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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
2
In a playful exchange, Stanley G. Felton agrees to a tomorrow ten o'clock visit. He jokes about meals and staying thin, then exits with a light bow and a friendly bet about eating real meat again.
Flora Blaisdell arrives at her brother James Blaisdell s grand Hillerton home on the West Side. The family greets her tiredly as the East Side contrasts with their refined, anxious atmosphere. Flora notes the warm evening and wonders at the differences between the two sides of town.
A historical notice discusses tobacco harming certain men with heart and nerve symptoms. Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills are advertised as restoring heart strength and nerve tone, with a testimonial from D. McKillop of Coxheath, N.S. detailing relief from tremors and distress after using the product.
An advertisement touts Catarrhozone a breathing remedy that quickly reaches the source of bronchitis and catarrh. It asserts strong results with two months of use for one dollar and notes availability from The Catarrhozone Co. in Montreal.
The Farmers' Sun notes that Training men for journalism demands leadership in thought across social political and economic areas as well as in religion medicine and science. It says 146 papers failed in six years, showing editorial work needs executive skill foresight and hard work. It suggests establishing a School of Journalism in major centers could succeed, as US schools have done.
Canadian merchant ships captured or destroyed by enemy action totaled 74 323 tons. Most were sunk by torpedo from submarines without warning, with 199 lives lost across the sinkings. The worst loss was the S S Royal Edward at 11 117 tons sunk on August 13 1915 without warning.
Preliminary Dominion Bureau of Statistics figures show 18,654,100 acres sown to wheat for 1921 harvest. Oats total 15,295,000 acres, down 4 percent from last year. Barley area 2,456,000 acres, rye and other crops 545,000 acres.
Dr Eliza B Mosher urged members of the Women’s Medical Society of New York to drink water at 10 pm and again at 3 4 and 5 pm to dilute fatigue products entering the blood and easing tiredness.
A writer surveys 400 homes in a New England university town finding only two with window screens and many with windows shut to keep dust and heat out. Excuses range from cooling rooms to affording screens, revealing a mindset that values comfort and decor over fresh air.
In London conference notes the Canadian premier Richard A. Squires becomes a K.C.M.G. and the only Western Hemisphere prime minister to receive a British knighthood while Tasmania’s Sir Walter H. Lee is the only Eastern Hemisphere knight. Great Britain’s premier remains plain Mr. Lloyd George and other imperial leaders are listed as Messrs. Hughes Smuts Massey Meigher.
A homely English youth complains about obstructed view by a girl ahead in a crowded scene. He thinly protests I want to look as well as you. She retorts run home and change yer fire. The Boston Transcript notes the London police lantern replaced by an electric lamp.
Lord Burnham of the Imperial Press Conference lauds Canada’s education system noting 22 universities and 43 colleges, about 30,000 elementary schools, 22,000 teachers, and roughly 1.5 million pupils. He calls Canada's achievement in learning a striking feature of Canadian life.
The Department Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment reports $164000000 paid in war service gratuities and 47000 dependents returned from overseas at war end. Employment relief costs were $7058989 in 1919 20 and $1500000 in the past year.
Researchers rank dogs as the most intelligent nonhuman species ahead of primates and dolphins. The study assesses problem solving, learning speed, and social cue use across several animals.
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