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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1922
Page
7
A nighttime break in at the Brotieod Yard mac fareous facility saw thieves enter via a skylight in the top floor offices and steal unarmed umbrellas and overcoats. The burglars escaped by leaping to the adjacent roof, sparking a £200 prize offer for information.
A woman from Jasper Route 1 reports severe stomach pain and backache eased by a vegetable compound. She says her daughter helped at home before, and now she can work alone again. She cites friends’ testimonials and urges others to try it.
A patchwork of 1923 items reports a France Tandy treaty signing at the Faria Office, trade debates in Berlin on the mark, and Pan Pacific Union leadership in Honolulu. Other items note Canadian vehicle fee plans, British imperial development forecasts, a Mexican bank closure, a deportation case in Canada, and a Scouts support letter linked to Northern Ontario fires.
Fibre experiments compare Canadian districts for fibre cultivation. Preliminary results show western British Columbia and maritime regions produce top quality fibre, rivaling Irish and Belgian grades. Gyusdian fibre is identified as suitable for chest linen damasks through spinning tests.
AnHealth article explains that pure air supplies oxygen and bright red blood carries it to tissues. Pale anaemic individuals grow weak from thin blood. Dr Williams Pink Pills are claimed to enrich blood and boost oxygen transport with a testimonial from Charles A Stayner of Glenholme Nova Scotia.
Report from a Swiss rifle range shows bullets swerved by telegraph and telephone lines beside the range. Experiments with four parallel cables carrying 6 000 volts allegedly bent bullets by up to 24 yards at 260 yards, with magnetized projectiles. An artillery test at 3 000 yards produced a 14 degree deviation.
A shopper named Jones contemplates a shock absorber purchase for a cheap car. The salesman offers one, but Jones jokes about sending it to his wife in advance, suggesting she believes he is buying a limousine.
Alfred Blain of 184 Agricola St Halitas Nova Scotia reports using Minard's Liniment after an explosion. He states it healed bruises and sores quickly and compares it favorably to the King of Pain noting fast relief and satisfaction with the product.
Nationwide ads tout Dr Thomas Electric Gil as a universal remedy for sore throat and lame back. Claims include skin absorption and internal use for various ailments amid promotional language.
The passage notes a Saturday half holiday for workers dating from earlier centuries and decrees that this leisure period ends at noon on Saturday and resumes at sunrise on Sunday.
An 19th century advertisement explains Halus Catarrh Medicine as a fluid taken internally to reduce inflammation of mucous surfaces and support Nature in restoring normal conditions. Claims are directed at catarrh and related deafness. Circulars offered by PT J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. A stray line notes a man enjoys fishing while his wife refuses to accompany.
A London dispatch reports over one hundred Cornish miners departing Plymouth for Northern Ontario aboard ships to work at the Hollinger G Gold Mine where a large colony of compatriots is already established. The note connects migrations with economic opportunities in the Canadian mining sector.
Ad copy touts Gascarets 10c a box as a cure for sick feeling, dizziness, headache, and sour stomach by relieving constipation. Claims the laxative tastes like candy and uses cane sweet wax in production.
An old article promotes a claim that eight thousand people die annually from rupture. It denounces trusses as temporary and unsafe, urging readers to request a pamphlet from PLASPAO in Saint Louis Missouri for self treatment guidance and a free picture.
Dr Spence, an early Scottish advocate of X ray and medical electricity, suffered from dermatitis and damaged hands in hazardous experiments. He continued radiology work at Leith and Craigleith Hospitals, receiving a trustees medal and £180 annuity.
An ad style item claims Putnam's Corn Extractor removes corn roots and stumps with no trace left after use. It urges dealers to close and revise substitutes, presenting a flourish of romance and historical phrasing around marriage day themes.
The Calgary Winter Fair showcased strong youth entries in beef and pig breeds. Verna Stankey of Cochrane led in the baby beef heifer class, which also yielded the grand championship when paired with a top Shorthorn. Judges noted fewer poor animals and praised notable exhibitors from Lougheed, Olds, Lacombe, and Dayland for calf feeding prowess and overall quality.
A humorous scene unfolds as the town mayor, riding a new bicycle at dusk, seeks water for his acetylene lamp. He encounters a laborer at a doorway who questions the mayor’s urgency and advises him to return home, prompting a tense, evasive exchange.
A lamp using soil light technology claims superior heat with no odor smoke or noise and high efficiency. T. V. Johnson of Winnipeg offers free trials and agencies with potential earnings of 250 to 500 dollars monthly.
Saskatchewan grain shipments on the Canadian Pacific Railway rise to over 65 million bushels by October 14, with 44 817 cars loaded country elevators in the three prairie provinces since September 1. Saskatchewan points account for 25 500 cars, while total CPR traffic to October 4 shows 66 219 498 bushels and an average of 1 465 bushels per car.
Money is nearly unused on Norfolk Islands in the Pacific where about $26 is the total annual amount handled by the entire population.
A pair of buffalo donated by the Canadian Government to London's Zoological Gardens arrived at Wainwright Pars and were shipped in crates to be housed in a specially built pen measuring ten by twelve feet.
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