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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 28, 1918
Page
3
A British patrol vessel fought a U boat and sank it after a brief exchange of fire. The German commander, rescued, complained shells were filled with sand not TNT, and a dud shell nearly destroyed the patrol ship. The captain offered no explanation, suggesting graft or negligence at the German dockyard.
The Los Angeles Times quotes a hopeful plan claiming annual whisky spending could be redirected to benefit workers. It envisions higher wages, better homes, hygienic living, industrial and scientific schools, and relief for prisons and asylums, reducing defective minds and bodies among children.
The Canadian Pacific Railway through its Department of Colonization and Development published a free pamphlet titled Canada’s Mystery of Government. It explains municipal provincial and dominion government in simple terms for settlers in Western Canada and can be obtained by writing to Robert J. C. Stead Calgary.
A critic quotes a remark about too many brainless days, attributed to a friend, as reported by the Philadelphia Enquirer.
A sensational health ad touts Dr Hamilton's Pills as a cure for tired women. It claims impure blood causes half their illnesses and promises vigor, better color, appetite, and digestion. The pills are advertised as safe, mild, rebuilding. priced at 25 per box.
Australian soldiers in Cobourg Ontario during convalescence at a military hospital have embraced skating on the open air rink. They, like Canadians, have found hockey on Canadian rinks irresistible and are enjoying the novelty of Canada's large skating surfaces while under treatment.
A medical practitioner attests to using MI NARD'S LINIMENT personally and prescribing it in practice where a liniment was required, stating they have consistently achieved the desired outcome. The note asserts effectiveness in treating cases where topical remedies were appropriate.
The article cites Gladstone’s 1870 diary and letters showing his concern over the fate of Alsace Lorraine. He urged neutral powers to protest the transfer by force, warned of England’s reproach, and warned that violating peoples’ rights would damage Europe’s international relations for decades.
The London Times argues the British memorandum condemns Germany for dishonoring treaties and doubts that large collective actions like the League of Nations can ensure peace. It states only a clear defeat of Germany can discredit its military autocracy and restore trust.
Mrs. W J Vale of Pandora Alta extols Dodd’s Kidney Pills and Dyspepsia Tablets. She credits them with curing her dyspepsia and helping her husband’s lumbago. The ads claim broad success for kidney ills, backache, rheumatism and Bright’s disease across western provinces.
Alberta department of agriculture held the first short course at Macleod spanning two days with large farmer attendance. Topics covered silos silage crops sheep raising alfalfa grain varieties soil cultivation and related practices. Farmers expressed they would apply the ideas at their farms and benefit from the lectures.
A Vancouver Province item presents Mrs Merby instructing her Irish maid Bridget on proper names of household items. The exchange humorously contrasts dialect and comprehension as Bridget asks if various small basins are hers.
The government issued orders lifting duties for one year from February 7 1918 on meat cattle imported by Canadian residents and on traction engines costing up to 1400 in country of production plus parts and attachments for farm use. This aims to aid western settlement by simplifying imports of cattle and small tractors.
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for inflammatory rheumatism and rheumatic fever by purifying blood. It cites a patient, Mr. Harbotts of Feversham Ontario, whose recovery from severe rheumatic symptoms followed use of the pills, and notes wide reputation and mail order availability at 50 cents per box.
Professor T G Boating of Macdonald College warns that seed supplies for sweet corn beets carrots and ion seed are critical and many orders may go unfilled. He urges testing old seed noting viability varies by crop and that waste reduction could prevent reduced acreage.
Mr F Hedley Auld deputy minister of agriculture urged Regina poultry breeders to promote poultry raising among city residents. He said grain growers should focus on grain production while urban dwellers could supply part of their food, even from vacant lots, making home food supplies more feasible.
A wartime editorial urges Canadians to resist hoarding food and fuel. It warns that stockpiling raises future prices, burdens the poor, and harms the war effort, calling for public opinion to deter hoarding and for citizens to buy only normal amounts to support soldiers and allies.
In Boston a row over exemptions surfaces at a fraternity gathering. A husky man with six children and tense exchanges frame the discussion as officials quiz legal claims amid financial figures cited by lawyers.
The Canadian Pacific Association for National Defence cites examples of CP traffic diversions to relieve the main line. CP routes grain from Winnipeg to Minneapolis via Soo Line, 100 cars daily diverted via Quebec to Halifax, and 120 eastbound cars moved from CP to CN daily in Toronto. Grand Trunk shifts 150 to 200 coal cars daily to CP and H&B, plus 50 cars to CN at Toronto. Western Canada sees CPN transfers surplus traffic to sister lines.
Mr R E Protehero, president of the board of agriculture, warns Britain has oats only enough for reduced rations after milling stocks. No concentrated cattle feed remains and shortages may last a year. Carriage horses not sent to grass may be killed. hunters to grass and kept.
Quote from the Buffalo Express presents a jab at medical care and financial rulings with a wry exchange about a doctor who did not examine the patient directly. The line highlights distrust in perceived financialized medical practice.
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