Money Orders Spun From Dominion Express Fees
Spay your one of tews accounts by Domin ion Express Money Orders five dolar costs three cents.
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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
7
Canada Wins Americans Race In Deserted Exchange
A playful exchange recounts horse racing feats between a Canadian and an American. The Canadian boasts a mare beating a fast express toward Chicago, while the American recalls a storm driving a pony home and a dog swimming the distance nearby.
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Canada
Chicago
City considers cat license ordinance in Los Angeles
The city council weighs licensing cats by ordinance after the public welfare committee asks the city attorney to determine if licenses would be legal. If city attorney rules licensing valid, the measure may be placed for action in Los Angeles pending legal clearance.
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Los Angeles
Public Welfare Committee
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Aided Restored Health Report
A user from Mitchell Indiana credits Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with aiding recovery from painful conditions after pregnancy. The testimonial notes long relief and recommends the remedy to other exhausted mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell, Ind
Pinkham
German Forces Diminish The Kaiser's Army Says 3.13 Million Now
A French military expert in L Echo de Paris claims German total strength at 3.13 million across fronts with 2.0 million on the west, 1.0 million east, 100,000 Italy, and 30,000 Balkans, plus sparse non combatant units. He argues many divisions are skeletons. Minard's Liniment for sale appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L'Echo de Paris
Balkan
Italy
Germany
Valuable Grain Cars Prove Profitable At Winnipeg
Frequent returns from single grain cars in Western Canada show high prices and loaded cars. A flax car at Winnipeg brought in 5001.84 dollars to its owner. A wheat car of 2265 bushels yielded 4784 dollars, while three other wheat cars netted 4571.02, 4458.10, and 4122.55 dollars respectively.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Catarrhal Deafness Claim and Cure Advertisement
An advertisement claims catarrhal deafness stems from a mucous membrane issue in the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It promotes Mall's Catarrh Cure as a blood-borne remedy and offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured, with circulars available from FJ. Culney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AH Druggsts
FJ. Culney & CO
Toledo
Imports Pedigreed Horses Reach Regina Saskatchewan
A shipment of two cars of pedigreed horses from Scotland arrives in Regina Saskatchewan imported by farmer William Grant of Tregarva. The consignment includes a range from racehorse types to heavy work horses. Corns cripple the feet and Holloway's Corn Cure is promoted as relief.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Scotland
William Grant
Tregarva
Holloway
Women Smokers Are Numerous
The piece notes a rising number of women smokers in Britain and London, with signs of a national trend across restaurants theatres taxis and other public and private spaces. It highlights women from 16 years old to elderly cohorts adopting smoking, suggesting a looming tobacco shortage if trends continue.
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Britain
London
Butter Quality Highlights Western Canadian Dairymen Meet
At Winnipeg a provincial dairy convention showcased inter provincial butter competition among Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Alberta's Carlyle Dairy Company led with 97.62 points while Manitoba 95.2 and Saskatchewan 94.7. Manitoba and Alberta tied for first in December butter with 97.1, and Manitoba won August 1917 butter with 96. Manitoba dairy men praised for high quality and uniform standard across the prairie provinces.
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Canada
Macabe
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Carlyle Dairy Company
Calgary
Prairie
The After Effects of La Grippe
An article notes la grippe from Canada during winter and spring, its after effects including fevers, chest pain, and nerve trouble, and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood restoring remedy proven by many cases. It cites Irene Bootes of Portsmouth Ontario and claims pills prevent after effects and aid conditions like anaemia and rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dr. Williams
la Grippe
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Saskatchewan Farm Prep Tops Six Million Acres for 1918
Dominion census and statistics bureau figures show 1917 fall plowing in Saskatchewan at about 50 percent more than 1916 and summer fallow up for the 1918 crop. Total land prepared in 1917 for 1918 crops is conservatively estimated at 6,134,609 acres.
