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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
3
Fragmentary text describes a cough sore throat and a supposed cure with tarrrhozone. No identifiable persons organizations places or dates are readable. Content resembles an ad or medical claim rather than a confirmed news item.
Harold Bindloss describes Foster finding a sealed dress and a Canadian packet on a foggy Newcastle night. He seeks Mr. Graham in a Danish-named warehouse district, passing through a bacon-scented office to locate the owner and uncover the packet's origin.
Foster leaves the city after a wary encounter with Graham a small provisions importer amid a warned delivery in Edinburgh Carmen had sent a marked packet Foster spends the night in Hexham before continuing his journey as planned
Foster, staying at the Garth for a fortnight, finds welcome from the Featherstones and Alice in a warm library retreat. He waits for news from his comrade and reflects on Lawrence’s bag amid a rainy, peat stained river scene before a letter arrives.
The Maine lighthouse teacher serves a 1200 mile district with seventy three lights, eight stations forming her regular beat. She spends a week at each station teaching and assigns tasks to cover about six weeks of schooling annually. A crowded train scene interrupts a boy's wail with a window offer from a courteous old bachelor.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a mother arranging a Berepee box while Marjory hands boxes and mentions something silent. No clear events, names, or context to identify a specific story.
Russia seeks to feed its armies on the western front while eyeing mineral wealth in conquered lands. The article outlines Russia's rich resources from gold and platinum to coal, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, and oil in Siberia, the Urals, Caucasus, and Baku, with prewar production figures and export volumes.
In a sharp cross examination a burglar's wife testifies that she knew her husband was a thief when they wed. Asked why she married him she quips that she chose between a lawyer and a burglar as she aged. The session ends with the remark.
Fragmentary text from the Yonkers Statesman shows a nonsensical exchange referencing a trial and a $10 fine. Names and clear events are obscured by garbled OCR, yielding no verifiable facts or coherent narrative.
The Volka Zeitung of Cologne quotes General von Ludendorff reporting that Emperor William is deeply affected by the battlefield ruins. The remark praises spared counts and cites prewar armament advocacy and a belief that mankind must change as conflicts move beyond frontiers.
A Baltimore American quip notes the lawyer's paradoxical brief career grows with experience as one truth about the legal profession.
A fragment from the Vancouver Province records a maid named Kathleen responding to a mistress about washing her face. The exchange hints at social tact and a playful claim that hot soapy water enhances beauty, revealing character through dialect.
Advertisement claims one touch relieves corn soreness instantly and dries it up. It promises painless treatment and easy removal, urging readers to buy Putnam's product at a quarter the cost of rivals.
The essay argues corn provides energy as food and as fuel with the same end products of water and carbon dioxide. It recalls Kansas days when corn burned cheaply and vividly, praising its calorific value compared to driftwood and modern fuels.
A quoted epigram from E. E. Slosson in the Independent New York derides extravagant plans by a western farmer's wife who, with extra baking, would steal a few cars from the crib.
Energy experts in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta note at least 6000 hp of water potential runs to waste daily. They cite 1,172,000 hp across the Saskatchewan and Winnipeg rivers and their tributaries, with the balance in northern rivers such as the Athabasca Peace Churchill and the Quesnel. Only twelve small plants, totaling 109 hp, are operating on these rivers.
The Boston Globe notes that in England the Defence of the Realm Act prompts the shorthand Wrens for members of the Women’s Royal Naval Service, reflecting their large role in building airships and other war work.
The Boston Transcript notes a stance asserting she can keep two cooks financially but not diplomatically. The remark highlights a tension between fiscal capability and political viability impacting leadership decisions.
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