This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
2
The piece urges spring clean-up campaigns by households and authorities to remove refuse and prevent disease and fires. It stresses health benefits from dust removal, protection from moths, and fire risk reduction. It notes towns promote city and farm cleans, urging united family effort to tidy homes and outbuildings.
Canada faces huge fire losses per capita with over 250000 dollars yearly, caused largely by preventable fires and unknown origins. The National Board of Fire Underwriters notes 62 percent are from preventable causes, urging cleanliness and rubbish removal as vital safety measures during spring cleaning and West province proclamations for Clean-up week.
An old advertisement extols Baby's Own Tablets as a mood lifter for fretful babies. It claims the tablets gently regulate bowels and stomach, relieve constipation, indigestion, colds and simple fevers, and restore happiness, selling for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Little Irene rushes in breathless to tell her mother about a supposed horse emergency. She waited for a horse doctor, only to learn it was just a man, not the sought veterinarian.
Dominion entomologist Dr. A. E. Cameron leads experiments at the University of Saskatchewan on internal parasites as grasshopper exterminators. He notes that usual methods will be used again this year but hopes the parasite will be ready by 1921 to prevent further grasshopper plagues.
The Saskatchewan government sold one million dollars of four year bonds at 102.20 for a net cost of 5.37 percent. Treasurer Charles A. Dunning announced the sale. Europe has about 100 universities.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports declines in wheat and oats across Canada totaling 760 988 and 737 083 bushels respectively, with barley up 3 655 bushels. Public terminals rise 1 666 280 bushels, western elevators drop 2 503 535, and east public elevators fall due to seaboard shipments. U S Atlantic ports show declines in wheat.
Miss Eva P. Yateman of Krugersdorf Ontario writes of years of heart and nerve trouble and fainting spells. After trying various medicines she reports relief after using Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills, 50 cents a box, available from The T Milburn Co. Toronto.
The 160000 acre Cotsa Francois jand Stuart Lakes district in British Columbia has sold to twelve prairie farmers who will raise sheep. A Manitoba rancher bought 3200 acres near Stuart Lake and holds an option on 5000 more, while a Victoria resident acquired 2040 acres on the Necesie river. Swiss farmers educated at Zurich’s agricultural college are planning to settle in the province, focusing on dairy.
The Medicine Hat Board of Trade pushes two new irrigation districts south and east of the town, covering about 15 000 irrigable acres. Surveys and plans are prepared and now before the provincial government.
Norman Criddle discusses grasshopper control in Ottawa issued by the department of agriculture. The circular outlines poison bait preparation and application and identifies last year’s damaging locusts as Pellucid locusts. Free copies available from the Ottawa publications branch.
Advertisement claims Danderine hair tonic will beautify hair by restoring color vigor and vitality. It urges readers to buy a 35 cent bottle from drug or toilet counters to refresh scalp control dandruff and reduce falling hair and return life and abundance.
The passage argues that preserving soil productivity is a moral obligation to present and future generations. Farmers must ensure fields become more fertile when passing them to successors, warning that neglect harms posterity as much as harming people today. It stresses responsibility to enhance subsistence and avoid robbing future generations.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer publicly acknowledges receipt of fifty pounds conscience money from S.O.S. The note calls it a big amount in the circumstances and a grain of sand on the beach compared with what is owed by individuals whose consciences do not deter a disgorgement. 5S.C.5. is a lonely fellow. Or is it a she? Montreal Gazette.
The Handley Page aircraft crews completed over 300 bombing raids in the war with no losses due to engine failure or aircraft defects. Many missions left planes riddled with shrapnel and wing fabric torn yet could return to base and land safely, thanks to the design's great stability.
Winnipeg secures storage capacity for 10 000 tons to be extended to 20 000 tons to store coal from Drumheller Alta. This marks the first time Drumheller mine coal has been stored in Winnipeg.
W H Howe of Winnipeg leads the Manitoba egg laying contest at Brandon experimental farm with 682 eggs in 26 weeks from ten pullets. G F Thompson of Minneapolis owns the white Wyandottes in second. T Lund of Stonewall holds third with his pen. The single bird record is a white Wyandotte owned by Mr. Thompson with 120 CRES since start. Best weekly pen report is 59 eggs by Mr. Symington's Rhode Island Reds.
Hundreds of settlers are expected to move into the Nechacko Valley next spring. Several concerns owning thousands of acres in the area have pooled their interests and plan to have many acres under crop next season.
Article argues the monarchy remains central to the British political system and the empire's cohesion. It contrasts royal authority with American presidential autocracy, calling the monarchy a pivotal axis of government in a self governing empire. A final note mentions Aa as a common river name in Continental Europe.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.