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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
7
An unsinkable vessel, traveling in a 43-ship Atlantic convoy, challenged U boats and delivered cargo before safely returning to an Atlantic port. After the drop, the ship sailed directly to its French destination, with no enemy engagement en route.
Fragmented quote appears to discuss banquets and a balking response by Senator Sorghum. The text is garbled, with mismatched punctuation and stray symbols. The Washington Star is cited as the source.
A sailor recalls the tension between officers and crew during an operation noting some officers are clever and good while others differ in outlook. He laments Bolshevik hostility and contrasts it with medical praise for Mitler's Worm Powders as a safe remedy for worm-infested children when directions are followed.
Brand Whitlock recalls Liege’s ruin along the Meuse calling it a silent city with no inhabitants or standing structures. He notes fires, charred beams, collapsed roofs, and shattered churches showing German destruction carried out in a single night.
An old advertisement touts Putnam's Corn Peeler as a simple painless solution. It claims a few drops shrivel corn and is cheaper than alternatives, emphasizing quick, easy removal in one piece.
A magazine piece warns that excessive sensitivity hinders work and self control. It argues criticism hurts but personal growth requires shedding vanity and learning discipline to stay productive and accepted in professional life.
Sir Albert Stanley informs the British House of Commons that travel will be severely restricted in London and later nationwide. Train service may drop forty percent and season tickets will be limited, impacting aliens relocated from London during air raids. In Canada the CPR plans to cut passenger trains to aid war effort.
Mrs Jos Mouze writes from Eel River Ridge NB that Baby's Own Tablets are the finest medicine for little ones she has used. The laxative tablets relieve constipation indigestion and colic without griping. Sold by medicine dealers or mail order at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
The document urges Canadians to eat more fish and save meat for the men at the front. It notes limited fresh fish access in big cities and proposes expanding markets and coast-to-lake fishing to meet rising demand.
An advertisement claims Dr. Pigree’s Favorite Prescription eases burdens of womanhood. It markets a powerful tonic said to lift overwork, nervousness, and related disorders through a physician’s long practice.
Sportsmen recall Paddy R the wonder horse of the 1890s racing era. Paddy R survived a broken leg in 1896 at St Thomas Ontario by riding a stoneboat to Watford for care and recovered to race again. The tale underscores claims that horses possess remarkable intelligence surpassing that of dogs.
A Canada food board and milling interests conference leads to spring wheat millers reducing flour price by 15 cents per barrel. The action aims to ease costs and stabilize supplies for bakers and consumers nationwide.
Henry Burkhart of Fox Valley Saskatchewan credits Dodd’s Kidney Pills with restoring his health after months of trouble and praises them highly. He also sent a box to a Dakota friend who likewise benefited. He urges neighbors in sparsely settled prairie regions to try the remedy.
A Black Alabama boy in an American unit meets a French colonial black soldier in khaki. The exchange starts with a taunt and ends in a surprised reaction as language and identity clash on the Lorraine front.
The Manitoba department of agriculture announces a campaign to raise wheat production in 1919. Boosters will be appointed in every provincial riding to urge farmers to break more land this summer, aiming for an average acreage gain of at least five acres per farm.
A bashful man, after twelve months of courting, finally acts but hesitates. his note is posted, and he feels swift impulse to woo the young woman, followed by a rush of nerves and haste two hours later.
A letter to the New York Times questions a recent aviation anecdote about German courtesy. Stephen Lauzanne cites sources denying French aviators attended Guynemer’s burial inside German lines and warns Americans not to trust stories of German generosity as fact.
A Cincinnati man discovers ether compound Free Zone to lift off corns and calluses without pain. Apply drops to tender spots and the sore area dissolves, allowing removal without skin damage.
A local Ottawa piece notes the shift from audience funded spectacle to professional performances. It cites a Canadian aviator trainee near Beauséjour and pilot Victoria Crossman risking a plane fire near German territory, illustrating rising danger and public appetite for feats once reserved for professionals.
An obscured dialogue fragment from Cassell’s Saturday Journal depicts a playful exchange about rain and taste between private and public figures, with a hint of mockery toward La Berbank and a garbled reference to Germ and olives.
United States Food Administration official F C Watcott warned at a federal food board conference that about 4 750 000 people have died of starvation in Europe since the war began while 4 250 000 have been killed in combat. He said U S wheat consumption would fall well short for home use as two thirds must be shipped to Allies, urging substitutes and thrift. Pills for Nervous Troubles are advertised, claiming Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills restore stomach function to ease nervous debility.
A wartime reflection contrasts soldiers’ endurance with the sacrifice endured by families at home. The London Free Press notes mothers and wives living in daily fear and silent torment, while the Stratford Beacon highlights continued German waves and British resilience.
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