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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
3
A Paris budget plan sets a 40 francs yearly tax on households employing domestics with a progressive scale for many servants. Travel costs in France rise by zero point zero percent, and goods transport costs are increased by 5 percent.
The Wakulla Spring in Florida is described as the world’s largest spring by leads and flow. It is about 400 feet across and 80 feet deep with a discharge of around 20,000 gallons per minute. The spring feeds a river roughly 220 feet wide at its source, located about 13 miles from Tallahassee.
A historical dialogue shows Dan and Higteer debating a strike action. Dan cites a meeting decision to strike while Higteer blames a trolley strike for his absence and criticizes trolley workers for lacking public consideration.
March weather dangers for infants prompt indoor confinement and anxious care. A gentle laxative, Baby's Own Tablets, is advised to regulate the stomach and bowels and help fight colds, with sales through medicine dealers or The Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario. England's counties naming history noted with King Alfred.
An unclear snippet mentions Minard's Liniment claimed to cure burns and ete. A character named Pandanie Pete asks about Knights of the bath. Side Door Sain replies that, memory suggests, Saturday was it ogi.
Prospective settlers are urged to move to Canada to gain from favorable exchange rates. Farmers could save on initial land expenses by using current rate advantages. In Montana a broker sent $4000 to a contact for investment in Canadian bonds to secure benefits.
A testimonial narrative describes faintness dizziness shortness of breath and other heart weakness symptoms. The ad claims Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills restore heart strength regulate beat and improve health, citing Mrs. C. A. S. Drake of Paris Ontario and price details for direct order from The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto.
A weathered tale describes two German officers near a Norwegian road who demand passage for their horses. A peasant blocks the way with a wagon and lunch, refuses to move, and jokes that a wheel is missing. The Norwegians’ calm defies the officers, who eventually jump the wagon.
From Messrs Tattersalls Knightbridge England a select line of Percheron mares and stallions sold well. Lord Minto paid 440 guineas for Neronde grey foaled 1916 while Nemesis, a 7 year old by Javelot, fetched 450. Other notable auctions included Notoriete 400 and Varainte 1600, with multiple lot prices listed for mares and stallions owned by Overman Wickham-Boynton and Drage firms. Taken from the London Livestock Journal January 23 1920.
Putnam's Corn Extractor promises cure of hard soft or bleeding corns in twenty four hours. The extractor is advertised as painless and sure and priced at 25 cents at all dealers.
Britain plans a naval spring cleaning selling obsolescent ships such as the Bellerophon St Vincent Hercules Collingwood Inflexible and Neptune as modern gunnery makes 12 inch weapons obsolete. The admiralty says future battleships will carry larger calibers and ranges. Some ships may be sold abroad or to Dominions. costs range from 5.006 to 5.25 million each. The move does not add ships to the fleet.
The League of Nations supreme council has distributed fifteen copies of the Ver sailles treaty in handsome bindings to allied nations. Each copy bears a distinguishing device except Germany’s, which is plain black. Italy’s volume is the most ornate among them.
Major Livius Teiusamau recounts Ekaterina Teodoroiu a 16 year old Romanian girl scout who enlisted in the 8th Company Eighth Regiment after donning boys clothes. She died in action after her legs were shattered and was made honorary lieutenant before her death.
Work on a modern cinema in Calgary begins this spring. The theatre, one of the largest in Western Canada, will cost about $500,000 to build and equip and should open by October 1.
A vintage advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children. It emphasizes choosing the bottle labeled California to ensure a harmless dose and invites mothers to give it with trust, highlighting the fruit flavor and full dosing directions on each bottle.
The speaker notes a former chicken-raising advocate now profiting by selling chicken feed to the same customers he once advised to raise flocks. The shift prompts speculation about his fortunes and strategy.
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