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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
3
A Royal Society of Canada event reports a remarkable experiment in wireless telephone music. At nine o clock the Magna Volt system carried the voice of a distant singer over a hundred miles to Monty and Laurier assembly, with Miss Litton heard clearly in the hall.
Fragmentary dialogue discusses waiter roles and tea pricing with scattered references. Mentions America and Pennsylvania in unclear context as two lines hint at a glass supply notion. No clear event or identifiable individuals emerge from the text.
A report discusses wages for unskilled workers and sugar plantation labor in Honolulu. It notes monthly and daily wage rates, including a bonus and various adjustments, detailing how overall pay rises affect different worker groups and the distribution of bonuses.
Vesphore Alexander Einar, aged 89, known as Daddy Blair, lives in Edmonton Alberta while recounting his decades as a mail carrier hunter scout and wagon packer. He roamed from the St Lawrence to the Yukon and Dakotas, claiming one of the longest Westward mileage records.
Six Chicago judges receive the nation’s largest murder case calendar as two judges seek help. Henry Barrett Chamberlain of the Chicago Crime Commission calls the crime wave a stark example of immigrant assimilation issues. He says Americanization means basic literacy and civics for newcomers, not just high rhetoric.
Astronomer Prof David Todd of Amherst College and aviation pioneer Leo Stevens advocate a mission to Mars to test radio communication with the red planet. The proposal aims to prove life or intelligent signals on Mars, a dream Todd has pursued for decades.
The article notes a wave of returned soldiers settling in the west over eighteen months, with Saskatchewan reporting 2,869 settlers out of 13,497, and a total of 30,804,115 dollars in land purchases and improvements. It highlights land grants, encumbrance renewals, and stock and equipment funding as part of the postwar settlement.
The Western Canada Colonization Association seeks to mobilize forester cooperation to settle vast vacant lands near railways, increase national production, and expand the domestic market. It plans immigration and advisory services rather than land sales, aided by provincial land tax policies to encourage private owners to sell at reasonable prices.
Alfred Rochay of Evapriator Roxton Pond Hotel and Livery Stables endorses Minard’s Liniment as the best medicine for family and stables after years of use. He writes to the Minard’s Liniment Co. Limited expressing strong satisfaction.
Naturalists describe a method to preserve spider webs by spraying with shellac, pressing webs against glass plates to sever supporting threads, letting the solution dry, and storing the plates in a cabinet for scientific study. The process aims to maintain ordinary geometry webs for later examination and use in research.
The government announces a program to construct 69 vessels totaling 325000 deadweight tons with priority on strategic and commercial shipping capacity.
Water turned into the main ditch of the Canada Land and Irrigation company east of the Little Bow Reservoir marks the culmination of a decade long effort. The system, stemming from the Snake Valley Lake Metaregor reservoir, aims to irrigate about 220000 acres, with 175 miles of main ditch feeding the fields near Vauxhall.
Fragmentary chatter notes Minard's Liniment used by physicians and mentions Mrs Bighraw and Mrs Tuntwist in a colloquial exchange. The passage appears as a garbled social snippet with unclear context and multiple distorted names.
The article explains neuralgia can affect any nerve and that Sciatica is its form when the sciatic nerve is involved. It credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with nourishing starved blood to relieve neuralgia, Sciatica and related disorders and includes a patient testimonial from Mrs. Thomas McGuire of North Malden, Ontario. The pills cost 50 cents a box or six for $2.50, available from druggists or The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
Two wealthy girls were arrested in New York stores last week for shoplifting with their lawyers claiming aphasia as the cause. They reportedly entered stores, became overwhelmed, and did not regain normal senses until detectives tapped them to arrest. The anecdote praises a detective as an antidote for aphasia.
A productive Bow Slope district north of the Bow River in Alberta expands as irrigation advances. The Up land Swedish colony, established 1918, covers about 8 500 acres with 8 462 seeded this year. Flax remains widespread, alfalfa expands to 200 acres, and wheat seeding nears completion as ditches prepare for the water turn on soon.
Poland reports its improved position in Russia allows resumption of peace negotiations with Bolsheviks. The Polish government says it has shown peaceful aims in notes and communications and will let the Soviet government choose a venue among proposed locations.
A Shropshire village tale from Pontesbury recounts a German hawker selling a watch to Sankey. Opening it reveals his late brother's name and wartime inscription. The brother, a Scots Guardsman, died in France in 1914 during the war.
A prospective renter seeks a 24 by 12 foot bed sitting-room for a gentleman. The agent notes the unusual size and jokes about finding such a space, while a aside mentions Minard's Liniment in the house. The text also casually references divorce and domestic felicity among Fi qni maux.
The article promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a safe, non alcoholic tonic for women and men to improve blood quality, heart health, and nerves. It claims spring is ideal to assess health and offers a 50 cent vial by mail from the Dr. Pierce's Invalid Hotel in Buffalo New York.
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