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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 01, 1928
Page
3
In London County multiple households face evictions and rough treatment as authorities enforce ceilings and arrears. Street-level drifts threaten tenants, with workers forced from dwellings during economic strain and rising tensions.
In a wartime domestic scene at the McMann home, an Englishman is knocked unconscious during a quarrel with Bill Larsen. Helmi and Mrs McMann vow to aid the injured man while tensions flare over loyalty and propriety amidst a divided household.
An advertisement claims lasting relief for bladder trouble and aging health issues. It touts Revise of advanced years and urges readers to obtain a hex from a druggist. The product is linked to National Drug & Chemical of Canada Limited, Toronto.
The passage blends a note on Red Rose Tea’s freshness and packaging with a tale where Helmi and an Englishman, Warner, share quiet moments. He praises her devotion as she prepares to part, while he reflects on duty, family, and future hope as the story nears a “To Be Continued.”
The account touts Waterton Park in southern Alberta as a premier riding area with over 1500 miles of well made trails. It notes safety for visitors and mentions Waterstom Park with a rough quote from a dismal patient about health and neck stiffness.
A Edmonton Alberta resident Lovie W. Prong reports long struggle with eczema on skin and legs. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment plus Cuticura Talcum, symptoms eased and healed. The testimony promotes Cuticura products for daily use.
The Canadian Pacific Railways outlines a vast 1928 expansion plan across Western Canada. New stations will be built in Saskatchewan towns such as McMahon and Armley, Alberta sites Queenstown and Hebbern, Manitoba towns, and British Columbia locations. Capacity increases include doubling Weston freight car shops near Winnipes and enlarging locomotive shops, with extensive bridge replacements and new tracks to support grain elevators and mainline traffic.
A Canadian advertisement claims Dr Williams Pink Pills cleanse the blood to relieve rheumatism. It profiles Henry Amiro of Lower East Pubnico who credits the pills with restoring mobility after acute rheumatism. The piece also notes 1927 livestock shipments at Lethbridge and 1926 Canadian shipbuilding totals led by British Columbia.
A fragmentary shopper scene shows a clerk questioning a label about ink while a product called Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator is pitched as a standard remedy. The text notes Pierre Charles L'Enfant’s 1781 plan for Washington.
A meditation on anger cites Plutarch and The Dhawaunupacs, comparing stormy passions to rain beating on poorly thatched roofs. It argues an impatient mind cannot hear reason or advice, likening an angry person to an empty ship in a storm rejecting a governor from without.
The Prince of Wales owns flourishing oyster beds in the Duchy of Cornwall and leases 400 acres at Port Naval to a company. He plans to breed them in the River Fal and transfer stock to Helford water. The arrangement supports Duchy tenants and local industry.
Col Ian Kenderson notes experiments show radio signals can guide pilots through fog and storms. A recent test ferried a pilot from a New York field to western Pennsylvania to demonstrate navigation by radio in bad visibility.
The notice cites travel statistics with a majority of female and married travelers crossing to Europe. It praises Miller's Worm Powders as a safe vermifuge for worms and for regulating infants. It ends with a bizarre image of bone decorations and a Bubouse plague fact from 1348.
An old advertisement extols Castoria as a gentle, tasteless remedy for infants. It claims Castoria matches castor oil’s benefits without shocks and supports sleep, digestion, and relief from colic convulsions and diarrhea. It stresses safety and recommends Fletcher’s version as superior.
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