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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 10, 1919
Page
3
An ad style notice praising Dr Hamilton's Pills as a simple inexpensive way to brighten sallow complexions and boost health. It claims blood purification removes humors, improves appearance, and alleviates headaches, indigestion, and bilious fits. The Catarrhozone Co promotes a forty year guarantee selling 25 box packs.
Ruggles Junior grows up amid a shoe factory world, parentage tied to inventor fathers and factory life. He enters retail service, aims for shop management, and envisions American industry expanding overseas with the Walkeasy Shoe Company leading the charge.
In Paris the Walkeasy Shoe Company store sees Richard P. Downing Jr. arrive in a luxury American limousine. Ruggles, senior salesman, recognizes him as the president’s son, admired by Ruggles for his Yale athletic leadership and factory devotion, promising potential advancement within the company.
An eclectic mix of medical advert claims for Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills alongside a fragmentary fictional scene. It includes testimonial language about heart palpitations and relief claims, plus a teaser of a continuing story featuring a striking pair and a brooding male lead.
Ruggles hosts Dick Downing and his sister Ruth Downing, visiting from New York, at a showroom. Dick admires the latest shoe models and remarks on rivals’ quality while Ruth’s appearance unsettles Ruggles, who guards his store’s order as he welcomes the visitors to his display.
Cincinnati authority warns against dangerous corn treatment myths. Hospital records note risks of infection and complications from improper home remedies. The piece promotes a widely sold freezone product as a quick fix, claiming instant relief and easy removal without harm despite medical cautions.
Lieutenant-Commander Albert C. Read of the NC-4 at a Hotel Commodore dinner forecast air travel to Europe within three years. He said wartime aviation effort and cooperation would make rapid sea to sky journeys normal, noting English and French enthusiasm contrasted with U S indifference on return.
Krupp's statement to workers cites unrest in Germany as the cause of lost orders. A Dutch contract went to England despite lower Dutch quotes due to mistrust of Krupp's ability. Norwegian state railway steel deliveries were awarded to an American firm at a higher price.
Gov. Plutarcho Ellia Calles of Sonora Mexico, newly named Minister of Industry, Commerce and Labor, issues a decree using Carranza style decrees to enforce prohibition. The measure orders execution for anyone dealing in liquor, aiming to curb moonshining and smuggling as officials are instructed to inform municipalities.
Sir Douglas Haig decorated 16 American officers on Horse Guards Parade before Major-General Biddle and mixed staffs, as thousands watched. He said the honors acknowledge Allied camaraderie and the esteem held for the American army. Saskatchewan contributed about 21,336 dollars to Canada’s agricultural relief fund per Ottawa deputy minister figures. A final quip notes the virtue of helping friends over self.
Rumors swirl about William II as former German emperor amid peace terms and Weimar debates. Reports claim he might die by self infliction rather than face trial, while others discuss Germany’s response to Allied demands and the fate of the Kaiser.
Sir Sidney Low notes echoes of today’s European division in the 15th century. He cites a historical mosaic where Poland Bohemia Hungary Ukraine Courland and a Greek realm gave way to four empires Austria Russia Turkey and Prussia. The war’s aftermath could revive medieval kingdoms and republics in a new map reminiscent of the fifteenth century.
Mme Melba recounts a May Covent Garden guest tale about a young couple and a rich aunt. The wife reveals the husband made a gramophone record of her violin solo. She plays it, the record pleads for extra money, ending with a quip about a Dutchman.
The Naval Department reports a sharp May increase in sea fish value, totaling 3,085,050 dollars at landing on both Atlantic and Pacific coasts, up from 2,229.87 dollars a year earlier, a rise of over 9,300.00 dollars. The monthly statement highlights enhanced catch value for the month.
The House of Commons, led by Finance Minister Sir Thomas White, tabled supplementary estimates totaling 36,723,120 dollars to be voted before prorogation. The main item is 10,000,000 dollars for vessel construction under the shipping program, with additional public works across the Dominion including 500,000 dollars for a new dry dock at Esquimalt and harbor projects at Port Arthur, Fort William, Toronto, Quebec, and St. John. The total covers 23,494,256 dollars to current revenues and the rest to capital.
After the armistice, a Belgian farmer retires to his Poelkapelle field near Ypres and clears and plants several acres. A German pill-box now serves as a home for the family while the Agricultural Relief of Allies Committee distributes English livestock to returning smallholders, including hundreds of cattle pigs and poultry.
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