies about the moon among diverse cultures. The Dakota Indians claim the waning moon is eaten by mice, the Polynesians say spirits of the dead devour it, Kaffirs claim a headache causes it to hide, and the Eskimos imagine the moon rests after fatigue.
Saskatchewan Bureau of Publications operates travelling libraries in rural districts. A wooden box holds 40 to 500 books and is sent after an application. The government covers one-way charges, readers pay return charges, and 62 500 books and 1 250 libraries are in circulation.
A maternity advisory notes that mothers cannot shield children from all illnesses but can reduce risk with quick care. Baby's Own Tablets are described as a mild laxative that regulates bowels and eases teething while helping colds and fevers. The advertisement claims safety for even the youngest child and offers 25 cents per box by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
A humorous exchange features a fortune teller warning of lifelong poverty until age thirty five, to which the skeptic replies that by then the sufferer will have grown accustomed to it. The brief quip reflects a dry period-appropriate wit.
Dibley accuses the firm of failing to pay debts. Biggs retorts the company failed on purpose to avoid payment, framing the financial collapse as strategic rather than negligent.
At the veterans of foreign wars annual convention in St Paul, Canadian and U S soldiers who lost limbs in France discussed forming an international Amputation Club. Robert Burns of Winnipeg, head of a Canadian amputee group, urged unity of all allied soldiers who lost limbs or an eye to ensure they are not forgotten.
A devotional note cites Psalm xvi 11 and quotes Wolfgang Deisler and Jean Paul Richter. It reflects on finding joy in God, bearing God within, and planting eternity in the heart for serenity amid sorrow.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes Prime Minister MacDonald hesitates to pivot from Europe to closer U S cooperation. It argues his foreign policy rests on Anglo American comity and that Britain and the United States must act as arbiters of peace by shaping its basis.
The 183 mile tropical corridor through mountains and forests would connect the Atlantic and Pacific. A battalion of 400 engineers has been ordered to duty in the central American jungle to survey the route for the one billion dollar canal.
At the sixth annual British Empire Cancer Campaign meeting presided by the Duke of York Sir Thomas Horder warned that the National Radium Fund could create false confidence in radium as a cure for cancer. He stressed overrule of patient demands for surgery in many cases though radium usage and successful results grow yearly. He doubted many fundraising bodies have qualified staff to use radium safely and may need funds for training.
A Mixed Population Brooklyn New York hosts over 2 300 000 residents including communities from every European and South American nation and many other continents.
Both hard and soft corns yield to Holloway's Corn Remover. The product is described as entirely safe to use and satisfactory in its action.
A witty line listing three never-seen items a speaker claims to have not witnessed an undertaker's funeral a colored woman driving a car and a parrot that could really talk reflecting social attitudes of the era.
An essayist finds that two can be on three hundred pounds annually but omits to say two what. The remark hints at missing units or quantities behind the stated sum.
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