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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
3
A French nurse and collector sought a portrait of the Prince of Wales after his Pope visit. While awaiting a reply, France launched a Marne counter‑offensive. She opened a letter from the heir apparent that contained a gen. Poch sketch, not the prince’s portrait.
The article traces smugglers in a border area from conceited adults claiming mistakes to two month sentences for women who demanded their luggage be sent to Berlin. It notes boys hiding chocolate, Dutch laborers crossing into Germany, and smugglers who stay home while paying families a pension if caught or shot.
Senator Sorghum confirms speeches prepared for delivery are ready yet not requested. Washington Star reports the exchange as part of a broader discussion on unused remarks and parliamentary propriety.
An old time advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a remedy for catarrh claiming a fifty five year track record. It asserts the medicine cures mucous membranes and improves overall health after a short treatment. The pitch includes a price of 75 cents and a claim that readers can obtain it from druggists.
Ambiguity and playful misspellings dot a reflective remark about a person who keeps thoughts inward. The line hints at self focus and restraint from overthinking.
The Germans appear to have abandoned the goose step for the Foch trot in a shifting dance of military display as reported by the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Vancouver Province promotes Miller's Worm Powders as a safe easy remedy for children with intestinal worms. It claims the powder is gentle on delicate stomachs and rapidly kills worms to relieve pain.
A New York Tribune excerpt explains sugar as a wartime self control lesson. It says self discipline grows when temptations are hidden from sight and time creates new habits, reducing longing as the goal becomes out of mind.
The craft of bronze casting arrived in Siam from China around the 11th century and was used to create numerous statues of Indian deities for religious purposes.
The Southern Alberta irrigation program shows alfalfa and other fodder crops thriving alongside wheat. Brooks reports peas yielding about forty bushels per acre, lettuce tomatoes near five thousand dollars from two irrigated acres, and potatoes yielding 400 to 700 bushels per acre. Sugar beets face labor limits, while garden produce and berries flourish near rail lines. Parmelees Vegetable Pills offered for bilious headaches.
The 1547 Persian gun built by Ismail II for war on the Turks is shown on Horse Guards Parade at King George V's request. Captured by British forces during the Baghdad entry and sent to the king as a gift, it bears inscriptions claiming fiery power and a heralded victory over the Turks.
The Dominion government requisitions all creamery butter to supply Allied nations from Sept 30 to Nov 9. Manitoba is expected to produce 650000 pounds, Northern Alberta 500000, Southern Alberta 500000, Saskatchewan 750000, with total over two million pounds in six weeks. The Western Canadian dairy industry is growing in importance.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a person with a ruddy beard and a character named Tommy. Content is unclear and lacks full context or resolution.
The Buffalo Express quotes a British graveyard epitaph in France praising the Allied dead who gave their today for tomorrow with the line For your tomorrow they gave their today.
The article extols blood building with Dr Williams Pink Pills as a home remedy for anemia and weak blood. It promises improved appetite nerves digestion and energy, especially for women. Pills sold 50 cents a box, six for 2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont via mail or dealers.
In a British unit story from the early war days two soldiers scavenged for food in a village evacuated by French civilians. They found a large pig, killed it with a knife, and planned to use a stretcher to hide the prize until the Brigadier General approached, prompting a tense moment.
Champion wheat grower Seager Wheeler of Rosthern wins the International Sweepstakes trophy for best half bushel of spring wheat at the International Soil Products exhibition in Kansas City MO, plus the C P R $500 cup. Canada gains several prizes across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
A Scottish steam fishing crew hauled a codfish when a halibut attacked and tried to swallow it. The halibut reappeared, was caught with deck clips, and weighed over 170 pounds after a brief struggle.
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