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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
2
A meditation on the balance of assets and liabilities in business and personal life. It argues liabilities reveal financial standing more clearly than assets and urges careful management to avoid ruin, advising to cultivate health, education, and temper while reducing ungovernable impulses.
At the Canadian Council of Women on immigration final sessions the group met with the Cabinet sub committee on immigration and presented recommendations. It welcomed Hon. Chas Stewart's view that a large immigration programme is impossible given unemployment, and urged quality over quantity to build Canadian ciudadanía. The council urged the government to continue efforts to educate intending settlers.
A report urges grants with strict conditions on Canadian immigration and limits on entry. It recommends pre embarkation medical and mental exams for all immigrants and the appointment of a medical adviser with psychiatric training at the London office.
Breathing relief offered as the Kellogg asthma remedy is described as proven and effective after years of service. The ad urges purchases from local dealers and highlights its reliability under adverse conditions.
A Swiss statistician estimates typical dance distances at balls. He notes a foxtrotter covers about one mile in ten minutes while other dances cover more slowly. A ball from dawn to dusk yielded 56 000 steps and roughly 30 miles traveled, with women in high heels.
Following a conference between the United Farmers' Club of Saskatoon and C. E. Tomsett of the provincial department of labor it is announced that 1,500 experienced farm laborers will be imported to Saskatchewan. Each man will work on a contract for $35 a month plus board during seeding, with special arrangements at the employment bureau for reception and distribution of the men.
An Ontario veteran testifies to Dr Williams Pink Pills aiding his wife's health after five years of decline. He describes color returning to her cheeks, increased mobility, and regained strength after taking three boxes, urging others to try the remedy. The pills are sold for 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 by Brockville based Dr Williams Medicine Co.
The Saskatoon Star notes Matos freight handlers moved 1.2 billion freights by motor track to U S railway stations last year. It emphasizes growing demand for solid well built roads to support heavy road haulage and grain transport to rail facilities ten miles or more from rail depots.
Special correspondent G C Porter reports rising interest in emigration from the U S to the Canadian Northwest. Bankers grain dealers and real estate men note farmers unable to pay high prices may move north. Dominion officials and railway natural resources chiefs see a substantial flow of emigrants with cash or farm experience. The stronger grain prices and a stronger Canadian dollar foster optimism and support for easing immigration formalities.
A Quebec resident recounts years of sciatica and rheumatism after a cold. He took six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and claims full recovery, asserting the pills improve kidney function to remove uric acid and alleviate pain.
London Sunday Pictorial commends Lord Worthcliffe for swift, broad empire service. He advocates population growth for Australia, exposes Indian and Malaya hardships, and highlights East Asia politics while earning praise from French and Dutch collaborators. Miller’s Worm Powders advertised as remedy for intestinal parasites.
The Springfield Republican asserts that great work often comes from those with defects. Observers and thinkers need not have perfect eyesight or brains. dedication and willpower can overcome limitations. An artist does not require a medical certificate to learn to paint nor a flawless intellect for intellectual tasks.
A Western States train robbery ends with bandits forcing passengers to surrender money. A New York Jew, asked to reveal his total, replies he is taking a 2 percent discount on a cash transaction as he hands over six hundred dollars. The exchange highlights a sharp, ironic remark amid the crime.
A new program at Manitoba University offers lectures on The Pas mineral belt mine development oil geology and building materials. The notice also mentions baseball in New York around 1642 and Minard's Liniment for Coughs and Colds in the era.
A brief exchange quotes a woman praising a love song and noting she would have preferred a darker version sung in the evening if a certain T had understood the pleasure it gave both. The fragment hints at social or romantic tension without naming people or places.
The ad describes Diamond Dyes as a simple way to restore color to old curtains sweaters skirts and more. It emphasizes testing on fabric first and claims durable, fade resistant results even on items not dyed before. An aside notes a feature about birds in prairie provinces where Regina's park trees attract species not previously seen there.
An OCR fragment cites Minard's Liniment for the flu and Hallett’s Corn Remover as remedies. It mentions a coal firehouse with 229 men in firerooms and 60 men at work, plus an Alaskan census note claiming a white population drop of 23.4 percent between 1910 and 19.??.
A respected doctor from Table, New York, Dr. R V Pierce specialized in women's diseases and authored the well known Doctor Pierce s Favorite Prescription. The article touts the remedy as a natural vegetable medicine for backache headaches and other female ailments and invites readers to request a trial package from the Bridgeburg Ontario laboratory.
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