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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
3
An advert claims Catarrhozone treats nose, throat and lungs by delivering pine forest aromatics through a listed inhaler. It touts quick relief for colds, coughs, and bronchitis and markets various sizes with prices, urging no substitutes.
Foster arrives at the Featherstone residence after a tense trip to confront Lawrence about future plans. Alice Featherstone meets him with calm assurance while Lawrence teases, noting Foster’s earlier telegram and predicting a candid discussion. The group shares a quiet, charged reunion as plans and loyalties loom.
The Soldiers Land Settlement Board in Winnipeg reports April loans totaling one million dollars. Government credit ranges up to 4500 for land 2000 for implements and 1000 for buildings. Over 1300 men have appeared before the qualification committee with 400 taking up new farms. A 12 week basic farming course may precede two seasons on a seasoned farmer’s property.
A preliminary meeting in Edmonton arranged to plan a weeklong celebration honoring local contributions. Delegates discussed themes including a stampede Mardi Gras and other festivities to last one week.
Two floating pneumatic grain elevators now in service at the London port showcase modern British equipment. Each 60 foot pontoon houses a 220 hp engine driving a turbo extractor to lift grain from ships and transfer it to weigh houses and sacks. Healthier for workers and easier to clean holds, both pontoons operate at about 100 tons per hour for wheat.
French and Belgian authorities at Aix la Chapelle recover much stolen German machinery and crackdown on receivers. Agents conduct surprise visits to suspected shops and verify origins, arrest suspects with bail on failing explanations, sometimes mortgaging factories as bail. Large German assets pass into French and Belgian hands, including a $1,250,000 mortgage on Wirth’s establishment.
Paris reports a five-man council at La Liberte states German war prisoners will be freed after the peace treaty is signed. Liberation will be gradual and tied to Germany’s reconstruction contributions under the treaty. Kiel canal status not settled but internationalization agreed in principle. Greater wool demand seen in Regina with high prices urged by Prof. W H J Tisdale and Sir Arthur Goldfinch. Kingston notes people must earn double to afford half the living cost.
An odd ad style fragment features Mr Hawkins praising his wife’s voice in a flippant exchange. He affirms her talent with a boastful line about not swearing otherwise, as Mrs Hawkins responds with pride. The scene reads as a dated promotion intertwined with domestic humor.
The Young Men’s Christian Association seeks 1.1 million dollars for a national and extended postwar program promoted by Canada’s Y M C A council. It will fund rural departments to spread the association’s influence to hamlets and open country, supporting reconstruction and community service nationwide.
A vintage drugstore promotion urges mothers to give California Syrup of Figs to constipated children. The copy claims quick relief, a pleasant taste, and asks readers to ensure the bottle is produced by the California Fig-Syrup Company with directions printed for all ages and warnings about counterfeit syrups.
Paris Germany's merchant fleet will be swept from the seas under the peace treaty terms. The accord, approved by the big three, leaves only smaller ships to Germany and places American holdings under Congress control. Confiscated ships might be chartered back, with earnings to the allies, as reparations. The note ends with an unrelated proverb.
The article urges broad community cooperation to protect children, stressing sanitation, moral environment, and shared responsibility. It highlights roles for parents, schools, and churches, noting slums endanger all and calling for stronger support of health authorities and social service.
The text urges communities to study childhood problems and prioritize the child’s health. It stresses improving milk and water purity, sanitation, and epidemic elimination as foundations for safeguarding children's interests and well being.
The ad pitches Cascarets as a nightly laxative that clears liver and bowels, stops headaches and bilious spells, and freshens breath. It claims gentle, candy tasting relief for all ages and notes millions of boxes sold annually.
Government moves flood market with surplus foods at fixed prices for public sale in Paris. A complete meal costs 1 franc 80, with 95 centimes for the meat portion and 35 centimes for vegetables, plus 30 centimes for a mandatory napkin, reflecting typical extra charges despite the policy.
Thomas' Eclectic Oil entered the market over thirty years ago to serve a small area but soon gained fame across the Hemisphere. It claims unmatched merit and wide esteem. The note adds a tidbit that India rubber began as an eraser in 1770, later widely adopted, and that bread crumbs were used for erasing before.
An advertisement praises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a purely vegetable tonic from Buffalo, claiming it cleans blood and heals skin conditions like eczema and boils. It cites Indigenous sources for root ingredients and touts over fifty years of worldwide renown.
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