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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 12, 1923
Page
2
A historic appeal stresses wheat marketing reform across Prairie Provinces and Parliament. It argues high marketing costs and weed seed losses undermine Western returns, urging cleaner seed, better methods, and systemic control to boost farmer prosperity.
The 1922 Dominion income tax total reached 55 517 222 with Montreal paying 15 195 749 and Toronto 11 442 970 while Winnipeg contributed 4 019 399. The report lists by city the income tax revenue for the fiscal year ending December 31.
A warning in an old newspaper ad extols Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor claiming corn removal without pain. It urges readers to refuse substitutes and pay 25 cents for the bottle, noting the product's long-standing efficacy and availability everywhere.
Canada was the only country to show a marked improvement in gold production in 1932. The Dominion now ranks second highest producer in the Empire and third in the world. In 1922 Canada produced gold to the value of $26,500,600, compared with $19,400,600 in 1921, and $16,500,000 in 1920.
Canadian paper exports in January show the United States as the largest customer for newsprint and total exports reaching 163,923 cwt to the US. New Zealand and Australia followed with hundreds of cwt of paper. Britain and Australia led wrapping paper imports with 18,273 cwt and 4,629 cwt respectively. Newfoundland and Japan also purchased wrapping paper.
The article warns influenza thins the blood, causing fatigue and weakness that linger after recovery. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a restorative, citing a Canadian user from Thessaton who regained strength after six boxes. Pills available from medicine dealers or by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont for 50 cents a box.
A Moncton resident reports three months of severe eczema on hands ending after using Cuticara Soap and Ointment. The letter touts the products as effective and offers mail order free samples, though wording suggests an advertisement.
The Bureau of Standards measured a tiny engraving of the Lord's Prayer on glass in a 0.011 by 0.002 inch space. Viewed under 909 to 1000x magnification, the inscription requires a high-power microscope. If a square inch were filled with writing this small, the Bible could be written about 25 times, exceeding 20,000,000 words.
Australian law provides four times daily wage for work on Sundays. The notice also warns that many children are born with worms and urges using Mother Graves Worm Exterminator to spare them suffering.
A vintage ad touts Cascarets as a cure for headaches biliousness indigestion and upset stomach claiming no cramps or oversetting and a candy taste. It also notes a Vienna biologist transplanting insect heads and a black water bug gaining new head function. The piece ends with the antelope’s 62 mph top speed fact.
Archaeologists report a huge brick ship partially unearthed on the Nile bank about two days from the pyramids. Dated to roughly 3900 B C the vessel mirrors the sun boat belief and shows fittings destroyed by fire leaving only the brick hull.
A visiting Frenchman in a Yankee shipbuilding plant misreads a worker saying he is making a yard and that it is nearly finished. The exchange highlights English homonyms and left him puzzled about timber sources and yard.
An old advertisement urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to babies and children for constipation. It promises a simple cleansing solution with a single teaspoonful daily, claiming it prevents illness and eases stomach issues. The copy emphasizes asking for genuine California Fig Syrup and warns against imitation products.
A fragmented household hints recipe describes mixing margarine or butter, sugar, eggs, milk, raisins, and rolled oats to form a dough. It instructs dropping teaspoonfuls onto a greased pan and baking until browned, yielding about 30 cookies with optional lemon juice or Sun-Maid raisins.
The ad asserts Nerviline heals sciatica lumbago and neuralgia with rapid absorption and relief. It claims widespread consumer trust and urges purchase at dealers with a limited time offer. The text also notes university enrollment figures and describes asthma sufferers finding health through Dr Kellogg's Asthma Remedy.
Dr Russell L Cecil of the U S Public Health Service says a pneumonia vaccine perfected now could lower U S deaths from respiratory disease by about 154 000 annually. Research over a year using monkeys has shown promise. remaining work focuses on production costs and large scale distribution.
Mrs Cotes Tanlae of Reemna Sask recounts recovery after taking Tantar on medical advice. She describes severe rundown, loss of appetite, nerves, sleep, and weight loss improving with the medicine, claiming she feels like a new person and recommends it. Sold by all druggists, over a million bottles sold.
The Department of Trade and Commerce released a chart showing Canada climbing from eighth to fourth in export volume since before the war. Per head exports rose from eighth to second behind Australia, with notable gains during and after the war period.
Reports from Europe claim paper tires may rival rubber in erratic behavior and match metal in strength. Dr Thomas electric oil advertised as a valuable household remedy with broad affirmed uses. Arctic Ocean warming noted by scientists amid tribal totem pole punishment warning. Minard's Liniment presented as physician recommended remedy.
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