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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
6
An editorial argues the farm home must be central to preventing youth from leaving for cities. It cautions farmers to invest in family life and comfortable cottages alongside machinery and buildings, noting neglect harms after the early pioneering phase.
The article urges farmers to invest in home comforts to keep children on the land. Install a telephone, provide books, pictures, magazines, and a piano or records. A pleasant, well-kept home with flowers and shrubs motivates boys and girls to stay and value independent farm life.
A reader testimonial praises Baby's Own Tablets as a mild effective laxative relieving constipation indigestion and colds in children. Mrs Gaspard Daigle of Demain Quebec reports quick relief for her son and good health afterward. Available from medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents per bag from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The Post Office Department instructs Shanghai and other Chinese offices to charge two cents in Chinese money for a one cent U S stamp due to exchange fluctuation. When sold for gold, the price remains the same as in the United States.
A claim says Mother Graves Worm Exterminator is palatable to children and effective, delivering prompt results in worm control.
The Belgian treasure comprising state papers, savings bank securities, bullion, gold and silver, kept in the Bank of England during the war, has been returned to Belgium. The shipment was arranged by The Corkerill Line of Mark Lane, London, with officials from the National Bank of Belgium in London preparing for the transfer.
Paris reports Gustave de Kerguerecoet, deputy and naval reporter, charges that the Armee d Orient no longer exists and that French troops face dire conditions in Odessa and Salonika camps. He says two regiments would have sufficed to save the Crimea and control the Black Sea, and that demobilization is impossible due to lack of sailors and crews. France’s eastward prestige and war gains are blamed on poor organization and manpower. The Romanian public also laments France's failures and pleads for bread.
Ottawa official F. E. Bowden testified on the Hudson Bay route before a senate special committee. He endorsed the feasibility of extending navigation into November with navigation aids and winded that 7,300 ton vessels could use Port Nelson, while larger ships could not. He cautioned about grain rates across the gulf and noted private owners would not yet deploy ships until feasibility is proven.
Dispatches describe executions of suspected counter revolutionists in Budapest by Hungarian communists. Victims shot near Parliament, in a high school yard, or on Danube shores. girls accused of making tri color rosettes were executed. A 22 year old former blacksmith presides over the revolutionary tribunal. French colonial troops reportedly may advance from the south as white guards and counter revolutionists prepare to cross the Tisza.
The police allege a man and his wife possessed wares used in illegal activity. The prisoner replies that he had the same items but lacked opportunity to use them, per local court coverage.
Mrs. Fred Wolters of Tolland Alta says she suffered kidney trouble for years and found relief after using two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. She reports improved energy,less dizziness, and relief from rheumatic symptoms and urges others to try the remedy as a trusted, old and tried friend in thousands of Canadian homes.
Captain Palli, a renowned Italian airman credited with 140 war raids including the Vienna expedition with the d Annunzio squadron, was killed when his aircraft crashed near Bourg St Maurice in Savoy after being caught in a snowstorm. He was nicknamed the infallible eagle by d Annunzio.
Berlin reports from unimpeachable sources that Germany will urge peace conference counter proposals favoring disarmament. Germany would cut forces to 350 000 within two months after peace and to 200 000 within a year. It asserts disarmament proves resolve to renounce militaristic aims despite internal disorders.
Quarrelsome neighbors Corns and Tocs fail to resolve a dispute until Putnam's Corn Extractor fixes the issue. Advertisement claims any corn allied business will exit in 24 hours after applying Putnam's product. Available for 25 cents at all dealers.
Pegwell Bay and Ramsgate shores near the southeast coast of England have become a second Dead Sea after an oil tank steamer was torpedoed during the war. Thousands of gallons of crude oil contaminated shellfish beds killing shrimp and mussels and making all shellfish unsafe to eat. Public warned against gathering shellfish from Pegwell Bay and Ramsgate rocks. The oil’s impact mirrors fear of a gas attack and locals note a grim toll on sea life.
Ralph Brown and his twin Lindsay Brown served together in the London Scottish Regiment. Officers trained them as indistinguishable due to their likeness, even ordering Ralph to grow a moustache to tell them apart. Both rose through non commissioned ranks and were promoted to commissioned ranks together for merit, with only initials differing in their reports to the War Office.
Local ad fragment touts Bromo Quimine and Quinine cures from W Grove address. Claims a one day remedy with 30c price.
Air Services Association of Saskatchewan forms to promote aeronautics and aerial navigation in the province. Aviators from allied countries may join. The group aims to aid mail delivery and express service in remote areas where roads and rails are scarce. The Terror of Asthma relief is touted with Dr Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy.
A reflection on tact arising from sensitivity and inner criterion. The speaker argues tact is proportional to sensibility and that understanding another’s pain requires an internal gauge from one’s own feelings.
Detroit Free Press quotes a playful exchange about marriage and admiration. The remark “I wouldn’t marry the best man living” is met with a courteous reply expressing appreciation for the compliment.
The account describes Bolshevik forces near Sarapul on the Kama River southwest of Perm committing severe abuses before retreating. Wives of officers and soldiers were shot in many cases, and children were not spared in several incidents.
A historical notice claims Miller's Worm Powders relieve worm attacks in children. It asserts powerful action, expels worms, and invigorates the youthful system, remedying fever biliousness loss of appetite sleeplessness and associated stomach and bowel disorders.
In Boston New York Philadelphia and Baltimore 44 steamers loaded with cargoes of food bound for Europe are under the direction of the American Relief Administration. The shipments aim to carry all devastated countries through to the next harvest as Belgium ends relief commissions and aims for self sufficiency.
A reflective passage compares life to a building under construction with every visitor leaving an impression on the walls and furnishings. It notes that worthy friends exert a profound, unseen influence on our character and development.
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