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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 10, 1921
Page
7
The 1928 output for B C Britis Cotnmbia totals 20,580,625 dollars, up 2,284,312 from 1619. Increases are noted in silver copper and zinc sectors. The report, released by the Department of Miney, cites rising industrial activity and regional surplus.
Farm 803 near RKay Saskatchewan sold for 35 000 cash or 118 75 an acre. The buyer cited high productivity and good buildings on the property, making the price notably strong for Western Canada farmland.
The British Columbia Department of Industries approved loans totaling 630 658 dollars to industrial enterprises in 1920, with 3 014 050 dollars requested that year. Premier John Oliver tabled the report in the Legislature, and a quoted line from McCall appears in the text.
Moud, quoted by the London Times, praises Palestine prospects and warns British traders of German efforts to recapture market share. He notes active development and growing trade connections in Palestine ahead of future importance.
Mrs Georges Faiebvre from St Zenon Que extols Baby's Own Tablets as unrivaled for babies. The laxative tablets regulate bowels and soothe stomachs aiding digestion and colds. Sold by dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A short Washington Star quip defines socialism through a child’s question. The boy asks what a Socialist is and the father replies with a tongue in cheek, highlighting indifference to government type as long as it is something else.
The clipped items describe various 1920 snippets: CPR’s takeover of E C and B C Railway, Canadian accountants barring women from certificates, U.S. personal crisis totals, Emma Goldman at Kropotkin funeral, a House of Commons debate on Canadian National Railway labor, Lloyd George urging imperial cooperation, possible sale of Toronto World and Montreal Herald, praise of Canadian cemeteries in France, Bolsheist leanings at a Toronto address, two thirds of a Toronto audience backing Bolshevism, Union Farmers State Bank of New Salem closing, disinfection steps against infected shaving brushes hurting Japanese bristle trade, record vessel construction in British yards, and British output figures for 1920.
The Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada marks fifty years since its founding in 1872. It grew from $49,000 income and $96,461 assets to 1920 figures of $28,751,000 income and $459,541,000 in force, with new insurance written exceeding $106 million last year.
Estimates put Canada’s mineral production in 1920 at 200 million dollars, up from 176.69 million in 1919, reflecting a rise in mining output and value across the year.
An ad touts Catarrhozone as a balsamic vapor inhaler that stops colds at the start by destroying germ activity. It promises quick relief of soreness congestion and irritation with piney scents and a two month supply priced at one dollar, 25 cent trial size.
A unique Finnish stone acts like a barometer and is said to foretell weather. It darkens to black or gray as rain approaches and turns white with clear air, due to its fossil content and minerals like rock salt nitre or ammonia reacting to air moisture.
An advertised remedy from South American origins claims to treat acute rheumatism neuralgia and inflammatory ailments within one to four days. The drug is marketed as a general rheumatic healer with rapid action and wide range of symptoms addressed.
A church in Santa Rosa, California was fashioned from a single giant redwood tree. Every part of the structure except the flooring came from the tree, which yielded seventy eight thousand feet of timber and numerous shingles. The note adds that Newfoundland was England's first overseas possession.
By Gertrude Beresford the compose suit appeals to women for practicality. It features cafe au lait velour coat fabric with striped veining on the long collar and skirt piece. A brown satin tricorne and turning back cuffs finish the ensemble, illustrating how to update wardrobe with limited material.
Victoria cattle farmer P. D. Hillis proposes to swap four pure bred Holstein bull calves for scrub calves at no cost to any dairyman using scrub bulls. The plan aims to accelerate scrub elimination and boost dairy yields, with calves sired by Westport Lad. Also notes high milk production on Hillis farm and a worm remedy reference. New Zealand granted women full suffrage in 1893.
An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a versatile remedy for croup sore throat chest pains earache rheumatic pains cuts and sprains. It claims quick relief and widespread household use with praise from many customers. It also mentions Copenhagen girls schools and the oils content. Tiger beetles are noted for speedy prey capture.
The Pas Manitoba receipts show a week’s fur influx including twenty six thousand muskrats six thousand martens two hundred fifty six foxes skunk totals one polar bear one white fox thirty five lynx and other pelts. In the southern hemisphere a tornado rotates opposite to northern hemisphere direction.
A Toronto reader describes long standing female troubles and a backache. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sonative Wash for restoring health and enabling motherhood. The notice endorses the tonic as a safe, old fashioned root herb remedy without narcotics.
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