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Saskatchewan
Dominion Census and Statistics Bureau
Fragmentary wintry note from Kansas journal page
A scrambled OCR segment from a Kansas newspaper cites unclear dialogue about a kiss and includes stray fragments of names and phrases, with no coherent event or clear individuals identifiable in readable form.
British Sailors Volunteer To Save Halifax Explosion
The account recalls a small British gunboat near Halifax during the Mont Blanc disaster. Volunteers rowed to the burning ship to try to sink or tow it away, but the vessel exploded as sailors boarded, costing 30 to 40 British lives in a brave act amid the catastrophe.
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Halifax
Narrows
Rheumatism Vanished After Kidney Liver Pills Cure
Mrs. Ray reports a dramatic cure of rheumatism and eczema after taking Dr. Chase's Kidney Liver Pills. She claims swelling disappeared and she lost weight while no longer suffering pain or headaches. The letter urges readers to use the pills to cleanse blood poisons via kidneys, liver, and bowels.
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W. Close
Western Canada Bank Clearings Show Trade Boom in January
Western Canada reports sharp gains in bank clearings for January with Winnipeg up nearly sixteen million from 1937, Calgary nine point five million, Edmonton over four million, Regina and Saskatoon one million nine hundred thousand and six hundred thousand respectively. Manitoba Free Press notes unprecedented money in prairie economy, threefold sales growth among Winnipeg merchants, and record hardware, dry goods, and boots and shoes demand amid minimal business failures.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Man
Calgary
Alberta
Edmonton
Regina
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Western
Manitoba Free Press
Prairie
Winnipes
Discipline at Home and Army Training as Obedience Standards
A boy in a training camp overhears his father bribe a younger son to fix the furnace and remarks that discipline in the home is rotten. The piece argues home discipline shapes obedience in school and law, and that future soldiers will improve the nation once they lead households. The Milwaukee Journal asserts current youth discipline is lacking but may improve as new generations grow up with disciplined fathers. The ad promotes Dr Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy as relief for asthma attacks, claiming normal breathing and cleared airways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Milwaukee Journal
J. D. Kellogg
Cards On Uniform Badges Aid Regimental Cues
A London Chronicle note explains soldiers use playing card symbols as regiment badges. Each company adopts a suit and color as an identifying mark while other insignia are removed before going over the top.
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London Chronicle
Lethbridge Farmers Prosperity Seen By Cash Sales
The Lethbridge district in Southern Alberta shows strong farm prosperity as cash sales dominate local farming equipment business. A branch report notes 92.7 percent of 1917 sales totaling about 1.1 million dollars were cash, up from 78 percent in 1916. Prospects for 1918 appear brighter. Miller's Worm Powders praised as best remedy for worm issues in livestock, quickly easing suffering.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Reading
Sumewhat
Instruments of Destruction Through the War Years
The New York Tribune notes each wartime year produced a new weapon. 1914 introduced the 42 centimeter gun that shattered supposedly impregnable fortifications. 1925 saw poison gas as a battlefield tool. 1916 brought the tank and 1927 the depth charge.
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New York Tribune
Preparedness Pays By Exercising The Will
The article argues that willpower, like muscles, stays active only through daily exercise. It urges doing something difficult each day to strengthen resolve for emergencies. Preparedness benefits individuals and the nation, though it may require time energy and money to save later.
Put Nam's Extractor Promises Painless Corn Removal
A vintage ad touts Putnam's Extractor as a painless corn remedy. It claims quick shriveling of corns and easy removal from the toe with no pain, priced at a quarter at the drug store.
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Nam
Farm Land Sales Across Prairie Provinces Show Demand
A notice notes many private farm land sales in Western Canada, listing recent completed deals. Entries include Gonarm Nene Virden Manitoba 50 dollars cash, 920 acres near Regina Saskatchewan 17920 dollars, 160 acres near Mountain View Manitoba 12000 dollars, and 760 acres near Waterhole Northern Alberta 4500 dollars. A stray office request about handling a parcel during lunch follows.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
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