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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 09, 1921
Page
2
After World War I, leaders urge universal Red Cross membership to rebuild health and morale. The campaign runs June 5 to 11 in Canada and aims for broad public support, highlighting the Red Cross role in peace time and commitment to global health.
Visitors from the Abitibi region report reindeer traveling in groups of ten to fifteen attracted by new settlements. Bears and wolves have grown scarce, while fishing is unusually good in the area this year.
Imperial Oil plans a 350000 dollar plant at Regina to utilize escaping gas in gasoline production. The project aims to reduce waste and improve efficiency at the Regina works.
Fifty Dutch farmers bound for Ontario and the Canadian West travel on the Scandinavian after arrival from Antwerp. On the Metagama a party of sixty English girls under the Overseas Settlement Board sails westward, plus about sixty experienced agriculturists headed for western farms.
Snakes of the viper tribe have their fangs shaped to deliver venom into the deepest part of a wound, ensuring effective envenomation.
British statistics show France leading continental powers with about 800 652 troops under arms, totaling roughly three million across Europe. Poland follows with 600 000, while Germany lists 400 000 and Italy 300 000, with France controlling about two thirds of all European forces under arms.
A bottle of Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil in the farmhouse saves many trips for the doctor. It helps children with colds and crop, and adults with pains and aches, with directions for sick cattle. Keep a bottle in the house.
Harland and Wolff in Belfast will send experts to Hamburg to supervise completion of the Bismarck the world’s largest ship and future White Star flagship. Delays followed a October fire and lack of clear Allied instructions. White Star finally secured the Bismarck as a counter to Cunard’s Imperator.
An advertisement promotes Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills for older adults whose energy wanes. It claims to strengthen the heart, steady nerves, improve memory, and restore vigor, citing a testimonial from Mrs. James Perry of Retlaw, Alta. at 50 cents per box with mail options from The T Milburn Co. Limited, Toronto, Ont.
Opinion arguing that recent labor actions override constitutional government, saying wages are not the issue and that miners' leaders seek direct action affecting the community. It accuses extremists and claims the leaders would become ultimate arbiters of destiny. A clipped quotation completes the piece.
Finland enforces strict fire safety with a long standing law requiring every building to have an escape ladder. The rule persists across eras from wooden towns to modern stone and brick constructions, making ladder provision a profitable domestic industry.
A chiropractic ad style note extols Baby's Own Tablets as a gentle laxative aiding digestion, soothing teething, and relieving cold and fever symptoms. Mrs. Philippe Payen of St Flavien Quebec touts the product as a great help for her baby. Available from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario or medicine dealers for 25 cents a box.
Six aeroplane hangars already stand at High River airfield in Southern Alberta with the office building finished. Tenders for the province’s most powerful wireless station and workshops have been received, plans call for work to start in two to three weeks. The station will transmit to Vancouver and the Pacific coast and rise higher and more powerful than any previous installation in the province. The pole is to be erected in about ten days. The completed hangars are modern Bessemer structures, shipped from France, each housing about three aircraft.
A Scottish woman quips to her gardener Man Tamms about marriage. The gardener replies with a joke that the first gardener had a wife but lost his job afterward. The exchange appears in The Watchman Examiner of New York.
A mother answers a child's question about wind and light with a pun about electricity. The text also notes patenting metal arches to guide a violin bow for beginners, describing a learning aid device for stringed instruments.
An item line notes Minard's ointment keepers in households. The brief record presents a household reminder or local advert to retain Minard's oiniment in the house, suggesting its ongoing use or sale in the period.
A description praising Scandinavian settlers in Canada as largely agricultural, westwardly located in rich districts. The text extols their British sentiment, patriotism, and strong Canadian absorption while preserving language, religion, and customs. It lauds them as clean-blooded, thrifty, ambitious and hardworking, representing Europe's best contribution to a pioneer nation.
An ad touts Dr Hamilton's Pills as a quick relief for lethargy and constipation, claiming they purify the system and revitalize the body. The copy promises stronger health, better looks, and improved mood for those using the remedy. It lists dealers and The Atatrhozone Co. of Montreal as sources.
A Ruskin quotation asserts wealth lies in life and in nurturing the most noble and happy people, proclaiming the richest nation sustains its people rather than material riches.
A Parisian method extends the Bertillon system by using marks on any body part for identification. Dr Locard, head of the French Police School in Lyons, suggests pores of the skin can yield prints. Even with gloves, forearm or elbow prints may identify criminals.
Rain contains carbonic and nitric acids formed during thunderstorms which slowly dissolve granite. Carbonic acid is the primary agent, gradually transforming rock into sandstone and sand. These acids also form part of the nutrients plants rely on.
Crude oil was struck four miles north of the steel plant on the Jamieson farm during a well digging. Two new companies formed to develop the find, pending analysis of quality. Many prominent oil men have visited the site this week. Also note the University of Calcutta now enrolls 26 000 students, the empire's largest.
Put up in small portable bottles for a small sum. Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil possesses power in concentrated form. Its cheapness and varied uses make it the poor man's friend. No dealer's stocks complete without it.
An ad noted in the Boston Transcript offering a position for a saleswoman to sell molasses of unquestionable ability and character, as cited by the New York Times.
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