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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 04, 1926
Page
2
The month of November reports 6 930 700 pounds of refined sugar sent abroad valued at 342 785 dollars, compared with 741 990 pounds worth 68 534 dollars last year. The figures indicate continued expansion following the prior year’s growth trend.
Editorial notes a nationwide rise in savings and investments across insurance, trust, and mortgage firms. It credits war-time savings campaigns for education in thrift and urges families to start small savings accounts, even for babies, as a safeguard and path to future prosperity and stable finances.
A notice invites those connected to a local Dice Mafia unit in Guildford Surrey to apply for the Maids Money fund. The prize is traditionally allocated by a throw of dice as part of an old custom. The group claims members have two years or more service within a single family.
Eastern Canada Livestock Union members asked the Dominion board of railway commissioners in Toronto to cut freight rates by four thousand six for a day in the western freight trade. The report notes seduction in rates and a call for a new Hicks plan, with implications for Western Canada shipments.
Manitoba's fox industry shines with exports totaling about 125 live foxes in the past year. A shipment of 114 went to Boulogne France, another two to Hamburg Germany and nine to Toronto Ontario, underscoring the province stay as a leading fox producing centre.
A loom mishap produced a smooth towel that rubbed off on a worker who found it better than the perfect cloth. The accidental discovery led to the Turkish toweling material being recognized for its unique feel.
Nervitine praised for nearly fifty years for deep penetration and rapid relief from sprains bruises and rheumatic pains. Nerviline touted as effective for internal and external pain with a 35 cent bottle sold by dealers. A separate note claims a safe withstood a burglary test, contrasting with sardine can opening at a picnic with a blunt knife.
Claim that Dr Williams Pink Pills restore health by enriching blood to combat anaemia nervousness indigestion rheumatism and other ailments. The ad cites long usage reports and a testimonial from a Canadian reader and notes free books and mail order availability.
Wilfred Sadler of the University of British Columbia dairying department has been awarded a $2,000 fellowship plus travel and tuition expenses by the International Education Board of New York. He plans a year abroad in Europe starting in May, working three months in leading laboratories to advance his research.
A famous London dressmaking house brings a large consignment of ordinary sugar sacks to fashion a new headpiece. The trend, described as the mode of the moment, features sacks dyed and shaped for wearable art.
The article portrays Churchill urging ready money from Italy to cover current expenses, arguing Britain’s recovery will come with time and focus on debt terms. Baldwin notes careful trade analysis supporting optimism while Churchill battles a looming budget deficit.
A Sunday School devotional outlines John 10 and John 16 3 30 with focus on Jesus as the good shepherd and the contrast with false shepherds. It explains the eastern sheepfold, the door and voice recognition, and how shepherds lead rather than drive their flocks.
A collage of wartime notes praises the Rifle Brigade and Duke of Connaught while a London doctor cites dental roots of illness. Advertisements claim Dodd's Kidney Pills ease backache attributed to kidney issues, with a Canadian reader sharing relief and cheer for women overburdened by daily tasks.
Dancing has become a lost art in Russia where average city families live in single rooms. The Bolsheviks see it as a bourgeois pastime though no formal ban exists. Halls and cafes for dancing are scarce, leaving ballet as the only public form on stage.
Oregon convicts Earl UL Lathrop and Howard B. Reese allegedly devised a bank check that cannot be cancelled or altered. Their attorney T. B. Handley says the check design is being studied by a prominent Portland banker who may invest.
Mrs Tarama wife of the Japanese consul at San Paulo Brazil plans a program to marry 1000 brides for Mexico and 2000 more for South and Central America. She works in Japan organizing brides selection groups before her voyage to Brazil. The effort has official Japan support and aims to unite lonely Japanese bachelors with brides from Japan.
Federal agriculture minister W R Motherwell predicted a steady stream of settlers from the British Isles and Europe to Canada. He cited healthy agricultural conditions and high prices as factors, and expected immigration to advance mainly along the homestead route.
An old advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a universal remedy for scalds burns and cuts. It claims rapid pain relief speedy healing and applicability to bruises sprains and various inflammations with household and veterinary use.
Exports of Canadian cattle to the United Kingdom exceed 100000 head for the year. The first eleven months of 1925 show 102406 head shipped to the UK, up from 76394 in the previous year. A separate note mentions wedding customs with shoes thrown after the bride and groom and guests providing their own seating.
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