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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 30, 1919
Page
7
An advertisement touts Hamilton's Pills as a universal cure for blood diseases with claims of health restoration. The piece blends medical claims with a narrative about a crime inquiry and a personal dialogue between characters Foster and Lawrence, touching on relationships and trust.
Foster recalls a lengthy tale to Lucy and Lawrence as they scrutinize Walters and Daly. They piece together coincidences from the Banff trip to the glacier and Walters actions. The trio debates motives and asks Foster to enumerate the suspicious threads in Daly's plan.
General Currie receives a letter from a Canadian officer close to Captain Finkel of Ludendorff. The correspondent says defeat was certain once Canadians broke Hindenburg’s line and a new rear line was planned. He notes staff believed no army could breach the other, yet Canadian success altered plans and raised German losses.
The article argues 1919 will spark widespread construction from public works to housing. It cites railway overhauls, canal and dock repairs, and timber and coal development as essential. It notes municipal borrowing capacity, labor readiness, cheaper postwar prices, and foreign investment as factors driving a national building wave.
The article argues that real estate and development will recover gradually in the near future, with no immediate boom. It cites labor, materials, and capital costs as factors in reviving building activity and urges united effort across classes to solve reconstruction challenges, echoing Kipling on cooperation over arms or funds.
The Pacific Coast Type mill at Prince Rupert BC promises efficiency and low production costs. It will host a saw mill shingle mill planing mill dry kilns and storage sheds with potential for a box plant. Daily capacity aims at 125000 feet of lumber and 150000 shingles.
The National Association of Builders' exchanges will hold its convention in Milwaukee in the last week of February. The Detroit Builders' and Traders' exchange plans a large delegation and is arranging travel. Also notes Britain’s shipbuilding output in late 1918 versus 1917, with total ships and tonnage rising.
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