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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 07, 1918
Page
7
An excerpt blends medical patter with a travelogue voice, touting Dr Hamilton’s Pills as a cure for blood disorders and appetite issues. A narrative thread follows a traveler entering a flagged kitchen, receiving food, rest, and wary hospitality from Bordesers.
Foster and Pete plan to avoid confrontation as two pursuers close in near a mound. They discuss tracking by night and using terrain to lose the men while weighing risks of capture. The fugitives hope to reach shelter toward Shepford, Canonbie, or a dyke hiding spot.
Foster plans to reach the Garth while evading Graham and his companions as a snowstorm rages on the moor. He fears for his papers after a murder and contemplates a method to vanish if betrayed, then travels with Pete across rough terrain toward a fir wood and lighted valley.
Secretary McAdoo directs Cass Gilbert to modify the Germania statue on the New York customs house cornice to honor Belgium. The changes remove the German eagle, replace it with a Belgian lion, and alter the shield inscribed Kiel to read Belgium.
The piece cites British actions across theaters from Suez to the Pacific and Balkans. It credits Britain with protecting the Suez, destroying German stations, aiding Russia via the Danube corridor, and supporting interventions on the Tigris and at Salonika. It notes British ships in the Adriatic and colonial troops in Africa, plus diplomacy among Muslim powers.
A boy mishears a church sermon about choosing between opinions. Charles recalls the text as hawk between two pigeons, reporting to his mother with childlike confusion. The scene captures a humorous memory of a Sabbath morning.
Wartime guidance urges using less sugar in preserves and trying corn syrup as a substitute. Reader questions glucose marmalade recipe. Ontario offers a dairy class at Guelph to train 40 milking workers amid high demand for farm labor.
The Japanese moon vine grows rapidly and reaches up to 40 feet with support. Its large heart shaped leaves frame pure white disk flowers that open after dew and twilight. Blossoms emit fragrance carried by the night breeze and will droop in full sun, yet bloom continuously each night with fresh flowers.
An army contract for 875000 cases of Blackb and plum jam canner fruit demonstrates strong demand for canned sweets in Oregon. The order calls for 94 million pounds of product and stands as the largest of its kind issued by the army for soldiers.
A garbled note appears to mention an experienced critic and a cryptic offer or statement. The readable fragments reference a person and a transaction, but specifics are unclear.
The countryside roars with speed as tractor ploughs and hay balers replace slow old methods. Five cutting machines race across fields, lifting a weary sigh from traditional farming. A reaping machine speeds along a lane to its next task, symbolizing urgent, headlong effort.
An excerpt contemplates palmistry applied to monkeys noting their four hands and a prehensile tail that acts as a fifth appendage. It comments on the monkey hand and tail nails and the potential palm lines, suggesting monkey palms could mirror human character forecasts.
A quotation attributed to Abraham Lincoln emphasizes steadfast effort and personal integrity. The speaker vows to do the best possible work, believing favorable outcomes will validate their actions, while recognizing that even universal praise cannot change a wrong outcome.
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