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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 13, 1917
Page
3
Sir Auckland Geddes, minister of national service, warned that recruitment must reflect a city’s structure. He said an army is a vast community requiring transport, water, food, sanitation, and civilian support, and that older men are needed to maintain cohesion and guide younger soldiers.
Hart House Toronto treats shattered nervous systems and limb injuries under Dr. W. F. Blatz. The Hamilton Herald notes his remarkable skill and originality yielding striking recovery outcomes.
The passage argues that all participants share the same moral level yet pacifists are seen as compelled to press warrants from experience or fact. It claims critics respond with anger or disgust when war is discussed, either generally or specifically.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the remedy for chronic catarrh for thirty five years. It claims the product root heals the diseased areas and is sold by druggists for 75 cents. The copy uses archaic spellings and sensational claims typical of period cures.
A Boston woman explains her eligibility to a pension examiner. She asserts she and her husband fought throughout the war, prompting the pension inquiry. The Labor Clarina piece conveys a historical vignette of wartime service and pension claims.
The fuel administrator urges Americans to lower home temperatures by five degrees this winter to save coal. English and American heating norms differ, with Americans often keeping homes at 72 to 75 degrees versus 62 degrees in England. Health authorities generally support reduced heat if it avoids hardship.
Claims from Ontario users including Mrs W A Johnson Walsh Parkdale and HL Bailey towne areas say MINARD'S LINIMENT cured goitre facial neuralgia and inflammation, noting Emerson Bayard Emule and other names in testimonial style.
Lieutenant-Colonel G. E. Sanders of the 2nd Canadian Pioneer Battalion is credited with a notable record in the Canadian forces. He is said to be the first Canadian officer to suggest that his command be handed to a younger man. Sanders notes his prior command of the North-West Mounted Police at Calgary before the war and that he returned to lead the Mounties after the conflict.
The ad extols Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a pleasant medicine for children and claims it effectively drives worms from the system with no better remedy.
A Paris relay to the New York Herald claims Germany forged Russian bank notes on a massive scale to destabilize Russia. The notes allegedly total 3,000,000,000 rubles, with exquisite engraving nearly indistinguishable from genuine notes, detectable only by expert analysts.
War era reports propose using sea water in bread to save salts and ease railway traffic. Sea water allegedly keeps bread moist longer due to magnesium chloride and minerals. some claim sea water components resemble blood, citing broader medical uses.
A correspondent recalls a 40 mile front where shells blaze and guns roar. He notes ruined chateaux and trees, yellow smoke, and ants nest life across the battlefield. A British Tommy in shorts assists with telephone wires while eating macaroni and cheese and drinking Italian ri l lions.
Aboard medical guidance warns that overstudy and insufficient outdoor activity can cause pale, listless children. Ensure rest, outdoor play, adequate sleep, and a safe tonic like Dr Williams Pink Pills to restore color, appetite, and growth readiness. Pills sold by The Dry... Medicine Co. Brockville.
In 1917 British forces reportedly captured far more German guns than the Germans seized from Britain, a stark contrast highlighted by Chicago Evening Post dispatches. The claim notes Britain has taken four times as many guns as the Germans took from British hands during the war.
Stevenson recounts widespread waste of moose in Garson Sudbury district. He cites a season with 200 decaying carcasses in a small area, averaging 800 pounds each, to feed settlers and sport, yet hunters killed 12 moose for a single head. Carcasses were left to rot, provoking indignation.
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