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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
6
Fragmentary note from Regina market mentions butter cost and wholesale quantities. The text is heavily garbled and lacks clear facts, entities, or dates to form a coherent summary.
An advertisement extols Heart and Nerve Pills to remedy symptoms like breathlessness dizziness sleeplessness and fatigue claiming they strengthen and regulate the heart and nerves Mrs William Steeves of Chemical Road NB testifies to relief after using the pills and notes prior doctors offered no help.
The article argues for temperance by citing medical concerns about liquor, noting kidneys and Bright's disease as risks and claiming whiskey boosts violence while beer harms prosperity. It recalls a Baltimore Sun investigation and urges voters to oppose liquor before elections, warning about ballot questions.
A Nor West Farmer writer argues Western Canada has great bee keeping potential with a favorable climate and markets. It cites 1918 Manitoba data of 14 736 colonies yielding 944 000 pounds of honey and reports rising beginner demand with swarms selling around 15 dollars each.
The town famed as the born lucky city with abundant natural gas hosts the Western Canada Irrigation Association convention August 4. Medicine Hat stands as a major Western Canadian manufacturing center including mills foundries and clay plants while being a key irrigated agricultural hub in Southern Alberta.
The account says Greeks and Turks clashed in Smyrna with 300 Turks and 100 Greeks killed, largely in the Turkish quarter where rifle fire was heavy. A political crisis in Constantinople followed Greek debarkation and the Turkish Grand Vizier reportedly resigned.
Prairie Provinces show rising bank clearings with Calgary up to 6 594 744 from 6 081 990 last year and Edmonton jumping from 14 761 210 to 16 826 237. Increases across Calgary and Edmonton reflect broader regional business strength.
Mrs. G. L. Cook of Brandon Manitoba praises Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills for four years of liver relief and says they let her avoid doctor visits. Her family, including her Winnipeg daughter and husband, also use the pills and ointment. The ad promotes pills at 25 cents per dose or three boxes, with Edmanson Bates & Co. Limited Toronto distributing.
A jumble of ad copy and jokes mentions a glee club with a baseball team and a tenor, a Boston Transcript quote, tobacco and liniment brands, Victory Bond coupons and Canadian money guidance. The text mixes product pitches with comic banter and a car sale joke.
A Canadian report details Mrs. Alf Riches of St Denis Quebec who suffered kidney disease for seventeen years. She credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with her recovery after extensive remedies failed. She took twelve boxes and now calls herself well. The story emphasizes the pill as a simple kidney remedy and urges neighbors to vouch for its effectiveness.
An old newspaper advertisement urges married men to buy Putnam's Corn Ex Tractor to cure corns, claiming painless safety and offering bottles at 25e through dealers. The cheeky copy suggests asking a wife about corns and features a bold push for the product.
The article notes Count Brockhorff Rantzau returning to Versailles from Spa with Landsberg and Gissberts, among a large retinue of naval and financial experts, signaling Germany will continue efforts to reach terms with Allied representatives and seek satisfactory peace proposals.
Prosper Ferguson reports an anchor injury on a ship causing a swollen knee and immobility for six days. He credits use of Minard's Liniment with a cure after trying the product on the recommendation of others.
Paris reports two days of talks on the Italian question failed to produce an accord. Italy offered concessions such as retaining Fiume as a free city and ceding portions of Istria, but would not yield Zara or Semenica. Jugoslavs deem concessions inadequate, risking longer negotiations.
In an interview Earl Reading said the British stance on the Treaty was not exceptionally harsh. He noted Germany’s claim the treaty exceeded President Wilson's points, and asserted Wilson’s acceptance gave the best answer since he authored the terms and was their best interpreter.
A testimonial touts Baby s Own Tablets as a reliable bone remedy for infants. It claims they regulate bowels stomachs drive out constipation indigestion and colds while keeping babies healthy. A reader from Ecum Secum Nova Scotia endorses the product priced 23 cents a box from The Crete Medicine Co. Brockville. A joke notes walking on an empty stomach cures indigestion and warns about whose stomach you walk on.
The advertisement proclaims Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy cures asthma after years of failed treatments. It asserts relief brings physical comfort and peace of mind, with nights of sound sleep returning. Readers are advised to ask their druggist for supply.
About 60 calves cared for by Manitoba boys were sold at Brandon with buyers from leading packing houses bidding heavily. Prices ranged from twenty to forty one cents per pound. The sale praised as tangible encouragement to young raisers and noted the youths’ hard parting with their calves, highlighting a hopeful future for the livestock industry.
An Irish sailor mutters about a long days work and suspects a line cut off, while the officer on watch notes the dangerous tension at sea. The fragment ends with a boast of applying Holloway's Corn Cure for relief.
A Victoria dispatch reports a powerful New York led syndicate plans a vast lumber venture to supply 30 million feet of BC lumber to mills and buyers worldwide. Additional European contracts are expected, potentially keeping BC mills at full capacity.
Two friends meet in the Strand the morning after an airplane raid. One asks the other about damage and recovery as early war shoptalk unfolds. The fragment hints at daily life and improvised remarks during wartime air raids.
Advertised pills claim to restore stomach function to calm nerves and prevent nervous debility. The copy notes many attest to their cure for nervous disorders and cites stockyard writers as examples of impairment in writing ability due to nervous trouble.
Composed of partial phrases, the OCR shows a dealer listing or sale note for Dr Fels Ree with a price hint of sixty cents. The garbled text suggests a catalog or advertisement fragment likely from a period newspaper.
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