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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 30, 1919
Page
3
A Belgrade dispatch reports rising popular anger in SerbCroatSlovene regions under Italian occupation. Desperate appeals to the allied powers are coming from occupied towns and villages as clashes increase and unrest grows while authorities weigh a just decision.
Capusten of a farm in Saskatchewan recounts a kidney trouble story. After five years of backache fatigue and nervousness diabetes developed and he took Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says half a dozen boxes cured him and urges others with kidney issues to use the pills. He credits them as the sure remedy for diseased kidneys.
Paris papers hail Saturday January 18 as a historic milestone exactly 48 years after the German empire was proclaimed at Versailles. They frame the events as a turning point when the world united against brutal power.
Statistics compiled for British Columbia show cattle owned on province ranches increasing over 80 percent since 1913, with the sharpest gains in 1917 and 1918. The gain matches the Prairie provinces, while Ontario Nova Scotia New Brunswick and Quebec show smaller increases. The count stands at about 246 130 head versus 135 782 in 1913. Berlin reports banks may be asked to disclose Spartacus League finances for possible confiscation.
The Saskatoon agricultural societies convention urged a public statement of expenditures and appropriations by the Saskatchewan government for agricultural extension and urged Dominion policy to develop western petroleum resources. Delegates suspended attendance regulation due to the influenza epidemic. 150 attended.
Manitoba cooperatives organized the 1918 wool sale with the Manitoba department of agriculture coordinating grading at Winnipeg. Canadian Co operative Wool Growers Limited sold the 361,585 pounds of wool worth over $200 000 and will distribute the bulk payment among about 900 individual producers.
Max Winnipig reports Manitoba has raised 11 062 475 dollars for France’s work of war relief. Officials of the republic thank the province for support that enabled France to face reconstruction after heavy losses. France seeks continued aid as millions of wounded and prisoners endure hardship amid ruins and deprivation.
Deputy Benazet’s war budget report tracks French mobilization since 1914. By January 1, 1918 officers reached 128,372 and soldiers 5,064,000, with infantry 2,106,775 artillery 899,654 aviation 59,285 cavalry 166,422 and engineering corps 185,110.
A vintage advertisement touts Miss Kirn's Heart and Nerve Pills and Milbury's Heart and Nerve Pills as remedies for insomnia and nervous distress. It quotes Mrs. Jas Latimer of Saint John and a Milburn Co contact, claiming improved sleep, steadier heart rate, and better breathing after use.
Reports say General Jules Janin, previously commander of the Czecho Slovak army, will have supreme direction of allied forces in Siberia. The move aims to unify command amid Bolshevik resistance as workmen’s organizations in Omsk and other cities press for a new government amid ongoing negotiations.
French newspapers, Обычно pessimistic about the peace conference, forecast an April end date. They cite Premier Clemenceau as a rapid chairing influence and call him a "speeder up" in the talks.
German wireless report claims starving workers march in Petrograd with riots. troops from China and Korea reportedly quell disturbances.
A mix of medical patent claims for Hall’s Catarrh Cure promising cures for catarrhal deafness and a brief World War I briefing noting Bulgarian plundering in Democrata and an English inventor of the depth bomb H J Taylor. The text blends health ads with war reportage and anecdotal quotes.
An advertisement touts Catarrhozone as a cure for bronchitis and irritable throat. It claims a piney balsam vapor reaches the sore area and rapidly relieves sneezing, throat irritation, and cold symptoms.
Farmers in Western Canada expect strong wool prices as heavy Australian shipments delayed disposal. Manitoba reports 361,585 pounds sold through the Wool Growers Co operative Society, earning about $208,000 while Saskatchewan branch handled 34,000 pounds at 45 cents a pound. Some wool sold privately earlier. Hog fat yields cheapest production. Dr Thomas Electric Oil offers a remedy for sores. Two crops of pigs per year advocated as common practice elsewhere.
Manitoba Agricultural College lists Yorkshire Berkshire and Poland China hogs. Over seventy breeding sows now on hand for instruction and spring sale to farmers. Livestock aims to produce maximum weight in shortest time while stressing quality breeding. A note on Minard's Liniment and Grove’s products appears among the lines.
India and Australia reach an arrangement diverting some Australian wheat to India for military needs and Bombay and Calcutta flour mills. The plan aims to free India's crops for regions facing scarcity. There is no sign yet of the winter rains.
A vintage advertisement touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as the painless remedy to remove corns warts roots and branches by a neck treatment claim. It emphasizes the product is best free from acids and costs 25 cents at all dealers.
The 1918 Okanagan fruit and vegetable production neared 4 million dollars, the era’s most prosperous agricultural year in Southern British Columbia. Notes credit to rail officials, Okanagan United Growers, Mutual Fruit Company, and major shippers. The valley’s fertile lands and climate supported grains, hay, livestock, eggs, and dairy with minimal labor. Vernon, Kelowna, and Penticton are described as large country towns in the region surrounding Okanagan Lake.
Practically everyone with speed gains soreness from muse and weather. Women, too, use it for joints and inflamed muscles. Sloan's Liniment, marketed as soothing and economical, is sold by druggists and made in Canada.
A new fish oil and fertilizer plant at the upper harbor in Prince Rupert B C reports a daily capacity of 60 tons of fish. By products include halibut and salmon waste used in the processing. Oil is shipped in tank cars mainly to Chicago for refining while fertilizer goes to California and Hawaii for fruit-growing use. The industry is expected to develop further.
More than 300 English training staff of the RAF mechanical wing left North Toronto station en route to England marking another step in Canada's demobilization.
Severe Canadian winters keep babies indoors in overheated rooms leading to colds and irritability. Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville offer stomach and bowel regulation and claim to prevent or cure colds. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box.
A Handelsblad despatch reports Catholic Lyceum sisters from Lindenstrasse marching to the polls in a group creating a stir in Berlin. The, in Amsterdam, described the event as somewhat of a sensation among observers.
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