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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
6
An old advertisement touts Dr Wamiston's Pills promising blood cleansing and vitality. Interwoven are scenes of social dining, flirtation, and a tense exchange about real estate, trust, and a man’s earnest concern for a partner's choice amid a dinner conversation.
A visitor arrives and two friends discuss grievances and meals. A Chinese server brings food as one man challenges another about past grievances and a casual, intimate scene unfolds by the fire. The dialog reveals character and mood as the era hints at social dynamics.
An advertisement-style piece urges busy men to cleanse the body to relieve nerves and fatigue. It promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets and Anuric for removing toxins, improving kidney and bladder function, and alleviating back pain, rheumatic aches, and gout.
The ad argues wash day and sweeping strain harms kidneys and liver. It promotes Dr. Chase's Kidney Liver Pills to arouse kidney action, awaken the liver and regulate bowels. One pill a dose, 50 cents a box, sold by Edmonton Bates Co Ltd Toronto.
A couple argues over investment and the city’s growth. He warns the boom is built on borrowed money and must end, urging a return to productive country wealth while she resists. They face a bleak forecast as inflation, risk, and distrust emerge amid the city’s rush.
The readable fragments show garbled dialogue and stray phrases about harm, prediction, and revelry. No clear persons, places, or events are identifiable from the text.
Col. Charles A. Taylor of the Salvation Army in Toronto says male immigration should not be encouraged until soldiers are re established. He notes Canada should prioritize returned soldiers and that immigration may favor farm workers if demand exists, with wives sent after husbands are settled. The Army would cooperate with the government under its own terms.
A new invention described by the president of the British Association proposes automatic guidance for vessels using an insulated wire laid on the sea bottom. Germany’s initial work and British efforts enable submarines and surface ships to navigate in darkness, promising safer harbor approaches and insurance against loss of life and cargo. Mining and timber districts along the Crows Nest line report strong activity with Coleman and Blairmore showing weekly payrolls between 580,000 and 100,000 dollars.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a child asking for a dark breakfast and recalling a prior lighter supper. The text then shifts to a Britannica style aside noting Manitoba and Saskatchewan import half a million tons of anthracite from Pennsylvania for domestic fuel and export over four billion dollars, followed by garbled words.
Report describes flood lights aiding a Hyde Park gathering as weathered crowds faced floodlit barriers. Police and crowd control were discussed amid reports of transport disruption and power station lighting along the route.
A civic committee heard from the building inspector that the lumber from the old Winniywe exhibition buildings is now worth more than the original purchase price. Alderman Th. noted the lumber’s value has appreciated over 22 years and cited a nearby example to support the claim.
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as the best safe laxative for children. It highlights the fruity taste and promises full dosing directions on each bottle. The ad urges mothers to say California when giving the product.
The overseas forces department in London will close soon after the new year. Only about a thousand Canadian soldiers remain in England with many in hospitals or waiting for dependents to cross. The fighting corps and related units have been disbanded as the department winds down and retains staff only to finalize records.
London despatches discuss granting wearers mentioned in despatches during the war a ribbon emblem with a snail oak leaf on the victory medal. It is estimated about four thousand Canadians would be entitled to this extra decoration. The Maple Leaf is proposed as a more appropriate symbol for Canadians.
Tonight you can feel splendid by taking Cascarets which cleanse liver and bowels without griping. They help with biliousness and constipation and work while you sleep, unlike harsh Calomel or salts and at little cost.
Woman Judge lectured at the Women's and Children's Court in Edmonton. Judge Emily Murphy in Tlamilton urged a crusade against drugs and spoke of deplorable housing conditions in slum and country districts as a significant crime factor.
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