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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
2
Lawrence and Foster struggle to build a sawmill at Garalner's Crossing using risky work and scarce capital. They triumph to deliver Hulton Company lumber while paying creditors, with Lawrence acting as indefatigable hero and Alice uncovering deeper family secrets as their tale unfolds.
A shabby man enters a barber shop and asks for a penny shave on one side of his face. The barber plays along, directing the man to choose which side to shave while the crowd watches the unusual request.
A Vancouver Province item recalls a 14 year old boy clerk candidate who muses on cabinet succession. He finally answers that if the premier and cabinet die, the undertaker would officiate, a humorous take on political order and funeral customs.
A Vancouver Province note quotes a Guildford Salvation Army handsman telling relatives he has marched through No. 530 in the Band Book. He adds the tune Jerusalem, My Happy Home as a sly ruse to outwit the censor.
War and Food No. 11 SOUPS explains that scrap and bone stock forms make rich soup, with guidance on stock from bones and vegetable trimmings. It notes avoid starchy additions, suggests dried herbs or celery seed when fresh herbs fail, and warns that vegetable stock spoils quickly.
Private Ivey Cleveland of the 12th company third battalion 165th depot brigade at Camp Travis received an honorable discharge because standard footwear could not fit his feet. His feet were reported as the largest ever measured by divisional supply officers, and the army decided it would be cheaper to discharge him than provide $20 shoes or a special bedmaker for France.
Alberta land sales show rising prosperity with substantial sums paid for farms. Raymond near Lethbridge saw 2000 acres sell for 120000 dollars while Rosebud area traded large parcels at 50 to 85 dollars an acre. Across the province both large and small tracts were bought at higher prices than in previous years.
A Cincinnati authority promotes Freezone as a painless method to lift all corn types. A small bottle, costing a few cents, is sold at drug stores and dries on contact without irritating surrounding skin. Readers are advised to ask their druggist to obtain it if unavailable locally.
Judge Advocate General Biggar states that men in categories B C or D under the military service act may claim exemption on any grounds when their category is called. Those moved to weaker classes after medical exams are not required to present claims until their class is called, at which time they may use any grounds considered for exemption. No new order has been issued on this subject.
An unclear excerpt shows a dialogic quarrel with regional dialect featuring Pat and Rastus in a street exchange about sharing a token or value. The readable fragment hints at community slang and mistrust in a casual public setting.
The Youth's Companion notes that last year's war gardeners learned on the job and now must garden in earnest due to looming world famine. It cites a $350,600,000 harvest and predicts a potential billion-dollar contribution, stressing public duty, health benefits, and feeding troops and allies.
One day as he left his Portland office the late Thomas B. Reed was approached by a stranger drinking heavily who claimed he was seeing double. He asked Reed where to obtain a car for the depot. Reed replied to go to the next corner and take the first car, noting the second would not be there.
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