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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
2
The article discusses Western Canada needing unskilled workers for rail and road projects, warns of stalled expansion without labor, and contrasts immigration limits with wartime openness. It notes Canadians seek selective, able migrants while Europe and the United States adjust postwar policies.
The article discusses how the United States and Canada compete to attract desirable immigrants from Britain and Ireland and notes other nations offering land grants and passage benefits. It argues that increased population eases tax burdens and calls on governments and individuals to welcome newcomers and help them integrate to become productive citizens.
Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy is advertised as giving immediate relief from asthma attacks and preventing future episodes, offering relief, peace, and happiness to sufferers. The ad notes the remedy is inexpensive and widely sold. It also mentions a Pompeii clay used as soap by Romans.
Local resident Mr. Clement Roy testifies that Dodd's Kidney Pills relieved his boy's bed wetting and aided his own bladder trouble. He credits the remedy for strengthening kidneys and urges neighbors to consider it for kidney ills. Many people cling to illusions that the real cure lies elsewhere.
Germany announced by reparations committees that through May 30 it supplied France with 4,686,000 tons of coal, plus 6,547 horses and tens of thousands of cattle and sheep. Deliveries to Luxembourg, Italy, and Belgium included hundreds of thousands of tons and thousands of livestock and fowl.
A Canadian official reports similar overall grocery costs in England and Canada with Canada slightly higher by about one dollar for a basket of staples. Bread, sugar, jam cost more in Canada while eggs and butter are high in London but expected to fall. vegetables are cheaper in England and coal is cheaper by about $1.25 per ton.
The University of Saskatchewan proposes a one year household science course for teachers in 1920 21 covering foods textiles and related chemistry subjects. A note adds a light moral line about a rival smiling when praised.
An article fragment claims ten thousand is the largest number in Chinese and that all large sums should be in multiples of this figure. It concludes the population is four times ten thousand times ten thousand, or four hundred million.
A Colorado Agricultural College study shows shrinkage of market livestock depends on comfort and feeding. A roomy car with little crowding and ample feed and water greatly reduce losses from shipment to terminal market. R W Clark, livestock specialist, notes some farmers consistently ship with minimal shrinkage while others suffer large losses.
Berlin correspondent reports the Zeppelin works staff refuse surrender to the Entente unless two large passenger airships remain and the workshops and installations are not destroyed.
A Canadian customer notes she used Baby's Own Tablets for constipation and colic and would not be without them. The product is advertised as a gentle laxative free from opiates and sold by The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario at 25 cents a box.
Five thousand acres of land owned by the Canadian Land and Irrigation Company have been purchased by American settlers and are now being tilled. Water access is expected this summer to support crop growth. A separate note adds a girl’s view on flirtation versus indifference in social behavior.
Vintage advertisement touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as a painless cure for corns, claiming the verdict is “unfit to live” and that the remedy works in 24 hours. It is marketed as the only vegetable remedy, priced at five cents, available at all dealers.
The article advises that the best time to take up land in Western Canada is from mid May to end of July to break and seed翌r the following year. It notes June and July are ideal for breaking sod and creating a good seed bed, with long grass aiding disintegration. The text highlights that moisture this year makes land ideal for breaking.
The chief purposes of summer fallow are moisture storage and weed kill. Rain on freshly plowed land absorbs better, with less evaporation thanks to surface cultivation and weed transpiration. Plow by early July, at least seven inches deep, then harrow or pack as conditions demand. Use a duckfoot cultivator to maintain a mulch. avoid disc pulverizing soil.
The article notes no general movement yet but predicts many Romanians and other Balkan natives will depart Western Canada after harvest. They plan to exchange Canadian savings for European money and return to their homelands attracted by favorable conditions there.
A comparison notes wild horses living 35 to 40 years while domestic horses age around 25. The author adds a humorous aside that a man shuns marrying a woman who fears a mouse, implying broader caution in choosing a partner.
English efforts to resist German efforts to impose Turkish are described as failing. The article notes Germans promoted German and French as business languages, with Turks learning Turkish in limited schools, while most business in Constantinople uses French. English merchants favor French in commercial matters.
The advertisement touts Miller's Worm Powders as the most effective vermifuge on the market. It claims the product clears stomachs and bowels of worms and serves as a safe medicine for children, helping regulate the infantile system and maintain health. It asserts the powder destroys all worms when directions are followed.
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