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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1923
Page
6
An ad touts Catarrhozone as a pine medicine from Australia to stop colds in ten minutes. The product is sold by druggists for $1.00 full course, with a 60 cent trial size, claiming rapid, certain relief and urging avoidance of alcohol-based cough mixtures. The Catarrhozone Co. of Montreal is cited.
The narrator recalls aiding the Cameron homestead in grain harvesting and stumping while Murray assists with labor exchange. They compare farm setups, note improvements, and endure a lean early-farm economy with unconventional earnings, fires, snow, and a calm resolve to adapt and endure.
Mrs Mowbray and her daughter Jean visit the narrator and twins on a hot September afternoon. The visitor, small in stature yet bold in manner, chats constantly while Rupert and Nicolas are sent outside to amuse themselves. The scene reveals initial impressions and family dynamics.
The narrator arrives at Mrs. Aylwin's home and meets Jean, a tall poised daughter described as the father's child. Mrs. Mowbray contrasts practical homemaking with Jean's bookish daydreams, while a basket of jam and eggs signals neighborly aid. The afternoon yields warm social exchange and hints at future closeness.
Ambassador Masanao Hanihara told Philadelphia business leaders that Japan is industrializing to exchange goods for food as it faces a domestic shortage. He noted raw silk exports to the United States comprised about 9 percent of Japan's total export revenue in 1920, with U S imports of the material exceeding $170 million.
Dominion horticulturist W. T. Macoun reports over two thousand new apple varieties produced at Central Canada Experimental Farm Ottawa. Melba and Lobo are among the named apples. Lobo is linked to Thompson Seton's wolf. Macoun notes 40 years to perfect a species and notes staff tenure above 36 years. Savannah Georgia is touted as the Atlantic coast’s largest fish and oyster distributing point.
A report notes arsenic appears not only in humans and animals but in many crops and fruits. Jadin and Ashrue of the French Academy of Science show arsenic in rice peas beans lettuce celery asparagus parsnips and in apples pears pineapples oranges and nuts. Florence Nightingale was born in Derbyshire England in 1820.
The Paris bureau of the New York Herald says a Sahara crossing railway from the Mediterranean to Central Africa has an agreement between the Colonial Ministry and the Paris Lyons and Mediterranean Railway. A bill approving the concession will be sent to Parliament. France views the line as key to developing East Africa possessions and linking inhabitants with France.
A juvenile piece by E A Henry promotes grit and perseverance in youth. It includes anecdotes of skating effort, Edison’s persistence, and a poem urging readers to reject “I can't” and prove what can be done. The lesson centers on effort, faith, and self belief.
A scrub woman on a wet floor was fatally shocked after touching an ordinary electric light bulb. The report notes IT sent a dozen collars last week and every one returned with bulging holes.
Sydenham Ontario reader Mrs Harvey Milli Gan reports relief from fatigue and faint spells during pregnancy after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the tonic for the mother and child and offers her endorsement to help others.
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