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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
3
The Brooklyn Eagle urges a wartime style mobilization to boost farm labor. It calls for organizing city labor including high school boys to work on farms, establishing camp or employment roles, and starting promptly before the season begins to ensure bumper crops despite labor shortages.
Visitor declines postcard views and mentions having own views after riding the line last week.
Excerpted from the Independent New York contrasts Armenian fate from ancient frontier clashes to Ottoman and Russian rule. It notes Arab, Persian, Turk incursions, Western civilization, and 1918 reversals as Armenia again faces Turkish advances. A separate line promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a worm medicine.
A Northern Canada line in the Athabasca river spans a quarter mile with two aging cars. The owner, employing few staff, transfers goods by boat and hand-powers the voyage, yet claims thousands of dollars in annual profit, calling it the smallest and most profitable railroad in the world.
The speech praises Britain’s wartime military growth from a small expeditionary force to an army of five million. It credits the nation’s fighters, discipline, and resolve for preparing and sustaining a war effort capable of protecting interests and maintaining honor despite setbacks and trials.
The article advises mothers to keep babies indoors during springtime due to colds and heat. It recommends Baby's Own Tablets to aid digestion and regular bowel movements, sold for 25 cents a box by The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville. A stray comic aside and a sales plug for Minard's Liniment also appear.
In a grim joke, Jinks the chauffeur explains that Bill was fined for taking out his employer’s car without permission after he ran over the boss. The blunt quip underscores the accident that ended in a fatality and the legal consequence.
The British government proposes financial aid to erect 300000 houses in England and Wales and 50000 in Scotland, to start during demobilization. The national housing and town planning council will review a comprehensive London scheme and other proposals. Favor large families, clear slums, and push housing where shortages exist.
Reading dialogue notes Nero employed two hundred cooks, a figure surpassing earlier records by fifty. The exchange in Vancouver Province captures a boastful claim about opulence and feast preparation.
Cincinnati authority endorses freezone for corns and calluses. A few drops on tender areas quickly relieve soreness and loosen the corn or callus so it lifts out with root. A small bottle costs little at drug stores and is said not to irritate surrounding skin.
Free offer includes a 25 cent kidney and liver pill box and ointment sample plus a copy of Dr Chase's Recipes. To receive, mail name of this paper to Edmanson Bates Co. Ltd Dr Chase Ridg Toronto with a 2 cent postage stamp.
A Montreal Star piece notes Zechariah 14 7 in arguing against daylight saving time and cites biblical authority in support or opposition to proposed time changes. The vivid biblical reference frames the daylight saving debate with moral and temporal significance.
The notice outlines a medical claim for Parmelee's Negetable Pills claiming to reduce fever and subdue ague by correcting digestive imbalances and blood quality. It emphasizes the pills as an effective and accessible remedy for those prone to these ailments.
A sensational claim promotes Putnam's Corn Extractor as a miracle remedy that gently loosens and removes corns in a soft lump without pain. The advertisement touts quick results and a low price of a quarter, claiming wide availability.
A Montreal Herald excerpt tells of Michael Murphy who kept his sexton job thanks to physical fitness until his first burial when he refused to sign a certificate because he could not write. He later failed to sign bank notes yet amassed wealth as a contractor becoming a community figure.
Major Frederick Palmer hosts an exreporter in Paris who vows to fight the Hun. The suggestion to the hopeful is to join the front as a tank operator, despite his tobacco haze and claimed alcohol and health issues. The exchange unfolds in a smoky office on Rue Ste. Anne.
Magnificent yellow diamond of 205 carats discovered in 1901 at De Beers mines Griqualand West cut in Amsterdam weighs two hundred five carats pale canary hue under light shows Maltese cross top facet named Red Cross diamond likely the largest yellow diamond in the world.
Ad promotes Dr Hamilton's Pills as an old family remedy restoring energy and health. It claims to renew blood, strengthen nerves, and improve appearance with a 25 cent box, selling through dealers.
An advertisement extols Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery a tonic made from Blood root Golden Seal Oregon grape and other roots. It claims cures for weak hearts and nerves and promotes spring use for health with testimonials and contact details for Buffalo New York and Bridgeburg Ontario.
J W Gerrard portrays the German emperor as the central force behind a system driving global misery. He argues the ruler seeks earthly fame and admiration, ignoring the wails of agony caused by his conquests across Africa Siberia Saskatchewan Texas and beyond, spreading death hunger and sorrow. Minard's Liniment Lumberman's Friend.
The commission of conservation issues a practical handbook for farmers covering tillage manures seed selection clover growing farm garden weeds and pests. Limited quantities available upon request to bona fide farmers.
The Boston Transcript argues that a congress of soviets led by deserters and workers serves Lenin and Trotsky, replacing the constitutional assembly. It warns the new body lacks national basis, relying on military drift and civilian workers with no broad support.
The article notes two methods to aid hunger relief: grow potatoes and vegetables in a vacant city lot and feed pigs using kitchen refuse. It presents practical steps to increase local food production and reduce waste amid a crisis.
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