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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 11, 1918
Page
6
A e excerpt discusses using bran and shorts as horse feed with oats for best results. It notes shorts are stickier than oats but can be eaten when crushed or mixed with bran. On the Saskatoon university farm the mix is about one part draw to one part oat chop plus thorough mixing. It also mentions a worm exterminator product called Mother Graves Worm Exterminator.
The notice urges balanced rations for hens and chicks. It advises not to rely on insects alone but to include seeds, skim milk, whey, buttermilk, table and garden waste, and grain. It warns that prices for eyes are rising.
A Scottish scientist reports eight new metal elements named Canadium believed to be part of the platinum group. He says samples from Nelson British Columbia yielded a few grammes per ton after treating certain rocks, with potential industrial uses especially for jewelers.
Advertises Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a versatile household remedy for common ailments. Claims the product is cheaper than a doctor and useful for household emergencies. Encourages keeping it on hand for sudden stings and other ordinary complaints.
An estimated 400 million fresh or prepared Chinese eggs are exported yearly, with Shanghai the main hub. Japan buys up to one million eggs per shipment. Eggs travel from China's interior by small boats to Shanghai, where Japanese collecting stations line the streams. Desiccated and powdered egg trade expands, shifting from German control to American entrants with improved methods.
Fragments describe testing whale meat for family consumption and nutrition. Mentions a product, edible and nutritious aspects, and a company with unclear name. No clear dates or officials provided.
The editorial argues Germany must be compelled to withdraw from Russia to safeguard civilization and world peace. It warns conquest would enable Germany to project a broader power, creating an unstoppable military force and a dangerous future if Russia remains under German control.
A collection of brief commentary on German psychology during wartime, citing George Archibald’s remarks about Prussia and peace talks. The sketches contrast Anglo Saxon and Prussian mindsets, urging continued mobilization of military and moral resources. Also includes short anecdotes from U S and Canadian papers on manners and social propriety.
An industrial concern in Van Buren Maine plans to convert sawdust mills and wood refuse heaps into pulp paper and paper boards turning a previously worthless by-product into usable products under new acta law.
Advertises Dr Williams Pink Pills to restore nerves by building up the blood. Claims benefits include reduced nervousness and restored energy, with customer testimonial from Mrs. Wm. McIntyre of Gananoque Ontario. Prices listed as 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50 from Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
A sketch titled No Halfway Measures shows a print card reading Do not touch with canes or umbrellas. A small boy adds a postscript Take an axe, capturing a quirky, local reaction to the display.
A vintage advertisement touts Putnam's Extractor as a fast, painless remedy for corns. It pledges to dissolve calloused skin, shrink the corn, and allow peeling with no pain, claiming guaranteed removal and a quarter price at drug stores.
A. Bonar Law denounces Germany for sinking non combatant British at least 14 120 deaths aboard U boats calling it an unanswerable crime and a lasting blot on German conduct in wartime. The Providence Journal reports the harsh rebuke and condemnation of German actions.
A dialogue from the Boston Transcript and Edmonton Bulletin features a man claiming a $50 000 yearly prospect through marriage and his wife likened to George Washington unable to tell a lie except about her son, highlighting truth and deception within domestic life.
Dr E Richards recalls a mission story from Portuguese East Africa where a teacher used a board to write a request for a saw. The child carried the card to a woman teacher who fetched the tool, marking the first voiceless message in the country.
Alberta passes a new act promoting mixed farming through five homesteads forming a loan group. Each signs for 500 and borrows the face value at banks with the province securing herd increases. Loans at 6 percent repayable in five years. About 560000 borrowed already, aiding homesteaders to stay in stock production and conserve cattle.
Morgan Kingston, famed operatic tenor, now in New York, learns his younger son in the front line heard his voice from a field hospital singing "I Hear You Calling Me." The son told the nurse the singer was his father, while the nurse doubted and noted the recording as by a world renowned artist.
A wife recounts a quarrelsome rooster waking her husband for half an hour with crowing. The Ottawa Citizen excerpt then shifts to an advertisement praising Miller's Worm Powders as a quick remedy for worms, claiming it destroys parasites and benefits health.
A Kentucky office boy describes a clash with another Black person that escalated to a violent brawl. He says he was attacked, beaten, and injured, yet notes his own anger at Black people. The Vancouver Province reports the anecdote with dated slang and strong racial language.
German newspapers in London report a Berlin display of the Library of World War Literature assembled over 3 1/2 years at the expense of an anonymous German industrialist. The collection includes 38 000 war books, 2 500 newspapers with 85 German enemy trench papers, plus placards food tickets and letters from soldiers especially aviators.
Fort Smith Alberts reports Isi dors Mercredi heaped praise on Dodd's Kidney Pills after his wife recovered from two years of illness. He says two boxes cured her and touts the remedy as essential for weak kidneys and overall health.
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