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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 14, 1919
Page
6
Ad promotes Dr. Hamilton's Pills as a mild laxative to prevent constipation and maintain health. Claims the pills strengthen stomach muscles, aid digestion, and improve complexion and vitality. Mentions a price of 23 cents.
In a canyon cabin Dr Flardy Irene and the rancher discuss an unsettled future. Irene feels a growing sense of incompleteness and longs for freedom away from city expectations while the doctor weighs travel and the return east. The girl contemplates leaving the wild life for the disciplined, proper life back home as the trip ends.
Irene wrestles with choices about love and fidelity as a stranger flirts at the Elden ranch. Dave confronts danger and jealousy while a corpse of a wolf and a victim’s memory haunt the moonlit scene. The passage ends with Irene questioning the justice of suffering and fate.
An advertisement extols a universal remedy for diarrhea dysentery colic cramps stomach pains and summer complaints claiming safety simplicity and enduring effectiveness across ages and ailments in a single tonic.
An old Canadian advertisement touts Dr. Fowler's Extract Of Wild Strawberry as a trusted, long standing tonic. It warns against unnamed substitutes and promotes a 33 cent price from The T Milburn Co Limited of Toronto Ontario.
In a reflective rural scene a determined man confesses his lack of formal schooling yet vows to change. He argues life makes victims of the innocent and asserts his plan to leave the ranch, work in town, and study at night so he and Reenie may bridge vast distances. He claims to be persistent and ready to learn.
A fragmented dialogue reveals a shy speaker pledging devotion to Reenie and a belief that love matters more than meals or speech. The scene ends with a tease that the story will continue, leaving questions about the couple and setting.
London reports on wireless telephony aiding night flight operations. A Kenley to Paris test shows ground to air links clear up to at least 50 miles, with reception at Marquise on French soil. An aircraft section now converts quickly for voice or Morse transmission.
Ottawa reports Sir George Perley returning to the capital after years abroad. In an interview he lauds the English speaking bloc working together, the US British Empire friendship, Canada’s war effort, and the bravery of Canadian troops while expressing hope for the League of Nations. He remarks on women’s patriotism and public support, then veers to unrelated quotes about religion in business and a vague corruption of language.
An editorial argues for improving rural life to sustain farming strength. It links farm livelihoods to roads, schools, and churches, noting migration to towns for education and moral culture. It contends better rural infrastructure and social life are essential for future food security.
Marshal Foch lauded Field Marshal Haig in a London address after Haig received the freedom of the city. He praised Haig for sparing lives, recalled late 1918 telegrams urging decisive action, and pledged to honor the dead in France while sharing a close, enduring partnership.
The August 1 report from the fruit commissioner’s branch notes improved apple prospects in Nova Scotia and British Columbia with Nova Scotia estimated at 1,250,000 barrels for export and 200,000 for local use, totaling nearly 1.5 million barrels before evaporators canning and cider mills. The Okanagan Valley crop is now 30 percent larger than last year, up from 25 percent in the prior issue, and an embargo on British apples may boost exports.
The Toronto Globe notes 37 718 of 109 374 motor car licenses in Ontario in 1918 were held by farmers or drovers. It adds that just months earlier farmers were urged to denounce good roads expenditure as waste.
Fremont Ohio woman describes relief from menopause symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports improved strength, disappearance of hot flashes and irritability, and a return to normal conditions after years of trial.
Reports from semi official Polish sources say Russian troops under General Gregorieff surrounded the Odessa Jewish quarter for three days and nights and carried out a massacre from which no one escaped. News notes a fourteen day mourning period in Ukraine and Bessarabia.
An old Bayer aspirin advertisement urges consumers to look for the Bayer Cross to ensure genuine tablets. The ad claims Canadian ownership and safety, listing uses from pain to rheumatism and noting packaging in small tins and larger packages. A separate dispatch reports a German airplane crash in Upper Silesia near Ratibor, with seven dead including the pilot and it carrying money and Ukrainian government documents.
Postage stamps marked Aerial Mail are at the Toronto post office for a trial air mail run between Toronto and New York and back during the forthcoming aeroplane race at the Canadian National Exhibition. Machines for the flight, some captured from the Germans, are at the Leaside flying grounds.
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