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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
7
A Macedonian shepherd reports vampires haunting high pastures and dying sheep. A local a vampire slayer earns about sixty dollars per case, using a musket and holy water beneath a sheep skin coat. Villagers revere him while a skeptical reader mocks the legend.
A car of wheat received at the interior elevator in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan weighed 131 690 pounds with 2 194 bushels of No 1 wheat after dockage at half a percent The value is $4 853 09 at Fort William or $4 600 76 at Moose Jaw It is claimed to be the largest car of wheat ever handled at Moose Jaw and likely the largest car ever loaded in Western Canada
The piece notes civilians are told to read signs on soldiers to identify rank. It cites shoulder dashes, hat insignia, and pe), wing marks to distinguish private from general aviator and other officers. It explains hat color and emblem meanings, noting potential confusion.
Staff Paymaster Collingwood Hughes recounts a World War I era lecture about a Royal Navy patrol in the Atlantic. A derelict U-boat's crew is rescued and German prisoners are found on board during a roll call. The British subsequently search for more, exposing cruelty amid wartime cruelty.
General Townshend who commanded at Kut el Amara is chosen to convey Turkey’s armistice offer to the British admiralty. The piece frames Turkey’s defeat as the beginning of the end of mis-rule and praises Allied progress under Allenby, with anti-Ottoman sentiment and calls for Armenian protection and Holy Land cleansing. Also advertises Dr Kellogg’s asthma remedy as sold by dealers.
Fragmentary notes describe Mulberry trees in London tied to James I and royal planting histories. The text references Chelsea and Christ Church Cambridge amid unclear details about the trees’ fate and significance.
A Petite Riviere man recounts severe grippe illness and prolonged weakness. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for restoring strength appetite and vigor, and urges others to use them after influenza. Sold by dealers or six boxes for 250 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The Faith, a concrete cargo ship built in San Francisco, arrived at a Gulf port after carrying 2,000,000 feet of lumber to Chile and loading 4,000 tons of nitrate. Agents of the owners say it withstood sea service, and it will sail to another port once unloading and loading are complete. A note mentions Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a medicine for children.
A fragmentary dialogue describes a bride reading titles aloud with a stern air. The speaker asks about the wives’ reading and learns she is actually reading advice to husbands. The odd phrasing suggests a clipped newspaper snippet or OCR error from a domestic life column.
Regina Leader argues William II of Germany and Charles I of Austria-Hungary are waking from a dream of absolute rule as monarchies crumble under new political reality. The piece suggests their claims to divine or inherent authority collapse amid transformed peoples and governments.
When energy flags and business cares weigh you down the product promises to balance a deranged stomach and disordered liver. A simple effective pill, available at any drugstore, to revive digestion and vitality.
The article notes that 474 Victoria Crosses have been awarded over four years of war. It breaks down yearly totals: 83 in year one, 78 in year two, 145 in year three, and 168 in year four. It compares these to the Indian Mutiny Crimean and South African Wars, urging perspective on troop engagement and award density.
The article argues cheese as a meat substitute and highlights bread and cheese as economical fare. It notes Quebec and Ontario as leading dairy provinces with cheese production focused in Quebec factories.
Refer to the wonderful Peacael iF srtisane erected in light storm heating and hot water. Strugrent rations enforce cleanliness and fresh airy baths with a small charge. For overworked mothers and young children a nursery school with mistress assists on premises. Montes sorifi method teaching and free medical care provided. Rentals about $2 per month per room. houses have 2 to 4 rooms. Cooperative fines run the system as a sound business concern.
A machine gunner, backed by his sergeant, exposed himself to enemy fire to position a gun on the flank. He stood on the sergeant’s shoulders for forty three minutes under heavy fire until he was mortally wounded, enabling riflemen to seize the point. He survived with injuries and was to be decorated.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure offering a $100 reward for a cure that cannot be achieved by this remedy. It claims the medicine acts through the blood to purify mucous surfaces and promises quick improvement after short use. The copy uses persuasive language typical of period medical ads.
Swiss fury mounts after a German airman receives a three month sentence for shooting down an unarmed captive balloon on Swiss soil. The balloon crewman, a Swiss lieutenant, was killed in the incident.
The piece compares Berlin and Potsdam with London and Windsor, noting Berlin as the empire's capital and Potsdam as a royal residence. It describes water communication from London to Potsdam via Thames Elbe canal, recalls the Royal Louise frigate gifted to Prussia, and notes its role in royal seafaring and the Kaiser’s early sea power ambitions.
A garbled folk line recalls Uncle Eben declaring a kicker is no true hero with gritty humor. The fragment hints at playful dialect and a shout of admiration for a stubborn, real character amid a small-town crowd.
A World War I era report notes Belgium’s north coast from Zeebrugge to Nieuport strewn with fortifications and dugouts after German withdrawal. Germans took most guns but left many behind, while locals recall a German trader selling thousands of Belgian flags before evacuation.
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