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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
3
A landlady greets her new lodger at breakfast noting his poor sleep. He tells her the cat kept him awake and asks if she will remove the nuisance rather than kill the animal. The exchange is reported in the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Farm Boys Camp at Regina will be run with the Saskatchewan Provincial Exhibitions in July. It aims for an educational short course in agriculture and animal husbandry under the provincial department of agriculture. Preference for camp places goes to prize winners in calf and colt competitions, with teams of five representing provincial agricultural associations and about 500 boys expected to attend.
The Montreal Gazette quotes a wartime appeal urging citizens to marshal all efforts to save and serve. It emphasizes the short span of individual life versus national duty and notes Canada’s noble wartime role while urging continued resolve to reach greater heights.
The article explains that European Allies rely on this continent for food due to scarce tonnage. It notes moving 5,000 tons from here to Europe needs 5,000 tons of shipping, while Argentina or Australia would require 10,000 or 15,000 tons. Longer hauls demand more tonnage, and self denial in export foods is presented as a remedy.
In a February issue from Berlin the Politisch Anthropologische Mionatschrift argues Germans should allow several wives to address the birth rate decline. It claims this is a patriotic answer and a remedy for the loss of noble racial blood, urging a decent form of polygamy as the solution.
A letter from Co H in Colaboom Digby describes a fall that caused a chest injury and prevented work. After using Minard's Liniment warmed on flannels and applied to the breast, the writer reports a complete cure.
The British ministry of food endorses potato butter as a low cost substitute. Peel and boil potatoes until floury, rub through a sieve, then mix 14 ounces potato with 2 ounces butter or margarine and 1 teaspoon salt. Stir, mold into rolls, color with butter coloring, and add a preservation agent for longer storage.
An image of purpose emerges as a community leader pledges no return to Russia within a decade while pledging aid to production efforts. He emphasizes the faiths forbid fighting and oaths to any king but Jesus Christ, asserting not swearing allegiance to the British crown.
Rules Is Rules explains dining hours from 5 to 8 for all except the committee, citing a rule that “The committee is at liberty at any time to fill any vacancy” as the reason for the exception. A medical ad promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a remedy for bile-related stomach distress.
A provincial English paper recalls a crowded tramcar where several passengers stood on the upper deck against regulations. A conductor insists they must sit or stay still, a literalist defies by standing, then sits as the car moves, prompting the conductor to quote a barrister from a play.
This product claims full effect without extra medicines and guarantees consistent results. It emphasizes independence from other remedies and asserts it will not fail in its task.
Captain D J McDonald of the schooner John G Walter, sunk in the Atlantic after a torpedo strike by a German U-boat, knocked the German commander and escaped from the conning tower. He swam to safety amid wreckage until a British destroyer arrived as the U-boat fled.
A fragment discusses a patent remedy called Minis Liniment claimed to cure a disease named garget in cows. The text appears from an old veterinary advert or notice from a Baltimore area source, with unclear lines referencing doctors and medical agents.
A civic exhortation urges young men to depart and obey the law as English and French soldiers fight together in Flanders for liberty and home protection. It affirms confidence in compatriots and asserts there are no cowards in the province of Quebec.
A testimonial from Mrs Francois Fournier of Tourville Quebec praises Baby's Own Tablets as a mild yet thorough laxative that regulates bowels sweetens the stomach and keeps babies well. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents for two boxes from Dr William s Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
The Canada food board urges citizens to eat more vegetables including potatoes carrots turnips and onions to save wheat. Authorities insist using surplus produce from last year will reduce wheat demand.
A vintage advert claims Putnam's Extractor offers instant relief for corn pain by applying a few drops. It pledges painless removal as the corn shrivels and drops out by the roots, touting the product as a real cure for a quarter in any feature.
Lord Claud Hamilton proposes killing and eating all toy dogs to alleviate food shortages in Britain. A woman in fur was seen in a butcher queue with ribbons to mark dogs for slaughter. Dog defenders protest while Hamilton argues dog consumption would both provide edible food and reduce animal feed use. Also mentioned is a British dogs wool association led by Lady Algernon Gordon-Lennox citing wool spun from dog combings as feasible.
Referencing a recent war conference in India, officials say key recommendations were adopted on manpower and development of national resources. Approval was voted to continue recruiting and to form special committees to cooperate with the munitions board and other authorities in fund raising and related efforts.
The article highlights Britain’s self supporting wartime finances as described by Mr. Bonar Law, noting reliance on the United States and payment of allied debts. It cites a large debt total and references German opposition, ending with an ad for Hollowsy’s Cure.
A fragmented dialect anecdote describes a death of a child blamed on “watch-million” water. The men argue about cause, with a grim, rural tone and a clipped exchange implying disbelief at restraint and irony in tragedy.
Fragmentary quote from the Washington Star mentions happiness linked to digestion and a partner. The snippet includes stray dialogue about appetite and attire with sparse context and unclear attribution.
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