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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1919
Page
2
The Felixstowe Fury flying boat, set for an eight thousand mile Cape Town run, crashed during a test near Felixstowe. Wireless operator Lieut. MacLeod was killed. six passengers were rescued as the craft side-slipped into the sea and submerged. The wreck was towed ashore with MacLeod strapped in his seat.
An Ohio man promotes Freezone as an ether compound that dries and lifts corns painlessly. A quarter-ounce costs little and supposedly removes all corn or callus. The ad also touts worm powders and a note on Tibet prayer flags. It ends with a remark on marriages chosen for love or spite.
Copenhagen reports warn that hopes for Danish enrichment through resumed German trade fade as Germany’s weak finances curb cash payments. Little business is transacted. Danish papers welcome plans to set up a French Chamber of Commerce in Copenhagen.
The port of Montreal handles more ocean traffic than any American city except New York during its seven month season and continues to grow. Canada backs the harbor with $28 million in terminals and dredging while the St Lawrence deepening to thirty five feet advances trade ambitions.
The department of the naval service announces the start of a commercial wireless service between Canada and Bermuda. The link runs from Barrington Passage Nova Scotia to the British station in Bermuda and is open for public service. Viscount Grey of Falloden, former foreign secretary, is expected to accept the British ambassador post to the United States.
Ottawa reports a government embargo on hides skins and leather exports announced August 4 to curb costs. Montreal market prices show hides down 10 cents and calfskins 20 cents, with the cost of living commissioner hopeful the move will prevent boot and shoe price hikes and possibly reduce them.
Doctors tout a new inhalation method for bronchitis and weak throat using Catarrhozone. A portable inhaler delivers germ destroying vapors to bronchi and lungs, claiming rapid relief without stomach dosing. Sold in various sizes from Kingston Canada with guarantees and samples.
A Chinese led peaceful boycott of Japanese goods dominates current discourse as China withholds purchases and urges calm. Japanese exports to China, about three quarters of its trade, face pressure while Chinese ads declare We sell no Japanese goods. The piece notes Confucius on cautious revolution and cites Persian news on the Shah’s departure and shifts in Persia’s foreign ministry.
London reports a government white paper on the papal peace proposal of August 1917. It notes the Pope’s call for moral force, simultaneous armament cuts, arbitration, Belgian and French evacuation, Belgian independence, and freedom of the seas, with reactions from Britain France Germany and Austria.
The piece warns that summer endangers infants with diarrhoeal illnesses and urges use of Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. It also reports police seizing documents in London about plans to seize arms and form a soviet government, plus a humorous ad fragment for Holloway's Corn Cure.
A lecturer insists success in farming starts with loving farm work and asks a young man about love. The piece notes Canada's pending Governor General succession with General Sir Ju Byng as a favored candidate, while a wry line suggests poverty as a poor excuse for borrowing.
An advertisement touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as a one day cure for corns and warts. It claims no pain and urges customers to refuse substitutes. Pricing listed at 25 cents per bottle across all dealers.
The Times Cape Town correspondent cites the Cape Times praising real independence for South Africa within the British Empire link. It argues independence claimed by some is unreal, while true independence would hinder South Africa’s development and future struggles. A stray remark about a man named Mia ends the note.
The wartime thrift program shows Canada’s May per capita War Savings Stamp sales at .054 versus the United States at .06. Despite the US starting a year earlier and benefiting from propaganda, Canada’s results appear favorable and indicate growing public commitment to savings campaigns.
A commentary notes how Russia’s expulsion of Jews from Moscow created a human factor aiding Poland’s industrial growth. Jewish merchants, with Russian trade experience, became intermediaries linking Polish coal and iron centers with Russian markets, fueling Lodz Warsaw and Petro tów prosperity.
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