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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1919
Page
3
An 19th century style ad urges girls and women to use Dr Hamiltons Pills to cleanse bile, improve digestion, and restore vitality. It claims immediate mood and appearance improvements and warns against substitutes. It cites neighbor testimonials as proof of effectiveness.
Dave and Reenie confront desire as he urges a pledge and she resists until she consents to a kiss. Tension rises at the ranch after the Hardy departure with strained habits and a sober father’s absences fueling distrust and looming reckoning.
Dave returns from the hills to wind up his father's affairs and faces loneliness as he quits the old ranch era. He sells gear, rents a room, and wanders a cow town haunted by the memory of Slop-eye the horse while contemplating a new life among strangers. He plans to retrieve his horse and reflects on betrayal and resilience.
London report describes a ceremony at Buckingham Palace where the son and grandson of the ruler of Bahrein presented ancient swords to the King. The gesture marked esteem and congratulations for a recent victory. Bahrein lies under British protection in the Persian Gulf region and the visiting Sheikh is noted as an enlightened, businesslike figure through whom British dealings are conducted.
Dauber says the sale yielded more than expected while a friend jokes that the landlord accepted the work as payment for three months rent. The exchange notes the landlord raised the price and the artist’s monetary return remains uncertain.
British merchants press for a postwar export push to Central Europe as blockade ends. Officials warn Germany’s payment options and question priority for allied needs. Experts say larger production at home may be needed to avoid higher British living costs while expanding Germany trade.
The Providence Journal notes Canadians hold a larger portion of the war debt and asserts Canada will pay interest and principal. It highlights Canada's vast natural resources, forests, fisheries, minerals, and land, and cites immigration as key to prosperity while the world needs food and Canada may become a major supplier.
A brief quip notes how long a drink waits in a town with a jest about Congress changing the Constitution again. The exchange captures a rustic humor about politics and patience.
London dispatch reports British repatriation plans for German prisoners of war are finalized and hinge on joint commission talks in Paris. By July 23, 84 604 POWs remained in Great Britain including 170 army airmen 2 908 sailors 14 naval airmen and 4 206 civilian aliens. Prisoners are in camps or working camps with wages up to two pence an hour. 26 000 work in agriculture and 7 000 in military labor. Few escapes occurred and no Zeppelin crews remain among hostages.
The public works minister sent a report to the president detailing reconstruction in northern and eastern France. Only 22 km of permanent way remain for 1 500 km of rail, about 10 percent of eastern lines to rebuild, and highways require 500 000 tons of material.
Vossische Zeitung says the Bremen submarine crew, missing for three years, has arrived in Bremen. British authorities allegedly kept the men prisoner and cut them off from the world to hide the vessel’s whereabouts.
General Currie, commander of the Canadian corps in France, told Reuters aboard the Caronia en route to Canada he hopes for greater intimacy between Britain and its colonies. He said Canadians understand and respect the British more but not yet as a family, and noted Canadian soldiers are marrying British women, with a remark on population in English cities.
A vintage beauty tip explains mixing the juice of two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to create a quarter pint skin lotion. It claims to whiten and soften skin, remove freckles and tan, and keep for months with proper straining and daily facial massage.
Sir John Hunter testifying on national expenditures said 700000 workers on air ministry projects may have been paid for nonexisting staff and a conspiracy between government officials and contractors existed. He noted some arrests occurred but the crown declined to prosecute.
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