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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
2
A garbled ad style line mentions red skin remedies, soap, ornaments, and a week healing claim. It references vague entities like Fenedord a Breckentidg nige and Bastob U.S A, with scattered phrases about skin roubles and relief, leaving unclear origin or product.
A fragmentary recount quotes a Malian who was sent to Siberia and describes his struggle to return home. The speaker, a passenger in a magazine, narrates how an Italian engineer faced Russian control under the czar and how swearing at authority led to exile, with vivid but garbled memories of wartime labor and travel.
Southern Alberta ranchers invest profits into cattle as 30 Shorthorn heifers from Ontario sold at Lethbridge for over 100 per head and bulls averaging above 400 with a top 575. Farmers report large profits and plan continued expansion. Worm powders advertised claim to cure intestinal parasites in children and restore health.
Fragmentary wartime text notes German desertions and a possible shift toward moving into Holland. Mentions August and September, fears of another winter in Flanders, and suspicions of broader motives behind deserters.
A historic report notes farm cooperative sections formed weekly in Sas catchewat and cites turnover figures for 1914 1915 and 1916 totaling 281384.64 964829.67 and 2122832.90. It highlights a small association with assets of 192.51 yet annual business of 83102.80 as evidence of rapid development.
A Toronto Globe excerpt argues Zionism gains interest as Britain supports Palestine policy in WWI. It notes only a small fraction of Jews abroad back relocation, cites New York’s five percent interest, and discusses urban preference, persecution decline, and international sympathy for Jewish statehood. Also promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil for earache relief with simple application.
The Saskatchewan department of agriculture reports strong demand for sheep across the province. Purchasers show interest in wool and mutton, with 2000 head already under the Live Stock Purchase and Sale Act and more orders pending. A circular is sent to sheep owners requesting notice of stock for sale to meet autumn demand.
The secretary of the vocational training branch of the military hospitals association highlights postwar national issues. He cites prewar education, land settlement, tuberculosis, and industry as urgent needs exposed by the disabled soldier problem and the wartime strain on society.
In Winnipeg C Vero Brown said about 40 percent of farmers in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta could pay cash but kept credit habits. He noted 703 of 890 rural merchants with Bank of Commerce branches offer no cash discount, a factor aiding mail order success. He called for bank services and closer cooperation.
The Montreal Herald describes General Jan Smuts as a pivotal figure, rivaling Lloyd George in prominence. Fate marks him to wield a decisive voice in political and military matters shaping the war’s final phase.
In a playful exchange, Brent jokes about distinguishing wild from tame ducks. Sanderpson replies with a quip about duck shooting, noting wild begegahs eluded capture. Boston Transcripts captures the exchange as light local color.
The article notes large cuts in cattle sheep and hog stocks since the war, including roughly 180000 fewer cattle in one region and 935000 fewer hogs globally, with Canada and the United States showing similar declines. It cites scarce feed and labor as ongoing constraints and flags long term profitability in livestock farming.
Mrs Wildle-Fheriault Pacquetville New Brunswick testifies Baby's Own Tablets helped her infant thrive during a cold and fever. Advertising copy claims the tablets cure constipation colic indigestion teething pain and minor baby ailments sold by druggists or by mail for 25 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brackville Ont
In a casual exchange, Dick repeats a story told to many fellows, defending why he keeps retelling it. The banter reveals camaraderie and light ribbing typical of camp life.
British Columbia's fisheries products for the year ending March 31 1916 were valued at fourteen million dollars. The valuation represents forty percent of Canada's total fisheries output and surpasses that of any other province.
The fragment shows a light exchange about a proposal and an opera project. Edith admits surprise at the proposal while Elsie worries about her financial standing. The Baltimore American quote notes critics will likely score the new opera.
The house of commons heard Lloyd George outline three years of wartime naval work. He cites 13,000,000 men ferried with 3,500 losses and safeguarding 25,000,000 tons of explosives and 51,000,000 tons of coal. The navy protected Allied shipping, kept enemy navies out, and made battleships ineffective. The New York Herald calls it the anchor of the allied cause. Holloway's Corn Cure is also endorsed as a top remedy.
The letter rails at British pacifists and pro Allied treason, charging covert funding for antiwar speakers. It urges exposing backers and applying French and American suppression methods, citing a London Daily Mail and a Boston Transcript tone in a framed exchange.
In Regina the provincial treasurer A Dunning asserted Saskatchewan with 700000 residents achieved 400 million in total production this year. He claimed per capita output may be unmatched worldwide and estimated a profit to the people around 50 million dollars, about one eighth of the total.
A clipped overheard exchange shows Sam promising to take Liza somewhere, with Yassir replying in broken dialect about previously taking her. The fragment hints at a domestic or social obligation but lacks clear context or outcomes.
Fragments suggest a digestion aid or stomach medicine promotion. The text hints at consumer remedies but provides limited readable details.
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