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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 1919
Page
7
A sweeping claim touts a vegetable remedy for stomach indigestion and headaches, promising quick relief and renewed vigor. The article then shifts to a fiction excerpt featuring Dave, a gambler, a stranger, and an employment lead, ending with plans to hire Dave for coal delivery.
Dave bets sixty dollars on the black card after watching a slick con artist at a crowded table. The dealer objects but the crowd backs him as the card is dealt. Dave dives in with a bold claim and wins the hand, exposing the ruse and paying out.
A Canadian Forestry Association message warns that the current forest fire season destroys vast timber lands, reducing usable resources for decades. It notes most fires affect public lands and that over seven million dollars yearly come from forest taxes, stressing public cooperation for protection.
Exhaustive provincial investigations into drought stricken southern Alberta farmers find no real distress from crop failures. Government says little financial aid needed though feed support will be necessary in many cases. The text also includes unrelated quoted remarks and wry aphorisms about life and marriage.
The advertisement claims Catarrhozone clears clogged nostrils in five minutes with a penetrating vapor. It asserts relief from inflammation and colds, endorses physicians, and offers complete outfit for $1.00 with smaller sizes and samples available from the Catarrhozone Co in Kingston, Canada.
Reports describe cannibalistic practices by voodoo worshippers in Havana Cuba with deaths of children and lynchings. Voodoo sects worship Chango and other gods while Brujos use poison cures and human sacrifices. Authorities have conducted raids, arresting many Brujos and seizing ritual objects.
Captain Andre Tardieu urged France to finance postwar reconstruction by a progressive tax system. He called for immediate creation of victory equipment, railway refurbishment, and national loans. He argued the wealthy should pay 60 to 70 percent to make tax fairness possible.
The article argues English courts offer genuine justice unlike French or Italian courts. It claims English practice avoids delays and procedural tricks that cheat justice, contrasting with the arrogance of other nations.
Punch reports the dispute over possession of Kladizatiffagtaliofa tofska in Poland has been settled. The four big powers will each receive a couple of syllables, while the remaining three are to be raffled. The note hints at gossip about what friends say in others presence.
The Mer chants Bank of Canada has established a Rural Service Department for the western provinces to aid farmers during feed shortages. James L. Clarke, former branch manager at Sedgewick Oak Lake and Grenfell, is appointed department manager to lead the effort.
Mr. Clarke, appointed to head a western provinces office in Regina, brings banker and farmer experience. He ran the Lyledale Stock Farm at Sedgewick for years and will focus on western farming problems. He invites farmers and stockmen to consult by letter or in person at 1825 Scarth Street Regina.
In Chemnitz Saxony eight officers and 15 privates were killed and six officers and 85 privates wounded in last weeks riot. The dead will be buried with military honors at Frankenberg due to hostile crowds in Chemnitz. Crowds gathered before flower shops demanding removal of wreaths and threatened to interfere with burial ceremonies. Upper Silesia lacks electric power as a general strike spreads to electrical workers. The state commissioner warns of compulsory labor and militia to man power plants.
A 200000 acre U S government driven wheat farm described by Robert H Moulton relies entirely on tractors for ground breaking seeding and harvesting. Fifty tractors began work last fall with many more this spring turning and breaking up to eighteen hundred eighty acres in a day. The operation aims to average about 28 bushels per acre, yielding roughly five million six hundred thousand bushels to the 1919 crop.
A DIY beauty note promotes lemon juice and orchard white to create a quarter pint lemon lotion. Mix juice from two lemons with three ounces orchard white, strain well, and bottle for months of use on face neck arms and hands. Daily massage claimed to reduce freckles sallowness and tan.
Reports from Cassel describe the Prussian government reorganizing state police on military lines with helmets and rifles. About 100 of 300 Cassel state police joined the new force, while the rest stayed in civil service. American officers note the plan could exceed treaty limits, hoping allies will act.
London business leaders in 1870s doubted the value of telephones, fearing little commercial use. The early line linked the House of Commons with the Times office to transmit speeches to newspapers, marking the era's初 step toward modern telephony.
The Louvre, national museum in Paris, will reopen soon after extensive cleaning overhaul and a fifty year first painting program. A cautious note on social behavior contrasts with the museum’s return to public access.
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