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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 27, 1922
Page
3
The Canadian Good Roads Association reports 1920 road mileage over 1.58 billion with passenger mileage at least 926 million. Steam and electric railroads carried 629,121,000 passengers, totaling 252,000,000 passengers annually.
Advertisements claim Nerviline penetrates deeply to banish back, limb, and side pains when other remedies fail. It is sold in large bottles at dealers, touted as the strongest pain reliever with rapid action.
Alberta 1921 revenue data shows amusement tax at 3 482 74 weekly and total departmental income 1 698 349 39 up 69 366 79 from 1920. Corporations paid 329 839 72 in taxes as motor vehicle and mine and coal acts contributed. Auto licenses near 44 600 with 39 852 actual, and 614 companies incorporated capitalizing 31 993 601 13.
Oregon man B E Stephens superintendent and assistants report four distinct wheat varieties immune from smut and the development of promising hybrids by crossing smut resistant wheats with productive present varieties. Annex for Port Arthur Elevator Contract awarded to Barnett and McQueen Construction Company for a 1 500 000 bushel addition to James Richardson and Sons elevator, to be ready for 1922 crop and raise capacity to 3 500 000 bushels. The president of the French republic receives an official aeroplane.
Twenty heavy horses from a Moose Jaw ranch sailed on the Princess Mary from Vancouver bound for Mayo and Whitehorse in the Yukon.
An advertisement advises against purgatives in spring fatigue and suggests Dr Williams Pink Pills as a fast safe tonic to enrich the blood, improve skin clarity, appetite, and energy. A testimonial from Miss S. L. McEachron of Naim Ontario praises the pills, with sale details: 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A humorous exchange shows Mr Sadiron and Mrs Sadiron debating jelly flavors. He jokes about never tasting the labels while she points out labels differentiate flavors.
An 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a tonic that acts through the blood to mucous surfaces. It also mentions easy divorce in Kurdistan, claiming a man only needs to say the words to end a marriage.
A versatile black dress described for milady suitable for business or sport wear with a capelike back and Roman stripe detail. Paired with a black straw hat adorned with quills, the ensemble aims for smartness in spring and early summer. The note promotes Miller's Worm Powders as pleasant and safe, though occasional vomiting may occur from cleansing action.
The London Opinion cites testimonials praising Sr. Thomas Eclectric Oil for correcting disorders of respiration. It claims the oil allays bronchial inflammation and offers relief to sufferers, presenting personal experience as the strongest endorsement.
A consignment of live quail from Crow Spokane has been received by the Provincial Game Board for release in the uplands district. The birds were exchanged for Mongolian pheasant with another consignment expected from the Eastern States in exchange for pheasants.
A committee studied 1748 office boys and found 12 percent read movie magazines, 17 percent print their names over seventy times daily, 11 percent watch the door while tossing pennies, 7 percent practice typing, and 4 percent collect stamps. Some entries show errors and unfinished notes.
Britain developed wireless direction finders that locate SOS origins to guide rescuers. In recent Atlantic storms a steamer wrecked while crew clustered on deck for 36 hours without food. The first distress message misled rescuers until a British vessel with the apparatus arrived to save most aboard, though the ship later sank.
Advises on nervous breakdown symptoms including headaches low mood restlessness and insomnia with dream disturbance. Warns of heart involvement and urges prompt remedy to quiet nerves strengthen heart and build up the system.
Mrs M Damgand of Young's Cove Road NB reports relief from heart nerves headaches and sleep loss after using Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. She says one box improved her condition and urges others with nerve trouble to try them. Price 50 cents a box, available at dealers or by mail from T Milburn Co Toronto. Water repesaled shoes claim comfort in dry weather and are sold in England. Fire is cited as a major cause of accidental deaths in the United States.
The Colville River in Alaska meanders north along a hillside, gradually shifting its course up the slope. Erosion on the western bank deepens the current while the eastern bank broadens into a wide stony beach, signaling a longterm drift to regain its former level after crustal distortion.
The New York Canadian Club aims to raise its membership to 2600 and has proposed building a new clubhouse to support growth.
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