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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 1919
Page
3
Estimates show Alberta and Saskatchewan reserves yielding about 150000 bushels of wheat each and larger oat crops in Saskatchewan total approaching 404590 bushels. The crop boom follows government campaigns encouraging Indiana production. A human riddle is any person you know.
An article extols vitality as a personal gift of blood and nerves, linking influence and success to good health. It touts Dr Williams Pink Pills for strengthening blood, boosting energy, and curing weakness, and promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a trusted Canadian liniment.
Charlies E. Taylor, chief geologist for Imperial Oil, announced a geological survey across Alberta’s foothills by twelve crews. The plan calls for drilling southwest of Lethbridge as soon as a rig is ready, testing oil prospects from the international boundary to the McKenzie River basin.
London reports Cecil Harmsworth states there is no basis for a protectorate in Persia. The under secretary asserts Britain aims to help Persia reestablish itself on a sound footing and would have refused to ignore Persia's appeal to its powerful neighbor.
A New York Chautauqua spelling bee yields heavy casualties among participants from professors to grandmothers. The piece notes many older contestants persist while younger spellers drop out, suggesting age may influence spelling prowess.
Baron von Dem Ibassehe Haddenhausen former German minister to Argentina leads a German colonization syndicate buying land for arriving Germans. The Eldiaric reports 12 000 hectares purchased and exchanges with Berlin ongoing. Australia bars enemy aliens new Act amendment blocks those with former enemy parentage from entering for five years.
Client Moise Derosce of St Phillippe Quebec recounts buying a horse with a ringbone for 30 dollars, curing it with 1 dollar of Minard's Liniment, and selling for 85 dollars, claiming profit from the liniment. Also notes royal photo policy and Bolshevik losses in Odessa and Kiev.
Western Canada land demand rises with Manitoba appeal from Winnipeg area within 100 miles. Ralph C. Duncan of United Grain Growers notes better land quality buys with Americans moving to escape high U.S. rents. Bulkley Valley and G.T.P. line land featured, prices $10 to $15 per acre. climate and farming prospects described.
T A Stevenson of Canada's soldiers civil re establishment praises Canada's vocational training for disabled ex soldiers and contrasts it with Britain. He notes about 11 000 Canadian trainees in 300 occupations versus 15 000 British under instruction and cites higher graduation figures for Canada across fewer people. He mentions Toronto trains 2 600 in industries while London trains fewer. The report ends with a quip about death trading a stale horse for an automobile.
Crown Prince Charles of Romania relinquishes his rights to the throne. Reports from Bucharest note his morganatic marriage to Lyis Lambrino in 1918, a divorce, and a 1919 incident of injuring his leg after parental insistence he leave Romania. Vienna reports King Ferdinand seeking a royal match for Charles.
Echo de Paris reports the supreme council will consider raising the blockade of Russia and consult with Marshal Fech on the disturbed upper Silesia situation It may order allied troops to occupy towns in the region.
Advertisement notes that only tablets bearing the Bayer Cross are genuine aspirin and warns against imitations. It cites Canadian ownership, U S government rights, and lists ailments treated. Also mentions packaging options and the Bayer trademark.
At a dinner in Ottawa Sir Arthur Currie was promoted to full general for all of Canada and named military councillor to the Minister of Militia. Major General S C Mewburn announced cabinet approval pending governor-general ratification, recognizing Currie as Canada's top military officer and first to hold full general rank.
Manitoba public school teaching staff numbering about 3 300 will receive a salary increase when duties resume for the fall term. The September rise averages about 50 dollars, bringing the total to 165 000 dollars.
Reports from Port Said say the Suez Canal is blocked following the sinking of the Italian cruiser Basilicata after an explosion. The vessel went down near Tweifck, disrupting navigation through the canal.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. Wal l Catarrh Medicine claims to cure by a constitutional remedy through the blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers a one hundred dollar reward if the condition cannot be cured and provides druggist contact in Toledo Ohio.
Irwin Davis on his 20 acre irrigated Coaldale farm harvested 54 tons in the first cutting selling hay at 301 per ton. The return averages 2.7 tons per acre yielding 81 per acre. Residents wonder potential returns from the next two crops.
Press and public in Germany believe the Hungarian coup will trigger a monarchist counter revolution led by imperialists. They claim the Entente allied with the Habsburgs to topple a moderate Socialist government and push Hungary toward democracy's undoing, inspiring wider monarchist action in Europe.
Saskatchewan shows at least 47 239 cars in use as of now. Auto industry statistics indicate the number of cars has roughly doubled every two years since 1912, placing Saskatchewan second only to Ontario in provincial ownership.
Worms fret infants and rob sleep, as the great nour isher promises relief. The advertisement touts Mother Graves Worm Exterminator to clear stomach and intestines and restore healthfulness, noting seasonal specialties and a shift from farm toil to coal shovel callouses.
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