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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 26, 1923
Page
3
Fragments tout Nerviline as a pain remedy for fever toothache and headaches. Ad claims quick action over twenty years of use and markets it to “Gereswar” and matinee buyers with promises of fast results and relief from various pains.
Government avoids new regulation. Arctic expedition sets sail from Wiscarset on June 22. Twelve hundred emigrants depart Glasgow for Canada and the United States with $500 left for new lands. Washington and London discuss the Anglo American Arbitration Treaty of 1904. U S Treasury projects $550 040 000 in customs receipts this year. Kracke reports on federal appraisal. Switzerland boycotted after Lausanne envoy’s removal. Japan and Russia watch. Sunderland Inlet sale expands Vancouver area. Me oy of Seattle buys 189 miles of land. Five dollar notes admitted as conscience money. German education funded for war heirs. Freight cars carry books to Ministry of Instruction. Baldwin refuses Versailles minutes. Winnipeg postmaster Hargrave dies. Foresters warn timber exhaustion in 49–50 years. 3000 commercial units in Okanagan Valley.
A three year drought grips the Virgin Islands, threatening sugar, cattle industry, and island commerce. Local leaders urge Congress to fund dams and reservoirs to safeguard water supply and future prosperity.
Corns warts and bunions pampered removal promise. The ad touts Putnam's Painless Corn and Wart Ex tractor as the proven quick remedy and urges refusing substitutes at 25 cents nationwide.
May reports to the Dominion Commission list railway crossing incidents numbered 195 with 23 deaths and injuries to 19 persons. Automobiles were involved in several collisions resulting in three deaths and ten injuries.
Article blends medical advertorial claims on Dr Williams pink pills with testimonials from Mrs John Timmons of Elmvale Ontario and general advice on blood purity, nourishment, and disease resistance. It cites purchase details and a worm powder product by Miller for child health, with cursory notes on ink history from Pompeii. The piece reads like a period health column promoting tonics and vermifuges.
A London dispatch reports many ex officers of the British army plan to settle in Canada. Major Ashton cites 85 accepted by the settlement board with 49 more to sight, averaging £7000 capital. Lt Col Innes adds 40 ex Indian army officers will go to Canada, average age 20 and capital £2900, many accompanying families.
Red Cross plans to open an outpost hospital at Big River to care for sick trappers and families in northern Saskatchewan. The former lumber camp hospital is being remodeled for medical treatment and a maternity home for settlers wives. Opening likely next fall due to winter frostbite and accidents.
Enjoy two scenic Circle Tours through Calgary Banff Lake Louise Glacier and the Crow's Nest Line with extensions to Simonds and Okanagan Lake. Tours priced moderately with luxury travel and memorable holiday entertainment. Fares on sale daily until September 20 with return by October 1. Counterfeit profits story follows about Halifax ship captain and $100,000 found counterfeit.
Sir John Merry Lesage retires as managing editor of the London Daily Telegraph at age eighty six after daily presence at the office. C. P. Scott, Manchester Guardian editor since 1872, parallels his long control in the press. April sea fish landings amount to 167 646 ewts valued at 932 216 dollars, down from 251 341 ewts valued at 1 121 465 last year.
The report notes a sharp increase in unemployment and a growing vagrant crisis across capitals and regions. It cites child prostitution involving girls 8 to 13, many with venereal diseases, and a dramatic population drop in Aktuba, Fakseff, Kustanak, Orenburge, and Ural, with livestock and grain production collapsing in the Ural Government.
Strengthens the stomach and improves digestion by clearing sour fermenting wastes. After one use, the stomach is cleared of fermenting matter that causes gas heartburn and indigestion. The pills also support the liver kidneys and stomach and cost 25 cents at alk dealers.
Hermannstadt or Sibiu in Transylvania, 16 miles NW of Bucharest, is under consideration as the executive capital for a broader Romania. Romanians favor a western location with modern amenities and a healthier climate, contrasting Bucharest.
A Stradivarius violin stolen from Professor Havemann in Berlin was recovered after a quarrel between a couple led to police being notified. The thief had passed the instrument to a dealer who hid it beneath rubbish in an attic. A chance search uncovered the prized violin.
Repatriation and immigration combined with natural growth have enlarged Poland’s population to more than 20 million. A note on appearances contrasts fine feathers with attention and a curious half potato tip for removing vegetable stains.
France conducts a trial flight of a pilotless bomber using radio controlled levers to steer the aircraft. The craft, powered by a three hundred horsepower engine, flew thirty minutes at about sixteen hundred feet and made a smooth landing. Phonograph records of prominent voices are being stored on copper discs claimed to last ten thousand years in the Prussian State Library.
A major film producer offers 11000 pounds to fund preventive measures against eye strain among cinema artists. The piece notes actors suffer from exposure to intense white lights of billion candlepower during filming, with repercussions like squinting and staring as they exit bright sets. It adds that rapid talking can worsen confusion for performers.
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