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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
3
The BC pulp and paper sector now ships 648 tons daily, about seven million tons yearly, up from zero eleven years ago. The province aims to build on progress and expect continued growth, becoming a leading Canadian producer behind Quebec and Ontario.
The London Daily Record correspondent in Cairo says literate natives live in cand huts and have earned large sums from cotton. He cites figures of £20,000 and £160,000 and notes villagers buying at inflated prices while a British official estimates Egypt's wealth at about £100,000,000.
Dr. Louis I. Harris of the New York Health Department urges special attention to influenza convalescents who remain weak and depressed. He cautions against ignoring post illness debility, notes mood and appetite drop, and supports tonic treatment, diet, and careful feeding to restore health.
Advertisements claim Pazo Ulntment cures itching and bleeding piles in 6 to 14 days with a refund if not effective. Another claim touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe child laxative with a fruity taste and dosing directions on every bottle.
Northern Manitoba official Wallace outlines revenue aims for 1819 across fisheries timber mining livestock and hay. Projected figures include fisheries earnings Sitd Gun quainerals mined AnG4n33 and S588 for wipe paper ultmre. Hyvestock and hay totaling S148.
Fragmentary notes claim Minard’s Liniment relieves neuralgia with opinions that methods to ease pain vary. The text references a preemie and mentions dates and tones resembling poetic or dialectal speech.
Calgary authorities prepare measures to secure grain for home consumption as the grain elevator at Calgary Alberta fills to capacity. The Canadian Wheat Board diverted large quantities to Calgary causing a near full Levedueen elevator with two and a half billion bushels capacity. Government steps aim to meet domestic demand amid Montana traffic.
The throne speech opening Alberta's third session outlines three new agriculture schools, initiation of work on public educational institutions, and large extra funds for province wide telephone extensions. It also calls attention to natural resources, health promotion, irrigation act amendments, and a nod to the Prince of Wales visit.
Last month in the waters around Vancouver Island a large herring catch reached an unprecedented value of 441.30 dollars. Huge schools fed in Nanaimo Alberni and Clayoquot districts and yielded 530 boxes of dry salted herring totaling 197 220 units.
Fragmentary ad style text cites a wave of Spanish influenza across Canada and urges Mills Heart and Nerve Pills as a remedy. It quotes a Saskatoon resident praise for the pills after a severe heart and nerve impact and notes price and mail order details from The Milburn Co.
The article ages in a rush of wills and words. Frank Kirkley of Sunderland died on active service and left a small line to a photograph. The longest will claimed is Mr P J Miles of Bristol with about 32 000 words, while other wills reportedly range up to 4300 words.
The fragment references Minard's Liniment curing burns, coal mine workings under the sea, and Cumberland tunnels with ventilation as an engineering problem. It notes 1837 surveying in Winland, sea intrusion drowning workers, undersea Nova Scotia coal mining, New York City birth statistics, and canine growth year.
The grain inspector in Calgary Alberta reports 7 433 cars inspected from September to February 13 and 8 429 cars inspected for the previous year. Local elevators are nearly full and steps were taken earlier to ensure sample provisions for needs.
An advertisement extols Cascarets as gentle and effective for constipation and biliousness noting also a Saskatchewan coal report for 1919. It records 360,081 tons produced from 51 mines versus 336,000 the prior year and 403 miners employed versus 264 previously, with provincial coal consumption estimated at 1,630,000 tons. A saying about a woman measuring her words closes the piece.
The Manitoba forest area is reported as 46 272 square miles with about 25 000 000 cords of timber. Poplar accounts for 30 percent, jack pine 29 percent, and birch plus mixed species 16 percent.
An old advertising piece urges businessmen to start with a clean body to improve nerves and circulation. It promotes laxatives like castor oil or Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and Anurio as anti uric acid relief for backache rheumatism gout and related ailments.
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